LOS ANGELES — Taking advantage of other teams' mistakes was one of the hallmarks of the Los Angeles Dodgers' back-to-back NL West championship seasons. So when the Pittsburgh Pirates committed two fielding errors in one inning, James Loney made them pay.

Loney hit his first home run of the season with two outs in the third, Andre Ethier had a two-run shot in the first and the Dodgers got Chad Billingsley enough runs this time in a 6-2 victory Friday night.

"That's what championship-type teams do — take advantage of any kind of mistake and capitalize," Loney said after the Dodgers snapped a five-game losing streak that equaled their longest of last season.

The Dodgers, shut out Thursday night for the third time in five games, increased their margin to 5-1 with three unearned runs after shortstop Bobby Crosby and first baseman Jeff Clement committed errors on grounders by Xavier Paul and Ethier.

Matt Kemp struck out, but Loney took full advantage of a stiff wind blowing out toward right field and lined an 0-1 pitch into the first row of the lower box seats.

Clement's error was his first in 17 starts at first base this season. He never played the position in the majors before this year.

"I try to get a lot of work done there every single day and continue to get better so that things like that don't happen," Clement said.

Billingsley (2-1) allowed two runs and six hits over six innings, striking out four and walking three. Akinori Iwamura hit a ground-rule double on Billingsley's first pitch and scored on a double by Andrew McCutchen. The Pirates got their other run in the fourth on two-out doubles by Ryan Church and Ryan Doumit.

Both homers by the Dodgers came off Charlie Morton (0-5), who has allowed seven in 19Z\c innings this season and has an ERA of 12.57. The right-hander gave up six runs — three earned — and six hits through six innings while striking out eight.

"I thought he threw the ball well," Pirates manager John Russell said. "If we catch the ball that one inning, it might have been a different story. He probably should have gotten out of that inning with no runs. Those things happen, but he battled through it."