Astros Crush Dodgers 18–1 for Record Beating in Los Angeles

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Updated Jul 5, 2025, 06:10 AM

The Houston Astros overpowered the Los Angeles Dodgers 18–1 on Friday night, dealing the home club the largest defeat in Dodger Stadium’s 62-year history and silencing a sell-out Independence Day crowd that had stayed for post-game fireworks.

Houston struck immediately when Isaac Paredes homered on the game’s first pitch, and the lineup never relented. Jose Altuve finished 3-for-3 with two home runs, five RBIs and four runs scored, while Christian Walker went 4-for-5 with a homer and four RBIs. The Astros blew the game open with a 10-run sixth inning—the most runs the Dodgers have allowed in a frame since 1999—stretching the margin to 17-1 before adding one more in the eighth.

The rout, fueled by six scoreless innings from starter Lance McCullers Jr., dropped the National League-leading Dodgers to 56-33 and lifted the surging Astros to 53-25, their 27th win in the last 37 games. Los Angeles’ previous worst home loss was a 16-0 defeat by the Chicago Cubs in April; the 17-run gap on Friday also marked the Dodgers’ biggest loss anywhere since a 20-1 setback at Wrigley Field in 2001. The clubs meet again Saturday in the second game of the three-game series.

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