Watch: Astros rout Nationals to pull level in World Series

Finally playing like a team that led baseball with 107 wins this season, the Houston Astros pulled level in the World Series on Saturday by routing the Washington Nationals 8-1.

Alex Bregman smashed a grand slam home run and Jose Urquidy threw five scoreless innings as Houston equalized the best-of-seven Major League Baseball final at 2-2.
Bregman blasted a towering ball that curled just inside the left-field pole off Nationals reliever Fernando Rodney in the seventh inning to give the Astros their final margin, becoming the first third baseman to drive in five runs in a World Series game.
"I was just trying to hit the ball in the air and drive in a run and I ended up driving in four," Bregman said. "What a great team win. We did a great job today coming out and applying pressure."
Urquidy allowed only two hits while striking out four, the 24-year-old rookie right-hander tossing 45 of his 67 pitches for strikes to baffle Washington batters. He became only the second Mexican starter to win a World Series game after Fernando Valenzuela in 1981.
"It means a lot to me. It's history for me. I feel very special for that," Urquidy said. "I'm proud to have followed Fernando Valenzuela...