The D-backs have lost the first two games of the series – albeit by just a pair of runs in each, a significant improvement over the losses in Milwaukee by 11 and 12 runs. There’s therefore the specter of a sweep at the hands of Chicago. It’s actually the first time since the opening series in Los Angeles that the D-backs face this possibility, entering the final game of a real series without a win [I’m discounting the two-game set in Mexico City for this purpose] It has now been more than two weeks
since Arizona either won a series or consecutive games – both of those happened against Toronto on April 18.
They’ve gone 3-8 since that point, but haven’t actually lost that much ground in the NL West. The Rockies actually have the best record since then. Although everybody in the division are below .500, with Colorado’s 6-7 mark the least woeful. As noted in a comment on yesterday’s recap, the entire division is on a losing streak of three games or more, the first time that has happened to any division in baseball history. Put another way, the NL West have a collective losing streak of nineteen games in a row. With everyone playing outside the division again today, it could potentially reach 24 games, before they start facing each other on Monday. Somebody’s gotta win, right? RIGHT?
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