What's interesting is that had the Dodgers not given up 3 runs in the top of the 9th, they probably would have lost.
With a 1 run lead, San Diego would have brought in Trevor Hoffman to close the game. The guy's unstoppable. Gagne may have been spectacular before he turned all Dreifort, but he's got nothing on Hoffman. He's 3 saves away from the career record. Until last night he had only blown, I believe, 5 saves in his career against the Dodgers in his 13 seasons. Had he started the 9th with a 1 run lead, forget it.
But with a 4 run lead, it's not a save situation. So they sat Hoffman down and brought in Adkins. When he suddenly gave up 2 home runs in a row, THEN they needed to bring in Hoffman. But, now Hoffman's warmed up, sat down, then quickly warmed up again. A closer is used to a very particular warmup routine. A properly warmed up Hoffman would not have given up those homeruns.
So, in the running for game MVP, honorable mention must be given to Hong-Chih Kuo who gave up the 3 runs in the 9th!
ETA: Check that, last night was only the
third blown save in 58 attempts for Hoffman against the Dodgers.