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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
LA Dodgers 5, Pittsburgh 1
When: 10:10 PM ET, Saturday, May 1, 2010
Where: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California
Temperature: 67°
Umpires: Home - Doug Eddings, 1B - Dana DeMuth, 2B - Kerwin Danley, 3B - CB Bucknor
Attendance: 40483

Andre Ethier finished with three hits, including a three-run homer, to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 5-1 victory over the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday.

Ethier hit his seventh homer of the season in the third inning following singles by Carlos Monasterios and Russell Martin. The blast gave the Dodgers a 3-1 lead.

Los Angeles increased the advantage to three runs in the fourth when Reed Johnson doubled home Blake DeWitt.

The Dodgers added a seventh-inning run as Ethier doubled and scored on James Loney’s double.

Four Los Angeles pitchers held Pittsburgh to six hits. Reliever Ramon Ortiz (1-1) recorded the victory and struck out five in three scoreless innings.

Pittsburgh’s run came on a first-inning homer by Andrew McCutchen.

Pirates starter Zach Duke (2-3) allowed four runs and nine hits in six innings.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Pittsburgh   LA Dodgers
Zach Duke Player Carlos Monasterios
Loss W/L No Decision
6.0 IP 4.0
5 Strikeouts 2
9 Hits 3
6.00 ERA 2.25
Hitting
Pittsburgh   LA Dodgers
Ryan Church Player Andre Ethier
2 Hits 3
0 RBI 3
0 HR 1
3 TB 8
.500 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Pittsburgh 6 1 11 .200 10 8 1 2 0 0
LA Dodgers 11 1 19 .314 17 7 5 2 0 0