June 18, 2008
Improving Pitching
The Colorado Rockies pounded the Cleveland Indians Tuesday night, winning by a score of 10-2. The Mile High pitchers continue to post good numbers in June, especially compared to earlier in the season:
Rockies Pitchers by Month, 2008
| Month | ERA | HR/200 IP | BB/9 IP |
| April | 4.47 | 19.1 | 4.3 |
| May | 5.67 | 25.2 | 3.7 |
| June | 3.41 | 16.7 | 2.9 |
They're still in last place, but with Arizona's poor play lately the Rockies are eight games back in the division.
Sutton and Grace were moaning last night on Extra Innings about how the D-Backs have let everybody back into the division race. I don't know if the situation is completely dire. Arizona still has a 4 1/2 game lead and the only positive run diff in the division.
The way things are going with interleague play, if an NL team manages to win, they usually pick up ground on almost everybody else in the league. That's because almost everybody else in the league will be losing.
I agree - only the law of averages is going to push any other NL West team towards .500. Between LA, SD, SF and the Rox who's going to challenge.