Game 1

That went well.  

It started off looking like a low scoring pitcher's duel but it sure didn't end up that way.  Does Tyler Glasnow always look so spooked when he pitches?  Maybe that's how he always looks.  His first three innings were good.  There was a hit and two walks but he struck out 5 and allowed zero runs.  It should be noted that one of those strike outs was Joc Pederson swinging at trash and another one was a bad call to sit Justin Turner down.

If Glasnow wasn't nervous through three then it was time to be nervous in the fourth.  Max Muncy looked at strike one because that what he likes to do.  After that it was four straight balls for a walk.  Will Smith bounced one to third.  Joey Wendle made a pretty slick play on a short hop to get that out.  Then Bellinger came up on the first pitch and put it in the seats.  Instead of high fives or flying forearm bashes, everybody was going low five.  They were going really low five like five toes.  Everybody was tapping their feet together to avoid blowing Cody's shoulder out again.

Fun!

2-0 Dodgers

He walked Chris Taylor.  Chris Taylor took second base on a play that ended up being called a wild pitch but it mattered that Glasnow didn't get out of the way when Zunino threw to second.  It didn't look like it made that much difference on the throw even if Glasnow is 6'8", it just seemed important because maybe he was unraveling.  Well he struck out the next two to end the inning so maybe he wasn't completely unglued.

Kershaw gave up a home run to Kiermaier.  Oops

Tyler Glasnow then became unglued.  He walked Betts.  He walked Seager.  Turner struck out but there was a double steal in there.  Max Muncy drove one in on a fielder's choice.

3-0 Dodgers

The Rays brought in Ryan Yarbrough and he got pushed around.  

6-1 Dodgers

Statistically the Dodger bullpen has an ERA of 6.00 after one game.  We can blame Dylan Floro because he gave up 2 earned on one third of an inning but let's not do that.  Let's blame that giant stiff World Series patch that has been put on their sleeves. 

It was really great to see Clayton Kershaw keep it together in a post season game.  He went 6 innings.  he gave up one earned run on two hits and struck out 8.  He deserves good things.

The Dodgers hit .294, walked 7 times and struck out 11 times.

The Rays hit .188, walked once and struck out 10 times.

That seemed right

Dodgers 8 Rays 3

Los Angeles leads the series 1-0