The Philadelphia Phillies stormed into Atlanta with an unconventional plan ahead. They used seven different pitchers to find some way to squeeze out a shutout against one of the greatest offenses baseball has ever seen.
There’s a lot to dive into with each and every decision Rob Thomson made. Managing a baseball game is sort of like playing a game of chess, except that each piece has a human component to it.
No one is going to agree with every decision but the point of this is to explain the thinking because this was a carefully managed game by one of the best in the sport.