LOS ANGELES -- "I Love L.A." was on repeat this weekend at Dodger Stadium.
From the moment Blake Snell tossed his first pitch to when Alex Vesia slammed the door in the ninth, it was all Dodgers as they polished off a three-game sweep of the Pirates with a 4-0 shutout on Sunday afternoon. L.A. is the second team in the Majors to win 80 games, joining Milwaukee.
The Dodgers have won six straight games for the second time this season. Before the season-high-tying winning streak, they had lost 11 of their past 16 games.
Snell shut down the Pirates, striking out six while scattering three walks and two hits across six scoreless innings. Since returning from the injured list earlier this month, the left-hander has pitched six innings in all three of his starts and allowed just two earned runs overall.
The Dodgers led from the time Mookie Betts drove in a run while grounding into a double play in the first inning. They got some key contributions from the bottom of the order, with Alek Thomas and Hunter Feduccia knocking back-to-back RBI singles in the fourth inning, and Max Muncy added some further insurance with a run-scoring groundout in the fifth.
But Sunday was all about run prevention. The Pirates only had two runners reach scoring position all afternoon. Edgardo Henriquez, Brock Stewart and Vesia followed Snell with scoreless innings to cap off the sweep.