2005 first three home games against SF:
Record: 1-2
Rockies 16 Giants 25
2006 first three home games against SF:
Record: 2-1
Rockies 16 Giants 16
2005 first two away games vs. PHI:
Record: 1-1
Rockies 10 Phillies 10
2006 first four away games vs PHI:
Record: 2-2
Rockies 23 Phillies 24
Total vs Philadelphia 2005:
Record: 2-4
Rockies 34 Phillies 33
5.67 Runs scored/game 5.5 runs allowed
Total vs PHI 2006:
Record: 3-4
Rockies 41 Phillies 41
5.86 Runs scored and allowed.
Season to season comp:
2005 through 21 games:
Record: 5-16
Rockies 100 Opponents 132
2006 through 22 games:
Record: 12-10
Rockies 123 (+17.4 %) Opponents 120 (-12.2%)
Remember this comparison is team by team, series by series over last year. Since the schedule does fluctuate a little, minor discrepancies will come in from time to time and we'll pick up that other game from 2005 against another NL East foe later. That said, for the percent changes I factored as if we had played 22 games last year at this time. Our improvement is -as expected- coming back down to earth from the gaudy numbers of the last two weeks, but it's still visible on both offense and defense. Keeping it above ten percent might be a little harder in Atlanta where the comp to last year is to a series in which the Braves clinched the division and let up a little. The Marlins should be an easier target to make as we're already off to a good start. Last year at Florida we lost two out of three and were outscored fourteen to nine.