Dodgers 12, Astros 2: Pages’ Three Homers, Six RBI Overwhelm Houston

The lead

May 6, 2026 - Houston - The Los Angeles Dodgers converted a messy third inning on the scoreboard and one historic night from the middle of the order into a rout at Daikin Park. Andy Pages set career highs with three home runs and six RBI, Shohei Ohtani snapped an 0-for-18 skid with a double and an RBI single, and Los Angeles beat the Houston Astros 12-2, per the Associated Press recap on ESPN.

The game also turned into a bullpen marathon after Tyler Glasnow departed with low back pain following a brief but eventful first frame.

How the game turned

Brice Matthews greeted Glasnow with a leadoff homer—the only earned damage off the right-hander before he signaled discomfort warming for the second and exited. Jack Dreyer (2-3) bridged with two scoreless innings, the first of six relievers who kept Houston to one run after Glasnow left. Along the way Glasnow recorded the 1,000th strikeout of his career by punching out Yordan Alvarez in the first.

The third inning tilted the night. Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3) wild-pitched two runs home around Ohtani’s double, then walked Freddie Freeman and Kyle Tucker before Pages cleared the bases with a three-run shot for a 6-1 lead. Pages struck again in the fifth for two more runs and led off the ninth with a solo blast off César Salazar, who moved from catcher to the mound once the game was well out of reach.

McCullers recorded just 39 strikes on 70 pitches and was charged with six runs in 2 2/3 innings.

Pitching and matchup notes

Glasnow’s early removal framed the night: dominant swing-and-miss when he was on the rubber, then a cautious handoff that Los Angeles executed cleanly. The staff still navigated a lineup capable of loud innings, and the final margin reflected how little Houston could stabilize once McCullers lost the strike zone.

Bats that changed the board

Pages owned the scorebook, but Ohtani’s breakout after an 0-for-18 stretch mattered for the lineup’s timing—his double sparked the third before an RBI single arrived later. Alex Freeland walked ahead of the rally that turned a one-run hole into a five-run inning.

Matthews’ homer stood as a brief Houston answer before the floodgates.

AthX Engine fantasy angle

The Dodgers ranked second among clubs on May 6 with 25 AthX Engine team FP. Pages’ 21 hitting FP on the daily board captures how multi-homer nights spike the hitter ladder, while Ohtani’s modest hitting line still registered 8 hitting FP in the same data pull. AthX Engine is not the same thing as dynamic pricing.

What comes next

Both clubs were off Thursday before the Dodgers hosted Atlanta and Houston opened at Cincinnati, according to ESPN’s notebook—the kind of reset window that matters after a staff day this taxing.

*Sources: MLB.com schedule, ESPN recap, Associated Press via ESPN, and AthX Engine scoring. Information only; not financial advice.*