But things quickly fell apart in the third, after Cristhian Adames' two-out error snowballed into seven unearned runs and the end of Hoffman's outing -- the shortest of his young career.
After the game, Hoffman wasn't putting any of the blame on that play that appeared to be the turning point.
"I didn't lose focus [because of the error], I just think a couple pitches leaked back over the plate and found barrels," he said.