Eight combined home runs, and a World Series record three in extra innings for the Astros, stunned the Dodgers in eleven innings, evening the series at 1-1 as it shifts to Houston for games 3, 4, and 5. LA’s streak of 28 consecutive scoreless bullpen innings was snapped in dramatic fashion with six earned runs allowed.

The 2017 edition of the Fall Classic is living up to its name after two games. Wednesday night was as good as it gets, with runs in every inning from the eighth on.

Brandon Morrow started the eighth inning on the mound as the Dodgers clung to a 3-1 lead, but was quickly pulled as Dave Roberts handed the ball over to Kenley Jansen to record a six-out save.

Jansen got out of the eighth inning, but not before the baserunner Morrow allowed scored off a Carlos Correa single. Jansen was a perfect 4-for-4 on save opportunities this postseason and hadn’t blown a save in his postseason career. But then the top of the ninth inning happened. Jansen left a cut fastball flat and over the middle of the plate, and Astros left fielder Marwin Gonzalez made him pay for it with a solo shot to left-center, tying the game at 3-3.

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Then, back and forth they went. Jose Altuve and Carlos Correa launched back-to-back jacks in the tenth inning off Josh Fields to give Houston a 5-3 lead.

Next, Yasiel Puig answered with a solo shot of his own to left, sparking a Dodgers rally that ended with Kike Hernandez’s RBI-single to square the game back up at 5-5. However, that would be the closest the Dodgers would get.

By the eleventh inning, Los Angeles had exhausted it’s entire bullpen. The only pitcher left was one that hadn’t appeared at all this entire postseason, Brandon McCarthy. He hadn’t pitched since October 1st, and had very few appearances since the All-Star break and dealing with injuries, and he certainly looked like a guy too rusty for the moment.

McCarthy quickly gave up a single to Cameron Maybin, in his first at-bat since early in the ALCS. Then came lead-off man George Springer, who crushed a pitch down in the zone to dead center for the go-ahead homer.

Charlie Culberson would get one back with a home run in the bottom of the inning, but it wasn’t enough as the Astros escaped with a split at Chavez Ravine.

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While there are decisions from manager Dave Roberts that can be picked apart (not leaving Rich Hill or Kenta Maeda in the game long enough), the two biggest storylines for the Dodgers are confounding because they can either be anomalies are ominous signs of things to come in Houston.

First, they were out hit by Houston 14-5 at home. To score six runs off five hits is an accomplishment in of itself, but it can also be cause for concern that the bats aren’t as lively as they have been in the postseason. Hernandez’s single in the tenth inning was the first Dodgers run scored in the World Series that wasn’t via the long ball.

Second, the bullpen’s inability to hang on and preserve the win in the latter part of the game. This comes down to strength versus strength between this teams, with the Astros the best in baseball in scoring from the seventh inning on, and the Dodgers with the best bullpen. After last night it’s even, with Game 1 going to LA and Game 2 to Houston, but in a World Series that can easily go the distance, it will be crucial that the Dodgers pen can stay on schedule and win more times than not.

The World Series will be in Houston for the weekend, with Game 3 scheduled for a 5:09 first pitch on Friday, which will introduce the designated hitter to the Dodgers lineup.

Yu Darvish is on the bump, making his third consecutive Game 3 start on the road. He has been nearly untouchable with a 1.59 ERA in 11 and 1/3 innings. He’ll face Lance McCullers, Jr, the 24-year-old from Tampa, FL.

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