--LF Alfonso Soriano entered Monday having walked in five consecutive games, a career high. Soriano had 29 walks in 81 games after walking 31 times in 135 games last year. "I'm not swinging at bad pitches," he said. "I'm the same guy -- aggressive at home plate, but I'm trying to swing at strikes." Soriano didn't walk in Monday's game, but he had three singles and stole two bases.
--CF Jim Edmonds snapped an 0-for-18 streak overall and an 0-for-17 over his last seven full games. Edmonds tripled and doubled twice. --RF Kosuke Fukudome established a career high with four RBIs. He hit a sacrifice fly in the second inning, a two-run single in the fifth and a run-scoring double in the ninth. He batted seventh in the order, but manager Lou Piniella might move him back to fifth if he continues hitting.
--2B Mark DeRosa extended his hitting streak to seven games with a ninth-inning double. His streak of hitting home runs in consecutive games ended at four.
--LHP Ted Lilly won his fifth consecutive road decision and improved to 13-7 overall. He also drove in a run with a single.
--RHP Carlos Zambrano, who pitches Tuesday, is 10-6 with a 3.85 ERA lifetime against the Pirates, including 1-0 in three starts this year.
BY THE NUMBERS: 650 -- The Cubs' single-season record for walks drawn by their batters in a season, set in 1975. The Cubs are on pace to break that record by two this year. It's a far cry from recent Cubs teams, including last year, when they finished 15th in the NL with 500 walks.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "We have a lot of confidence in ourselves. We trust each other. It's not a two-man show, a three-man show. It's a bunch of guys strewn throughout the lineup who are capable of getting it done." -- IF-OF Mark DeRosa, who entered Monday having homered in four straight games.
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