hankchifan

Will threw in the towel in the 6th It would have been nice to have brought in the tying run to the plate. At least we got Smith and Williams to throw a few pitches.

Infield in, in the 6 th turned out to be a major blunder. Otherwise, Ramirez grounder would have been a double play and we are out of the inning.

Williams is coming in.

This opener stuff doesn’t play well in the off season, particularly against teams who have very good starters.

Braden has left quite a few balls get by him in RF, mostly by diving and failing to keep the ball in front of him.. he has shown a very good arm though.

Three issues : need to review the memo of Ramirez not beating us. Need to hit home runs. Need to strike out less.

He must have some money on the Guardians…

Need for Burke to go 9 innings….

But not tonight so far. He has a more intimidating mound presence and has better stuff than Kay. IMO.

And bad managing by Will.

Maybe you are right but Kay was a sure disaster for three hitters, take our chances with Hudson instead. At any rate, our failure to score more runs, lack of hitting any home runs, and abundant strike outs doomed us.

Bringing the infield in , also most likely took the double play away, with one out that would have taken us out of the inning. Will over managing again. Will has been the Guardians MVP these last 2 games.

Getz really blew it bringing in Castillo. With the money involved he should have been able to get a good starter instead. We would have been better off standing pat and have Seranthony as another reliever and keep our prospects and money.

Having the infield in cost us. Ramirez hit will have been a double play and the next ball hit would have been caught at second base. Maybe Burke should have been the one to come in, but Will is always thinking about tomorrow. At any rate, bringing in Kay was a major blunder. Hudson would have been a much better choice.

Will was not ready for Prime Time.

Why is Taylor only throwing breaking pitches?

Venable has proven himself to be a terrible Bullpen manager, and not ready for playoff prime time. He was not meant to be a manager for the playoffs. He was hired to manage 100 loss teams. No way you bring Kay on a one run game for 3 batters. Braden defense hurt us again, can’t let that ball get by him once again and let the runner get to second.

Where is Brazoban? Taylor is warming up.

Now we hit a guy who does not have one hit in the series…

He tried to hit a 500 ft homer with two strikes, instead of cutting his swing to make contact. Strike outs are killing our rallys.

It’s sudden death time for them.

And not trying to hit a 500 ft homer when a single will keep a rally going.

Sam fortunately is one of our few contact hitters, and hit by a pitch specialist.

Miggy by far is our best , most patient and most dangerous hitter. Practically only one not swinging at terrible pitches.

Venable management of our pitching staff leaves much to be desired. another 2 strike swing on a pitch out of the zone.