Dodgers Beat Cards In A Solid Game 1: Dodgers 5, Cardinals 3

Randy Wolf didn't stay on the mound long enough to collect a potential win in his first postseason appearance, but the Dodgers won anyway, with Jeff Weaver coming in to finish the fourth and all of the fifth, getting the win in relief, his fourth in postseason play. It wasn't easy: after Wolf plunked Matt Holliday, Weaver had to face Ryan Ludwick with the bases loaded and two out, with Yadier Molina on deck. But after a scary 0-1 pitch got hammered inches foul down the right field line, Weaver got Ludwick to tap one back to the box for the final out. That, really, was the best chance the Cards had for the balance of the night, save possibly for the seventh, when Hong-Chih Kuo gave up consecutive singles to Molina and Mark DeRosa, but again got out of it with a strikeout to pinch-hitter Troy Glaus, who never looked good in the at-bat. He was swinging at pitches well high out of the zone, and his rust is clearly showing. (He's played in only 14 games this year, all of the...