We were saying all along that Stras should have started, but it all came out well in the end. Hudson too!
It was electric. In the pregame, the crowd was going insane, but then Max walked one, gave up a HR, and the place went silent. It is always shocking when Mad Max is Bad Max. Takes the air out of the place. It took a while to get the crowd going again. Then Stras came in and started smoking it up, and the crowd picked up. That 8th inning was absolutely nuts, everyone screaming and jumping and high-fiving. So happy for Zimm and Soto! Got a little lucky with that error, but if he'd fielded the ball, we'd have been tied with 2 out and still in play. I barely have a voice today. We hung around for some of the celebration, then got home about 12:30, but we were so pumped that we didn't get to bed until 2 am! This is the first time we have won a decisive postseason game so hopefully there is a monkey off the back, but I am not that optimistic about the Dodgers. We are the hottest team in MLB right now though with 9 Curly Ws in a row!