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It’s not that Brian Snitker didn’t use his best relievers, it’s that he actively chose to use his worst reliever

In the third inning last, Huascar Ynoa found himself in some trouble. After giving up a leadoff double, a single, an RBI groundout, an RBI single, and a 400 foot fly out, Ynoa was facing the top of the order for a third time and down 3-0. Manger Brian Snitker also had a decision to make. Allow Ynoa to face the top of the order a third time or pull him for a deep and well rested bullpen?

Snitker decided to leave Ynoa in for one more batter, Mookie Betts, who Ynoa walked on four pitches, and that was it.