<Tr> <Td_colspan="24"> WP: Chris Devenski (1--0) LP: Brandon McCarthy (0--1) Home runs: HOU: Marwin González (1), José Altuve (1), Carlos Correa (1), George Springer (1) LAD: Joc Pederson (1), Corey Seager (1), Yasiel Puig (1), Charlie Culberson (1) Attendance: 54,293 </Td> </Tr> <P> The starting pitchers for Game 2 were Rich Hill for the Dodgers and Justin Verlander for the Astros . The Astros scored first when Bregman drove in Josh Reddick with a hit in the third inning . Hill struck out seven in four innings but was replaced by Kenta Maeda in the fifth . Joc Pederson tied the game with a solo home run in the bottom of the fifth inning, and the Dodgers took the lead when Corey Seager hit a two - run home run in the bottom of the sixth inning . Verlander allowed two hits, both home runs, in his six innings pitched . Carlos Correa drove in the Astros' second run of the game on a single in the eighth, ending the Dodgers bullpen's streak of 28 consecutive scoreless innings in the postseason . Marwin González hit a home run off Jansen in the ninth to tie the game . This was only Jansen's second blown save all season and snapped his streak of converting his first 12 postseason save opportunities, a major league record . </P> <P> The game went into extra innings . José Altuve and Correa hit home runs off Josh Fields in the tenth inning to put the Astros in the lead . In the bottom of the inning, Yasiel Puig hit a home run off of Ken Giles and Enrique Hernández drove in Logan Forsythe to tie the game, with the latter being the Dodgers' first run that was not driven in by a home run . In the next inning, George Springer hit a two - run home run for the Astros off of Brandon McCarthy to retake the lead . In the bottom of the 11th inning, Charlie Culberson homered off of Chris Devenski, who later struck out Puig to end the game . This was the first ever World Series game in which a team hit home runs in the ninth, tenth and eleventh inning . The teams set a new record for combined home runs in a single World Series game with eight and this was the first time in MLB history, regular season or postseason, that five home runs were hit in extra innings . The Astros won their first World Series game in franchise history as they had been swept in their previous appearance in 2005 . </P> <Table> October 27, 2017, 7: 21 pm (CDT) at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas, 65 ° F (18 ° C), roof closed <Tr> <Th> Team </Th> <Th> </Th> <Th> </Th> <Th> </Th> <Th> </Th> <Th> 5 </Th> <Th> 6 </Th> <Th> 7 </Th> <Th> 8 </Th> <Th> 9 </Th> <Th> </Th> <Th> </Th> <Th> </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Los Angeles </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Houston </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> X </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="24"> WP: Lance McCullers Jr. (1--0) LP: Yu Darvish (0--1) Sv: Brad Peacock (1) Home runs: LAD: None HOU: Yuli Gurriel (1) Attendance: 43,282 </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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