I’ll just say it. Terry Francona has a problem: He’s a tinkerer. He over thinks pitching matchups and just can’t help himself.
Starting pitcher rolling? He’s retired this guy twice before? No, take him out and play matchup ball.
It rarely ever works (although to be fair there’s no way to know if the outcomes would be different) and it showed up in Game 2.
Carrasco was dealing, just 77 pitches mid-way through the sixth when he was pulled. He did let Altuve and Bregman on to start the inning but he retired Gurriel and looked to be able to get back on track.