LOS ANGELES -- The injury-riddled Los Angeles Dodgers havent missed a beat, thanks to a formidable bench that has more than compensated for recent injuries to regulars Matt Kemp, Mark Ellis, Juan Uribe and Juan Rivera. . Utility infielder Jerry Hairston Jr. and reserve outfielder Tony Gwynn Jr., whose fathers gave them first-hand experience on how to be major leaguers, helped lead the Dodgers in their latest win. Hairston had the first five-hit game of his career and Gwynn added a pair of RBI singles in Chris Capuanos 5-1 victory over the Houston Astros on Sunday. "Matts arguably the best player in the game, and you hate to lose a guy like that because it can be pretty devastating for the team. But we feel we have a complete team," Hairston said. "And even with Matt in the lineup, were going to need everybody to contribute to be successful. Everybodys been doing that, and its been fun." Hairston had a double and four singles, one of which drove in a run. He raised his average to .381 in his second start since coming off the disabled list on Friday. "It feels good, but the bottom line is that we won," Hairston said. "As a player, I try not to be result-oriented. I know its a result-oriented business, but you just try to have good at-bats. If you do that, the results will be there." The Dodgers sixth victory in eight games -- all minus Kemp, Ellis, Uribe and Rivera -- improved the best record in the majors to 32-15 and enabled Los Angeles to maintain its 7 1/2-game lead over San Francisco in the NL West. NL RBIs leader Andre Ethier was 0 for 5 with three strikeouts, but his teammates picked up the slack considerably with 12 hits. "Were a resilient bunch. Guys arent afraid of the moment, and they step right in," Gwynn said. "Were not thinking about Matt being gone or Juan being gone. Everybodys just doing their part. When youve got a bunch of guys pulling the rope in the same direction, youre going to have some positive results." "We knew coming into this year that we had to have guys stepping up in addition to Matt, Dre and Kershaw," he said. "And for the most part, everybody from one to 25 has been able to come up with a big hit or a big defensive play." Matt Treanor put the Dodgers ahead for good with a home run in the fourth inning that deflected off centre fielder Justin Maxwells glove as he made a leaping attempt in left-centre field. Capuano (7-1) pitched two-hit ball over seven innings and struck out eight. It was the eighth time in his last nine starts that he allowed fewer than three runs. The 33-year-old left-hander improved to 5-0 at home with a 1.36 ERA. "The guys good, man. Hes been pitching good all year and hes one of the better pitchers youre going to face," said Astros third baseman Chris Johnson, who struck out twice in going 0 for 3. "His changeups nasty. I would consider him an ace on a lot of teams." Capuano is displaying the form that earned him an All-Star nod with Milwaukee in 2006 and convinced the Dodgers front office to sign the free agent to a two-year, $10 million contract in December. The way he is going, he could easily be the ace in a lot of rotations. "I try not to get caught up with that. I just try to focus on what I can control, which is making pitches," Capuano said. "Sometimes I feel bad for guys who are in that one or two slot. Even if theyre pitching well, because of their slot, theres all that pressure and nothing slides." J.A. Happ (4-4) tied a career high by striking out 10. He gave up two earned runs and nine hits in 6 1-3 innings, and fell to 0-3 with a 2.82 ERA in four career starts against the Dodgers. "He was in trouble a lot," Houston manager Brad Mills said. "Out of his 10 strikeouts, nine were with runners in scoring position. That tells you right there that he was in trouble almost every inning." Jose Altuve lined Capuanos first pitch of the game past a diving Gwynn in centre field for a triple, and scored when shortstop Dee Gordon made a diving stop of Jed Lowries grounder up the middle and threw him out. "Lowrie hits that ball up the middle and Gordon makes a nice play to stop the inning from continuing to move on. That was a huge play of the game right there," Mills said. "We had something going, and Capuano was still trying to find himself." The Dodgers tied it in the second on a two-out single by Gwynn, then went ahead on Treanors homer. Altuves triple was Houstons only hit until Lowries two-out single in the sixth. Capuanos reflexes took over in the sixth when he knocked down Carlos Lees liner with his glove while diving to the third-base side of the mound and threw him out to strand runners at first and second with the Dodgers leading 2-1. Johnson made two errors on routine grounders by Scott Van Slyke in the fifth inning and Ethier in the seventh. 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