East Division
	W	L	Pct	GB
Philadelphia	31	19	.620	–
Florida	29	19	.604	1
Atlanta	28	23	.549	3
New York	23	26	.469	7
Washington	21	28	.429	9
Central Division
	W	L	Pct	GB
St. Louis	30	21	.588	–
Milwaukee	27	23	.540	2
Cincinnati	26	25	.510	4
Chicago	22	26	.458	6
Pittsburgh	22	26	.458	6
Houston	19	31	.380	10
West Division
	W	L	Pct	GB
San Francisco	27	22	.551	–
Arizona	26	24	.520	1
Colorado	24	25	.490	3
Los Angeles	22	29	.431	6
San Diego	20	30	.400	7

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Philadelphia 10, Cincinnati 4

Chicago Cubs 9, N.Y. Mets 3

Florida 1, San Francisco 0

Arizona 6, Colorado 3

Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m.

San Diego at Washington, 7:05 p.m.

Philadelphia at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

Cincinnati at Atlanta, 7:35 p.m.

Arizona at Houston, 8:05 p.m.

San Francisco at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m.

St. Louis at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

Florida at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Maholm 1-7) at Chicago Cubs (R.Wells 1-0), 1:05 p.m.

San Diego (Stauffer 0-3) at Washington (Zimmermann 2-5), 1:05 p.m.

San Francisco (J.Sanchez 3-3) at Milwaukee (Wolf 4-4), 4:10 p.m.

Arizona (Duke 0-0) at Houston (W.Rodriguez 3-3), 7:05 p.m.

Cincinnati (Arroyo 3-5) at Atlanta (D.Lowe 3-4), 7:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Hamels 6-2) at N.Y. Mets (Pelfrey 3-4), 7:10 p.m.

St. Louis (J.Garcia 5-0) at Colorado (Nicasio 0-0), 7:10 p.m.

Florida (Sanches 3-1) at L.A. Dodgers (Kuroda 5-4), 10:10 p.m.

Philadelphia at N.Y. Mets, 1:10 p.m.

San Diego at Washington, 1:35 p.m.

Arizona at Houston, 2:05 p.m.

San Francisco at Milwaukee, 2:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m.

St. Louis at Colorado, 3:10 p.m.

Florida at L.A. Dodgers, 4:10 p.m.

Cincinnati at Atlanta, 8:05 p.m.

Philadelphia at Washington, 1:05 p.m.

San Diego at Atlanta, 1:05 p.m.

Houston at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m.

San Francisco at St. Louis, 4:15 p.m.

Milwaukee at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

Colorado at L.A. Dodgers, 8:10 p.m.

Florida at Arizona, 8:10 p.m.

There may be trouble down the line between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs.

Following Friday’s 12-2 loss, the Cubs were incensed that Dodgers catcher A.J. Ellis attempted to steal with their pitcher up and one out in the fifth inning. Ellis was thrown out at second base. At that time, Los Angeles had an 8-1 lead.

According to Cubs manager Mike Quade, using a hit-and-run or trying to steal in that circumstance is a breach of baseball’s unwritten rules.

“I probably have to get a copy of the Milwaukee and the Los Angeles unwritten rules books,” Quade said in an unsolicited commentary after the game.

“I don’t know if they missed a sign or if it was a hit-and-run or something. I’ve got to brush up on my unwritten rules things. There might be a Los Angeles and Milwaukee version I need to read.”

A similar circumstance occurred when the Cubs played Milwaukee on April 9. At that time, Brewers outfielder Carlos Gomez stole second and third base late in the game with the Brewers leading 6-0.

Quade was asked how many runs are too many for another team not to use the running game.

“I don’t know. I was just curious. I guess 15,” he said tongue-in-cheek. “I was a little surprised at [the attempted steal]. But I believe there was a missed sign in the midst of that.”

Quade is not alone in his ire. One Cub player told ESPNChicago.com that “things like that are always remembered down the road.”

The Cubs and the Dodgers continue their three-game series at 12:05 CT on Saturday.

Bruce Levine covers the Cubs for ESPNChicago.com.

Juan Uribe needed just three games to make up for an awful start to his first season with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Uribe hit a two-run homer, Andre Ethier extended his major league-best hitting streak to 19 games and the surging Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs 12-2 on Friday.

Pinch-hitter Marcus Thames added a two-run drive in the ninth as Los Angeles set season highs for runs and hits (14). Matt Kemp and Ethier reached base three times apiece, and A.J. Ellis contributed two hits and two RBIs.

Uribe also had a run-scoring single in the Dodgers’ six-run third inning and a sacrifice fly in the sixth, giving him nine RBIs in his last three games and 12 this year. He is batting .435 (10 for 23) in his last six games after opening the year in a .143 rut (7 for 49).

“I feel real good right now,” he said. “Before, I wasn’t hitting. Now, I’m helping my team.”

Chad Billingsley (2-1) made the most of all that run support, pitching into the seventh inning in his second straight solid start. He also capped Los Angeles’ biggest inning of the year with an RBI single for his first hit in 2011.

“The guy knows how to pitch, for sure, and, like most veteran guys, knows how to pitch with a lead,” Cubs manager Mike Quade said.

The Dodgers have won five of six, including three straight since Major League Baseball seized control of the team. Commissioner Bud Selig told owner Frank McCourt on Wednesday he will appoint a representative to oversee all aspects of the business and the day-to-day operations of the club.

“We’re concentrating on what we have to do,” Billingsley said. “What it takes for each game to get ready. That’s the only thing we can control.”

Darwin Barney hit an RBI single for the Cubs, who have scored four runs or fewer in each of their last four games. Kosuke Fukudome, batting leadoff for the sixth time this season, had three singles and walked.

Los Angeles grabbed control in the third and chased Casey Coleman (1-1). Ethier had an RBI single, Ellis drove in two with a base hit to center and Jerry Sands’ bases-loaded walk forced in another run.

Ethier went 1 for 2, walked twice and scored. The All-Star right fielder is batting .417 (30 for 72) with two homers and 10 RBIs during his career-best hitting streak.

“Uribe is a big key there backing up me and Matty (Kemp),” Ethier said. “He’s getting going.”

Coleman was booed as he walked off the mound after Billingsley’s two-out hit made it 6-0. The 23-year-old right-hander issued four of Chicago’s 10 walks and yielded six hits in the shortest of his 11 major league starts.

“I didn’t do a good job of slowing down the game, like you should,” Coleman said. “I had it in my mind I was going to make that one pitch to get out of the inning. … I was so ready to get it and get out of that inning that I got myself in too much of a hurry.”

Billingsley gave up two runs — one earned — and seven hits in 6 1-3 innings, improving to 3-0 in his last three starts against the Cubs. He was coming off a masterful outing against St. Louis when he struck out 11 over eight shutout innings in a 2-1 victory.

“I was able to locate the ball down in the zone and get some groundballs today,” he said.

Before the game, Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti said he is operating under the same budgetary guidelines he had before Selig’s announcement and he reports to owner Frank McCourt until an administrator is appointed.

The Dodgers have been consumed by infighting since Jamie McCourt filed for divorce after 30 years of marriage in October 2009, one week after her husband fired her as the team’s chief executive.

All the turmoil off the field doesn’t seem to be affecting the team.

Notes: The start of the game was delayed for 1 hour, 14 minutes due to rain. … Thames has two pinch-hit homers this season and seven in his career. … The Dodgers activated RHP Vicente Padilla from the 15-day DL. Padilla had surgery on his right arm in February to free up a nerve that was trapped by a muscle. He takes the roster spot of RHP Ramon Troncoso, optioned to Triple-A Albuquerque on Thursday, and will work out of the bullpen. … Cubs RHP Andrew Cashner played catch for the first time since he was sidelined by a strain in the back of his right rotator cuff. He estimated he made about 30 or 40 throws, including some from 60 feet. “Everything was good,” he said. Cashner is expected play catch again Saturday.

FIRST ROUND
           1. Pittsburgh
           2. Seattle
           3. Arizona
           4. Baltimore
           5. Kansas City
           6. Washington
           7. Arizona (unsigned pick Barret Loux)
           8. Cleveland
           9. Chicago Cubs
           10. San Diego (unsigned pick Karsten Whitson)
           11. Houston
           12. Milwaukee
           13. N.Y. Mets
           14. Florida
           15. Milwaukee (unsigned pick Dylan Covey)
           16. Los Angeles Dodgers
           17. Los Angeles
           18. Oakland
           19. Boston (Victor Martinez(notes), Detroit)
           20. Colorado
           21. Toronto
           22. St. Louis
           23. Washington (Adam Dunn(notes), Chicago White Sox)
           24. Tampa Bay (Carl Crawford(notes), Boston)
           25. San Diego
           26. Boston (Andre Beltre, Texas)
           27. Cincinnati
           28. Atlanta
           29. San Francisco
           30. Minnesota
           31. Tampa Bay (Rafael Soriano(notes), N.Y. Yankees)
           32. Tampa Bay
           33. Texas (Cliff Lee(notes), Philadelphia)
COMPENSATION ROUND A
           34. Washington (Adam Dunn, Chicago White Sox)
           35. Toronto (Scott Downs(notes), L.A. Angels)
           36. Boston (Victor Martinez, Detroit)
           37. Texas (Cliff Lee, Philadelphia)
           38. Tampa Bay (Rafael Soriano, N.Y. Yankees)
           39. Philadelphia (Jayson Werth(notes), Washington)
           40. Boston (Andre Beltre, Texas)
           41. Tampa Bay (Carl Crawford, Boston)
           42. Tampa Bay (Grant Balfour(notes), Oakland)
           43. Arizona (Adam LaRoche(notes), Washington)
           44. N.Y. Mets (Pedro Feliciano(notes), N.Y. Yankees)
           45. Colorado (Octavio Dotel(notes), Toronto)
           46. Toronto (John Buck(notes), Florida)
           47. Chicago White Sox (J.J. Putz(notes), Arizona)
           48. San Diego (Jon Garland(notes), L.A. Dodgers)
           49. San Francisco (Juan Uribe(notes), L.A. Dodgers)
           50. Minnesota (Orlando Hudson(notes), San Diego)
           51. N.Y. Yankees (Javier Vazquez(notes), Florida)
           52. Tampa Bay (Brad Hawpe(notes), San Diego)
           53. Toronto (Kevin Gregg(notes), Baltimore)
           54. San Diego (Yorvit Torrealba(notes), Texas)
           55. Minnesota (Jesse Crain(notes), Chicago White Sox)
           56. Tampa Bay (Joaquin Benoit(notes), Detroit)
           57. Toronto (Miguel Olivo(notes), Seattle)
           58. San Diego (Kevin Correia(notes), Pittsburgh)
           59. Tampa Bay (Randy Choate(notes), Florida)
           60. Tampa Bay (Chad Qualls(notes), San Diego)
SECOND ROUND
           61. Pittsburgh
           62. Seattle
           63. Arizona
           64. Baltimore
           65. Kansas City
           66. Philadelphia (Jayson Werth, Washington)
           67. Cleveland
           68. Chicago Cubs
           69. Houston
           70. Milwaukee
           71. N.Y. Mets
           72. Florida
           73. Los Angeles Dodgers
           74. Toronto (Scott Downs, L.A. Angels)
           75. Tampa Bay (Grant Balfour, Oakland)
           76. Detroit
           77. Colorado
           78. Toronto
           79. St. Louis
           80. Chicago White Sox
           81. Boston
           82. San Diego
           83. Texas
           84. Cincinnati
           85. Atlanta
           86. San Francisco
           87. Minnesota
           88. N.Y. Yankees
           89. Tampa Bay
           90. Philadelphia
THIRD ROUND
           91. Pittsburgh
           92. Seattle
           93. Arizona
           94. Baltimore
           95. Kansas City
           96. Washington
           97. Cleveland
           98. Chicago Cubs
           99. Houston
           100. Milwaukee
           101. N.Y. Mets
           102. Florida
           103. Los Angeles Dodgers
           104. Los Angeles
           105. Oakland
           106. Detroit
           107. Colorado
           108. Toronto
           109. St. Louis
           110. Chicago White Sox
           111. Boston
           112. San Diego
           113. Texas
           114. Cincinnati
           115. Atlanta
           116. San Francisco
           117. Minnesota
           118. N.Y. Yankees
           119. Tampa Bay
           120. Philadelphia
COMPENSATION ROUND B
           121. Seattle (unsigned pick Ryne Stanek)
Rounds 4-50
           122. Pittsburgh
           123. Seattle
           124. Arizona
           125. Baltimore
           126. Kansas City
           127. Washington
           128. Cleveland
           129. Chicago Cubs
           130. Houston
           131. Milwaukee
           132. N.Y. Mets
           133. Florida
           134. Los Angeles Dodgers
           135. Los Angeles
           136. Oakland
           137. Detroit
           138. Colorado
           139. Toronto
           140. St. Louis
           141. Chicago White Sox
           142. Boston
           143. San Diego
           144. Texas
           145. Cincinnati
           146. Atlanta
           147. San Francisco
           148. Minnesota
           149. N.Y. Yankees
           150. Tampa Bay
           151. Philadelphia
Compensation Picks
           The former Club of a Player who became a free agent and ranks as a Type A or B Player shall be entitled to receive compensation in the form of a Draft choice in the First-Year Player Draft succeeding the Player's election of free agency.
           A Type A or B shall be a Player who became a free agent and ranks as a Type A or B Player under the statistical system of ranking Players set forth by the Elias Sports Bureau, using statistics based on a two-year average for each respective position group. Type A and Type B players necessitate that the Player's former Club receive a sandwich pick in between rounds one and two. Additional picks in the second, third and fourth rounds are exchanged from one club to another for the losses of Type A free agents.
           Type A Players now rank in the upper 20% of his respective position group by the Basic Agreement, instead of the upper 30% as was stipulated in the previous collective bargaining agreement.
           Type B Players now rank in the upper 40%, but not in the upper 20%, of his respective position group. Under the previous collective bargaining agreement, Type B Players ranked in the upper 50% not in the upper 30%. Before the most recent collective bargaining agreement took effect for the 2008 season, a Club would receive compensation for losing a Type C free agent. Under the new Basic Agreement, Type C free agents no longer call for a Draft pick as compensation.