The Chicago Cubs got in a few good swings — against the other team this time — and capped a chaotic weekend on a much-needed positive note.

Mark DeRosa hit a grand slam, Alfonso Soriano and Derrek Lee added solo homers and Chicago snapped a six-game losing skid with a 10-1 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Sunday. The win capped a wacky three days for the Cubs, who had teammates exchange punches Friday and manager Lou Piniella ejected and suspended indefinitely the following day after he kicked dirt all over an umpire.

"Obviously, you don't see a fight everyday in the dugout, so there were questions with the attention that brings," Lee said. "The ejection? We knew that was coming sooner or later, so it wasn't too big of a deal. Our main concern was just the way we've been playing."

The Cubs felt a little better after Sunday's game when Sean Marshall (1-2) allowed one run and six hits in 6 2-3 innings in his third start since being recalled from Triple-A Iowa.

"That's the frustration that I guess we took out in today's game," Marshall said. "There was just a little extra spark, I guess to get us going. It was fun to watch, too."

The Cubs caught a break when the Braves pushed back John Smoltz's scheduled start to Tuesday and took advantage, jumping on Lance Cormier (0-1) in his season debut. DeRosa stepped to the plate with two outs in the first and drove a 3-2 fastball out to center to make it 4-0. The Cubs cruised from there.

At Chicago, Carlos Zambrano and Michael Barrett got the weekend off to a fiery start in the fifth inning of Friday's 8-5 loss. There was yelling, shoving and slapping in the dugout. Barrett went back to the clubhouse to talk to Zambrano, and the catcher needed six stitches on his lower lip after they got into it again.

The team fined the players Saturday, but there was trouble later in the day for Piniella. He threw his cap, kicked dirt on third-base umpire Mark Wegner and earned his first ejection this season after Angel Pagan got thrown out trying to steal third in the eighth inning of a 5-3 loss. Major League Baseball suspended Piniella indefinitely Sunday and fined him an undisclosed amount.

The league also said Piniella made contact with Wegner during the outburst — which he denied. Piniella, who began serving the suspension Sunday, will find out the length of the punishment Monday.

Shane Victorino hit a game-ending homer in the bottom of the ninth off Kevin Correia (1-2), and Ryan Howard's three-run shot in the seventh helped Philadelphia outslug San Francisco.Howard's 10th homer, off left-hander Jack Taschner, highlighted a five-run seventh that gave the Phillies an 8-7 lead. Chase Utley and Aaron Rowand also homered for Philadelphia.

So Taguchi and Albert Pujols hit 10th-inning homers off Dan Wheeler (0-2), lifting visiting St. Louis to its fourth win in five games.Pujols also homered in the eighth off Chad Qualls, and David Eckstein hit his sixth career leadoff home run for the Cardinals.

Doug Davis (4-6) allowed a run and six hits in 7 2-3 innings and visiting Arizona won for the ninth time in 10 games.The Diamondbacks concluded a successful six-game road trip through Philadelphia and New York, winning five of six. Meanwhile, the Mets lost a home series for the first time since April 15-17 against Atlanta.

Back in the lineup after being benched for two games, Garrett Atkins homered and singled in the winning run in the 10th to help Colorado rally past Cincinnati.Kaz Matsui, who hit a bases-loaded triple in the eighth to lead Colorado's comeback from a six-run deficit, opened the 10th with a single off Victor Santos (1-1) and went to second on Santos' wild pickoff attempt. After Matt Holliday struck out, Todd Helton was intentionally walked to bring up Atkins.

At Milwaukee, Ben Sheets (6-3) pitched six shutout innings, J.J. Hardy hit his 16th homer and the Brewers won their first series in nearly a month.Dontrelle Willis (7-4) walked a career-high six and struck out none in six innings — the first time Willis has pitched more than three innings without a strikeout.

Josh Bard homered and drove in a career-high four runs and David Wells (3-3) threw five solid innings in the rain for visiting San Diego. Hiram Bocachica's solo homer — his first hit since being claimed on waivers from Oakland on Thursday — snapped a fifth-inning tie.

The Los Angeles Angels are never out of a game as long as Vladimir Guerrero has a swing or two left.Held to one hit through seven innings, the AL West leaders beat Baltimore 4-3 on Sunday when Guerrero hit a two-run homer off Orioles closer Chris Ray in the bottom of the ninth inning.Chone Figgins greeted Ray (3-4) with a leadoff single in the ninth before Guerrero drove a hanging slider to left-center for his 350th career homer and 12th this season.

At Boston, Alex Rodriguez hit a tiebreaking homer in the ninth inning on an 0-2 pitch from Jonathan Papelbon (0-1), and New York rallied to take two of three in the series.Rodriguez reached 20 homers for the 12th straight season and improved to 7-for-15 with four homers and 11 RBIs in the ninth inning this year.The Yankees' late comeback from a 5-4 deficit kept them out of last place in the AL East and left them 12Z\x games behind the first-place Red Sox. New York tied it in the eighth on Robinson Cano's RBI triple against Hideki Okajima. Mariano Rivera earned his fifth save — just his second since May 3.Red Sox starter Josh Beckett, trying to improve to 9-0, allowed four runs and eight hits in 6 1-3 innings.

At Cleveland, Jeremy Bonderman (5-0) overcame another shaky first inning and Detroit gained a four-game split.Gary Sheffield hit a two-run homer off Jeremy Sowers (1-6) for the Tigers, who pulled within 2½ games of first-place Cleveland in the AL Central with a second straight win after going 0-5 against the Indians. Bonderman won his fifth straight start since April 30 after five no-decisions.

At Oakland, Calif., Chad Gaudin (6-1) beat Johan Santana (6-5) for his fifth straight win, and the Athletics took two of three games from Minnesota in a playoff rematch. Alan Embree got four outs for his fourth save.

At Toronto, Adam Lind made up for a baserunning blunder with a go-ahead, three-run double in the sixth.Brian Tallet (2-1) pitched three hitless innings and Jeremy Accardo earned his seventh save in eight chances. Toronto overcame a two-run homer from Jim Thome and a solo shot by Rob Mackowiak. Chicago has lost seven of eight.Blue Jays first baseman Lyle Overbay is expected to miss four to six weeks after breaking a bone in his right hand when he was hit by a pitch from John Danks.

At Seattle, Jose Lopez had four hits, including a three-run double to highlight a five-run fourth, and Ryan Feierabend (1-1) lasted 7 1-3 innings to earn his first career win.Victor Diaz had a career-high five RBIs with a three-run homer and a two-run shot for the bumbling Rangers. Mark Teixeira added a solo homer, but Robinson Tejeda (4-6) gave up a season-high eight runs — seven earned — and eight hits in 5 2-3 innings.

At St. Petersburg, Fla., J.P. Howell (1-0) pitched eight impressive innings in his first start this season, and Tampa Bay got solo homers from Delmon Young and Carlos Pena.Scott Elarton (1-2) lost for the sixth time in six career starts against the Devil Rays. The Royals lost for just the third time in 11 road games.