The best team in baseball will get back on its own turf Friday when the Los Angeles Dodgers open a three-game series against the struggling Colorado Rockies.
Less than two weeks ago, the Rockies-Dodgers series was lining up as a matchup between National League titans, with that perception taking a hit due to Colorado's recent losing stretch.
While the Dodgers enter the series with a 19-8 record and fresh off a 6-1 road victory against the Seattle Mariners, the Rockies arrive after a 10-8 loss to the Astros that completed a four-game, home-and-home Houston sweep.
After a red-hot start, the Rockies are just 2-9 since Aug.