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--SS Ryan Theriot finished the recent road trip 8-for-23. He has multiple hits in three of his last six games. Theriot leads Cubs regulars with a .396 on-base percentage. He also has 47 multi-hit games.
--1B Derrek Lee walked three times in Sunday's finale at Florida. Lee, who has been slumping, was 6-for-21 on the road trip. He has not hit a home run since July 27.
--C Geovany Soto had a five-game hitting streak snapped Sunday. Soto was 8-for-15 during the streak. He has hit safely in 16 of his last 22 games.
BY THE NUMBERS: 27.4 -- Cubs catchers Geovany Soto and Henry Blanco entered the week having thrown out 27.4 percent of runners trying to steal (23 of 84). That placed the Cubs ninth in the major leagues. Last year, Cubs catchers ranked 29th, throwing out just 11 percent, or 15 of 116.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "Don't I still smell like a brewery?" -- Pinch-hitter Daryle Ward, after crushing a three-run homer last Friday in Florida to lift the Cubs to come-from-behind 6-5 victory. Ward had been 4-for-40 as a pinch hitter, and his teammates doused him with beer after the game.
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