CHICAGO -- 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.