The back-to-back losses, leave the Rockies, before play on Monday, sitting two games under .500 at 38-40, 6.5 games back in fourth place in the NL West to the Arizona Diamondbacks and 4.5 games out of the final Wild Card spot. It might be only one game but going 4-3 instead of 5-2 on the homestand may be really tough to swallow for a few reasons:
First, it was a chance for the Rockies to get back to .500. It might not sound like a big deal but, for perception and for morale, being at or above .