Managing a blowout is such a difficult thing to do as a manager in the postseason. You want to keep your hopes alive for the next few games, but you also don’t want to roll over and die. The Dodgers found themselves in that sort of situation on Tuesday afternoon in Game 2 of the NLCS.
The problem that Dodgers fans have with the way things went down is that Dave Roberts’ most costly decision didn’t come in the middle of a blowout. Instead, it came when the team was trailing 3 runs in the 5th inning.
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With his pitch count climbing, Tony Gonsolin walked Nick Markakis and allowed a run-scoring double by Cristian Pache.