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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
LA Dodgers 6, Houston 1
When: 10:10 PM ET, Saturday, August 13, 2011
Where: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California
Temperature: 70°
Umpires: Home - Angel Campos, 1B - Mike Estabrook, 2B - Greg Gibson, 3B - Gerry Davis
Attendance: 36111

Matt Kemp homered and Clayton Kershaw threw eight dominant innings as the Los Angeles Dodgers cruised to a 6-1 victory over the visiting Houston Astros on Saturday.

Kershaw (14-5) extended his home winning streak to eight games. He allowed six hits, one walk and struck out nine.

Kemp blasted his 27th home run in the first inning off Wandy Rodriguez (8-9), who allowed five runs - two earned - over six innings.

The Dodgers’ Justin Sellers singled in the fifth for his first major league hit, and Tony Gwynn Jr. added three hits and two stolen bases.

Houston, which lost its fifth straight game, snapped its 19-inning scoreless streak with J.D. Martinez’s run-scoring single in the eighth.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Houston   LA Dodgers
Wandy Rodriguez Player Clayton Kershaw
Loss W/L Win
6.0 IP 8.0
3 Strikeouts 9
6 Hits 6
3.00 ERA 1.12
Hitting
Houston   LA Dodgers
Jimmy Paredes Player Tony Gwynn
2 Hits 3
0 RBI 0
0 HR 0
2 TB 5
.500 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Houston 6 0 8 .182 13 9 1 1 1 3
LA Dodgers 9 1 14 .290 16 6 5 3 2 1