I just don't agree, but that's fine. I'm not an expert, but he didn't shorten his stroke at any point in that second AB. His whole approach should have been to elevate the ball and get it to the OF, and you don't need huge swings to do that, but that's exactly what he did on the pop out.
On the k with RISP, the pitch was very good. The ump had been giving the low zone strike call at times. It just makes no sense to watch it and hope for a walk with 2 strikes, men on 2nd and 3rd and 1 out.