Pittsburgh Pirates vs Los Angeles Dodgers Live Streaming

Pittsburgh Pirates vs Los Angeles Dodgers Live | Pittsburgh Pirates vs Los Angeles Dodgers | Pittsburgh Pirates vs Los Angeles Dodgers Streaming | Pittsburgh vs LA Dodgers MLB Live Stream | Pittsburgh Pirates vs Los Angeles Dodgers Live Webcast

10:10 pm EDT Fri Apr 30, 2010

Although Los Angeles is mired in an awful slump, the Dodgers aren’t panicking. This could change, however, if the team can’t generate any offense against Pittsburgh’s Charlie Morton. Trying to avoid their sixth loss in a row, the sputtering Dodgers hope to get things turned around Friday night when they face Morton, who has been knocked around in each of his four outings. Los Angeles led the league in batting average and on-base percentage last season, but it has been a struggle for the two-time defending NL West champions lately. The Dodgers seem to have a good opportunity to end their slump against a Pirates team with a major league-worst 6.84 ERA, but the club came out flat Friday, managing a season-low four hits in a 2-0 loss.

Los Angeles has now been shut out three times during a five-game slide, batting .177 while going 4 for 40 with runners in scoring position in those games. The Dodgers lost for the 14th time Friday, a mark they didn’t reach last season until May 22 - their 43rd contest. Despite all these struggles, the Dodgers again appear to have a good chance at getting their offense back on track in this four-game series. Morton has the major’s worst ERA and opponent batting average for any pitcher with at least 11 innings. He has yielded at least five runs in each of his four starts, and has only made it out of the fourth inning once. Against Houston on Sunday, the right-hander allowed five runs and five hits in three innings of a 10-3 loss. Although Morton is scuffling, Pittsburgh is planning on sticking with him.