D'backs return home after a 3-7 road trip

The Arizona Diamondbacks (44-41) managed to salvage two of four games with the New York Mets -- including a 15-inning 5-4 win yesterday, and finished 3-7 on the "not a lot of fun" road trip, which included an exhausting 10 extra innings in four days with the Mets.

Somehow, someway the D'backs return home with a 2 1/2 game lead over the second-place Colorado Rockies (42-44).

Speaking of the Rockies, the D'backs open up a three-game series tonight with Colorado at Chase Field. Tyler Skaggs (1-1, 5.40 ERA) gets the starting nod as Arizona is home for 10 games.

After a disastrous road trip, which could have been a lot worse -- if not for those last two wins over the Mets, the Diamondbacks would just as soon get back on the winning track and forget the last 10 days.

Getting wins from their starting pitchers would be nice. Allowing Patrick Corbin (9-1) to go down to defeat in New York is still fresh on the minds of the Diamondbacks.

It's time for a good home stand. I'd settle for 8-2.