Dodgers Beat Pirates 6-4 For 4th Straight Win

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Dana Eveland pitched eight crisp innings and the surging Los Angeles Dodgers survived a shaky ninth inning to beat the slumping Pittsburgh Pirates 6-4 on Thursday.

Eveland (1-0) gave up one run and six hits in his first major league game since he pitched 2 2-3 innings for Pittsburgh at Texas on June 23, 2010. The journeyman left-hander was promoted from Triple-A Albuquerque before the game.

Eveland struck out three, walked none and retired 11 in a row after giving up consecutive singles to start the second inning.

Dee Gordon hit a two-run double and Aaron Miles had a two-run single to send Pittsburgh to its fifth straight loss and seventh in the last eight games. Gordon was activated off the DL earlier Thursday.

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