Astros Fall to Dodgers 6-2, Win Weekend Series vs Los Angeles

HOUSTON (AP) — Teoscar Hernández hit his 22nd home run, River Ryan struck out eight in his first major league win and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Houston Astros 6-2 on Sunday.

With the Dodgers clinging to a 3-2 lead in the eighth, Teoscar Hernández turned on a slider from Bryan King and sent it 361 feet into the left field seats. Cavan Biggio extended the Dodgers lead with an RBI single to center, scoring Lux, who had walked, to make it 5-2.

Houston’s Spencer Arrighetti (4-9) struck out five of the first eight batters he faced. He set down eight straight batters from the second until giving up a solo homer to Outman in the fifth. Arrighetti gave up three runs on four hits, walked two and struck out eight.

Yainer Diaz hit a two-run homer for the Astros in the sixth. Houston was 1 for 10 with runners in scoring position.

The Astros did face Dodgers reliever Joe Kelly in the 8th, as Jose Altuve hit a 1-out double off of him, but were unable to get anything else.

It still was a successful weekend for the Astros, taking two out of three in the series vs the Dodgers.

As for injury news, RHP Jusin Verlander (neck discomfort) and RHP Luis Garcia (right elbow surgery) will both pitch from the game mound on Tuesday at Minute Maid Park.

On Monday night, RHP Jake Bloss (0-1, 6.94 ERA) opposes RHP Paul Skenes (6-1, 1.93 ERA) as Houston opens a three-game home series against the Pirates.