All quiet till Ríos HR in 13th lifts Dodgers over Astros 4-2

HOUSTON (AP) — The Dodgers and Astros showed no carry-over Wednesday night from a fracas in the series opener that led to suspensions, and Edwin Ríos hit a two-run homer in the 13th inning to lift Los Angeles over Houston 4-2.

No pitches were thrown above or behind any batters, nobody made any ugly faces and everyone remained in their respective dugouts, even as the game became the longest one so far in this pandemic-shortened season.

All was quiet aside from the fake crowd noise that was ratcheted up a couple of notches for the national television audience. The loudest noise was the crack of Ríos' bat when he took Cy Sneed (0-1) deep for a leadoff homer — a two-run drive under the new extra-innings rule that starts with an automatic runner on second base.

The Dodgers played without manager Dave Roberts, suspended one game for his part in Tuesday night's testy matchup that saw the dugouts clear. Bench coach Bob Geren managed the team in Roberts’ absence.

Los Angeles used nine pitchers, but not Joe Kelly. The reliever was suspended for eight games by Major League Baseball after buzzing a fastball behind the head of Alex Bregman, then striking out Carlos Correa and mockingly taunting him by sticking out his tongue and pouting his bottom lip.

Kelly elected to appeal and can continue to play until the process is complete.

The Dodgers won both game in Houston in the first meeting between these teams since it was revealed the Astros stole signs en route to beating Los Angeles for the 2017 World Series title.

Both teams scored a run in the second inning and nobody scored again until an RBI double by Mookie Betts with two outs in the Dodgers 11th.

Correa tied it again with an RBI single with no outs in the bottom of the 11th.

Kiké Hernández started the 13th on...

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