Down 3-1 in the 7th inning. Why not try to keep it at a 2 run game? I don't get your reasoning here. Use a good reliever to try to keep it there. They believe they can score two runs. You're not going to punt the game away there. Especially with a day off tomorrow.
You think very highly of Varland. Or very little of every other reliever. I agree that Hoffman coming in here is weird. I'm fine with Varland in his situation.
Dave's Roberts has shown he's willing to ride his starters deep into games. JS has shown the opposite. Does he stick with Gausman as long as it stays 1-1?
Runner on first, Yamamoto is not ever looking his way to hold him on. They need to expose that and cause some chaos on the basepaths. Especially with speed on base.