Tarik Skubal recovered from a three-run first inning to finish seven innings with 11 strikeouts, earning his first Dodgers win in a 4-3 comeback over Pittsburgh.
Kyle Tucker flipped the game in the fifth with a go-ahead two-run single, ending an 0-for-26 slump at Dodger Stadium and giving Los Angeles a lead it kept.
Alek Thomas, called up after Andy Pages fractured his hand Friday, added an RBI single in his Dodgers debut after 55 games at Triple-A Oklahoma City.
Evan Phillips, Jack Dreyer and Tanner Scott closed out two scoreless innings as the Dodgers improved to 79-51 and clinched the series.
Shohei Ohtani also threw live batting practice for the first time since his July knee injury, another positive sign during the Dodgers' first five-game winning streak since late May.