When Rogers Hornsby hit a solo home run in the 8th inning against Bret Saberhagen to extend the St. Louis Wizards lead to 4-2, the St. Louis Wizards looked poised to even up the World Series at a game a piece. Bruce Sutter came in to close things out. But the Detroit Rockets had other plans. Lou Whitaker and Kenny Lofton led off with base hits. Sutter struck out Ichiro Suzuki to get back on track, but Álex Rodríguez followed with an RBI single to cut the lead to 4-3. Sutter struck out Dick Allen and seemed ready to end the threat, but pinch-hitter Mark McGwire took the next pitch into the gap for a game-tying double. Both teams were quiet until the 14th when Warren Spahn retired the first two Rockets hitters. Then, Charlie Blackwell doubled, and Bobby Veach followed with a go-ahead 2-run homer. Detroit would score six 2-out runs against Spahn and Fergie Jenkins to take Game 2 10-5 and carry momentum as the teams head to Detroit for Game 3. Rodríguez would finish 3 for 7 with 5 RBI. Rockets relievers allowed just one run in 6 innings of work.