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Upton is so bad in LF! I'm not placing any blame on Noe, dude worked 2 great innings. Asking him to do 3 is pure desperation by Scioscia due to having RP's unavailable b/c of overuse due to our starters going at most 5-6 innings every night.

lol the move was dumb, it worked out this time but no way is that a winning play in the long run..Pujols is a worse hitter than Marte, can't run/beat out anything in the infield, and you lose the leeway of two potential BB's/bases.

sigh, play on...

IBB'ing 41 year old Pujols & Simmons to load the bases - is Scioscia managing the Twins?

runner on for Trout, no outs - let's see if that clutch thread earlier today reverse reversed jinxed him! @JustaTroutfan has the lotion ready for the walk off.

top of the order next inning at least...

LOL, the dude in the stands: "Come on, Kole..." said it with a slight sigh

Pujols at negative WAR as expected, the dude is so bad!

Kinsler is amazing!...with the glove

BB's won't get him to 700 homers!

Gubi is like 0-8 today in his pre pitch guesses

1st strike: fastball right down the middle: take 2nd strike: slider almost hitting the dirt: bunt foul 3rd strike: curveball: flail out of the way even with it hitting the zone LOL

what a shit at bat by Rivera, LOL!

Kole still good defensively!

Our record with no Ohtani is going to get worse

how did Buxton get to 2nd, could Upton be any more pathetic in LF?

behind early 1-0, runners on 2nd and 3rd...0 outs

did you know Albert's nickname is "the machine"?

I would delete any posts by fans of other teams like the Cubs and Trout/Ohtani lovers. JK, but seriously I agree with you that it can get annoying.

we need two bullpen pieces: another lefty and one more hard thrower 96 mph+ RHP. Scioscia only wants to use Alvarez, Anderson, Middleton and he needs other options bc Johnson/Parker/Bedrosian/Ramirez all pitch to contact and that scares him. I'm not saying our entire bullpen needs to be sub 3 ERA like ARI but we need more pieces than what we have.

yea they have, but that's not the same thing as what Scioscia did. if you have the 8th and 9th inning to manage: Scioscia could have wanted Anderson to face the #1/2/3 of the order in the 8th. Some would disagree/agree but it is understandable. But you have to have someone else for the 9th. He threw 15 pitches facing 3 batters in the 8th, so if just one runner got on in the 9th he would have needed around 40 pitches IF he could even get the full 6 outs without laboring further. His plan could have been to ride Anderson but pull him immediately if he gave up a BB/hit which is a strategy we've seen other managers do, but he left him in even after the HR which tells me that wasn't the plan and he was hoping he'd go the distance. So Johnson is forced to come in with two runners on, not his fault whatsoever. He should have been given a clean 9th to start with or at the minimum coming in after the HR considering Anderson was already at 20+ pitches with multiple outs still to go.

dude no one on this has ever called for any RP to go for a 6 out save...now you're exaggerating

a for sure victory turns into a demoralizing loss - thanks Scioscia!

ok, why are you throwing him out for a 6 out save? it would have probably taken around 40 pitches if he finished it out, way too many for a RP. Scioscia is desperate throwing him out every high leverage situation and holding on till he tires out.

are you serious? he expected Anderson to get a 6 out save at what 40 pitches?