8th Inning Rally Gives Pirates 4-1 Win Over Dodgers
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Neil Walker hit a tiebreaking double in the eighth inning and the surging Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-1 on Monday night to move above .500 in mid-May for the first time in seven years.
Garrett Jones led off the eighth with a walk before Walker laced a shot into the right-field corner off Los Angeles starter Chad Billingsley (2-2). Jones scored all the way from first to give the
Pirates a 2-1 lead.
Lyle Overbay and Ryan Doumit followed with a pair of run-scoring doubles as the Pirates won their third straight.
Jose Veras (1-1) worked a scoreless eighth for the victory. Joel
Hanrahan pitched the ninth for his 11th save.
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