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It's fair to criticize Matheny for not PH'ing for Kelly there. The only thing I can say in defense is this:
Lynn is going tomorrow and it was the first of three straight games. If you use Shelby in that situation, you have no long man for tomorrow. Were that game five, I think you PH for Kelly every time, but since I'm not really sure if you can get anything out of Shelby right now, and Mujica is effectively worthless, I think you're taking a pretty big risk. Altogether, I'll stick with something I've said since the Pitt series: Freeman should have Mujica's spot on the roster.
Ultimately, that was a failure of Oquendo (for not sending Yadi on a softly hit ball up the middle with a CF that has a poor arm), Kozma, for being Kozma at the plate, Carpenter, for not executing, and Matheny.
That also ignores the massive blunder in not getting Holliday home from third either. The Cardinals probably should have scored 6-7 runs last night with little issue. Fortunately, they escaped.
Now, we have to hope that Lynn doesn't go Section 8 and we can kick these mother****ers when they're down.
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