Chicago starter Carlos Zambrano (9-6), pitching while he appeals a five-game suspension given after he hit Jim Edmonds of St. Louis twice with pitches Monday, allowed four runs, eight hits and three walks in 6 1-3 innings. He has lost three straight starts and four of five.

"I wasn't surprised Carlos came back with a good outing," Cubs manager Dusty Baker said. "He's still young and still learning."

Chicago led 2-1 in the bottom of the sixth when Bobby Abreu walked leading off, Pat Burrell singled off the glove of shortstop Gonzalez with one out and Ricky Ledee singled home the tying run.

David Bell loaded the bases when his broken-bat looper sailed over second baseman Mark Grudzielanek for a single.

Todd Pratt took a called third strike but Abbott hit the next pitch up the middle past a diving Gonzalez.

"That's the first time all year Larry's not told me to take a strike," Abbott said. "It seems like every time he does, they groove the first one. That's the protocol for a pitcher when you're facing another pitcher."

Chicago had runners at first and third with two outs in the fifth, but Abbott got Moises Alou to fly out. Alou threw down his bat in disgust before jogging to first. With a runner on in the seventh, he again flied out.

Abreu hit a run-scoring groundout in the bottom of the first, but Lee homered in the fourth, his 18th of the season and sixth in 10 games.

GIANTS 5, CARDINALS 3: At St. Louis, on Barry Bonds' 40th birthday, the St. Louis Cardinals made somebody else beat them. A day after Bonds' three-run, seventh-inning home run contributed to a San Francisco Giants' victory, he drew his major league-leading 79th intentional walk at a key spot. The Giants went ahead for good in the 10th on Edgar Alfonzo's two-run homer off Ray King (3-1) and sent the Cardinals to their first extra-inning loss in seven games this season.

EXPOS 6, MARLINS 2: At Montreal, Endy Chavez hit a tying two-run triple in the sixth, then scored the go-ahead run on Jamey Carroll's sacrifice fly to lead the Expos over Florida. Rocky Biddle (2-4) allowed two runs and six hits in six innings, his longest outing in three starts since joining the rotation. Montreal, which was outhit 10-6, extended a winning streak to three for the first time since June 19-22.