The "Second Half"

I thought I would do a quick schedule break down of what we are calling the "second half" of the season between the Giants and the Dodgers. The Giants have 66 games left and the Dodgers have 65 games left. Here are some comparisons for you.

Home Games vs. Road Games

Giants Home Games - 28
Dodgers Home Games - 32

Giants Road Games - 38
Dodgers Road Games - 33

Normally I would be worried about so many road games but I think the Giants actually play pretty well on the road so maybe this is a good thing.

NL West Games

Giants vs. Dodgers - 9

Rockies
Giants - 7
Dodgers - 6

Padres
Giants - 7
Dodgers - 9

Dbacks
Giants - 6
Dodgers - 5 

Total - 29
Total - 29

I can't believe the Dodgers have 9 more games with the Padres. That seems slightly advantageous to them but we both have 29 division games left so that makes the Season Series between the 2 teams EXTREMELY important! Giants already have the advantage of winning 7 of 10 games so far. I'd say they need to take 6 of the remaining 9 games to stay in this race.

NL Central Games
Giants - 12
Dodgers - 19 

NL East Games
Giants - 17
Dodgers - 13 

The Dodgers are heavy with NL Central games and the Giants are heavy with NL East games. I think the Central is a much better division so let's hope that gives the Giants a little edge.

Interleague Games
Giants - 8

Dodgers - 4

Even though the Giants still have 8 interleague games left, the Dodgers 4 interleague games are against the Angels, which I think is going to be really interesting. I think the Angels are capable of giving the Dodgers trouble much like the A's with the Giants. Those games come up at the beginning of August so hopefully the Angels can do us a solid and wipe the floor with the Dodgers.

I just remembered we have 3 innings of a game left with the Rockies in September (which I will hopefully be at!) so technically we have 66.5 games left. So weird resuming a game 3 months later but it was sort of looking like the Giants might lose that game on that particular day so let's hope for a nice momentum shift in the Giants direction by that time. I'd really love to go troll some Rockies fans in Colorado!

Hopefully this gives you a quick, easy breakdown of the remaining schedules for the 2 teams. It's going to be a wild "second half"!