Pirates stun Dodgers, 6-4

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nate McLouth extended his season-opening hitting streak to 13 games with a two-out, three-run homer off closer Takashi Saito in the ninth inning, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the stunned Los Angeles Dodgers 6-4 Monday night for their fourth straight victory.

Saito (1-1) was trying to save the win for countryman Hiroki Kuroda, who made his Dodger Stadium debut. But the right-hander gave up a one-out single to Jose Bautista and a two-out single to pinch-hitter Adam LaRoche before McLouth drove a 1-0 pitch deep into the right-field pavilion for his second homer this season.

Bautista hit a two-run homer for the Pirates. Tyler Yates (2-0) pitched a scoreless eighth for the win and Matt Capps worked a perfect ninth for his fourth save.

Pirates starter Zach Duke gave up four runs and eight hits over six innings, with two walks and no strikeouts. In his five career starts against the Dodgers, the left-hander is 1-3 and has allowed 24 earned runs in 292‚Ñ3 innings.