New month, new mindset.
With the calendar turned to June and Los Angeles in town for a three-game series to close the homestand, the Rockies have a chance to further distance themselves ahead of their National League West foe.
Colorado’s been, in a word, inconsistent throughout the first third of the season, hence just the 1 ½-game lead over Arizona and 4-game lead over the Dodgers despite the struggles of those two teams.
But now is the chance for Colorado to step on the gas, especially considering the Rockies won’t have to see Clayton Kershaw (he returned from the disabled list on Thursday against the Phillies and isn’t traveling to Denver) and that they’ll face a hodgepodge collection of relievers in the series opener with left-hander Alex Wood’s scheduled start pushed to Sunday.