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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- Andre Ethier put Los Angeles ahead with a two-run homer in the fifth inning Monday and the Dodgers rolled to a 6-2 victory over Pittsburgh.
Besides Ethier's career-best 29th homer this season the Dodgers got two RBI on a 3-for-4 performance by Orlando Hudson as Los Angeles won for the fifth time in seven games to hold a four-game lead over Colorado in the National League West.
Winning starter Jon Garland (10-11) allowed just two runs on six hits and three walks through six innings. Hong-Chih Kuo, George Sherrill and Jonathan Broxton each threw a scoreless inning in relief.
Manny Ramirez also doubled in a run for the winners, while Ryan Doumit and Ramon Vazquez drove in Pittsburgh's runs.
Daniel McCutchen (0-2) surrendered four runs on seven hits and two walks in five innings for the Pirates, who have lost six of seven.
Manny Ramirez doubled in a run and Doumit added a groundout RBI.
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SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 14 (UPI) --
No. 5-seeded Kevin Anderson needed to win a pair of tiebreakers Monday in claiming a first-round win at the SAP Open tennis tournament in California.
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NEWARK, N.J., Feb. 14 (UPI) --
Dozens of fans stood in freezing temperatures along the sidewalks of Newark, N.J., to bear witness to the body of pop singer Whitney Houston being brought home.
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PITTSBURGH, Feb. 13 (UPI) --
Researchers say offshore wind farms planned for the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico face severe risks from hurricanes that could destroy half of them.
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BRISBANE, Australia, Feb. 14 (UPI) --
An Australian man who bared his buttocks to Queen Elizabeth during the monarch's visit to the country was fined $800.
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