Carlos Zambrano becomes the first NL Pitcher with 12 Wins

Carlos Zambrano can do no wrong for the Chicago Cubs lately.

Zambrano pitched five shutout innings to become the National League's first 12-game winner, Koyie Hill drove in a career-high five runs on a pair of doubles and the surging Cubs beat the San Francisco Giants 12-1 on Wednesday.

Slugger Barry Bonds was held out of San Francisco's starting lineup for the third straight day to rest his sore legs, and it might not have mattered. Zambrano (12-7) allowed two hits and the Cubs gave him more than enough offense in their fifth win in six games since the All-Star break and 17th in 22 overall.

Matt Cain (3-11), the Giants' hard-luck right-hander, didn't allow a hit until Cliff Floyd's two-out single started Chicago's four-run fourth inning. Jacque Jones got Chicago on the board three batters later on a two-run single that glanced off first baseman Ryan Klesko's glove into shallow right field.

Hill followed Klesko with a two-run double and then doubled again in the fifth with a drive off the center-field wall to score three. Floyd also added an RBI double earlier in the five-run inning.

Zambrano improved to 7-2 in his nine starts since fighting with then-Cubs catcher Michael Barrett on June 1. He went only five innings, likely a precaution with such a big lead after he took a ball off his hand on Dave Roberts' leadoff groundout in the first.

Sean Gallagher pitched four innings of relief, allowing the Giants' only run in the ninth and picking up his first career save.