Gregory Bull Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Carlos Zambrano wipes his face while pitching against the San Diego Padres in the first inning during their baseball game Monday, Sept. 27, 2010, in San Diego.

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Cubs outfielder Kosuke Fukudome was scratched from Thursday's lineup because of a mild left knee sprain incurred when he stole third base in the first inning the previous day.

That’s all the news for today.

The Padres host the Chicago Cubs tonight in the first of four games to close out the home season. They enter the series trailing idle San Francisco by a half-game in the West and leading the Braves by a half-game in the wildcard race with seven games to go as the Chic

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St. Louis Cardinals’ Albert Pujols points up after hitting a three-run home run in the first inning against the Chicago Cubs in a baseball game Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010, in Chicago.

Running low on time today, i’ll be back tomorrow hopefully with some more news.

Mark Potash: The only thing I know about the validity of Carlos Zambrano’s September rebirth is that I have no faith in the Cubs to figure out whether they’ve discovered fool’s gold or the real deal. If they were that perceptive, they never would have been in this situation in the first place.

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Casey Coleman labored in the first inning, throwing 31 pitches and giving up two hits and two walks, but restricted the damage to one run.

Not a lot else going on in the MLB world today.