Sports | World Series Astros Beat Dodgers in Game 3 They now lead World Series 2-1 By Newser Editors and Wire Services Posted Oct 27, 2017 11:15 PM CDT Copied Los Angeles Angels' Justin Turner throws during a practice for a World Series baseball game, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017, in Houston, Texas. Los Angeles will face the Houston Astros in Game 3 Friday. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) George Springer and the Houston Astros broke out their bats in a four-run second inning, beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-3 Friday night for a 2-1 World Series lead, the AP reports. Yuli Gurriel homered to begin the four-run burst off loser Yu Darvish that also included run-scoring singles by Marwin Gonzalez and Brian McCann plus Alex Bregman's sacrifice fly. Lance McCullers Jr. allowed three runs and four hits over 5 1/3 innings for the win and Brad Peacock followed with hitless relief for the save as the Astros improved to 7-0 at home this postseason and moved within two wins of their first title. Darvish lasted 1 2/3 innings in his shortest big league start. Charlie Morton starts for Houston in Game 4 on Saturday night against lefty Alex Wood. Read These Next Colbert tells audience it's curtains for his Late Show. A "horrific" incident killed 3 deputies in East Los Angeles. Sources say Trump's card to Epstein was signed in a strange place. This is why you don't wear metal in MRI rooms. Report an error