Los Angeles Dodgers vs Pittsburgh Pirates Match Player Stats On Aug 24, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Aug 24, 2017

PITTSBURGH -- Curtis Granderson, Yasmani Grandal and Adrian Gonzalez hit solo homers and the Los Angeles Dodgers picked up their 90th win Thursday, beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-2 at PNC Park.

A day after Rich Hill flirted with a perfect game and lost a no-hitter on the Pirates' walk-off win in the 10th, the Dodgers (90-36) avoided much drama, avoided losing back-to-back games for the first time since July 21-22 and became the first team this season and the fastest in Dodgers history to 90.

Los Angeles pounded out 14 hits but stranded 15.

Pittsburgh (61-67) has lost nine of its past 12.

Los Angeles starter Hyun-Jin Ryu (5-6) remained undefeated in his past nine starts, a stretch in which he is 3-0. He gave up one run and four hits in six innings.

Brandon Morrow pitched a perfect ninth for his first save since May 10, 2009.

Pittsburgh starter Chad Kuhl (6-9) was trying try to bounce back from his worst start of the season, but again struggled. He gave up two runs and six hits in four innings, with five walks and two strikeouts, needing 93 pitches -- the same as Ryu, but in two fewer innings.

Kuhl got out of a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the first when he struck out Gonzalez and Yasiel Puig, although he needed 28 pitches in the inning.

He pushed hit pitch count to 63 through two innings, and the Dodgers took a 1-0 lead on Chris Taylor's two-out RBI single.

Pittsburgh tied it 1-1 in the bottom of the second on Jordy Mercer's two-out RBI single.

Granderson pushed Los Angeles to a 2-1 lead with a towering two-out homer in the fourth down the right-field line that cleared the stands and bounced into the Allegheny River.

That gave Granderson nine homers in August and three in six games since joining the Dodgers.

Los Angeles made it 3-1 in the seven on another two-out RBI when Enrique Hernandez singled.

Adam Frazier's RBI double off former Pittsburgh left-hander Tony Watson closed it to 3-2 for the Pirates in the seventh.

Grandal and Gonzalez increased it to 5-2 with one-out solo homers on consecutive pitches in the eighth off of reliever Angel Sanchez, who entered at the top of the inning for his major league debut. It was Gonzalez's 100th homer as a Dodger.

NOTES: Pittsburgh manager Clint Hurdle was ejected by plate umpire Paul Emmel in the seventh after arguing a pitch call. ... Pittsburgh C Francisco Cervelli (left wrist inflammation) was eligible to come off DL but did not. ... Pittsburgh is working to get 3B Jung Ho Kang (in South Korea after DUI charge) to winter ball in the Dominican Republic, according to multiple reports. ... Los Angeles returns home for three games against Milwaukee before hitting the road again. ... Pittsburgh embarks on a six-game road trip, the first of 28 straight games against National League Central clubs. ... After Pittsburgh and St. Louis played in MLB Little League Classic on Sunday, Little League World Series teams from Italy, Venezuela and Japan attended Thursday's game.