HOUSTON (Interstat) — Kyle Tucker homered and drove in two runs against his former team to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to an 8-3 win over the Houston Astros on Monday night at Daikin Park.

Tucker’s home run came in a four-run third inning that broke open a close game. Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched six strong innings, allowing five hits and three runs with eight strikeouts, to earn his third win. Alex Freeland also homered and had three hits.

The Dodgers, who improved to 22-13, scored one run in the first, two in the second, four in the third and one in the fifth. Houston scored two in the first and one in the fifth. The Astros fell to 14-22.

Ryan Weiss took the loss for Houston. Attendance was 35,126, and the game lasted 2 hours, 46 minutes.