LOS ANGELES (Kyodo, AP) The Houston Astros had as much difficulty getting a hit against Hiroki Kuroda as the Los Angeles Dodgers' usually reliable bullpen did in getting outs.
Kuroda took a no-hitter into the seventh inning before the Astros broke through for seven hits and six runs in the eighth and pulled out an 8-5 victory Sunday.
The no-hit bid ended when Hunter Pence got a 2-1 slider he liked and slapped a clean single in the hole past third baseman Blake DeWitt with two outs in the seventh and the Dodgers leading 2-0 on James Loney's two-run homer in the first.