--LF Alfonso Soriano's leadoff homer Wednesday was his 21st as a Cub, setting a club record. He had shared the mark with Jimmy Ryan. Soriano now has 53 leadoff homers, tying him for second all time with Craig Biggio. Rickey Henderson is the leader with 81.
--SS Ryan Theriot homered in the first and fourth innings. He established a single-season high with his fifth homer. All 12 of Theriot's career homers have come at Wrigley Field. "If you watch him take batting practice, he's got a quick bat," manager Lou Piniella said. "It's just a matter of getting the ball up in the air." Theriot and LF Alfonso Soriano provided the first back-to-back homers to start a game for the Cubs since Eric Young and Ricky Gutierrez did it in 2000. --INF Bobby Scales hit his first major league home run, a pinch homer leading off the seventh inning Tuesday.
BY THE NUMBERS: 61 -- Cubs relief pitchers entered the week with 61 walks in 86 innings pitched. To put that into perspective, the starting pitchers had issued 67 walks in 180 2/3 innings.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "I've never seen anything quite like this. Every day, it seems to be something different. Just tough it out. What can I say? It just gets frustrating. Every time you put something a little together, something different happens." -- Manager Lou Piniella.
