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World Series: Astros roll to Game 2 win as Jose Altuve moves up all-time postseason HR list

Behind an early eruption against Atlanta Braves starter Max Fried, the Houston Astros tied the World Series at 1-1 with a 7-2 win in Game 2 on Wednesday.

Houston got on the board with an Alex Bregman sacrifice fly in the first, then broke the game open with a four-run second inning, capped off by a Michael Brantley RBI single.

With their pitching staff already gassed thanks to unexpected bullpen game in Game 1, the Braves ended up riding Fried for five innings.

Jose Altuve finished the scoring in the seventh inning with a homer off Drew Smyly, his 22nd career postseason homer. That ties him with Bernie Williams for the second-most in MLB history, behind only Manny Ramirez (29).

On the pitching side, Astros starter Jose Urquidy posted a solid five innings, allowing six hits and two earned runs while striking out seven and walking none. With long relief ace Cristian Javier securing the first four outs to continue his stellar postseason, the Astros bullpen fired four scoreless innings to finish it out.

First World Series home win in 3 years

While a home win might not seem like a big achievement for the World Series favorites, it was odd in at least one way. No MLB team had won a World Series game in its home park since the Los Angeles Dodgers ... in 2018. The Max Muncy walk-off game, to be specific.

The 2020 World Series saw no true home games thanks to the pandemic, while the 2019 World Series produced one of baseball's great oddities with seven straight road wins, which worked out well for the underdog Washington Nationals.

The Braves will be hoping to see some home wins themselves, as the series now goes back to Atlanta for three games.