TUCSON—The Cubs figured it was going to be a long day when their bus broke down on the side of the highway heading to Hi Corbett Field.Turns out, the rest of the afternoon was rather short.The adventurous 3 1/2-hour bus ride down from Mesa took way longer than the actual exhibition game. The Colorado Rockies needed just more than two hours – warp speed by Cactus League standards – to beat the Cubs 5-2 on Monday.Starting pitcher Carlos Zambrano caught a break – his cousin was following the bus in a car, so they drove with catcher Koyie Hill to the park. Zambrano had plenty of time to relax, unwind and warm up while his teammates waited for the bus to be fixed.Lou Piniella wasn’t with the team on the bus. He was driving separately with pitching coach Larry Rothschild as the two talked a little shop, discussing the pitching staff.About an hour later than expected, the team came sauntering onto the field – much to Zambrano’s delight.With the wind briskly blowing out, Zambrano felt as though he was back home at Wrigley Field. He gave up four doubles, including one by Carlos Gonzalez that the right-hander figured Sam Fuld was surely going to catch, only to have the ball bounce high off the wall in center.Zambrano threw 43 pitches in his third outing of the spring, allowing one run in four innings. That was better than his previous outing, when he yielded five runs over three innings.On this day, though, Zambrano had his sinker working.Zambrano also helped himself at the plate with an RBI double.Jeff Francis went four innings for Colorado and gave up two runs. The lefty is working his way back into shape after missing last season following arthroscopic surgery on his pitching shoulder.

NOTES—Ted Lilly is expected back at camp Thursday. Lilly left to join his wife, who gave birth to a son Sunday. … Piniella said Derrek Lee (left foot) and Aramis Ramirez (sore right triceps) probably won’t play Tuesday against Texas. … Rockies SS Troy Tulowitzki hit his first homer of the spring in the sixth.