The Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres both lost on Wednesday, so the Dodgers remained 2.5 games up on the second-place Padres in the National League West Division at press time Thursday.
Five Pittsburgh Pirates pitchers combined to hold the Dodgers to five hits, Bryan Reynolds homered and the Pirates beat the Dodgers 3-0 at Pittsburgh Wednesday. The Baltimore Orioles helped the Dodgers by beating the Padres 7-5 at San Diego Wednesday.
The Dodgers will open a weekend series at Baltimore Friday. The Padres will open their series at Colorado that day.
In the American League Central, Detroit, despite dropping seven of its last 10 games, held a 10-game lead over second-place Kansas City at press time. The Milwaukee Brewers, owners of the best record in baseball at 86-54, led the second-place Chicago Cubs by six games in the NL Central at press time. Â