The Rockies are 5 games – and two teams – behind the Giants in the wild-card standings.

The Dodgers are 1 1/2 games behind the Rockies. It’s a division series. It’s mid-August. Any questions?

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The Rockies are off Monday, while the Dodgers are in Atlanta, where they’ve dropped three in a row. L.A. has lost five straight. … The Rockies won the three-game series against Milwaukee and Tulowitzki had the game-winning hit in both Rockies wins. … Neither and Rockies nor the Dodgers have signed their No. 1 picks in the draft, outfielder Kyle Parker and pitcher Zach Lee, respectively. Both are college quarterbacks, Parker at Clemson and Lee at LSU.

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