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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
Buck Showalter was in a tough spot that inning.
He brings in Jiminez with nobody on and 1 out. He's a starter and was probably expected to pitch that inning and more while the O's tried to get a lead at some point.
But Jiminez comes in and throws 4 pitches and is suddenly 1st and 3rd with one out.
4 pitches. For a guy that was supposed to go several innings if needed.
How many arms did he have left down in the bullpen? Honest question.
Anyways, obviously if he could back he'd probably intentionally walk EE with Jiminez and then bring in Britton to try and save the game, but after bringing in Jiminez to hold down the fort for a few innings if needed I get why he failed to make the switch.
EDIT:
I looked it up, and if Showalter had hooked Jiminez and put in Britton, and then Britton had saved the inning, he would have been left with Bundy (23 year old with 109 innings this year) and Hunter (traded for at the deadline, had 12 innigs this year with Baltimore, 34 innings total in the majors).
Of course given the out come he would change what he did if he could go back, but even if Britton puts the fire out Showalter isn't left with much for pitchers to finish the game.
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He probably should have gotten more innings out of the relievers he used. Not sure why he took Givens out cause that guy was unhittable. I'm sure it has something to do with analytics, but hey, you have to have a sense of how the pitcher is going and not rely solely on stats.
If Gibbons relied only on stats, he wouldn't have got that extra 6th inning out of Stroman and would have pulled him after he went through the O's order twice, and who knows how that would have turned out.