The Astros Survived The Dodgers And Tied The World Series After An Outrageous Game 2

The Houston Astros won their first ever World Series game on Wednesday in a wild extra innings affair that featured a whopping six home runs in extra innings and a wild 2-run Dodgers comeback that further extended one of the weirder World Series games in recent memory.

The Dodgers were six outs away from taking a 2-0 series lead and shifting the series back to Houston on Friday before Houston came back from a 3-run-deficit in the closing innings. It was a bit of a shocking comeback considering Dodgers manager Dave Roberts brought in closer Kenley Jansen, who has been nearly unhittable this season and throughout the playoffs. Jansen ended up giving up a run in the eighth, followed by a Marwin Gonzalez home run to tie the game at three. From there, the game turned into a dinger derby:

Josh Fields and Brandon McCarthy each gave up two runs for the Dodgers in extras, with Fields serving up back-to-back dingers to Houston’s Jose Altuve and Carlos Correra.

But the Dodgers came right back to tie it in the 10th thanks to a big home run from Yasiel Puig and an RBI single from Kike Hernandez. Then Houston took the lead again in the top of the 11th thanks to a George Springer 2-run home run to give Houston another shot to close the game down.

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Puig had a second chance to tie the game in the bottom of the 11th after another home run from the Dodgers, this time a Charlie Culberson shot that made it an incredible six home runs hit after the ninth inning — with eight total, setting a record for a single World Series game.

But the steam ran out for the Dodgers as Puig would strike out on a nasty pitch in the dirt to end the game, giving the Astros their first ever World Series victory and tying the series as both teams head to Houston.

For a long time it looked like everything was going the Dodgers’ way. The game started with a memorable first pitch ceremony led by Vin Scully and fan favorite pitcher Fernando Valenzuela, but Houston proved it had a bit of its own magic ready to be unleashed, especially in extra innings.