Freaking bunt him

Exactly what I said.

Would have been same result.

Everyone knows that you when you get the lead off guy on, you bunt him over and put him in SCORING POSITION.

This one is on Jay Johnson. Absolute piss poor job coaching today.

Playing for 1 run by bunting a guy to 2nd base in the top half of an inning where you’re down 1 is far from standard. You still need a hit to score him. I’d be much more critical of the decision not to bunt if we could have set up man on 3rd with 1 out.

LINK to article explaining why you should not bunt

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Down one run late in games, you should simply never bunt. It may seem like the intuitive thing to do, but it’s the worst situation by far. Bunting down one can lower your odds of winning a game from anywhere from 4.9 to 9.6-percent.

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