Dodgers- Alex Wood Delivers in Biggest Start of Career
- 7 years ago
Dodgers: Alex Wood Delivers in Biggest Start of Career
While it wasn’t officially the case, the Dodgers went into Game 5 somewhat with their backs against the wall with the chance to go down 3-1 in the series. But then Alex Wood came to the rescue.
Alex Wood didn’t dazzle in his first ever postseason start, and he’d been trending pretty much down since the All-Star Break. So there were definitely some nerves going around the Dodgers fans because Wood wasn’t his first-half self and he was going to a hitter’s ballpark against an offense that had started to wake up.
But what followed, no one could have guessed. He went 5.2 innings, allowing just a single hit, two walks, one run and striking out three. And that first hit didn’t come until there were two outs in the sixth, putting him in some special air within the Dodgers’ franchise:
While it wasn’t officially the case, the Dodgers went into Game 5 somewhat with their backs against the wall with the chance to go down 3-1 in the series. But then Alex Wood came to the rescue.
Alex Wood didn’t dazzle in his first ever postseason start, and he’d been trending pretty much down since the All-Star Break. So there were definitely some nerves going around the Dodgers fans because Wood wasn’t his first-half self and he was going to a hitter’s ballpark against an offense that had started to wake up.
But what followed, no one could have guessed. He went 5.2 innings, allowing just a single hit, two walks, one run and striking out three. And that first hit didn’t come until there were two outs in the sixth, putting him in some special air within the Dodgers’ franchise: