Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts was visibly upset following Saturday’s loss that ended with Yasiel Puig caught stealing at second base. He went in without a slide and the decision to run was one Puig made on his own.
“It’s a bad baseball play,” Roberts said. “Plays like that, when you’re trying to win a championship, can’t happen.” Puig was not in the lineup Sunday, with the benching serving as an extension of Roberts’ frustration and disapproval.
“When I put a player in the lineup, every situation, every pitch, every out is important,” Roberts said prior to the series finale with the San Francisco Giants.