Astros' Altuve homers twice, drives in five and gets booed in 18-1 historic rout of Dodgers

— Jose Altuve homered twice while reaching base five times and driving in five runs, and the Houston Astros routed the Los Angeles Dodgers 18-1 on Friday night in the series opener of a matchup between division leaders.
Jul 5, 2025, 05:06 am - AP
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LAD
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L. McCullers Jr.
win

L. McCullers Jr.2-3

6.0 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 4 K, 4 BB
B. Casparius
loss

B. Casparius6-3

3.0 IP, 9 H, 6 ER, 3 K, 0 BB
J. Alexander
save

J. Alexander1

3.0 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 2 K, 2 BB

Scoring Summary

Inning

HOULAD
1stParedes homered to left (341 feet).10
1stWalker singled to right, Altuve scored.20
2ndSmith homered to left center (395 feet).21
3rdAltuve homered to left center (394 feet), Meyers scored.41
3rdWalker homered to left (417 feet), Smith scored.61
5thHummel singled to right, Caratini scored, Diaz to third.71
6thSmith singled to right, Paredes scored, Altuve to second, Meyers to third.81
6thWalker hit by pitch, Meyers scored, Smith to second, Altuve to third.91
6thCaratini homered to right center (392 feet), Altuve scored, Smith scored and Walker scored.131
6thMeyers reached on infield single to third, Hummel scored on throwing error by third baseman E. Hernández, Dubón to third.141
6thAltuve homered to right center (387 feet), Dubón scored and Meyers scored.171
7thDiaz hit sacrifice fly to right, Walker scored.181
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