Valdez dealing, Astros jump out to early lead

On Friday, the 2022 World Series started with the Philadelphia Phillies defeating the Houston Astros 6-5 successful an extra-inning thriller.

It looked similar it was going to beryllium a blowout aboriginal arsenic Houston jumped retired to a 5-0 pb by the 3rd inning. But Philadelphia showed its resolve, mounting a furious comeback led by the bats of Bryce Harper and J.T. Realmuto. A Realmuto homer successful the apical of the 10th gave the Phillies the pb for good, the triumph and a 1-0 bid pb successful the Fall Classic.

Read more: Moments and takeaways from Game 1 of the World Series

After suffering their archetypal postseason loss, volition the Astros rebound to adjacent the bid astatine a crippled apiece? Or volition the Phillies instrumentality a 2-0 pb and proceed their magical playoff run?

Here are immoderate of the champion moments and takeaways from Game 2 of the World Series:

Valdez is dealing

Framber Valdez had a World Series to hide past season: Two starts, conscionable 4.2 innings, 10 full runs and 2 location runs allowed each crippled -- and this is simply a pitcher who doesn't let galore location runs. Staked to an aboriginal pb successful Game 2, we're seeing the feline who won 17 games this play with a 2.82 ERA and led the American League successful innings pitched. He conscionable mowed down the 4-5-6 hitters successful the Philadelphia lineup, striking retired Bryce Harper connected a curveball, getting Nick Castellanos connected a dilatory grounder to 3rd and striking retired Alec Bohm looking connected a 97-mph sinker astatine the knees. No, it's not fair: Valdez has 1 of the champion curveballs successful the game, a cutter with ridiculous question ... oh, and helium tin dial it up to 97. Justin Verlander bushed successful the mediate innings successful Game 1, but that doesn't look similar it's going to hap to Valdez.-- David Schoenfield

Houston opens the scoring

Jose Altuve had been a miserable 4-for-37 successful the postseason, but helium jumped each implicit Zack Wheeler's archetypal pitch, a 96.4-mph fastball, for a leadoff treble into near tract -- and helium smoked it astatine 103.8 mph. Jeremy Pena past drilled Wheeler's adjacent pitch, a curveball, into the left-field country for an RBI double, his eighth extra-base deed of the postseason. Two pitches later, Yordan Alvarez lofted a flyball disconnected the Crawford Boxes for different double. Four pitches, 3 doubles, and a 2-0 lead. It's the archetypal clip a squad has started a World Series crippled with 3 consecutive other basal hits.

The Astros past stole a 3rd tally acknowledgment to immoderate shoddy Phillies defense. Alvarez aggressively tagged up connected a regular flyball to halfway fielder Matt Vierling -- who says the large antheral can't run? -- and past scored erstwhile Rhys Hoskins was incapable to scoop shortstop Edmundo Sosa's propulsion successful the ungraded with 2 outs. All postseason, we've been waiting for the Phillies' defence to wounded them and they made 3 atrocious plays successful 1 inning -- a mediocre propulsion from Vierling, a mediocre propulsion from Sosa and a mediocre scoop from Hoskins. Astros up 3-0. Sound familiar? -- Schoenfield

Don't messiness with Texas. pic.twitter.com/RzQzFXluTn

Triple double. pic.twitter.com/PPzvZmMsUA

Pregame fashion

Studs pic.twitter.com/3NElz8NdDB

The leader of Game 1 is successful the building. #WorldSeries pic.twitter.com/qF6efnK2GH

The classical Bregman #WorldSeries flannel is back. pic.twitter.com/cgQv6wTzOB

Bounce back. pic.twitter.com/jaMmaiV1m0

Game 2 lineups and pitchers

Starters: Zack Wheeler (12-7, 153 IP, 2.82 ERA, 163 K) vs. Framber Valdez (17-6, 201.1 IP, 2.82 ERA, 194 K)

Philadelphia Phillies

1. Kyle Schwarber (L) LF (.218 AVG, 46 HR, .827 OPS)
2. Rhys Hoskins (R) 1B (.246 AVG, 30 HR, .794 OPS)
3. J.T. Realmuto (R) C (.276 HR, 22 HR, .820 OPS)
4. Bryce Harper (L) DH (.286 AVG, 18 HR, .877 OPS)
5. Nick Castellanos (R) RF (.263 AVG, 13 HR, .694 OPS)
6. Alec Bohm (R) 3B (.280 AVG, 13 HR, .713 OPS)
7. Jean Segura (R) 2B (.277 AVG, 10 HR, .723 OPS)
8. Matt Vierling (R) CF (.246 AVG, 6 HR, .648 OPS)
9. Edmundo Sosa (R) SS (.227 AVG, 2 HR, .644 OPS)

Houston Astros

1. Jose Altuve (R) 2B (.300 AVG, 28 HR, .921 OPS)
2. Jeremy Pena (R) SS (.253 AVG, 22 HR, .715 OPS)
3. Yordan Alvarez (L) DH (.306 AVG, 37 HR, 1.019 OPS)
4. Alex Bregman (R) 3B (.259 AVG, 23 HR, .820 OPS)
5. Kyle Tucker (L) RF (.257 AVG, 30 HR, .808 OPS)
6. Yuli Gurriel (R) 1B (.242 AVG, 8 HR, .647 OPS)
7. Aledmys Diaz (R) LF (.243 AVG, 12HR, .691 OPS)
8. Chas McCormick (R) CF (.245 AVG, 14 HR, .738 OPS)
9. Martin Maldonado (R) C (.186 AVG, 15 HR, .600 OPS)