Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
LA Dodgers 7, Houston 6
When: 8:05 PM ET, Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Fieldin Culbreth, 1B - Jim Reynolds, 2B - Tim Timmons, 3B - Gary Cederstrom
Attendance: 31914
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Fieldin Culbreth, 1B - Jim Reynolds, 2B - Tim Timmons, 3B - Gary Cederstrom
Attendance: 31914
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | X | R | H | E |
| LA Dodgers | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 0 |
| Houston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 1 |
Team Records
| Team | W/L | Home | Away | Streak |
| LA Dodgers | 39-44 | 22-20 | 17-24 | W1 |
| Houston | 40-44 | 22-19 | 18-25 | L1 |
Recap Quick Hits
- With this loss, the Houston Astros have a 22-19 record at home this season. The Los Angeles Dodgers have a 17-24 record on the road.
- Houston has a streak of 1 straight up loss. The Astros have won 6 of their last 10 games.
- LA Dodgers has a streak of 1 straight up win. The Dodgers have won 5 of their last 10 games.
- Chan Ho Park pitched 1.1 innings for the win and now has an ERA of 2.45. Takashi Saito closed out the game to get the save and has 13 saves for the season. Wesley Wright took the loss for Houston.
- Ty Wigginton had the only homerun for Houston. Russell Martin, Jeff Kent hit homeruns for LA Dodgers.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| LA Dodgers | Houston | |
| Clayton Kershaw | Player | Wandy Rodriguez |
| Loss | W/L | Loss |
| 5.2 | IP | 5.0 |
| 4 | Strikeouts | 5 |
| 6 | Hits | 6 |
| 4.76 | ERA | 9.00 |
Hitting
| LA Dodgers | Houston | |
| Russell Martin | Player | Carlos Lee |
| 3 | Hits | 4 |
| 3 | RBI | 2 |
| 1 | HR | 0 |
| 7 | TB | 5 |
| .600 | Avg | .800 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team | Hits | HR | TB | Avg | LOB | K | RBI | BB | SB | Errors |
| LA Dodgers | 10 | 2 | 20 | .244 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| Houston | 10 | 1 | 15 | .238 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 |