You're really reaching here. How exactly? You're up 2-0 with a guy throwing well, not great, but well, with 1 out, and you advance the runners to 2nd and 3rd. Your best hitter ends up batting with the bases loaded. Or going with Strickland? I don't get it. There was not some egregiously bad managerial call in this inning. You had a potential for a 3rd run simply by putting the ball in play, which would have been enormous. You have all hands on deck today, and your best case was 1 inning + out of Lauer. Sorry, I'm just not going to agree on this one This is playoff baseball, not a regular season game in June. I'm more ok with yesterday's decision on pulling Peralta to try to score. And I really don't think Lauer was throwing particularly well today. Sometimes you get away with it and it's not reflected on the scoreboard (well until now).