Dodgers manager Dave Roberts' decision to pull Julio Urias as his Game 5 starter and instead insert reliever Corey Knebel just seven hours before the scheduled 6:07 p.m. first pitch provided a bit of unexpected gamesmanship ahead of a winner-take-all affair against the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park.
Baseball writers frantically weighed in on the gambit and what it could mean (if you're imagining the Charlie conspiracy GIF from "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" you're not alone). Some pointed to it as a way to make the Giants rethink their right-handed-batter-heavy lineup by starting a right-handed pitcher:
I like this gambit from the Dodgers.