Just a Typical Game at CF

For the second time in eight games, CF produced a 3-2, 11-inning Rockies win last night. So far this season, the average runs scored in games at CF is 9.38. In 2005, the average was 11.09. Not a drastic shift, but a favorable trend as Rox officials try to normalize the game at their home park. This is also a reverse trend from the rest of the league. In 2005, the average runs scored in NL games was 8.89, meaning an average of 2.20 more runs per game were scored at CF than the rest of the league. The average runs scored in the NL so far in 2006 is 10.25, so CF is actually yielding .87 runs per game less than the league. The staff at DITR will be monitoring this trend throughout the season.

One of the benefits of being in a tie ballgame last night was the non-factor of Trevor Hoffman. In Monday's game, Hoffman recorded a save, which got me to wondering how many saves he has in his career against the Rox. Here are the top five opponents for Hoffman's career in saves, save opportunities and home runs allowed.

Saves
LA-49
COL-42
SF-41
ARI-30
CHC-27

Save Opportunities
LA-51
SF-48
COL-46
ARI-34
NYM-30

Home Runs Allowed
COL-12
PHI-8
LA-7
ATL-5
CHC-5
NYM-5

It's no surprise to see NL West teams on these lists given the return of the unbalanced schedule. It certainly doesn't seem to me like we have hit 12 homers and blown four save opportunities for Hoffman, but he is human after all.

During the telecast last night, they mentioned how good the bullpen has been this season. Overall, the bullpen ERA is 3.35, but S. Kim has been truly awful and if you subtract his performances, the pen's ERA is 1.33. The Rox are 4th in the NL in ERA at 4.19 while last season through 14 games the team ERA was 6.83. The most pleasant surprise so far this season has been Josh Fogg, who may just be playing himself into a permanent job in the rotation.

Until next time, Go Rockies!