Top 1st: Astros waste no time scoring.

Game 7 was underway at 8:22 p.m. Eastern when Yu Darvish threw a first pitch ball to George Springer of the Astros. Things went downhill fast for Darvish and the Dodgers are down, 2-0, before they’ve had a chance to bat.

On Darvish’s third pitch, Springer, who has been Houston’s most consistent hitter, laced a double into the left field corner. Alex Bregman followed that up by hitting a grounder to first that looked like it would be an out, but Cody Bellinger’s throw to Darvish, who was covering the bag, went wild, allowing Springer to score.

Bregman had advanced to second on the error, and he showed some aggressiveness by stealing third. The move paid off, as he was able to score on a groundout by Jose Altuve, making it 2-0.

Darvish, who lasted just five outs in his Game 3 start, was able to get out of the inning by retiring Carlos Correa on a grounder to first and winning a 13-pitch battle with Yulieski Gurriel, who flew out to right. It could be another short night for Darvish if he does not improve considerably in the second inning.

Waldstein: All that pumping up by the fans, the P.A. and the Dodger players came to a crashing thud when the Astros plated a run before there was an out. A lot of people expect to see Clayton Kershaw come into the game early.