CHICAGO — Geovany Soto hit a three-run homer to back another solid start by Randy Wells and the Cubs broke a four-game losing streak with a 5-4 win over the White Sox on Friday.

Milton Bradley of the Cubs went after the Gatorade cooler in the dugout after he flied out in the top of the sixth, had an angry exchange with manager Lou Piniella in the tunnel and was told to go home. Ryan Freel replaced him in right field in the bottom half.

Fresh off the revelation that he tested positive for marijuana at the World Baseball Classic, Soto hit a three-run homer off Jose Contreras (2-7) in the seventh to give the Cubs a 5-2 lead.

Blue Jays 6, Phillies 1: Ricky Romero held Philadelphia hitless for six innings and Aaron Hill hit a two-run double in Toronto’s victory Friday night.

The rookie left-hander gave up a hit to Chase Utley leading off the seventh and Jayson Werth followed with an infield single for the Phillies, losers of 11 of 13. Romero got Ryan Howard to hit into a double play and John Mayberry to fly out to center to finish the inning.

Romero (5-3) allowed two hits, walked one and struck out seven.

Red Sox 4, Braves 1: Josh Beckett threw seven more scoreless innings against Atlanta and David Ortiz homered for Boston.

Beckett (9-3) has faced the Braves twice in the past seven days — and still hasn’t given up a run. He threw a five-hit, no-walk shutout at Fenway Park last weekend. This time, he allowed six hits, struck out six and didn’t walk anyone.

Ortiz is hitting .333 over his last 17 games, with seven homers and 14 RBIs, though he’s still batting just .218 overall.

Indians 9, Reds 2: Jeremy Sowers pitched into the eighth inning for his first win as a starter this season and Ryan Garko hit a two-run homer to lead Cleveland to its second win in 10 games.

Sowers (2-5), who began the season in Triple-A, allowed two runs and six hits in his longest outing since Sept. 9, when he went eight in a win at Baltimore. The left-hander’s only previous win came on May 25, when he worked five shutout innings of relief as the Indians overcame a 10-0 deficit to beat Tampa Bay 11-10.

Garko homered in the fourth off Aaron Harang (5-8) and Victor Martinez added a solo shot in the fifth as the Indians built a 9-0 lead.

Pirates 5, Royals 3: Virgil Vasquez went six innings for his first major league win and Pittsburgh got home runs from three unlikely power sources.

Vasquez (1-0), recalled by the Pirates after Thursday’s game to make his first start since Aug. 31, 2007, allowed two runs and four hits while striking out seven.

Nyjer Morgan, Jason Jaramillo and Jack Wilson homered for Pittsburgh, which has won three straight since snapping a five-game losing streak.

Orioles 11, Nationals 1: Rookie Brad Bergesen allowed four hits in six innings to win his fourth straight decision and Melvin Mora had four RBIs for Baltimore.

Aubrey Huff drove in three runs, and Nick Markakis, Adam Jones and Nolan Reimold all had three hits for the Orioles, who used an eight-run sixth inning to turn the game into a rout.

A crowd of 45,024 — the biggest at Camden Yards since opening day — showed up for this interleague matchup between last-place clubs.

Rays 7, Marlins 3: B.J. Upton’s three-run double snapped an eighth-inning tie for Tampa Bay.

Carlos Pena, Evan Longoria and Carl Crawford also drove in runs as the AL champions ended Florida’s five-game winning streak. J.P. Howell (3-2), the fifth Tampa Bay pitcher, worked 1 1-3 innings for the victory.

Hanley Ramirez homered for the third time in four games for the Marlins, hitting a solo shot that made it 3-all in the seventh.

Rangers 12, Padres 2: David Murphy and Hank Blalock homered for Texas and Kevin Millwood won his fifth straight decision at home.

Murphy’s three-run homer put Texas up 6-1 against Walter Silva (0-1), who gave up nine runs in 2 1-3 innings. It was Murphy’s third homer in eight games.

Before winning 9-8 in 12 innings at Arizona on Thursday, the AL West-leading Rangers had scored two runs or less in four consecutive games. They had gone 21 straight games without scoring more than six runs, their longest such streak since 1990.

Twins 3, Cardinals 1: Glen Perkins worked seven dominant innings and Minnesota got key hits from Jason Kubel and Michael Cuddyer.

Joe Mauer was 1-for-2 with two walks and is batting .396 for the Twins, who are 38-37 overall but 11-5 in interleague play. Kubel and Cuddyer each had two hits and an RBI, and Perkins (3-4), whose previous three career at-bats were strikeouts, contributed two sacrifices.

Adam Wainwright (8-5) lasted seven innings, allowing three runs, one unearned. The Cardinals totaled seven hits against four pitchers after averaging 12 runs in Wainwright’s three previous starts, all victories.

Yankees 9, Mets 1: Three errors by Mets infielders led to a four-run second inning, and Alex Rodriguez of the visiting Yankees added his 564th home run to pass Reggie Jackson on the career list.

Fill-in leadoff batter Brett Gardner had a career-high five hits, including his third home run of the season and a triple. Rodriguez made it 7-1 with a two-run shot in the eighth, 11th homer this season.

Third baseman David Wright, shortstop Alex Cora and first baseman Nick Evans contributed to the Mets’ first three-error inning in five years.

Astros 5, Tigers 4: Miguel Tejada had a double and drove in two runs and Houston snapped Detroit’s seven-game winning streak.

Tejada doubled in the third inning for the Astros’ first run and drove in the winning run on a sacrifice fly in the eighth that followed Jeff Keppinger’s bases-loaded walk that made it 4-4.

Kaz Matsui singled with one out in the eighth before Joel Zumaya (3-2) walked three consecutive batters. He was replaced by Freddy Dolsi after walking Keppinger.

Rockies 4, Athletics 2: Garrett Atkins had three hits and two RBIs, Jason Hammel remained unbeaten in June and the Rockies beat the Oakland Athletics on Friday night.

Todd Helton added a two-run single as part of a three-run fifth inning, helping Colorado snap a seven-game losing streak in Oakland.

Dodgers 8, Mariners 2: Andre Ethier had his first three-homer game and drove in a career-high six runs to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to an 8-2 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Friday night.

Ethier gave the Dodgers a 3-0 lead in the second, driving a 1-1 pitch from Jason Vargas to center field after Casey Blake led off with a double and James Loney singled.

He made it 7-2 in the sixth with a drive into the right-field pavilion off Vargas (3-3). He capped his big night with a leadoff shot in the eighth off Miguel Batista for his 14th homer.

It was Ethier’s fifth career multihomer game.

Angels 12, Diamondbacks 3: Torii Hunter homered to cap an eight-run second inning and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 12-3 Friday night.

National League

Brewers 5, Giants 1:  Yovani Gallardo outdueled Matt Cain and Ryan Braun drove in two runs for Milwaukee.

Slumping shortstop J.J. Hardy homered for the Brewers, who had lost five of their previous six games. It was only the second loss in seven games for the Giants.

Gallardo (8-4) gave up a first-inning home run to Pablo Sandoval before settling down to retire 16 batters in a row between the second and seventh innings. He struck out nine while giving up four hits and three walks in 7 2-3 innings.