St. Louis ? Milton Bradley was back in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ lineup Thursday, going 2-for-3 with a home run, double and walk in an 8-3 loss to St. Louis that came one day after a clubhouse confrontation between the outfielder and a reporter he called an “Uncle Tom.”

Rich Levin, a spokesman for the commissioner’s office, said major league baseball officials had made several telephone calls on the matter. Levin said there would not be an investigation.

“We’re satisfied the two sides are working together to resolve the situation,” Levin said in New York.

Several fans booed Bradley in each of his four plate appearances Tuesday, when the Cardinals beat the Dodgers, 8-3, in the opener of their best-of-five NL playoff series. That was Bradley’s first game following a five-game suspension assessed for a bottle-throwing tantrum during a win over Colorado in Los Angeles.

Jason Reid of the Los Angeles Times asked Bradley on Wednesday about his treatment by St. Louis fans.

Bill Dwyre, the Times’ sports editor, said several reporters in the Dodgers’ clubhouse Wednesday said Bradley didn’t like Reid’s question. According to eyewitnesses and Reid’s tape, Bradley said, “You’re an Uncle Tom. You’re a sellout.”

Reid, who is black, took offense and began yelling at Bradley, who also is black, Dwyre said.

A Fox Sports Net Midwest television crew recorded the confrontation but erased it at the insistence of Dodgers spokesman John Olguin, FSN reporter Brent Stover said.

“What he said is, ‘That tape is not going to leave the locker room. I’m going to watch you rewind it and I’m going to watch you record over it,'” Stover said.

Stover described the situation as threatening and intense.