Justin Turner's 2 Run Homer Gives Dodgers Game 1 Victory

LOS ANGELES, CA — Justin Turner hit a tie-breaking two-out two-run home run in the sixth inning and Clayton Kershaw and two Los Angeles Dodgers relievers limited the Houston Astros to three hits in a 3-1 victory in Game 1 of the World Series Tuesday at Dodger Stadium.

Chris Taylor hit Dallas Keuchel's first pitch over the fence in left- center field for a homer leading off the bottom of the first inning in the hottest known World Series game.

Kershaw allowed three hits, including Alex Bregman's solo homer in the fourth, struck out 11 and did not walk a batter in seven innings. Brandon Morrow pitched a perfect eighth inning. Kenley Jansen retired all three batters he faced in the ninth, striking out one, for the save.

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Kershaw is the first pitcher in World Series history with 10 or more strikeouts, no walks and three or fewer hits allowed in a World Series game, according to ESPN Stats & Info.

"That was pretty impressive what he could do, throwing a ton of fastballs," Houston manager A.J. Hinch said. "He landed his breaking ball a little bit better than we've seen in the past, but he's tough. He showed it tonight, being in attack mode, being in the strike zone early and got us pretty defensive from the get-go."

Taylor's home run was the fourth leading off a Game 1 of the World Series. The most recent one was Alcides Escobar of the Kansas City Royals off Matt Harvey of the New York Mets in 2015.

Taylor was the 38th player to hit a home run in his first World Series at-bat, the first since teammate Chase Utley in 2008 when he played for the Philadelphia Phillies.

"CT hitting that home run, the first pitch of the game, it kind of almost settled us all in a little bit," Kershaw said. "Just getting that early momentum is huge and the crowd kind of feed off that. It was definitely as good a start as we could have hoped for."

Taylor extended the sixth when he walked on a 3-1 pitch with two outs and the bases empty.

The temperature when Kershaw threw the game's first pitch at 5:11 p.m. was 103 degrees, the highest known temperature for a World Series game. Records date back to 1975.

"It was hot warming up, but once the game started, the sun went down, it didn't feel that hot," Kershaw said. "I think not much of a breeze, but I don't think it had much of an impact tonight."

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The previous hottest known World Series game was Game 1 of the 2001 World Series between the Arizona Diamondbacks and New York Yankees in Phoenix on Oct. 27, 2001, when the first-pitch temperature was 94 degrees and Major League Baseball ordered the roof at the then-Bank One Ballpark to be open, according to The Weather Channel, citing information from a blog by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration meteorologist Alex Lamers.

The other World Series game with a temperature above 90 degrees was Game 6 of the 2001 World Series in Phoenix, when the high was 91.

Keuchel was charged with the loss, allowing three runs and six hits in 6 2/3 innings, striking out three and walking one.

The capacity crowd of 54,253 included retired Dodger broadcaster Vin Scully, Hall of Fame pitcher Sandy Koufax, talk show host Jimmy Kimmel, comedian Jerry Seinfeld and Basketball Hall of Fame member Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

The game was the first World Series game at Dodger Stadium since Oct. 16, 1988, when Orel Hershiser, now a Dodger broadcaster, pitched a three-hit shutout in a 6-0 victory over the Oakland Athletics in Game 2 of the series, won by the Dodgers, four games to one.

This is the first World Series matchup since 1970 when both teams won at least 100 games.

Game 2 of the best-of-seven series will be played Wednesday at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers are the 65th home team in the 113 World Series to win Game 1. Of the previous 64 Game 1 winners, 43, or 67.2 percent, have gone on to win the World Series, including 13 of the last 14, with the most recent exception being the 2016 Cleveland Indians.

By STEVEN HERBERT, City News Service; Photo: LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 24: Justin Turner #10 of the Los Angeles Dodgers hits a two-run home run during the sixth inning against the Houston Astros in game one of the 2017 World Series at Dodger Stadium on October 24, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)