re: Question on MLB extra inning games

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Away team doesn’t score. They intentionally walk the 1st batter so it’s 1st & 2nd with no out.

Only one is needed to win.

Is the play always to bunt them over to 2nd and 3rd to set up a sac fly win?

Sure, they can intentionally walk again to set up another DP opportunity but a sac fly or the right ground out wins.

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Your logic is sound. But if you sac bunt, you cannot strike out. If you strike out, you essentially kill the inning. In modern day pro baseball, bullpen arms are strikeout pitchers. Strikeouts happen at a super high rate. So it is just a numbers game. 3 opportunities to get a hit.