We’re really criticizing him for this? It took a perfect hop for Taylor off the wall and a good throw is going to gun him down. It would have been iffy. And he ended up scoring anyway, which he wouldn’t have done if he gets thrown out.
The quiet truth is that Murphy shares some blame for what Chourio did last inning.
If you preach “be aggressive at all times” and you actively bench a young guy when he isn’t, don’t be shocked when there are consequences,
Don’t fool yourself into thinking “this is all still okay” just because we’re still up 6 tonight no matter what happens.
We could easily, easily play ourselves back into a 3 game wild card series even if we hang onto the division.
Gasser has done a nice job tonight, but this is not a team that you can nibble to the leadoff man with the heart of the order coming up. Gotta throw strikes, and he threw 0 strikes and 5 balls.
Turang is a vet. Vets are untouchable.
Yelich could pants him in front of his kids at a postgame press conference and would still be in the lineup the next day.
Contreras swung at Ball 4 on the first 3-2 pitch and it would have been bases loaded with nobody out.
Those are the little things that kill you in big games. Like Vaughn swinging at ball 4 earlier and grounding into a double play instead of having 1st and 2nd with nobody out.
At least he would have been easily correct. Can’t say I blame him, there’s a few of these umpires who won’t grant it if you’re making the move to your helmet a split second after they call the pitch.