In a win-or-go-home game, teams look for every advantage they can possibly grab.
Like football, baseball is absolutely a game of inches.
A pitch just a few more centimeters over the plate could be the difference between a soft hit off the handle of the bat and a liner up the middle (as we saw with the Orlando Arcia single Monday that led to the winning run).
A ball just a few inches away from a defender's glove could result in the game-winning hit while a ball knocked down by the wind can end a game in heartbreaking fashion.