Andy LaRoche drove in two runs and Daniel McCutchen won for the first time in the majors Friday in Pittsburgh's 3-1 victory over Cincinnati. The win, Pittsburgh's fifth in six outings, ensured the Pirates would avoid a 100-loss season. LaRoche had a two-run single in the third to break a scoreless tie and Lastings Milledge hit a solo homer in the fourth. McCutchen (1-2), making his sixth start in the major leagues, allowed a run on four hits with five strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings.

Andy LaRoche had five hits, including two homers, and six RBI Monday to power the Pittsburgh Pirates in an 11-1 rout of the LA Dodgers. Garrett Jones had two hits, including a solo homer, and drove in two runs for Pittsburgh, which took three of four to win a series from the Dodgers for the first time in three years.

Lastings Milledge hit a ninth-inning, game-winning two-run single Sunday, rallying the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 6-5 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Milledge's bases loaded single -- his only hit of the game -- capped a four-run rally in the bottom of the ninth. Andy LaRoche had two hits and two RBI, a run scored on an error by Rafael Furcal, another scored on Clayton Kershaw's third-inning wild pitch, and Andrew McCutchen had three of the 11 hits for the Pirates, who have won two of three. The winner was closer Matt Capps (4-8). Furcal's two RBI led Los Angeles.

A two-run, third-inning single by Brandon Moss Friday was enough to bring Pittsburgh a 3-1 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers. His only hit broke a 1-1 tie with two outs in the bottom of the third. Garrett Jones hit a first-inning sacrifice fly, while Andy LaRoche had two of the seven hits for the Pirates,

Boston acquired first baseman Adam LaRoche from Pittsburgh Wednesday for two prospects in what could be a lively period before the July 31 trading deadline. The Pirates got Double-A shortstop Argenis Diaz and Class A right-handed pitcher Hunter Strickland. LaRoche, 29, is earning $7.05 million in 2009 and will become a free agent at season's end. He is batting .247, and despite a recent slump, was leading the Pirates with in homers at 12 with 40 RBI. With the Red Sox, he will be reunited with former Pittsburgh teammate Jason Bay, who was dealt to Boston during the 2008 deadline. We want to create as much depth and redundancy as we possibly can before July 31, General Manager Theo Epstein said last week.