Monday, May 15, 2023

A warning track fly ball that would have tied the game if it had been a home run. Which it wasn't.

The Rays still could have won the game, by the way.

Abreu seemed like a very bad choice with the bases loaded:

"... Albert Abreu -- who had entered the game in relief of starter Clarke Schmidt -- yielded a grand slam to the first batter he faced on the fourth straight changeup he threw, allowing Taylor Walls to cap the Rays’ five-run fifth and give them their decisive advantage.

 'It was a big situation in the game, and my job is to go in there and minimize damage,' Abreu said through the club’s interpreter. 'Unfortunately, we missed location. … We execute that pitch, I think we get the result we want. But unfortunately, it ended up in his power zone, and we paid a high price today because of that.' "

"We."

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