MLB: Chicago Cubs 12, Houston 3

CHICAGO, July 30 (UPI) -- Kosuke Fukudome and Ryan Theriot drove in four runs each Thursday in the Chicago Cubs' 12-3 rout of Houston.

Fukodome hit a two-run single in the second, an RBI double in the third and an RBI triple in the seventh.

Theriot hit a two-run double in the second and knocked in a run with a sacrifice fly in the fifth, and Fukudome scored on a Theriot groundout in the seventh.

Jake Fox and Milton Bradley hit back-to-back third-inning solo homers. Mike Fontenot had two hits and one RBI, while Alfonso Soriano had three hits for the Cubs, who have won seven of eight.

Winner Kevin Hart (3-1) surrendered three runs and six hits in six innings.

Houston scored its runs on Carlos Lee's second-inning solo homer and Kaz Matsui's two-run blast in the third.

Geoff Blum had two of the seven hits for the Astros, who have lost five of six.

The losing pitcher was starter Russ Ortiz (3-6).