The Rest of tge Way

On June 28th the Rockies hit the halfway point of the season and were 39-42 in 4th place in the NL West trailing the Division Leading D-Backs by 8 games, Dodgers by 5.5 games and Giants by 3.5 games

Starting on June 28th, when the Rockies played a series finale against the Giants pulling out a 9-8 victory in the 9th inning.  This was their first win after trailing in after 8th, previously going 0-37.  Since then they have gone 5-11 when trailing after the 8th and 33-16 overall.

More importantly they have entirely erased the 8 game deficit to the D-Backs and are currently tied for 1st in NL West.

So now what?  The Rockies and D-Backs play 7 games starting in two weeks on September 10th through September 23rd.  The Rockies and Dodgers have 6 left against each other and the D-Backs and Dodgers play 7 more starting this weekend in Dodger Stadium.

Here is the Comparative Schedule for the D-Backs, Rockies and Dodgers for the rest of the season:

		-1		0		-2.5
Date		Rockies		D-Backs		Dodgers
27-Aug		@LAA		@SF		Off
28-Aug		@LAA		@SF		@Tex
29-Aug		Off		@SF		@Tex
30-Aug		@SD		@LAD		Ariz
31-Aug		@SD		@LAD		Ariz
1-Sep		@SD		@LAD		Ariz
2-Sep		@SD		@LAD		Ariz
3-Sep		SF		SD		NYM
4-Sep		SF		SD		NYM
5-Sep		SF		Off		NYM
6-Sep		Off		Atl		Off
7-Sep		LAD		Atl		@Col
8-Sep		LAD		Atl		@Col
9-Sep		LAD		Atl		@Col
10-Sep		Ariz		@Col		@Cinc
11-Sep		Ariz		@Col		@Cinc
12-Sep		Ariz		@Col		@Cinc
13-Sep		Ariz		@Col		@STL
14-Sep		@SF		@Hous		@STL
15-Sep		@SF		@Hous		@STL
16-Sep		@SF		@Hous		@STL
17-Sep		@LAD		ChC		Col
18-Sep		@LAD		ChC		Col
19-Sep		@LAD		ChC		Col
20-Sep		Off		Off		Off
21-Sep		@Ariz		Col		SD
22-Sep		@Ariz		Col		SD
23-Sep		@Ariz		Col		SD
24-Sep		Phil		LAD		@Ariz
25-Sep		Phil		LAD		@Ariz
26-Sep		Phil		LAD		@Ariz
27-Sep		Phil		Off		Off
28-Sep		Wash		@SD		@SF
29-Sep		Wash		@SD		@SF
30-Sep		Wash		@SD		@SF

Beyond the 13 games against the D-Backs and Dodgers, the Rockies need to keep pace with the D-Backs, and have a game or two to give against the Dodgers.  Whichever team wins the remaining series against the other two will have an advantage, but they cannot be tripped up by the others.   For instance the Rockies appear to have the easiest week coming up among the three teams, but cannot afford to go 2-4 or 1-5 against teams they should beat.