We are down 9-6 in the ninth with no outs and runners on the corners. Roskam is batting and he's hitting over .300 and has the highest slugging percentage on the team so what does Erstad do? He calls for two sac bunts which Roskam was unable to deliver. Only three outs left and we have to score three to stay alive and we attempt to move the runner from first to third by giving up a precious out in the process! Roskams fails on two attempts and then strikes out. Game basically over at that point with all momentum gone. I generally like small ball but this was dumb ball!
Erstad's decision in ninth of first Buckeye game was incredibly stupid!
- Thread starter bkamler
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If you are going to complain about strategy attempt to get the information correct. The situation was runners on 1st and 2nd with 0 outs, down 9-7. Given that Seth Kinker (Ohio State Pitcher at the time) is the best bullpen pitcher (statistically) I think getting both runners in scoring position and staying out of the double play is the correct call.
