The Dodgers' unnecessary but successful pitching moves in Game 5 of the NLDS vs. the Giants have led to bad decision-making against the Braves in the NLCS.
Baseball’s brainiest team looked downright stupid after deciding to have Julio Urías pitch the eighth inning of a 5-4 NLCS Game 2 loss to the Braves.How creative — and how entirely unnecessary.
The relief appearance resulted in Scherzer being unavailable for Game 1 of the NLCS. The Dodgers resorted to a bullpen game. The Braves started their No. 1 pitcher,By Sunday, Scherzer was three days removed from his first career save, but he still didn’t feel right. “I would just say my arm was dead,” Scherzer said. “I could tell when I was warming up that it was still tired. … Usually, in those situations, kind of once you get past pitch 45, sometimes it kind of loosens up and you’re able to get deeper in the game. But after the third inning, it didn’t loosen up. It was still more tightening up.”in the fourth inning but was removed after recording just one out in the fifth.Their front office set up Scherzer for failure.
Braves starter Ian Anderson lasted only three innings. Manager Brian Snitker was bound to run out of quality arms or overexpose his most dependable options.
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