The postseason is the time to get unconventional. If you need to turn to your closer in the eighth inning with the top of the opposing lineup looming, so be it. With the Boston Red Sox clinging to a three-run lead late in Game 4 of the ALCS, sending in Craig Kimbrel to face the most dangerous hitters in the Houston Astros lineup instead of holding him for the glamorous save opportunity was the right move.
Sticking with Kimbrel as he was unraveling before our eyes was a questionable decision that nearly swung this series.
Kimbrel wasn’t sharp from the start, allowing a base hit on a fastball right down the middle on the first pitch he threw to No.