T.M. Selection: Houston Astros.

I like the Houston Astros to beat the Atlanta Braves in game 2 of the World Series on Wednesday. The Astros lost game 1 on Tuesday 6-2 and I expect them to make a bounce back here. The last thing they want is to leave Houston down 2-0 in the series and have to play the next 3 in a row in Atlanta. They started to hit the ball well in the last 2 innings of that game so I expect that they will come right out of the gate in this game. Jose Urquidy (8-3, 3.62 ERA) is up for the Astros and he pitched well during the season but struggled in his 1 start this postseason. I expect him to bounce back too with a good performance here. Max Fried (14-7, 3.04 ERA) is up for the Braves here and he has had some rocky starts in this postseason. He gave up 5 runs in his last start and 2 in his start before that but he gave up 8 hits in each of those games with only 3 strikeouts in his last start. I think he is going to get rocked again on the mound by the Astros in this game. They have the batters to put this game away so I like the Astros to win here.

T.M. Prediction: 5-3 Astros.