LOS ANGELES — The home run was quintessential Joc Pederson — a high-arcing parabola that drifted and drifted, carrying into the first row of the left-field pavilion at Dodger Stadium. As home runs go, it was pedestrian.
What followed was anything but — an outlandish, marauding, arm-waving, chest-beating, show-me-the-money romp around the bases.
Pederson’s seventh-inning solo home run only cemented the Dodgers’ 3-1 victory over the Houston Astros on Tuesday night, but it stood as a picture-perfect proxy for the exhilaration that coursed through the stadium — and the Los Angeles dugout — as the Dodgers ensured that an enthralling World Series would reach its seven-game limit.