The Astros lost the game today in this rematch with the Los Angeles Dodgers after taking the first two in the series in LA. The Dodgers scored all three of their runs by the third inning on a two run double by Brian Dozier in the first and and an RBI double by Cody Bellinger in the third.
All three runs were scored on starting pitcher Gerrit Cole, who allowed 6 hits and a walk, but got 8 strikeouts, giving him 202 for the year. It is the most in his career and it is the first time that two Astros pitchers, he and Justin Verlander, have recorded more than 200 strikeouts in a season since 2004.