Ron Washington sidestepped the blame after an unsuccessful suicide squeeze in the Angels' 7-6 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday.
Los Angeles Angels manager Ron Washington has been in the game a long time, so it's understandable he's confident in his decision-making. However, one of his managerial moves proved costly, and he wasn't taking any of the blame. With the bases loaded and his Los Angeles Angels trailing 7-6 with one out in the bottom of the eighth, Luis Guillorme was tasked with putting down a suicide squeeze.
It was a peculiar decision by Washington to just about everyone — except Washington. Washington conceded he made the decision because of the lefty-on-lefty matchup, and he didn't want Guillorme grounding into a double play with a sinker ball pitcher on the bump. The 72-year-old longtime coach brushed aside any blame and placed it all on Guillorme. 'He can handle the bat,' Washington began. 'He didn’t do the job. It wasn’t anything I did wrong. He didn’t do the job.' Washington then said he 'would’ve rather gone to the ninth inning with a 6-6 lead than have gone to the ninth inning the way we did.' That's tough to do since it is impossible to have a lead in a 6-6 game, or any tie game, for that matter.
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