Hopefully, you stayed up to see the entire 11 inning, 4 hour and 19 minute epic. For this Game Two of the 2017 World Series, all the
kvetching about the troubles in baseball went right out the window. This one was a classic. The
7-6 victory for the Astros (their
first World Series win in franchise history) came with a combined total of
eight HRs—
five of them in extra innings (
both World Series records). Just when it seemed that Houston was about to head home down two-games-to-none, they put single runs on the board in the eighth and ninth—the latter on a clutch solo shot by
Marwin Gonzalez that knotted the game at three (off arguably the best closer in baseball). Then the tenth.
Jose Altuve and
Carlos Correa each slammed solo HRs to give Houston a seemingly insurmountable 5-3 edge.
Wrong, Larry King breath! The Astros "elite" closer blew
that lead and tied things at five entering the 11th inning. More HRs perhaps? Yes, this time UConn alum
George Springer (who grew up a Red Sox fan in
The Nutmeg State) launched an opposite-field two-run blast to make it 7-5. More drama, you ask? Indeed.
Charlie Culberson (who?) hit another solo shot to make the final, 7-6. A true classic. The 'Stros now head back to Houston having seized back home-field advantage in the now best-three-out-of-five 113th Fall Classic.
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