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ESPN News Services
Jul 5, 2025, 12:43 AM ET
LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Dodgers suffered their worst nonaccomplishment ever successful Dodger Stadium, dropping an 18-1 blowout decision astatine the hands of the Houston Astros connected Friday nighttime successful the bid opener of a matchup betwixt part leaders.
The 17-run nonaccomplishment marked the Dodgers' largest borderline of decision astatine location since the squad moved to Dodger Stadium successful 1962, and the franchise's worst location nonaccomplishment since July 3, 1947, erstwhile Brooklyn mislaid 19-2 to the New York Giants.
Jose Altuve homered doubly portion reaching basal 5 times and driving successful 5 runs for the Astros, who held the defending World Series champion Dodgers to 5 hits and Will Smith's solo homer.
Dodgers fans relentlessly booed Altuve passim his at-bats, chanting "Cheater! Cheater!" He's 1 of 2 players, on with McCullers, remaining from Houston's 2017 squad that bushed the Dodgers successful the World Series. It aboriginal came retired that the Astros were stealing signs with the assistance of video and relaying pitches to batters by banging connected a trash can.
The AL West-leading Astros scored 10 runs successful the sixth, highlighted by Victor Caratini's expansive slam and Altuve's three-run shot. It was the astir runs fixed up successful an inning by the Dodgers since April 23, 1999, erstwhile they allowed 11 to St. Louis.
Houston's Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3) allowed 1 tally and 4 hits successful six innings of his 2nd commencement since returning from a sprained close foot. He struck retired four.
Isaac Paredes deed his archetypal vocation leadoff homer connected the archetypal transportation of the crippled from rookie Ben Casparius. Altuve doubled and scored connected Walker's RBI azygous for a 2-0 lead.
Jake Meyers doubled starring disconnected the 3rd and scored connected Altuve's 14th homer. Rookie Cam Smith doubled and scored connected Walker's 417-foot changeable halfway up the left-field pavilion to headdress 4 consecutive hits fixed up by Casparius and widen Houston's pb to 6-1.
The Astros broke it unfastened successful the sixth. Smith had a bases-loaded RBI single, reliever Noah Davis deed Walker with 2 strikes to unit successful a tally and Caratini deed his expansive slam came with nary outs. Meyers added an RBI azygous and Altuve deed his 2nd homer of the night.
Caparius allowed six runs and 9 hits successful 3 innings and struck retired three.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
