Just curious. Why did the Dodgers start Yu Darvish instead of Alex Wood? Wood had a much better season record. He also was very good in Game 4, while Darvish was horrible in Game 2. Wood had 3 days of rest. That is more than Kershaw had when Kershaw came in for relief. Even before the game started, I thought that the Dodgers were sort of cheating Wood, in addition to being dumb for not starting him.
Wood had a great year but a mediocre history. Darvish is a former All-Star who had been in pressure games before. Turned out he wasn't good in Game 3 and wasn't good again in Game 7.
Same question could be asked of Brad Peacock who was 13-2 and had a better year than either McCullers or Morton. In both cases, the manager went with the one who had playoff experience.