LOS ANGELES (AP) — Patrick Corbin pitched two-hit ball over six innings following his promotion from the minors Wednesday, and the Arizona Diamondbacks got home runs from Miguel Montero and newcomer Chris Johnson in a 4-0 victory that completed a three-game sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Montero had an RBI single in the second against rookie Stephen Fife (0-1) and made it 4-0 in the eighth with a two-run shot off Randy Choate. The Diamondbacks outscored Los Angeles 19-4 in their first three-game sweep at Chavez Ravine since August 2007. Corbin (3-4) struck out five in his sixth major league start. The Dodgers' only hits were a two-out single by Matt Kemp in the first inning and a two-out single by Fife in the second. Shane Victorino was 0 for 4 in his Dodgers debut in left field, a day after he was acquired from Philadelphia at the trade deadline. PIRATES 8, CUBS 4 CHICAGO (AP) — Michael McKenry and Starling Marte homered to back a strong start by Jeff Karstens in Pittsburgh's victory over Chicago. Garrett Jones added two hits and drove in three runs after entering in the eighth as a pinch-hitter. Andrew McCutchen chipped in with two hits and scored three times, and the Pirates pulled away late. Clinging to a 2-1 lead, Pittsburgh started a five-run eighth with seven straight hits against Shawn Camp. Karstens (4-2) allowed three hits and one run over five innings. He settled down after Starlin Castro's solo homer in the first and retired 10 of his final 11 batters. Travis Wood (4-7) dropped his fourth straight start after winning four in a row. He gave up two runs and three hits over five innings. BREWERS 13, ASTROS 4 MILWAUKEE (AP) — Ryan Braun hit his NL-leading 29th homer and Milwaukee connected four times to finish a three-game sweep of sloppy Houston. Rickie Weeks and Cesar Izturis each homered in the fifth inning. Jonathan Lucroy added a two-run shot in the seventh, helping rookie Mike Fiers (5-4) win consecutive starts for the first time this season. The right-hander allowed two earned runs in six innings. Milwaukee, which has won three straight after a 1-9 stretch, benefited from four Houston errors — three within the first six Brewers batters. The Astros lost for the 28th time in 31 games. Jordan Lyles (2-8) tied a career high by giving up seven earned runs in five innings. Winless in his last six starts, the right-hander fell to 0-6 on the road this season. Brett Wallace went deep twice for Houston, his first multihomer game.
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