Missouri in the 10th

There was nobody out, a double play wasn't in order so walking Fraley only sets up your odds worse because now a walk ends the game.

BRB. I'll go call Missouri's head coach and let you know his thought process.

That would have been the right move. Missouri had a right hander on the mound and that favored left handed hitting Fraley. A slow running Chinea was on deck.

go look at the stats on runs scoring with no one out and the bases loaded versus no one out and runners on 2nd and 3rd

expected runs go up like 25% if you load the bases, presumably in part because a walk now scores a run

yeah i really think they were trying to get fraley on a strikeout or groundout with the infield in and then would have walked chinea.

Pitching to Fraley is much better than pitching to Chinea with bases juiced and no outs. Fraley had two ground ball hits all weekend if I remember right

Let me see if I am doing this right….

"Because PM went over and coached Missouri in the bottom of the 10th"

"Because Fire Javi"




Basically they were in a low percentage situation all the way around. At that point, you identify the player who you think you have the best chance to get out. If Fraley doesn't end the game, they walk Chinea to then load the bases and see what happens. They were basically dancing around land mines at that point and Fraley blew their leg off.