"Cubs hitters had just finished winning three straight games with a total of 28 runs and 40 hits, but watching the Diamondbacks pitching staff leave town wasn't all that depressing for them.

That's because the Cubs go to Pittsburgh on Tuesday. And while it may not seem possible, the Pirates are the only team in all of baseball with a worse pitching staff than Arizona's.

Having reached .500 with their 10-5 victory Sunday, the Cubs would like to get to the positive side for the first time this season on a six-game trip that ends in Cincinnati, which has the NL's third-worst pitching staff.

"Win series after series," Cubs center fielder Marlon Byrd said. "When you do that, you're doing the right thing."

The Cubs won their second series in the last three by destroying the Diamondbacks with three straight Alfonso Soriano sock-fests.

Soriano followed Friday's game-winning homer and Saturday's game-tying homer with a two-homer day, giving him 10 RBIs in the three games."