Capuano struck out seven in his first home game with the Los Angeles Dodgers, who scored all of their runs in the first inning against Jeff Karstens and beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 on Thursday night to complete a three-game sweep. "After the San Diego series, that was something we focused on in our pitchers' meeting leading into this series ? to cut down on the walks, attack the strike zone, challenge the hitters and make them beat us," Capuano said. Last season, the right-hander had a streak of 18 consecutive starts in which he was charged with no more than three earned runs and was only 7-5 during that stretch ? which began with his second start after being inserted into the rotation. The walk to McKenry loaded the bases, but lefty Scott Elbert came out of the bullpen and retired pinch hitter Matt Hague on a line drive to center fielder Matt Kemp. Andre Ethier, who drove in the deciding run in each of the first two games of the series with a home run and RBI single, was hit in the back by the first pitch he saw from Karstens in the first inning after the Dodgers got a one-out single by Mark Ellis and a double by Kemp. Dodgers LHP Ted Lilly is expected to come off the disabled list Saturday and make his season debut against San Diego after being sidelined with a neck problem. ...
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