It took a pretty crazy play for Chourio to be out. I don't think Chourio slid wrong or did anything wrong. 9/10 times the catcher doesn't catch that and the ball hits the runner. The ball arrive into Baldwin's glove as Baldwin was tagging Chourio and he was out by a foot.
If you're going to blame Chourio for not sliding outside, wouldn't your anger be directed at whomever is supposed to be guiding him to where the throw was coming in.. in this case it would've been Contreras.
But the ball took the tag literally right into him. I don't really think there is much he can do. He and the ball arrived at the same place at the same time.
The Brewers are in a position that they can afford to let Pratt either have a moment or take his lumps in that position in the 8th. Hitting Frelick for him is really questionable at this point given what Sal has or hasn't done. Just a really frustrating decision.
Boy I hate the strictly righty/lefty matchup pinchi-hit decisions when it comes to Frelick pinch-hitting. I can understand him hitting for.. Ortiz, but not Vaughn.
Even when he's not healthy he's still better. I like Frelick but really trying to understand how much longer this can go on with him. His bat looks awful.
This has been a bad performance by this team and now we're looking at Vaughn not getting another at bat because of that dumbass move to take him out for Frelick.