Gonzalez accounted for this lack of depth during Wednesday afternoon's 3-2 loss to the Padres at Petco Park. But instead of sending Julio Teheran out to attempt to keep the game tied at 1 in the seventh inning, he busted with the decision to call upon rookie left-hander Matt Marksberry, who surrendered a pair of runs while retiring just two of the six batters he faced.
When asked how much he considered sending Teheran back out for the seventh inning, Gonzalez said, "A lot." But he then continued by saying, "It's the seventh inning and he's got 90-something pitches, and he had a 36-pitch first inning and it's a 1-1 game and if we spread a gap there, we get the lead.