Not a great start...
Just what I was afraid of, dropping Game 1 and having to face Gerrit Cole and Jacob deGrom in the next two games. I'm still looking for my first playoff win in this save after missing out on the postseason in 2022 on a tiebreaker game loss and getting swept by Minnesota in the ALDS last year. Pete Fairbanks gave up three straight hits to plate the winning run in the 9th and the offense couldn't get enough going. We had a chance to go up 3-2 in the 6th but Alex Bregman was thrown out at the plate by Giancarlo Stanton after Curtis Mead's single. So now rookie John Swanda is going to have come through against the veteran Cole to get us back to even or another playoff run could be over almost as soon as it starts.
Elsewhere the Angels continue their run:
