Astros rally twice in instant-classic that featured 5 home runs in 42 minutes to tie World Series with Dodgers

Source: uk.businessinsider.com --- Wednesday, October 25, 2017
The Houston Astros beat the Los Angeles Dodgers, 7-6, in 11 innings in Game 2 of the World Series. The extra innings featured some explosive Baseball, with the two teams scoring a combined seven runs on five home runs. Tied at 1-1, the series goes to Houston with both teams seemingly finding their groove on offense. The Houston Astros beat the Los Angeles Dodgers, 7-6, in 11 innings in Game 2 to tie the World Series. The game became an instant classic with both teams rallying multiple times in extras before the Astros finally put away the Dodgers in the bottom of the 11th. After the Astros scored two runs in the eighth and ninth innings to tie the game at 3-3, their offense finally broke loose in the 10th. Jose Altuve, perhaps the AL MVP frontrunner, and Carlos Correa hit back-to-back solo home runs to give the Astros a 5-3 lead before the Dodgers had even recorded an out. The dynamic duo of Altuve and Correa get it done! #WorldSeries http://pic.twitter.com/LV96YHah62 — Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) October 26, 2017 Runs can be hard to come by in postseason Baseball, even for the most dynamic of offenses. For the Astros to go up 5-3 in the top of the tenth seemed to spell trouble for the Dodgers. However, the Dodgers answered in the bottom of the 10th as Los Angeles folk hero Yasiel Puig hit a solo home run to lead off the inning and bring the Dodgers within one run. Things got wackier afterward. Logan Forsythe drew a walk with two ...

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