Yes, Ryu asked for a day.
And the reason they went with Shoemaker (as opposed to Walker) is because it is really Shoemaker/Ray, which gives them a rightie and then a leftie, in an attempt to neutralize some of their left handed bats, as well as to force them (hopefully) to make some switches after the pitching change, and use up their bench.
Then another leftie in game 2
Then Walker if needed in game 3
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