This couldn't-get-any-easier clinching is becoming very hard for the Los Angeles Dodgers. They'll be playing one of the NL's best clubs in another week, yet they suddenly can't beat the league's worst. Former Dodgers prospect Andy LaRoche homered twice, doubled twice and singled, driving in six runs as the last-place Pittsburgh Pirates again prevented Los Angeles from winning the NL West with an 11-1 romp Monday. Zach Duke pitched shutout ball into the ninth inning against a patchwork Dodgers lineup, with manager John Russell drawing loud boos for pulling him one out away from a complete game.
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Season Series

Date	Home	Score	Pitchers
Mon 9/14	LAD	PIT 2 at LAD 6	W: Garland L: McCutchen
Tue 9/15	LAD	PIT 4 at LAD 5	W: Belisario L: Dumatrait
Wed 9/16	LAD	PIT 1 at LAD 3	W: Kuroda L: Hart
Fri 9/25	Pit	LAD 1 at PIT 3	W: Veal L: Garland
Sat 9/26	Pit	LAD 8 at PIT 4	W: Sherrill L: Bautista
Sun 9/27	Pit	LAD 5 at PIT 6	W: Capps L: Broxton
Mon 9/28	Pit	LAD 1 at PIT 11	W: Duke L: Kuroda

Box Scores

Dodgers (93 - 64) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets		Pirates (59 - 96) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets
Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. J Pierre, LF-CF 4 0 0 0 0 2. O Hudson, 2B 4 1 1 0 0 3. A Ethier, RF 2 0 0 0 1 3. C Hu, SS 0 0 0 1 0 4. M Kemp, CF 3 0 0 0 0 4. J McDonald, P 0 0 0 0 0 4. B DeWitt, PH 1 0 0 0 0 5. J Loney, 1B 3 0 1 0 0 6. M Loretta, 3B 3 0 1 0 0 7. B Ausmus, C 2 0 0 0 0 7. A Ellis, C 1 0 0 0 0 8. J Castro, SS-LF 3 0 1 0 0 9. H Kuroda, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. D Mientkiewicz, PH 1 0 0 0 0 9. C Haeger, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. G Mota, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. J Repko, RF 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 28 1 4 1 1		Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. A McCutchen, CF 4 3 3 0 1 2. A LaRoche, 3B 5 4 5 6 0 3. G Jones, 1B 5 1 2 2 0 4. R Doumit, C 4 0 1 1 1 5. L Milledge, LF 4 1 1 0 0 6. B Moss, RF 5 0 0 0 0 7. D Young, 2B 4 1 1 1 1 8. L Cruz, SS 4 1 2 0 0 9. Z Duke, P 4 0 0 1 0 9. D Veal, P 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 39 11 15 11 3
Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* H Kuroda (L, 8-7) 4.0 8 7 3 2 3 3.76 C Haeger 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 3.32 G Mota 1.1 3 2 2 0 0 3.53 J McDonald 2.0 3 2 2 1 2 4.06		Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* Z Duke (W, 11-15) 8.2 4 1 1 1 6 3.94 D Veal 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 5.40
* = Season Stat
BATTING 3B: O Hudson (5) BASERUNNING CS: M Loretta (1)		BATTING 2B: A LaRoche 2 (26), D Young (16) HR: A LaRoche 2 (12), G Jones (21) BASERUNNING SB: G Jones (10)

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Player News

Dodgers Jason Schmidt (LAD) News: Schmidt (shoulder) will likely retire after filing for free agency, MLB.com reports.  (RotoWire - Wed. Nov 18, 2009) Russell Martin (LAD) News: Martin batted a disappointing .250/.352/.329 in 2009, the second consecutive season his OPS has experienced a drop-off.  (RotoWire - Nov 15, 2009) Mark Loretta (LAD) News: Loretta batted just .232/.309/.276 in 181 at-bats for the Dodgers this season.  (RotoWire - Nov 15, 2009)

Pirates Ramon Aguero (PIT) News: Aguero has been added to the Pirates' 40-man roster.  (RotoWire - Nov 22, 2009) Shelby Ford (PIT) News: The Pirates didn't add Ford to their 40-man roster, exposing him to the Rule 5 draft.  (RotoWire - Sat. Nov 21, 2009) Bryan Morris (PIT) News: Morris was added to Pittsburgh's 40-man roster on Friday.  (RotoWire - Sat. Nov 21, 2009)