http://0rz.tw/293Xp LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Jeff Kent and Russell Martin homered, James Loney extended his season-opening hitting streak to 14 games with an RBI single, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat Pittsburgh 11-2 on Tuesday night to end the Pirates' four-game winning streak. Esteban Loaiza (1-2) got the victory in relief of starter Hong-Chih Kuo, allowing a run and three hits over the final five innings with two strikeouts and no walks. The right-hander, who made his big league debut with the Pirates in 1995 and has pitched for seven other teams since, is 2-0 in two appearances against them. Kuo, making his second start this season and the first that he was scheduled to make, threw 75 pitches over four innings. The left-hander allowed a run and two hits, struck out six and walked three -- all consecutively. Kuo's first start was April 2, when manager Joe Torre decided to hold back Chad Billingsley until later in the game because of the threat of inclement weather. A bases-loaded walk to Ronny Paulino in the first gave Pittsburgh the lead, but the Dodgers pulled ahead 3-1 in the fourth on a two-run, opposite-field double by Andre Ethier and Loney's run-scoring single. Loney also was thrown out trying to steal second by Paulino in the second and fourth innings. Loney is one of two players to hit safely in each of his team's first 14 games this year, along with Pittsburgh's Nate McLouth. Kansas City's Billy Butler had his 13-game streak snapped by the Seattle Mariners earlier Tuesday. McLouth, whose three-run homer in the ninth off closer Takashi Saito sent the Pirates to a 6-4 win on Monday, kept his streak alive with a first-inning single and hit a broken-bat double in the eighth. McLouth is the first Pirates player to open a season with a 14-game hitting streak since Willie Stargell in 1976. Los Angeles extended the lead to 8-1 in the fifth, scoring five runs with two outs. Rafael Furcal hit an RBI single and Matt Kemp fopllowed with a triple that chased Matt Morris (0-2). Paul Dumatrait relieved and plunked Ethier with a 1-2 pitch before Kent drove a 2-1 delivery deep into the left-field pavilion. Kent's third homer of the season increased his career RBI total to 1,468, vaulting him past Rusty Staub for 50th place. Kent's 368 homers are tied for 65th place on the career list with teammate Andruw Jones, who hasn't hit one since Sept. 19 with Atlanta. Martin, who led all NL catchers last season with 19 homers, led off the eighth with his first of the season. Jones singled and scored on a double-play grounder by Loaiza to complete the scoring. Notes: The Dodgers and Pirates were among nine big league teams that dressed all uniformed personnel in No. 42 jerseys to commemorate the 61st anniversary of Jackie Robinson's first game in the majors. Robinson's longtime Brooklyn Dodgers teammate, Don Newcombe, threw out the ceremonial first pitch. He was accompanied by Kathy Robinson Young, Jackie's niece. ... Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully recalled a game in 1951 at Cincinnati's Crosley Field, where Robinson received pregame death threats. Teammate Gene Hermanski suggested during a pregame clubhouse meeting that all the players wear No. 42, thinking it would confuse any potential assassin. ... Dodgers 3B Andy LaRoche, the younger brother of Pirates 1B Adam LaRoche, is still recovering from thumb surgery in March. Their sister, Nikki, made the trip from her Las Vegas home for the series, wearing a jersey that was half Dodgers and half Pirates. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: April 16, 2008 Filed at 1:04 a.m. ET --

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