PITTSBURGH (Interstat) — The Los Angeles Dodgers scored 10 runs in the seventh inning Tuesday night to blow open a close game and beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 12-3 at PNC Park.

The Dodgers, who improved to 43-24, collected 15 hits while limiting the Pirates (34-33) to five. Los Angeles scored single runs in the second and sixth innings before the 10-run outburst in the seventh. Andy Pages hit a three-run homer and Shohei Ohtani had two RBIs. Max Muncy went 3 for 3 with an RBI.

Pittsburgh scored two runs in the first inning off Dodgers starter Eric Lauer, who allowed two earned runs over 5 2/3 innings with five strikeouts. Paul Skenes pitched six innings for the Pirates, giving up two earned runs with seven strikeouts.

Will Klein (2-2) earned the win with 1 1/3 hitless innings and three strikeouts. Wilber Dotel (1-1) took the loss. Bryan Reynolds homered for Pittsburgh. Attendance was 30,646. Time of game was 3:16.