{"id":13563,"date":"2017-10-25T23:24:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-25T23:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/2017\/10\/25\/astros-beat-dodgers-7-6-to-tie-the-2017-world-series\/"},"modified":"2017-10-25T23:24:00","modified_gmt":"2017-10-25T23:24:00","slug":"astros-beat-dodgers-7-6-to-tie-the-2017-world-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/astros-beat-dodgers-7-6-to-tie-the-2017-world-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Astros Beat Dodgers 7-6 To Tie The 2017 World Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n Houston Astros’ Marwin Gonzalez celebrates his ninth-inning home run that tied the score 3-3 with the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 2 of the World Series Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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The Houston Astros won a wild 11-inning see-saw battle beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-6 in Game 2 of the World Series.<\/p>\n

Astros center-fielder George Springer smacked a two-run homer in the top of the 11th<\/sup> inning silencing fans at Dodgers Stadium after their team had tied the game in the bottom of the 10th<\/sup> inning at 5-5.<\/p>\n

The Dodgers struck back in the bottom of the 11th<\/sup> inning with a solo homer by pinch-hitter Charlie Culberson. But that was all the Dodgers could muster against Astros reliever Chris Devenski.<\/p>\n

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\n The Los Angeles Dodgers’ Corey Seager leaps for joy after his two-run home run, giving the Dodgers a 3-1 lead in Game 2 of the World Series in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

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The Astros’ victory ties the series at one game a piece with the action moving to Houston on Friday. The Astros have not lost a game at home in this post-season.<\/p>\n

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\n The Dodgers tied the score 1-1 with Joc Pederson’s fifth-inning home run .<\/p>\n

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“We’re never out of it and we have a lineup that’s really scary when it’s on,” said Astros shortstop Carlos Correa, who had three hits and two RBI’s.<\/p>\n

The Dodgers looked like they were headed to victory after seven innings when they led the game 3-1. Those three runs came off of Astros ace Justin Verlander who had appeared to be in control of the game giving up only two hits: a solo homer by the Dodgers Joc Pederson in the 5th<\/sup> inning and a two-run shot by Corey Seager in the 6th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

But Houston began clawing back in the 8th<\/sup> inning against Dodger closer Kenley Jansen. They scored one run on a ground-rule double by Alex Bregman and a single by Carlos Correa, making the game 3-2. That run ended a string of 28 scoreless innings by Los Angeles’ vaunted bullpen.<\/p>\n

Houston tied the game at 3-3 when Marwin Gonzalez hit a solo homer in the top of the 9th<\/sup> inning. The Dodgers went quietly in their half of the 9th<\/sup>, sending the game into extra innings.<\/p>\n

That’s when Houston, the most potent offense in baseball this year, showed signs of life with back-to-back homeruns by Jose Altuve and Carlos Correa in the top of the 10th inning, making the game 5-3.<\/p>\n

It was the Dodgers turn to get back in the game when right-fielder Yasiel Puig launched a solo shot in the bottom of the 10th<\/sup> inning. A walk, a wild pitch and then a single by pinch-hitter Enrique Hernandez off of Astros closer Ken Giles tied the game at 5-5.<\/p>\n