Joc Pederson, Yasiel Puig and Cody Bellinger hit homers, and five Dodgers pitchers held the host Pittsburgh Pirates to seven hits, all singles, in Los Angeles’ 5-0 win Tuesday.
Dodgers starter Ross Stripling (4-1) gave up four hits, struck out seven and walked none in five innings. Relievers Scott Alexander, Josh Fields, Pedro Baez and Daniel Hudson each pitched an inning to complete the shutout.
Los Angeles (30-30) won its fourth in a row and reached.500 by winning 14 of 18 games since May 17. The Pirates (30-30) have lost three straight and fell to.500 for the first time this season. They are 4-13 since they were a season-best nine games over.500 on May 17. It was the second straight shutout loss for Pittsburgh, which fell 5-0 Sunday at St. Louis.
Pittsburgh starter Joe Musgrove (2-1) gave up four runs, three of them earned, and six hits in five innings. He struck out five and walked one.
Musgrove started off strong, striking out the side in the first.
Matt Kemp led off the Dodgers’ second with a single to left, and Pederson followed with his fourth homer, to right, for a 2-0 lead. It was his third homer in three games. It was also his third homer in his first three career at-bats against Musgrove; the first two came in the 2017 World Series when Musgrove was with the Houston Astros.
In the third, Kemp brought in another Los Angeles run. His sacrifice fly made it 3-0 after Pittsburgh shortstop Sean Rodriguez dropped the ball for an error on what could have been a double-play ball. Puig led off the fourth with a homer to center, his seventh, for a 4-0 Dodgers lead.
Tyler Glasnow replaced Musgrove for the start of the sixth and gave up Bellinger’s two-out homer to center, making it 5-0. The blast was Bellinger’s ninth of the year. That gave Los Angeles 12 homers in its past four games. The start of the game was delayed by rain almost an hour.

Scherzer logs 2nd immaculate inning
 Max Scherzer became the first pitcher in the major leagues to win 10 games as he struck out 13 in eight innings, and Matt Adams homered as the Washington Nationals defeated the visiting Tampa Bay Rays 4-2 Tuesday night.
Scherzer improved to 10-1 and has won nine straight decisions. His only loss came on April 4 at Atlanta. Scherzer gave up two runs on five hits without a walk.
The right-hander also entered the record books with the second so-called immaculate inning of his career – needing only nine pitches in an inning to strike out all three batters faced. He became the fifth pitcher to register multiple immaculate innings. Sandy Koufax accomplished the feat three times, and others to do it twice were Randy Johnson, Nolan Ryan and Lefty Grove.
Patrick Corbin spoiled the comeback of Madison Bumgarner with 6 1/3 strong innings, delivering Arizona a victory at San Francisco. Making his first start of the season and hoping to extend the Giants’ winning streak to six, Bumgarner (0-1) limited the Diamondbacks to two runs in six innings. He was pitching in the majors for the first time since breaking a bone in his left hand when hit by a line drive in spring training.
Corbin (6-2) allowed just one run and four hits. He walked two and struck out seven, helping Arizona win for the sixth time in eight games. Brad Boxberger allowed a run in the ninth but nailed down his 14th save.

RESULTS
 Nationals 4 Tampa Bay 2 
Angels 1 Royals 0
Diamondbacks 3 Giants 2
Dodgers 5 Pirates 0
Indians 3 Brewers 2
Red Sox 6 Tigers 0
Braves 14 Padres 1
Orioles 2 Mets 1
Twins 4 White Sox 2 (Game 1)
White Sox 6 Twins 3 (Game 2)
Yankees 7 Blue Jays 2
Rockies 9 Reds 6
Phillies 6 Cubs 1
Rangers 7 A’s 4
Mariners 7 Astros 1
Marlins 7 Cardinals 4