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That game was not on Matheny tactically, but logistically.
Tactically, he made the right decisions with the guys he had. Lynn made it through 8, but he was near 100 pitches, it was 100 degrees, and he was facing the top of the lineup. Lyons induced weak contact to Pence, but because the Giants will always ****ing own the Cardinals with the most random bullshit luck, Lyons flinched and didn't stick his glove out for the grounder, which because Giants, just snuck through the infield.
And while you could argue that Matheny should have walked Posey and left Lyons in to face Crawford and Sandoval, Oh did induce weak contact, but because ****ing Giants, Posey threw his bat at a pitch that totally fooled him, and a flare dropped in to score the tying run.
Of course, we would have had far better options in the 9th had Matheny not ground Rosenthal and Siegrist into mill from 2013 to the present. That's the logistical failure.
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