On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Rockies series preview

Didn’t we just do this last week? (Yes, we did.)

For more on the Rockies, you can check out that series preview from last week or visit our SB Nation Rockies site Purple Row.

The Cubs have won nine straight games at home vs. the Rockies, sweeping three games each of the past three years. They outscored the Rockies, 51-21, including 3-1, 4-3 and 2-1 last season.

The Cubs are 21-14-2 in series at home vs. the Rockies — and 18-6-1 since 2000, including 13-2-1 in 2000-15 and 5-1 since 2019.

Their only winless series were two games each in 1996 and 1997. In 2006 and 2011, they lost two games, then won the third. In 2017, they lost three, then won the fourth.

The Cubs have swept the Rockies in seven series: four games in 2008, two in 2010 and three in 1993, 2007 and 2023-25.
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This series is the last of three this year in which the Cubs will have played the same opponent in two series separated by one against a different opponent.

The first was April 13-23, when the Cubs won two of three at Philadelphia, won three at home vs. the Mets, then swept four vs. the Phillies.

The second was June 5-14, when they lost two of three at home vs. the Giants, lost two of three at Colorado, then won two of three at San Francisco.

After Wednesday, the Cubs will have finished their season series vs. 10 teams: the Giants, Phillies and Rockies in the NL, and the Angels, Astros, Athletics, Guardians, Rangers, Rays and White Sox in the AL.

The only NL team they have not played is the Marlins. They will not until Sept. 4, when the teams meet in the first of three games at Miami. They will play three at Wrigley Field, the Cubs’ final three home games, Sept. 22-24.

(Courtesy BCB’s JohnW53)

Probable pitching matchups

Monday: Shōta Imanaga, LHP (4-6, 4.44 ERA, 1.062 WHIP, 4.72 FIP) vs. Michael Lorenzen, RHP (2-8, 7.54 ERA, 1.904 WHIP, 4.84 FIP)

Tuesday: Edward Cabrera, RHP (4-3, 4.86 ERA, 1.413 WHIP, 5.09 FIP) vs. Ryan Feltner, RHP (2-2, 5.20 ERA, 1.211 WHIP, 4.98 FIP)

Wednesday: Javier Assad, RHP (4-1, 3.99 ERA, 1.017 WHIP, 3.99 FIP) vs. Sean Sullivan, LHP (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0.667 WHIP, 2.77 FIP)

Monday: 7:05 p.m. CT, Marquee Sports Network

Tuesday: 7:05 p.m. CT, Marquee Sports Network

Wednesday: 7:05 p.m. CT, Marquee Sports Network

Well, the Cubs DID finally win a series, over the weekend in San Francisco. The Rockies have lost eight of 11, though they did win a ridiculous game in Sacramento on Sunday, 23-9 over the A’s.

But overall they are 13-25 on the road and have lost nine of their last 13 road games.

If the Cubs don’t win at least two of these three, they’re in trouble.

The Cubs finally get out of the Giants/Rockies/Giants/Rockies pattern. They have Thursday off, then will host the Toronto Blue Jays in a three-game series at Wrigley Field beginning Friday afternoon.

We are having issues with polls at this time so please just list how many games you think the Cubs will win in this series in the comments.