LOS ANGELES — George Springer homered twice and Martin Maldonado added a solo shot as the Astros beat the Oakland A's, 5-2 in the second game of the best-of-five American League Division Series.
Houston now leads the series 2-0 with Game 3 scheduled for Wednesday afternoon.
Springer knocked in three on Tuesday. Framber Valdez pitched 7 innings for the Astros. He gave up two runs on five hits while striking out four.
Highlights from the game
Here's the first of Springer's home runs, which gave Houston a 2-1 lead.
Here's Maldonado joining in the home run parade...
And after Maldonado's home run, Springer did it again...
