World Series: Framber Valdez and Astros Even Series With Game 2 Win

Now, thanks to that and Framber Valdez’s dazzling six and a third innings, the venue shifts back to Philadelphia for Game 3 on Monday evening with a very different tone.

The Astros became the first team in World Series history to start a game with three consecutive extra base hits. In doing so, it appeared as if they simply couldn’t wait to erase the memory of the five-run lead they blew in their 6-5, 10-inning Game 1 loss.

Altuve, the team’s slumping leadoff man, ripped the first pitch of the game, a 96-mile-per-hour sinker, into the left-field corner for a double.

Up stepped Peña, the team’s rookie shortstop, who laced the second pitch of the game, an 82-m.p.h. curveball, into left field for another double.

Then came Alvarez, the team’s mighty designated hitter, whose plate appearance seemed to take forever by comparison. He fouled off Wheeler’s first pitch, a 96-m.p.h. fastball, and then ripped into the second pitch, a 92-m.p.h. slider, drilling it the same way Altuve and Peña did, into left field for a third consecutive double.

Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/29/sports/baseball/world-series-astros-game-2-phillies.html