By metstradamus | September 12, 2020 11:04 pm
There are usually a ton of events that go into losing a 3-2 game … a few moments that could have changed the outcome if they were flipped either way. For example, what if the Blue Jays didn’t review the ball that “hit” Jeff McNeil and have it overturned into a foul ball in the 5th? He would fly out and thus, the complexion of that entire inning changed. What if Wilson Ramos didn’t swing at a 2-0 pitch against a wild closer and ground into a rally killing double play? And of course, what if Amed Rosario’s fingers got down on the base earlier when he was picked off to end the game?
But to me, the key moment of the game came in the 6th inning. Seth Lugo had started the game so well that we were talking among ourselves about whether Lugo can “pitch a Maddux“. But he gave up a run in the fourth, and then after the McNeil review changed the top of the fifth, Lugo started the bottom of the inning with seven straight balls before giving up a single to Joe Panik on a middle-middle pitch.
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