Most Houstonians will tell you that if you don’t like the weather, wait about 30 minutes, and it will change. Major League Baseball officials got a real scare on Wednesday as the city was under a tornado watch in the early morning hours. That would threaten the playing conditions they had set with the roof of Minute Maid Park scheduled to be open.

Yet, in typical Houston fashion, the weather was a perfect 73 degrees by game time with little to no humidity and no signs of a tornado. Well, unless you count the damage caused by the Houston Astros bats that destroyed the Atlanta Braves pitchers winning Game 2 of the World Series by a score of 7-2.

The best-of-seven series now heads to Atlanta tied at one apiece with Games 3-5 at Truist Park.

Houston got some timely hits off Braves starting pitcher Max Fried in the second inning to score four runs that broke open a game tied at one apiece heading into the bottom of that inning. Those five hits were the most in franchise history in one inning of a World Series game.

“It gets to be like a feeding frenzy,” said Astros’ manager Dusty Baker about Houston’s second inning flurry of hits. “Everybody wants to get in on it. I was just hoping that we could score some more because you know they were going to threaten before too long. You never really feel comfortable during these playoffs and the World Series. You're always wanting more.”

If there was one player in the Astros lineup that wanted more. It would be second baseman Jose Altuve. After going 0-for-5 in Game 1 of the World Series, the former A.L. MVP entered Game 2 with only 3 hits in his last 29 plate appearances.

On Wednesday, Altuve came out more aggressive than in the previous game and got a lead-off double to put himself in scoring position for the Astros. He would score the first run of the game when third baseman Alex Bregman hit a sacrifice fly into the outfield. Altuve also sent a solo home run into the Crawford Boxes in the bottom of the seventh inning to give the Astros another insurance run.

“For me, the stats in the playoffs don't matter because you're winning,” said Altuve whose 22nd postseason home run ties him for second place all-time with former New York Yankee Bernie Williams. “You can be 0 for 20, but what about if you get the big hit? So that's what playoffs is about. I don't care I went 0 for 5 last night, but I didn't care. I show up today, try to get good pitches to hit, and I'm glad that I'm helping my team to win tonight.”

The Astros approached Game 2 as if it was Game 7 of the series, knowing that they did not want to head to Atlanta down 2-0. They got a Game 7 like performance from starting pitcher Jose Urquidy who went five innings while striking out seven Braves hitters and allowing only two runs. He also kept runners off the bases by not allowing a walk in the 74 pitches he threw.

Urquidy became the first Mexican-born player to win two World Series games. He was elated that he could get the win in front of the 42, 833 fans that were in attendance at Minute Maid Park.

“As far as pitching here at home, it's really special for me,” Urquidy said. “It means a lot and makes me very happy, just to be able to hear the music they put on for me. It really motivates me. I know there's a lot of Mexican people in the stands tonight that are supporting me. It makes me feel even more motivated and focused to do a good job, and it makes me really proud to represent the country that I'm from.”

Houston used a combination of relievers, including Cristian Javier, who pitched 1 1/3 innings to help the Astros seal the victory.

“He's been the bridge guy many times,” said Dusty Baker. “Sometimes bridge guys come in and throw gasoline on a situation, but he's come in and put the fire out most of the time and given us a chance to win.”