Written by ESPN News Staff at ESPN.com
Game 2 of the World Series on Wednesday night was all about the home run.
A record number of them.
The Houston Astros and Los Angeles Dodgers combined for eight long balls at Dodger Stadium, the most ever in a World Series game. George Springer had the biggest, a two-run drive in the 11th inning that helped the American League champions to a 7-6 victory and split of the opening two games in Los Angeles.
“This was a night obviously the ball was carrying,” Astros manager A.J. Hinch said. “A lot of big-time players stepping up and getting big swings.”
Springer’s teammate, Marwin Gonzalez, added a solo shot in the ninth inning to tie the game at 3, and fellow Astros Jose Altuve and Carlos Correa went back-to-back in the 10th, as Houston became the first team in major league history to homer in the ninth, 10th and 11th innings of a postseason game.
But the Dodgers didn’t go down quietly.
Yasiel Puig had a solo shot in the 10th inning, and after Springer’s blast, Charlie Culberson added a solo shot of his own in the bottom of the 11th, before Astros right-hander Chris Devenski struck out Puig to end the game.
“It was an emotional roller coaster,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said.
The five combined extra-inning home runs also were the most ever in a postseason game. The previous record was three, set by the Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox in Game 1 of the 1995 AL Division Series.
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