PITTSBURGH — If the Dodgers stay in town long enough, they might be able to revive interest in Pirates baseball.

Word of mouth might take awhile, though, with only around 14,000 and 16,000 finding their way inside PNC Park the past two nights (many of them increasingly disgruntled Dodger fans). But they went home with tales of a Pirates victory each night. Wednesday, it was a 3-0 shutout victory over the Dodgers.

The Dodgers are now 4-11 in their past 15 games against teams with losing records like the NL Central last-place Pittsburgh Pirates and the Arizona Diamondbacks, who took two of three from the Dodgers in L.A. over the weekend .

By losing four of their past five games, the Dodgers have wasted an opportunity to pull away from the San Diego Padres in the NL West. The Padres have

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