Andy Pages put on a show Wednesday night that Dodgers fans won't soon forget. The 24-year-old slugger launched his first career three-home-run game, leading Los Angeles to a dominant 12-2 victory over the Houston Astros at Daikin Park.
Pages' power display was nothing short of spectacular. He started the fireworks in the third inning, crushing a three-run blast off Lance McCullers Jr. that broke the game open. After a tense eight-pitch battle, Pages connected on a 91-mph sinker, scoring Freddie Freeman and Kyle Tucker to give the Dodgers a commanding lead.
He wasn't done there. In the fifth inning, Pages delivered a two-run homer off Jason Alexander, pushing the Dodgers' lead to 9-1. But the highlight of the night came in the later innings, when Astros reliever (and part-time catcher) Cesar Salazar took the mound. Salazar lobbed a 53-mph Eephus pitch that looked more like a slow-pitch softball offering. Pages tracked it patiently, then launched it into the left-center field seats for his third homer of the night—and his eighth of the season.
The six-RBI performance was also a career best for Pages, who hadn't homered in nearly three weeks. His three-homer game matched Max Muncy's feat from April 11 against the Texas Rangers, giving the Dodgers another power threat in a lineup already stacked with stars.
For the Astros, it was a tough night all around. Salazar, who pitched a scoreless inning in mop-up duty last season, couldn't replicate that success against a red-hot Pages and the Dodgers' potent offense.
