--RHP Rich Harden recorded his fifth double-digit strikeout game of the season, his fourth with the Cubs, with 10 punch-outs of the Reds. He retired the first 10 batters he faced and 17 of the first 18. Harden recorded his first Wrigley Field win, his first career RBI and his first game-winning RBI.
--RHP Carlos Marmol extended his scoreless-innings streak to 16, all since the All-Star break, with a 1-2-3 eighth inning. --3B Aramis Ramirez entered Tuesday as the lone Cub in the top 10 in RBIs in the NL, with 83. However, the Cubs are the only NL team with eight players having at least 40 RBIs.
--C Geovany Soto hit his second triple of the season and his first since April 5. It was the Cubs' 17th triple and their first since July 30. Soto is 4-for-8 with a double, triple and a homer against Reds pitcher Johnny Cueto.
--Manager Lou Piniella says he's taking no team lightly. The Cubs are in a stretch of nine games against three sub-.500 teams: Cincinnati, Washington and Pittsburgh. "We just need to keep playing hard and stay focused, not take anything for granted and take every opponent seriously," Piniella said. "That's our job."
--1B Derrek Lee picked up his 39th multi-hit game. He had 50 last year.
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.
