Another classic example of Cito over-managing and burning out his entire bullpen for a combined 2.1 outs. You simply can't manage like that when you have an average closer in Gregg.
You knew that Gregg didn't have it when he was more worried about a meaningless run with Crawford on 2nd and a 5-3 lead than the batter. A guy like Gregg should always have Frasor, Downs, or Camp (based on his play this year) ready to go in the bullpen because he's not a consistent enough player to expect him to get himself out of trouble. When he gets in trouble it's because he's having an off-night and when he's having one of those he's ugly to watch.
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