The 5th inning seems to determine everything. Doesn’t matter what happened in 1-4 innings. If you have a shaky 5th you’re coming out pretty much regardless of anything else. Awfully hard to expect a guy to not have a shaky inning
I’ve seen this movie about 50 times so far this year. Early lead (albeit small), opponent threatens, cuts into the lead, offense goes to sleep against a mediocre pitcher, bullpen comes in and…..
Recap that inning:
leadoff single that should have been out for interference
tailor made double play that doesn’t happen because of the shift
Totally flubbed bunt attempt resulting in a K
getting caught in no man’s land to erase a bases loaded situation
We’re just overall a dumb team. Give me points for saying it but we aren’t coached particularly well. Maybe that’s minor league coaching as much as it is Rocco’s staff. But we struggled immensely with fundamentals