Sports Lowe's 2 HRs help Rays draw even with Dodgers in World Series

The Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-4 in Game 2 Wednesday night to even the World Series at one game apiece.

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Brandon Lowe hit a pair of home runs to snap a 6-for-56 slump and help propel the Rays to victory. The second baseman's second blast, the 28th homer by a Rays hitter this postseason, set a new record for single playoff home runs by one team.

Rays left-hander Blake Snell looked untouchable early on as he carried a no-hitter into the fifth inning. The 27-year-old looked just as sharp to open the fifth and got the first two outs in order, but the wheels came off as he issued a walk to Enrique Hernandez and a two-run home run to Chris Taylor.

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Snell's night was done after he walked Mookie Betts and allowed a single to Corey Seager. He was charged with two earned runs on two hits and four walks while striking out nine over 4 2/3 innings of work.

The Dodgers used seven pitchers in their fall to the Rays. Starter Tony Gonsolin was saddled with the loss despite allowing one run in 1 1/3 innings of work. Each of the seven pitchers recorded at least three outs - the most ever in a nine-inning World Series game.

The hot-hitting Seager set a new postseason record for shortstops with seven playoff home runs following his eighth-inning blast off Tampa Bay reliever Pete Fairbanks.

Despite pulling within two runs in the eighth, the Dodgers couldn't complete the comeback with Aaron Loup and Diego Castillo combining to pitch a scoreless 1 1/3 innings and preserve the win.

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Los Angeles and Atlanta, the National League's two top teams, begin a best-of-seven series at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas.It's the fourth trip to the NLCS in five years for the Dodgers, who reached the World Series in 2017 and 2018. The Braves meanwhile, are here for the first time since 2001.

Although the Dodgers have six World Series victories under their belt and have advanced to the championship three times in the past four years The Rays ’ path to victory also included playoff wins against the New York Yankees — who lost in Game 5 of the American League Division Series — and

The dodger bullpen, before game 2 of the World Series , was indisputably the best in the game. You didn't say the World Series lol, or even "the Series ," you just said " series ," which could very obviously be interpreted as any 7 game series . Would have been a better game with same runs in same innings but fewer HRs . So, we just saw 23% of all the extra inning HR ever hit in World Series play.

In another notable moment from Wednesday's contest, Rays first baseman Ji-Man Choi became the first Korean-born player to ever record a hit in the World Series when he singled to lead off the sixth.

Game 3 takes place Friday, with Walker Buehler taking the hill for the Dodgers opposite Rays right-hander Charlie Morton.

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