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zjcvols said:
I understand down 7-5 going into the 9th and not using Smith. Maybe in the 8th not using one of Tyler or Luke if one of them gives up a run or two and the top of the order doesn’t do anything.

But 7-5 in the 7th with the top of the order is not Drew Smyly time.
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We don’t have to win tonight. It sucks that we were up 4-0 after one and it doesn’t look like we’re going to wrap it up tonight, but you can’t put all of your eggs in one basket in a game you don’t have to win. No Luke tonight. No Matzek tonight. No Smith tonight. Game 6 is where you pull out all the stops, aside from Anderson.
 
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It was always going to be tough to win one bullpen game against this team, much less two. I just can’t see Max bombing three times in a row.
 
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When we knew that game 4 and 5 would be bullpen games, I think most of us would be satisfied with a split . We did that.
 
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Regulator said:
We don’t have to win tonight. It sucks that we were up 4-0 after one and it doesn’t look like we’re going to wrap it up tonight, but you can’t put all of your eggs in one basket in a game you don’t have to win. No Luke tonight. No Matzek tonight. No Smith tonight. Game 6 is where you pull out all the stops, aside from Anderson.
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Last year Snit went all in against LA up 3-1 and it didn’t pay off, and then we saw what happened.
 
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Regulator said:
We don’t have to win tonight. It sucks that we were up 4-0 after one and it doesn’t look like we’re going to wrap it up tonight, but you can’t put all of your eggs in one basket in a game you don’t have to win. No Luke tonight. No Matzek tonight. No Smith tonight. Game 6 is where you pull out all the stops, aside from Anderson.
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When you go up 4-0 after the first, it’s not the time to play conservative or try and get innings. Tucker should never have came out for the third.

It’s 7-5 and your offense has been great in late innings this year. You’re literally a walk and homer from trying this game. You have an off day tomorrow to rest those guys AND you have Max fully rested. This was the game to get.
 
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SGMVols said:
In 2019 Houston came home with a 3-2 *lead* and proceeded to drop the last two.
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That literally has nothing to this series. I think we all agree that we can win in Houston, but not going all out to try and get this game is disheartening.
 
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I feel like everything started going downhill when Snitker ran Tucker back out in the 3rd and he gave up two. We absolutely had them on the ropes early and then we gave them back some life. Should have never been in that position. However...

Braves in 6
 
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BigOrange15 said:
I feel like everything started going downhill when Snitker ran Tucker back out in the 3rd and he gave up two. We absolutely had them on the ropes early and then we gave them back some life. Should have never been in that position. However...

Braves in 6
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It was absolutely stupid. I hope the soft Atlanta media grills him for it. Should have been Chavez or Minter to start that inning.
 
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zjcvols said:
When you go up 4-0 after the first, it’s not the time to play conservative or try and get innings. Tucker should never have came out for the third.

It’s 7-5 and your offense has been great in late innings this year. You’re literally a walk and homer from trying this game. You have an off day tomorrow to rest those guys AND you have Max fully rested. This was the game to get.
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I agree that Davidson never should have been brought out for the third, but that doesn’t keep Chavez from getting hit, doesn’t change AJ from an off night, maybe doesn’t change any of this outcome. Let’s say we tie it at some point, just to see Luke or Matzek or Smith get lit up. We accomplished nothing and head to Houston, still up 3-2, but in worse shape.
 
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Regulator said:
I agree that Davidson never should have been brought out for the third, but that doesn’t keep Chavez from getting hit, doesn’t change AJ from an off night, maybe doesn’t change any of this outcome. Let’s say we tie it at some point, just to see Luke or Matzek or Smith get lit up. We accomplished nothing and head to Houston, still up 3-2, but in worse shape.
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Baseball is the ultimate hindsight sport, but Chavez only gave up one hit in that inning with the two guys on. Maybe he does, maybe he doesn’t. I don’t know. But giving him that inning with two runners on and the top of their lineup is really hard.
 
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zjcvols said:
Baseball is the ultimate hindsight sport, but Chavez only gave up one hit in that inning with the two guys on. Maybe he does, maybe he doesn’t. I don’t know. But giving him that inning with two runners on and the top of their lineup is really hard.
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Sometimes, you lose a battle to win a war.
 
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