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Pirates 6, Indians 4

Published Jun. 20, 2010 12:35 a.m. ET

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Lastings Milledge drove in four runs, Andrew McCutchen scored four times and the Pittsburgh Pirates avoided matching their longest single-season losing streak in 120 years, ending a 12-game slide by beating the Cleveland Indians 6-4 on Saturday night.

McCutchen reached base five times with a triple, single and three walks. Pedro Alvarez drove in a key run with his first career hit, a double, as the Pirates opened a 5-1 lead in the fifth inning of the rain-delayed game.

Pittsburgh has had only one 13-game losing streak in a season since 1900, from June 15-28, 2006, and had to win to avoid a second. The Pirates also endured slides of 14 games (1954-55) and 13 games (1916-17) over multiple seasons, and a 23-game streak in 1890.

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