The substantive changes Shildt made to the lineup for Game 4 would invite a question no matter what: If they worked, why didn’t he make them sooner, and if they didn’t, why make them at all?
“That’s the position we’re in,” Shildt said before Tuesday’s game. “We haven’t been able to score runs. You want to err on the side of believing in guys. It’s important, internally, that everybody knows how we feel and how we go about it. I think it’s one of those things where there can be a right answer based on how we compete.