A couple of teams headed in the general direction of the postseason meet up at Coors Field for a long weekend as the Cubs (57-49 and tied with St. Louis in the NL Central) are in Denver for four games against the Rockies (59-49 and one back the NL wild card race). The Cubs are a blistering 21-11 since the start of July. The Rockies are 18-12 in the same span.

GAME 17:10 p.m. today, FSN, 850 AMCubs’ Carlos Zambrano (7-4, 3.55 ERA) vs. Colorado’s Ubaldo Jimenez (8-9, 3.76)

GAME 26:10 p.m. Saturday, FSN, 850 AMCubs’ (Ryan Dempster 5-5, 4.09) vs. Rockies’ Jason Marquis (12-7, 3.49)

GAME 31:10 p.m. Sunday, FSN/WGN, 850 AMCubs’ Randy Wells (8-4, 2.73) vs. Rockies’ Jason Hammel (6-6, 4.62)GAME 46:40 p.m. Monday, FSN, 850 AMCubs’ Tom Gorzelanny (4-1, 3.38) vs. Jorge De La Rosa (9-8, 5.00)DID YOU KNOW?Jake Fox, who hit .529 with four homers and 12 RBIs in four games in Colorado Springs against the Sky Sox earlier this year, has carried that success to the majors. He’s slugging .586 in 44 games with the Cubs (that would place him third in the NL if he had enough at-bats to qualify). … 2008 NL Rookie of the Year Geovany Soto returns tonight after missing two months with an oblique strain. … Chicago has been shut out nine times this season.

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