Pages hits three homers, Dodgers crush Astros 12‑2

HOUSTON (Interstat) — Andy Pages set career highs with three home runs and six RBIs to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 12-2 win over the Houston Astros on Wednesday.

Pages hit a three-run homer in a five-run third inning that made it 6-1, a two-run shot in the fifth and a solo homer in the ninth. Shohei Ohtani added two hits and an RBI.

Dodgers starter Tyler Glasnow allowed a solo homer to Brice Matthews in the first inning before exiting with low back pain. Jack Dreyer (2-3) pitched two scoreless innings in relief for the win as one of six relievers who held the Astros to one run over the final eight innings.

Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3) took the loss. Los Angeles outhit Houston 14-5 and evened the series at a game apiece. Attendance was 32,741 at Daikin Park, and the game lasted 2 hours, 44 minutes. The Dodgers improved to 23-14, while the Astros fell to 15-23.