Billingsley Gets Slaughtered in Loss

The Los Angeles Dodgers fell to the Houston Astros 8-1, their fourth loss to Houston in five games this year. Chad Billingsley had his worst outing this season, giving up six runs on nine hits in less than two innings of work before being pulled. Roy Oswalt was just as good as Billingsley was bad, allowing only one run on four hits while going the distance. Orlando Hudson tripled on a ball lost in the sky, and scored on Russell Martin's RBI-ground out. Miguel Tejada homered for the 'Stros, and Ivan Rodriguez had four hits, two RBI's, and two runs scored. Hunter Pence knocked in two runs, and Kazuo Matsui, Michael Bourn and Carlos Lee each scored a run.

Offense, Belisario Sputter as Dodgers Fall

The Los Angeles Dodgers fell to the Houston Astros 6-5, their fifth loss of the season. The Dodgers entered the sixth inning trailing by two runs, but Manny Ramirez and Andre Ethier had back-to-back shots and Casey Blake hit a two-run bomb to put the Dodgers up 4-2. However, Randy Wolf gave the lead right back, surrendering four runs in seven innings of work, including two in the bottom of the sixth to leave the game tied. James Loney doubled in Ethier to put LA up by one, but Ronald Belisario coughed up the lead, allowing two runs on three hits, one a home run. Ethier finished with three hits, including a double. Matt Kemp's hitting streak was halted at 14 games. The Boys in Blue ultimately went 0-for-10 with runners in scoring-position, while leaving six on base. Hunter Pence and Lance Berkman both went deep for the 'Stros, and Pence drove in two and scored twice.