August 27, 2008
Deja Vu All Over Again
Troy Tulowitzki is getting on base again for the Rockies
Photo: Icon SMI
The Colorado Rockies defeated the Giants Tuesday night 7-2. Coupled with a bad outing by Brandon Webb leading to a 9-2 San Diego win over Arizona, the Rockies find themselves six games out of first place. With nine wins in their last eleven games, including two out of three from the Dodgers, the Rockies gained three game on Arizona and six on Los Angeles. Playing mostly on the road, they've allowed just 41 runs over that time.
Can they continue? The remaining schedule is good. Sixteen of their remaining 28 games are against teams with losing records, and three come against Houston, a .500 team. The have three games with the Dodgers and six with the Diamondbacks, just enough to catch both without help from other teams. Last season the big push didn't happen until Sept.16. They allowed 51 runs in their last 15 games to win the wild card. This season, a miracle in the mountains needs to take them to the division title.
The Rockies went 17-10 with great hitting in July. They've gone 14-10 with good pitching in August. If they can get both in September, they may turn the NL West into a three-team race.