Dodgers avoid being swept by Pirates (AP)

[ASFN Admin]

Ronnie Belliard homered among three extra base hits and drove in four runs, and the Los Angeles Dodgers avoided being swept in a three-game series by the Pittsburgh Pirates for the first time in 10 years with a 10-2 victory Thursday. The Dodgers played without middle-of-the-lineup hitters Andre Ethier (left ankle) and Manny Ramirez (day off), but still got 16 hits off four Pirates pitchers,...

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