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Necirt t1_is1a5xs wrote

Reply to comment by 2CommentOrNot2Coment in Astros star Yordan Alvarez walks off the Mariners with a home run after the Mariners manager opted to use a starter, Robbie Ray, to get the last out of the game by Cheelai-Is-Thick

I know practically nothing about baseball, but I THINK it means: The Mariners switched their pitcher to the starter pitcher (whatever that means, the first pitcher? idk). He then threw this pitch that the Astros duder hit a home run, resulting in 3 points which meant they won. The coach(?) that decided on the pitcher switch is prolly sweating bullets

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Quixotegut t1_is1btg4 wrote

You're pretty right.

Starting pitchers aren't Closers. Starters are built for longevity with an array of pitches. Closers built to handle a small amount of batters, hopefully just 3, by throwing hard and fast.

Normally you do not throw in a Starter at the end of the game unless you're racked with injury... or you have no trust in your bullpen (slang for the non-starting group of pitchers)...

Walking off means to win the game, usually when behind in score or tied, at the last chance to do so in the inning before you either lose or stay tied and go to the next inning.

So, yeah, Mariners manager (coach) decided to throw a Starter in, in the hopes that he could work this dangerous batter, but paid for it by the aforementioned batter "going yard" (hitting a homerun).

The Mariners manager is definitely going to hear about it.

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