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Thank god we hung on. Kimbrel needs to close from now on.

Kimbrel's much more around the zone with his curve so far.

He's so good at hitting the inside pitch.

That ball almost carried Leury into LF

Ok that's nasty

Kimbrel throwing 97 on the first pitch is a good sign.

Let's see just how important closing games is for Kimbrel.

We didn't have Bummer for most of the year. Marshall, Heuer, Foster, and Colome were nails for the majority of the year.

The bullpen last year didn't blow many games late either.

Toronto fans deserved that after cheering the ump getting hit.

Much needed insurance from Eloy!

Against 3 all stars.

We didn't blow a game in the 8th, it's a miracle.

Cesar is saving us on defense today.

Seby keeps tapping the ground on sliders and I wonder if the hitters can hear that. He needs to do it on some fastballs to keep the hitters guessing.

I'd let Tepera go back out there for the 8th, he threw 8 pitches.

It was so predictable. Get strikes with the fastballs, throw outside slider. You gotta at least mix it up a little bit.

If he isn't, we're gonna have issues trying to get through these next 9 outs.

This bullpen somehow made a 7 run lead into a tight game. Now they gotta try to not blow another game in the 8th.

Kopech's slider is what's causing him to have all these struggles. His fastball was amazing today and they refused to throw it to get guys out. He gave up 3 hits on the slider.

Kopech pitching himself into trouble again despite having his good fastball.

Way to get that run back and then some.

Hand's cup mark on his neck looks like a huge swath of pine tar.

The rain definitely fucked with Rodon a little bit.

They played 4 innings without rain. There was rain in the forecast. They could have been more proactive about it.