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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
LA Dodgers 5, Houston 1
When: 4:10 PM ET, Sunday, May 27, 2012
Where: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California
Temperature: 70°
Umpires: Home - Mike Everitt, 1B - Paul Schrieber, 2B - Tim Welke, 3B - Lazaro Diaz
Attendance: 33306

Dodgers 5, Astros 1: Chris Capuano pitched seven innings of two-hit ball, Jerry Hairston went 5-for-5 and Tony Gwynn delivered a pair of RBI singles to lift Los Angeles to its 12th win in 16 games. The Dodgers own the best record in the majors at 32-15.

Los Angeles took the last two games of the series and has not lost a series since dropping two of three to the Cubs from May 4-6 at Wrigley Field.

Capuano (7-1) posted his eighth consecutive quality start to improve to 5-0 at home. The left-hander struck out eight and walked two.

The Astros scored their only run in the first, when Jose Altuve led off with a triple and scored on Jed Lowrie's RBI groundout. Houston managed only one more hit — Lowrie's single in the sixth.

Gwynn tied it 1-1 with an RBI single in the second and added another in the two-run eighth. Hairston capped his first career five-hit game with an RBI single in the eighth.

Backup catcher Matt Treanor hit his second home run of the season, a solo shot in the fourth to give the Dodgers a 2-1 lead.

Astros starter J.A. Happ (4-4) took the loss despite matching a career high with 10 strikeouts and posting his third consecutive quality start. He allowed three runs (two earned) on nine hits over 6 1/3 innings.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Capuano has allowed two or fewer runs in eight of his 10 starts and has not allowed more than six hits in any of them. He improved to 7-4 against Houston. … Gwynn is 12-for-23 (.522) with runners in scoring position, including 2-for-2 Sunday. … Dodgers 2B Elian Herrera went 1-for-4 to extend his hitting streak to nine games. Teammate Andre Ethier went 0-for-5 to snap his streak at six games.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Houston   LA Dodgers
J.A. Happ Player Chris Capuano
Loss W/L Win
6.1 IP 7.0
10 Strikeouts 8
9 Hits 2
2.84 ERA 1.29
Hitting
Houston   LA Dodgers
Jose Altuve Player Jerry Hairston Jr.
1 Hits 5
0 RBI 1
0 HR 0
3 TB 6
.250 Avg 1.000
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Houston 2 0 4 .071 4 10 1 2 0 2
LA Dodgers 12 1 16 .353 26 11 5 5 4 0