I know we were all excited after the break but losing a game where we have a super precarious 1-run lead on the road late to one of the most talented teams in baseball isn’t really that bad.
July 19 @ LA Dodgers
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You're not wrong, but in the context of facing LHSP the next two days, this one felt like a... I don't want to say a must win, but it felt pretty important.
I also have trauma from last year's series, so blowing another lead against them hurts a lot.
Pivetta was still looking great and was taken out at 90 pitches. Steal another inning to make it one less you have to rely on the pen.
Alas.
Alas.
I said to my kid after 6 “watch Cora take him out”. Sure enough. Pivetta-> Kelly->Jansen would have been so much safer. WTH, is 90 pitches the new 100?
Bingo - Cora sucked ass tonight. I’m not a huge Cora guy, but I think he’s done a really good job this year. Maybe his best yet. But horrible tonight.
Quick hook on NickyP was ridiculous, and if you go to a lefty go to Booser not Bernie. BB has been unreliable lately
When you have a chance to pitch to one of the greatest bases loaded hitters in history, you have to do it.
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Stupid ohtani hit in by inches setting it up
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Stupid ohtani hit in by inches setting it up
This is why we don't start game threads early. The baseball gods care not for travel plans. Lesson learned, I hope.
(Also, score some fucking runs, guys. A one-runb lead is hardly ever enough to hold onto all game long, especially against the LA Yank-, I mean Dodgers. You're asking your pitchers to basically be perfect. Square up the fucking ball. Most of you had four whole days off; the only one who didn't was the one who produced a run.)
(Also, score some fucking runs, guys. A one-runb lead is hardly ever enough to hold onto all game long, especially against the LA Yank-, I mean Dodgers. You're asking your pitchers to basically be perfect. Square up the fucking ball. Most of you had four whole days off; the only one who didn't was the one who produced a run.)
That's what I got from watching the parts of the game I could wake up for.
Did Cora ever explain not using Reffy to pinch-hit?