MLB '09

[Ghoulish Delight]

Great win! In spite of Wolf's shaky start. No, scratch that, because of Wolf's shaky start.

Wolf was nowhere near having his best stuff, and neither was Carpenter. But Wolf sucked it up and got the outs, at least enough of them to hand it over to the more than capable bullpen. Meanwhile the Dodger offense did what it needed to do against a guy who doesn't normally give you that many opportunities. Would have been nice to have fewer men left on base, but you take what you can get against Carpenter. And I'm actually glad they never broke the game open, gave the 'pen a chance to pitch under pressure.

It's nice to see them handle that kind of "test your metal" game early on and so well. They were not playing at their peak, and yet they kept control of the game pretty well throughout.