A year ago, the Rockies were 65-52 after getting swept in Miami and falling 18 games behind the Dodgers. But they were tied with Arizona for the two Wild Card Spots. Arizona in the next few weeks would take the commanding lead for the home Wild Card, and the Rockies went down to the wire to get the visitor Wild Card spot.
This year the Rockies rallied to win three of four against the Dodgers and are only 63-55, but only 1.5 games behind the D-Backs and half a game behind the Dodgers.
There are 7 weeks to play, and much head to head games. One team could still run away with it, but most likely with four teams in the mix (the Giants are only 6 games behind Arizona), any of the four teams can win it, and the division will go down to the final week.
Here are the remaining Schedules (3 game series unless noted):
Arizona: Home: (20) LAA(2) Sea, SD (2) Atl (4) Chic Col, LAD,
Away: (23) Tex (2) SD (4) SF, LAD (4) Col (4) Hou SD
Los Angeles: Home: (22) SF, STL, SD, Ariz(4) NYM, Col, SD
Away: (21) Sea, Tex(2) Col, Cinc StL (4), Ariz, SF
Colorado: Home: (23) SD, StL, SF, LA, Ariz(4), Phil(4), Wash
Away: (21) Hou (2) Atl (4) LAA(2) SD (4), SF, LAD, Ariz
San Francisco: Home: (21) Tex, Ariz, NYM, Atl, Col, SD, LAD
Away: (21) LAD, Cin, NYM, Col, Milw, SD, STL
Schedule Quirks: The Giants only play Ariz three times in the last 7 weeks. They also have only three game series left which means that they have an off day every week. They also have three more road trips that take them east of Colorado, while playing only one division foe on each trip.
The Rockies play all 19 of their remaining games against D-Backs, Dodgers and Giants in a 3 week stretch from Labor Day to 9/23. They also play 17 of their final 26 at home.
Dodgers only have 6 home games after September 5th, so 16 of their final 22 are on the road.
D-Backs have 15 of their final 25 games at home.
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