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Astros even World Series with wild Game 2 victory over Dodgers in 11 innings

LOS ANGELES - The result cannot be considered unthinkable, because October baseball expands the realm of possibility and exposes the soul to untold anguish. The Los Angeles Dodgers had avoided this fate for so much of these playoffs. They were the team who broke hearts, who snuffed out dreams. Except until this week, they had not stared down an opponent like the Houston Astros.

On Wednesday evening, in the final innings of Game 2 of the World Series, the veneer of invincibility surrounding the Dodgers bullpen shattered beneath the might of Houston's offense in a 7-6 defeat that tied this series at one victory each.

Kenley Jansen blew a save by yielding a solo homer in

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