Before Yasiel Puig struck out to end Game 2 on Tuesday night, and before he hit a leadoff home run in the 10th inning to draw the Dodgers within one run of the Astros, but after he fired in a 94-mph throw from the outfield and struck a proud pose while doing it, he tried unsuccessfully to track down Alex Bregman's ground-rule double to right leading off the eighth inning.