Pittsburgh ? If the Los Angeles Dodgers are successful this season, they may look back on a couple of late-inning wins in April as a catalyst.

Shawn Green hit a tiebreaking homer in the eighth inning, helping the Dodgers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 Saturday night.

The Dodgers, down 3-0 after four innings, sent the Pirates to their season-high fourth straight loss. The victory came just one night after the Dodgers rallied from a 2-0 deficit with a five-run ninth inning.

“It’s huge any time you win, but when you get comeback wins it tends to carry over,” Green said.

With two outs and the bases empty, Green lifted a 2-1 pitch from Scott Sauerbeck (0-2) into the right-field seats for his third home run.

Prior to that at bat, Green had been 0-for-7 with four strikeouts against Sauerbeck.

“He’s as tough as any left-hander you ever see,” Green said. “The first three pitches were pretty nasty. The last one didn’t break as much.”

Pirates manager Lloyd McClendon said the home run pitch was a breaking ball that was meant to be down and away but it ended up being high and inside.

“That’s a real bad spot to throw one to Shawn Green,” McClendon said.

Said Sauerbeck, “I made one bad pitch and it cost us a game. But you look at who hit it. He’s a great hitter, their best player, an All-Star. The thing is right now we have absolutely no margin for error.”

Hideo Nomo (3-3) pitched seven innings.

Braves 3, Brewers 2

Atlanta — Marcus Giles hit a solo home run in the seventh and Atlanta rallied past Milwaukee. With one out, Giles lined the first pitch he saw from reliever Valerio De Los Santos (0-2) into the seats in right-center, a 410-foot shot that gave the Braves their 10th victory in 12 games.

Marlins 5, Cardinals 3

Miami — Mike Lowell’s homer sparked a five-run seventh inning that helped Florida defeat St. Louis, the Cardinals’ sixth loss in seven games. Cardinals manager Tony La Russa served his one-game suspension for a fight between the Cardinals and Arizona last weekend.

Reds 7, Padres 6 (10)

Cincinnati — Pinch-hitter Ruben Mateo drew a bases-loaded walk with two outs in the bottom of the 10th inning, lifting Cincinnati past San Diego. Adam Dunn homered and later scored the winning run.

Expos 3, Astros 2 (10)

Montreal — Jose Macias hit his first homer of the season with one out in the 10th inning as Montreal extended its winning streak to three.

Phillies 10, Giants 2

Philadelphia — Bobby Abreu homered, scored four runs and knocked in three as Philadelphia defeated San Francisco. Jim Thome also homered and drove in two runs for the Phillies.

Rockies 8, Cubs 5

Denver — Shawn Chacon threw seven effective innings, and Chris Stynes and Jay Payton drove in two runs each as Colorado beat Chicago.