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McLouth's Homer Leads Bucs Past LA

Posted Apr 15, 08 1:05 AM CDT in Sports 

(Newser) – 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 for their fourth straight victory. McLouth is one of three players to hit safely in each of his team's first 13 games this year.

Saito (1-1) was trying to save the win for countryman Hiroki Kuroda 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’s second homer this season. Tyler Yates (2-0) pitched a scoreless eighth for the win and Matt Capps worked a perfect ninth for his fourth save.

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Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Hiroki Kuroda, who made his first start at Dodger Stadium, blows a bubble in the dugout in the top of the ninth inning Monday, April 14, 2008.   (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
Pittsburgh Pirates' Nate McLouth hits the game winning three-run home run off Los Angeles Dodgers closer Takashi Saito, in the ninth inning of their game in Los Angeles, Monday April 14, 2008.   (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Matt Capps throws against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the ninth inning of their game in Los Angeles, Monday, April 14, 2008. The Pirates won 6-3.   (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
Pittsburgh Pirates' center fielder Nate McLouth, right, is congratulated Jason Bay after the Pirates came from behind to defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers, 6-3, at Dodger Stadium, Monday April 14, 2008.   (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
Los Angeles Dodgers' closer Takashi Saito, of Japan, reacts after giving up the game winning three-run home run to Pirates center fielder Nate McLouth in Los Angeles, Monday, April 14, 2008.   (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
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