HOUSTON (Interstat) — Peter Lambert pitched seven innings of three-hit shutout ball and the Houston Astros defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-1 on Tuesday at Daikin Park.

Lambert (2-2) struck out four and allowed no earned runs in his second straight strong start. Bryan King earned his third save, working the final two innings despite yielding a run on three hits.

Shohei Ohtani (2-2) took the loss despite striking out eight over seven innings. He allowed four hits and two earned runs.

Braden Shewmake homered and drove in a run for Houston. Christian Walker also homered. The Astros scored single runs in the second and third innings.

The Dodgers broke through in the eighth when Kyle Tucker’s RBI single scored Alex Call, cutting the deficit to 2-1. Andy Pages had three hits for Los Angeles.

Houston improved to 15-22 while the Dodgers fell to 22-14. Attendance was 37,008 and the game lasted 2 hours, 15 minutes. The teams meet again Wednesday in the series finale.