Tag: Plug in doesn’t work

There was only one playoff game last night, but it was a doozy. Pete Alonzon hit a huge 3 run home run in the top of the 9th with one out to propel the Mets to a 3-2 lead. They added an insurance run and won the game 4-2 to move on to the division series to face the Philadelphia Phillies. Sometimes the cookbook method does not work. Freddy Peralta the top starter for the Brewers came in to pitch the top of the 8th and mowed the Mets down in order on just 13 pitches. I thought they would just stay with him to pitch the 9th. Instead, it was cookbook closer time and Devin Williams. He is an elite closer, but there were two things. He had not pitched that much this year due to injury and he had a less than stellar playoff history. Needless to say, he got ripped pretty good and was even left in the game after the home run, which allowed the Mets to get a big insurance run. It’s called cookbook strategy, rather than seeing what is happening in the moment. Looks like the Brewers manager may get manager of the year. He certainly wasn’t last night. During the inning the Mets got two gift runners via the walk and hit by pitch. Both runners scored. The visiting team won 3 out of the 4 wild card series for the second consecutive year. Will there be a format change. I think there should be.