Attendance has not been robust so far at Chase Field, where there has been a 17.4 percent drop compared with the first eight games of last season. Entering Wednesday night's series finale against St. Louis, the Diamondbacks had drawn 194,873 compared with 235,900 last season. Certainly some of the dip can be attributed to playing poor-drawing teams such as the San Diego Padres and Pittsburgh Pirates in the first homestand of the season. Last year, the Diamondbacks faced the Colorado Rockies, Los Angeles Dodgers and Cardinals in the first three home series. After attracting a strong crowd of 24,167 against the Cardinals on Monday, attendance dipped to 19,855 on Tuesday. Diamondbacks CEO Derrick Hall expects attendance to pick up this weekend when the Philadelphia Phillies are in town, but he acknowledges that last year's 92-loss season is a factor. "The opponent will certainly help, but I think a factor is going to be where we are in the standings," Hall said. "Coming off of last season, I think a lot of fans have a wait-and-see approach to buying tickets and I don't blame them."