After Craig Kimbrel‘s blown save and loss on Tuesday night, it would have been understandable if Dodgers manager Dave Roberts chose to wait for a bigger lead before sending Kimbrel back out to the mound. After all, Tuesday was the fourth time Kimbrel had been handed a one-run lead to protect, and it was the fourth time he blew that lead.
Roberts, though, was undeterred, according to Bill Plunkett of the Orange County Register.
“If we have a one-run lead tonight, he’s pitching,” Roberts said.
The baseball gods heard and must have said, “Hold my beer.