Alfonso Soriano homered and drove in three runs Saturday to help the Chicago Cubs beat the Colorado Rockies 5-4 for their sixth straight win. He was hit on the foot with a pitch in the eighth inning but was OK after the game. With the wind blowing out at 14 mph and gusting up to 20 mph, balls again had a jet stream to ride over the fence. The teams combined for seven homers Friday -- four by Chicago and three by Colorado -- and four more went out Saturday, three by the Rockies.

Alfonso Soriano homered and drove in three runs Saturday to help the Chicago Cubs beat the Colorado Rockies 5-4 for their sixth straight win. With the wind blowing out at 14 mph and gusting up to 20 mph, balls again had a jet stream to ride over the fence. The teams combined for seven homers Friday -- four by Chicago and three by Colorado - and four more went out Saturday, three by the Rockies.

Soriano homers as Cubs top Rockies

Soriano's hit helps Cubs extend lead in win

Alfonso Soriano singled in the winning run in the bottom of the 10th Wednesday night and the Chicago Cubs beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-1 to complete a three-game sweep. In the 10th, pinch-hitter Mike Fontenot doubled with one out off Chan Ho Park (1-1) and scored on Soriano's single to left. Soriano finished 2-for-5 and has hit safely in five of six games. He is 8-for-26 (.308) with one homer and three RBI in that span.

Soriano hits game-winner as Cubs win

Soriano homers, but makes key mistake in loss

Soriano in Saturday's lineup

Alfonso Soriano had two hits Friday and is 10-for-16 against Pittsburgh the last eight days. Soriano doubled and scored when right fielder Xavier Nady couldn't make a diving catch of Derrek Lee's soft liner that fell for a single. Soriano was running, so Nady could have turned a double play by making the catch.

Soriano leaves blowout early

Cubs LF Alfonso Soriano hit two homers for a second consecutive game Saturday against Pittsburgh. He went 4-for-5 with a double and has 20 hits in his last 37 at-bats, raising his average to .295 after a brutal start.

Soriano homers twice, but Cubs lose

Alfonso Soriano got booed and jeered during a slow start. Now, he's showing again that he can carry a team. Soriano homered in his first two at-bats and the surging Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-4 on Friday for their seventh win in eight games. Soriano connected on the first pitch from Tom Gorzelanny for his third leadoff home run in four games. Soriano launched a three-run shot in the second inning that made it 6-0, giving him five homers this week and eight this season.

Soriano homers twice in win over Pirates

Cubs OF Alfonso Soriano, who made it three home runs in as many games Wednesday when he hit a solo homer to lead off the bottom of the first in a win over the Padres, is 10-for-19 during the past five games after a very slow start that included a trip to the disabled list. He also had a key two-run single in the second inning Wednesday after a wild pitch by Jake Peavy on a third strike to Ted Lilly allowed the pitcher to reach. "I feel great. I'm swinging the bat really well," said Soriano, who was booed early in the 10-game homestand. "That's part of the game. It motivates me to try to make myself a better player."

Cubs OF Alfonso Soriano had a key two-run single in the second inning after a wild pitch by Jake Peavy on a third strike to Ted Lilly allowed the pitcher to reach. The single gave the Cubs a 3-0 lead and sent the Padres on their way to a 8-5 loss. Peavy (4-3) needed 87 pitches to make it through four innings. He gave up four runs and seven hits, struck out eight and walked two. But the third-strike wild pitch was the most costly. "It would have been a different game. I still had the chance to make some pitches to Soriano there," Peavy said. "But I'd much rather get Ted Lilly out there than have to face Soriano, but I didn't. I have to make better pitches. I'm obviously just frustrated. I have to do better than that. Having to get pulled after four is embarrassing."

Soriano homers as Cubs beat Padres

Alfonso Soriano led off the first inning with a home run against San Diego Tuesday. "Soriano's first at-bat wasn't a very good greeting for a guy who hadn't (started) in two years in the big leagues but I was able to make pitches after that and settle down," said Shawn Estes.

Cubs OF Alfonso Soriano stayed hot with his fourth home run of the season Monday against the Padres. He finished 2-for-5 with a double, two runs scored and two RBI and is batting 7-for-14 over the last four games. "Be more aggressive and, at the same time, selective at home plate," he said. "That's what I try to do because I know when I swing at a strike, I know that I hit the ball very hard."

Soriano goes deep in Cubs win

OF Alfonso Soriano played like his old self Saturday. The Chicago Cubs star had four hits, including a go-ahead double in a six-run seventh inning, and showed some flair on the bases to help the Cubs beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-2. Soriano twice raced home and scored with good slides to send the largest crowd of the season at Wrigley Field (41,597) into a tizzy. He also drove in one run and raised his average to .223.

Soriano goes 4-for-5, Cubs win

Struggling Alfonso Soriano, who'd been booed after grounding out in his previous at-bat Friday against Arizona, hit an RBI double past third for a 2-1 lead. He finished the game 1-for-4, leaving two men on base.

The Sports Xchange reports that Cubs LF Alfonso Soriano did not start Wednesday after he made six consecutive starts following his activation off the disabled list. Soriano was 6-for-27 with one homer and five RBIs in those six games. He had been out with a calf injury.

Cubs OF Alfonso Soriano had two hits, including his third double, in five at-bats Tuesday against the Reds. He extended his hitting streak to five games (6-for-23). It was just his third multi-hit game of the season and first since April 10.

Despite hitting .391 in 46 at-bats following his stint as an everyday player with Alfonso Soriano sidelined, Cubs SS Ronny Cedeno returned to a bench role May 1 and hasn't started a game since. He didn't even pinch hit Saturday at St. Louis.

Alfonso Soriano tied Friday's game in the ninth with a two-run homer off St. Louis closer Jason Isringhausen. Soriano atoned for a shaky defensive play in left field and a missed opportunity at the plate, both in the seventh, with his third homer of the season. Soriano's RBI groundout in the third cut it to 2-1.

Cubs OF Alfonso Soriano (calf) came off the 15-day DL Thursday in time for a game against the Brewers. Soriano was hitless in four at-bats as the leadoff hitter, but did not experience any setbacks. "I feel 100 percent with my legs and I think I have a very good jump," Soriano said.

Left fielder Alfonso Soriano was activated from the 15-day disabled list Thursday and returned to the Chicago Cubs' lineup as their leadoff hitter against the Milwaukee Brewers. Soriano strained his right calf in the first inning against Cincinnati on April 15 after making his familiar hop to catch a fly ball. The Cubs were 9-5 without him in the lineup. Reed Johnson, who had filled in as a leadoff hitter while Soriano was out, was batting eighth in center field for Thursday's finale of a three-game series against the Brewers. To make room for Soriano on the roster, the Cubs optioned outfielder Matt Murton back to Triple-A Iowa.

Soriano activated from disabled list

The Sports Xchange reports that speculation is rife over whom the Cubs will send out Thursday when they activate LF Alfonso Soriano from the 15-day disabled list. The logical choice would be OF Matt Murton, who has played sparingly since his call-up when Soriano went on the DL. However, if the Cubs feel CF Felix Pie needs to play every day somewhere, he could be the one to go.