For the majority of the postseason, Brian Snitker and the Atlanta Braves have been nearly perfect as they navigated the postseason. Whether it was managing a bullpen game or making the decision to pull a starter early, they have pretty much nailed it. Dylan Lee struggled as an opener in Game 4 retiring just one batter before Kyle Wright bailed them out. The decision making wasn’t at fault, the execution was. However, in Game 5 they went away from what had worked previously and the result was a loss.
No one ever said it was going to be easy and having two straight bullpen games isn’t something many teams would choose to do.