Phillies vs. Astros live score, updates, highlights from Game 2 of 2022 World Series

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The 2022 World Series continues with Game 2 at Minute Maid Park on Saturday, after a riveting Game 1 that saw the host Astros suffer their first postseason loss of the year

They did so in unexpected fashion. Justin Verlander was perfect through the first three innings and the Astros jumped out to a 5-0 lead. As they’ve done all playoffs, however, the Phillies fought back and snatched victory from the jaws of defeat with a home run by J.T. Realmuto in the top of the 10th inning.

The Phillies now have Zack Wheeler on the bump for Game 2. In four starts this postseason, Wheeler has a 1.78 ERA and the Phillies are 3-1 in those starts (Wheeler himself is 1-1).

Framber Valdez will be on the mound for the Astros. Houston is 2-0 in his postseason starts and the left-hander’s playoffs ERA is 1.42.

The Phillies will, no doubt, look to jump on Valdez quicker in Game 2 than they got to Verlander in Game 1. The Astros were held scoreless for the final seven inning Friday. They’ll look to capitalize on their opportunities more often.

The Astros are suddenly in a high-leverage game. They’re trying to avoid going down 0-2 in the series before it heads back to Philadelphia for Games 3, 4 and (if necessary) 5. A split would favor them at this point, but they’re playing a never-say-die Phillies team that is playing like it has house money.

The Sporting News is tracking live scores and highlights throughout Game 2 of the 2022 World Series. Follow for complete updates of the Phillies vs. Astros matchup.

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Phillies vs. Astros score

  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 F
Phillies 0 0 0 – – – – – – –
Astros 3 0 0 – – – – – – –

Phillies vs. Astros live updates, highlights from 2022 World Series

9:21 p.m. — Valdez gets Bohm with yet another bender to end the inning. He’s putting on a clinic tonight, and it’s 3-0 Astros heading into the home half of the fourth.

9:18 p.m. — Another long at-bat ends with a Harper strikeout on a Valdez curveball. That pitch had 60 inches of downward break. Castellanos turns around and grounds out to third for the second out of the inning, and it’ll be up to Bohm.

9:11 p.m. — Alvarez goes in motion, but all the same Bregman grounds into a double play to get two in the inning with Tucker coming up. Really good, easy turn there from Sosa and Segura. And now Tucker will fly out to center to get Wheeler out of the inning.

9:08 p.m. — Wheeler walks another, as Yordan Alvarez takes his base to lead off the inning. Had that really heads-up baserunning to score in the first.

9:02 p.m. — Valdez comes back to gets Hoskins swinging with a nasty curveball for the second out of the inning. Huge pitch there as Realmuto comes up, and Realmuto immediately grounds out to third to end the inning.

9:01 p.m. — Schwarber rips a full-count pitch down the line for a single, and for the third inning in a row, the Phillies have the second runner of the inning on. Rhys Hoskins now comes up. The Phillies are continuing to threaten in this game.

8:57 p.m. — Valdez has Edmundo Sosa in a two-strike count, but once again he has trouble punching out a Phillies hitter. He finally gets him with a sinker in the zone, and it brings up Schwarber.

8:52 p.m. — Peña also swings aggressively and shortly lines out to short to get Wheeler out of the inning. Astros get a runner but don’t do any damage.

8:51 p.m. — Altuve comes up first pitch swinging and pops out to Segura this time. Two down with Peña walking up to Nelly and Paul Wall.

8:50 p.m. — Wheeler comes back and gets Maldonado swiping at a nasty two-strike slider for the first out of the inning. Inning turns over to Altuve with one down and a runner on.

8:48 p.m. — Wheeler is already at 25 pitches in this game as McCormick works the count full and takes a slider for a leadoff walk.

8:43 p.m. — And Vierling grounds into a fielders choice to end the inning with another zero for the Phillies. The Astros will have their eight and nine hitters up before turning the order over.

8:41 p.m. — No sooner does that get spoken than Valdez gets Segura looking with a nasty bender for the second out. Just a really good pitch against Segura, and Matt Vierling will come up.

8:40 p.m. — Bohm now gets walked onto first, the second inning in a row Valdez has put a runner on. Jean Segura now comes up, and he’ll look to capitalize where Realmuto and Harper couldn’t.

8:37 p.m. — Castellanos goes down for the Phillies to open the second, and it’ll be Alec Bohm up next.

8:32 p.m. — Wheeler gets Aledmys Diaz to get out of the inning, but it was a costly one. Three runs come across for the Astros, and they lead 3-0 after one.

8:28 p.m. — The Astros are on a mission, and they’re approaching this game aggressively. Kyle Tucker flies out to center, but Alvarez advances with some aggressive baserunning. Two down, but things get worse for the Phillies. On a routine ball off the bat of Yuli Gurriel, Edmundo Sosa throws low and it gets booted at first, scoring Alvarez to make it 3-0. Brutal mistake early in this one that could have gotten the Phillies out of the inning.

8:23 p.m. — It CONTINUES for the Astros! Now Yordan Alvarez doubles off the short wall in left field, driving Peña in to make it 2-0 Houston. Just a ridiculous start for this Astros team off one of the NL’s best pitchers.

8:20 p.m. — Altuve connects on Wheeler with a double into left field to open the game, and Peña immediately steps up with a runner in scoring position. Peña jumps on the first pitch from Wheeler to double into left as well, and the Astros jump out to a 1-0 lead. Tremendous 1-2 punch from the Astros’ middle infielders.

8:17 p.m. — Valdez gets ahead of Harper 1-2 as well and gets him to fly out to left field for the third out of the inning. A slow, methodical inning — Valdez’s calling card. It’ll be Altuve-Peña-Alvarez for Wheeler in the home half of the inning.

8:13 p.m. — It took some doing, but Valdez finally gets Realmuto swinging on a bender in a 2-2 count. Bryce Harper now steps up to the plate to a chorus of boos from the Houston faithful. Two outs, Hoskins on first.

8:10 p.m. — After starting 1-2, Rhys Hoskins worked the count full against Valdez. The payoff pitch misses inside, and the Phillies have a first-inning base runner with Game 1 hero JT Realmuto stepping up.

8:08 p.m. — Valdez gets into a 3-1 hitters count on the first batter, but he gets Schwarber to ground up the middle into the shift for the first out of the inning.

8:07 p.m. — Kyle Schwarber steps up to the plate against Valdez and takes a fastball on the corner for strike one.

7:58 p.m. — Ken Rosenthal reports Rob Thomson wants to keep Zack Wheeler between 80 and 90 pitches. Watch out for that to see if the Astros are able to work the count against the Phillies ace.

7:50 p.m. — Country music group Little Big Town comes out for the national anthem in Game 2.

7:46 p.m. — David Ortiz busts out a Hakeem the Dream jersey in picking the Astros for Game 2, and all three Fox analysts like the Astros to even it up. We’ll see if that comes to pass.

7:45 p.m. — With first pitch approaching, both of these pitchers have put up some outstanding postseason numbers. Framber Valdez has started twice for Houston and has a WHIP of just 0.51. Zack Wheeler has started four times for the Phillies and they’ve won three of those four. It’s easy to argue he’s the true ace of this staff, so starting him with a 1-0 lead is a luxury for Philadelphia.

6:30 p.m. — And the Astros’ lineup with Valdez starting.

6:30 p.m. — Here’s the starting lineup for the Phillies with Wheeler on the mound.

World Series start time today

Game 2 of the 2022 World Series is expected to start at 8:03 p.m. ET. Framber Valdez will take the mound for the Astros against Philadelphia’s Zack Wheeler.

How to watch the 2022 World Series

  • TV channel (U.S.): Fox
  • TV channel (Canada): Sportsnet
  • Live stream: Fox Sports Go app, fuboTV, Sportsnet NOW

All World Series games will be carried by Fox in the United States and Sportsnet in Canada. The Fox broadcast will be led by Joe Davis calling play-by-play, with John Smoltz providing analysis from the booth. Ken Rosenthal and Tom Verducci will report from field level.

U.S. streamers can find the game on the Fox Sports Go app or by using fuboTV, which comes with a free trial. Canada streamers can use Sportsnet NOW.

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