SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Southern California was incredibly agreeable to

Derrek Lee, Carlos Zambrano and the rest of the resurgent Chicago

Cubs.

Zambrano combined with two relievers on a four-hitter and Lee,

who has the best batting average in the majors, had three more hits

to lead the Cubs to a 4-0 win over San Diego on Sunday, their ninth

win in 10 games.

The Cubs took three of four from the NL West-leading Padres --

including two shutouts -- and went 6-1 on a swing through Los

Angeles and San Diego.

The trip started three days after Mark Prior sustained a

compression fracture near his right elbow when he was hit with a

line drive. He joined fellow starter Kerry Wood on the disabled

list.

"Without a doubt, with all the adversity we had, I think people

expected us to go the other way," Lee said. "We haven't. We've

kept our heads up and we've been playing great baseball."

Lee went 3-for-5 with two doubles, an RBI and a run, raising his

average to .385. Neifi Perez also went 3-for-5, extending his

hitting streak to 14 games, and scored twice.

Lee had 16 hits on the seven-game trip and Perez had 14.

"Just keep it coming," manager Dusty Baker said.

"The key was for us to start swinging the bats," Lee said.

"We weren't scoring runs. Now we're getting the pitchers the lead

and they're holding it. That's good baseball."

The Padres fell to 1-4 in June after going 22-6 in May, a club

record for wins in a month.

"We have to get back on track," manager Bruce Bochy said after

the Padres lost a home series for the first time this season. "We

need to win some ballgames."

Zambrano (4-3) pitched out of two jams and didn't allow an

earned run for the third time in four starts. He allowed just three

singles in seven innings, struck out seven and walked four. Will

Ohman allowed a single in the eighth and Ryan Dempster pitched the

ninth.

In his last start, Zambrano and two relievers combined on a

one-hitter, but he didn't get the decision in a 2-1 win in 10

innings at Los Angeles on Tuesday night.

Zambrano got all the runs he needed on Corey Patterson's RBI

double and RBI singles by Jeromy Burnitz and Aramis Ramirez.

The Padres got runners to second and third with one out in the

sixth, but Zambrano escaped trouble. Dave Roberts and Sean

Burroughs opened with singles and advanced on Brian Giles'

groundout to first. Zambrano then struck out Phil Nevin and got

Ramon Hernandez to ground to shortstop.

Zambrano walked the first three batters in the first, but also

got out of it unscathed.

Roberts drew a leadoff walk but was thrown out at second when

Burroughs failed to execute a hit-and-run. Burroughs and Giles

walked, but Zambrano retired Nevin on a popup and struck out

Hernandez.

Zambrano said it took him a while to get into the game mentally,

plus a bit of a threat from catcher Henry Blanco.

"Henry, he just told me if I don't throw a strike or anything

like that, he will slap me. He told me I have to be more

aggressive, and I looked like I was too calm out there."

Said Burnitz: "Zambrano's a beauty. He's such an intense guy.

If he's not in the zone, he gets so mad at himself. His stuff is so

dominating that when he's in the zone, he doesn't really get hit."

San Diego's Woody Williams (2-3) lost in his first start since

May 1. He came off the disabled list and started in place of ace

Jake Peavy, who has an upper respiratory infection.

Manager Bruce Bochy planned to limit Williams' pitches, and the

right-hander came out after throwing 88 through five innings. He

allowed one run on four hits, walked two and struck out one.

Williams gave up Patterson's two-out double in the fourth that

scored Burnitz. With one out, Burnitz lifted a flyball to

right-center, and started into a home run trot before seeing the

ball hit off the base of the fence. When Burnitz pulled into

second, he acted surprised that the ball didn't go out.

Lee hit a leadoff double to left-center opening the sixth off

Chris Hammond and scored on Burnitz's single for a 2-0 lead.

The Cubs took a 3-0 lead in the seventh on Ramirez's

bases-loaded infield single to shortstop Khalil Greene, who had a

tough play.Game notes
Several Padres still have upper respiratory infections. LF

Ryan Klesko missed his second straight start. RF Brian Giles was

still sick, but started. ... Peavy is scheduled to start Wednesday

at home against Cleveland. ... The Cubs return home for a nine-game

homestand that includes the first-ever regular-season matchup with

the Boston Red Sox. The Cubs and Red Sox played in the 1918 World

Series, which Boston won in six games.