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.
Eddie Rosario’s run-scoring single off Kenley Jansen in the ninth inning lifts the Braves to a 5-4 win and a 2-0 lead in the NLCS as it heads to L.A.Yes, yes, and, sigh, gulp, yes.
It all happened in the eighth inning, with the Dodgers leading by two runs and facing a clear path toward a series-tying victory. He brought in last season’s postseason bullpen star who has long since left the relief world behind, a pitcher who was the major leagues’ only 20-game winner, a bona fide member of the rotation.Turns out, what he was doing was blowing it, giving up a single to Eddie Rosario, a run-scoring single to Ozzie Albies, and a score-tying double to Austin Riley. By the time the inning ended, a 4-2 sure bet had become a 4-all tie.
It was the perfect spot for a robot, maybe. But it was a horrible spot for a human being who had taken great pride in becoming a full-time starter this year, a kid who started well enough to earn Cy Young consideration, a pitcher who had not been in a late-inning relief situation in an entire year.“I think in the eighth inning to look at it as the leverage that it was, Julio in my opinion was the best option we had,” Roberts said.
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