Pittsburgh Pirates vs Los Angeles Dodgers Match Player Stats On May 10, 2017

The Sports Xchange
May 11, 2017

LOS ANGELES -- Kenta Maeda took a shutout into the ninth inning, rookie Cody Bellinger homered, and the Los Angeles Dodgers completed a three-game sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates with a 5-2 victory Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium.

Maeda (3-2) delivered a solid outing to help the Dodgers capture a season-high fifth straight win. Los Angeles (20-14) won for the 10th time in the past 12 games.

After serving up a leadoff double to Josh Harrison to open the game, Maeda retired 17 of the next 18 batters. Maeda gave up two runs on five hits with five strikeouts and no walks in 8 1/3 innings. Reliever Grant Dayton got the final two outs.

Francisco Cervelli hit a two-run homer in the ninth to help the Pirates avoid a shutout. It was the third homer for Cervelli this season.

Harrison had three of the Pirates' five hits. The Pirates (14-20) lost their fourth in a row.

Pirates starter Chad Kuhl (1-3) allowed four runs on six hits with four strikeouts and two walks in five innings.

Chase Utley went 2-for-3 with a double and two RBIs for Los Angeles, which outscored Pittsburgh 21-6 during the series. Yasmani Grandal was 3-for-3 and drove in a run.

After a walk to Justin Turner, Bellinger homered with two outs in the first inning for a 2-0 Los Angeles edge.

It was Bellinger's sixth homer in 51 at-bats since being recalled from Triple-A Oklahoma City on April 25. Bellinger also robbed Gregory Polanco of a hit by making a diving catch of a line drive in left in the fourth inning.

Utley's RBI single in the first made it 3-0, and the veteran added a run-scoring double in the fourth to make it 4-0.

NOTES: Dodgers LF Andrew Toles is expected to undergo surgery within a week to 10 days to repair his torn ACL in his right knee. Toles hurt himself chasing a double by Pirates CF Andrew McCutchen on Tuesday in the seventh inning of the Dodgers' 4-3, 10-inning win. ... Dodgers OF/1B Scott Van Slyke and OF Brett Eibner were recalled from Triple-A Oklahoma City to replace Toles and LHP Adam Liberatore (left groin strain). The club also reinstated RHP Josh Ravin from the disabled list and optioned him to Oklahoma City. ... Pirates 2B Adam Frazier (left hamstring strain) went 2-for-3 with a walk Wednesday in his second rehab start with Triple-A Indianapolis.