Not picking on this specific situation, but just commenting on one of my pet peeves.
You often hear “he just made one mistake” or “two bad pitches” with the implication that pitches that are hit are mistakes and mistakes are hit. Neither part of that equation is true.
You’re right, the pitch Riley hit was not a bad pitch in a bad spot and he went down and got it. But Houser might have gotten away with some bad pitches too.
As an example, the pitch Yelich fouled off just before his long fly out was a big mistake. A high pitch on the outside part of the plate that Yelich would often drive to left or left center, possibly out of the park. He was right on it but fouled it off.