The Rockies offensive woes continued despite winning their first game in the last 5 tries with a 4-3 win over the San Francisco Giants. The hitting drought has reached 6 weeks and 37 games, where the Rockies have gone 15-22 since July 23rd.
It's September and the stretch drive and while the D-Backs and Brewers (along with the Cubs) have gotten hot over the past two weeks, the Rockies are decidedly not hot. But they haven't been cold enough (yet) to relinquish the Visitor Wild Card lead. It was down to 1/2 game over Milwaukee yesterday and increased to 1.5 games today as both the Reds and Rockies got walk off wins.
As the Rockies approach a key road trip with four games each in LA and Phoenix, the Rockies cannot afford to languish in their hitting doldrums any longer. They need to find several people to step forward and lead the scoring effort, as the pitching continues to do well.
Meanwhile the Dodgers have been in their first prolonged funk of the year. After losing 3 in a row and 5 of 7 back in early June, the Dodgers ran off winning streaks of 6, 10, 11, 9, and 6, en route to an amazing 56-11 run and taking them to a 91-36 overall record. Over the past 10 games however they have now lost 9 of 10 and had their first 5 game losing streak and swept in a series for the first time.
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