00:00Pretty, I thought, impressive win last night in Sacramento against the A's.
00:05And that was the game winner, the two-run home run by Monasterio in the 10th inning.
00:10And we left in a lot of that commentary there because it was interesting.
00:14The Red Sox have been playing to bunt runners over and sacrifice runners.
00:19And in that 10th inning, especially it's happened several times,
00:22where they've moved the runner over from second to third with a bunt.
00:25And this is part of what they've been doing recently
00:28and has been part of their resurgence.
00:30Yet you get into last night, Monasterio up, ghost runner at second,
00:34and he swings away.
00:35And wouldn't you know it, he hits a two-run home run.
00:37Yep, Chad Tracy's hot.
00:38And that was Lou Maloney's commentary on it.
00:41And he said, Maz, it was all related to who you have in the bullpen.
00:44In this game, in a tie game, they used Whitlock and Chapman.
00:48So if you take a one-run lead, if you play for one run, sacrifice him over,
00:53and take that one-run lead, and now you're throwing out lesser bullpen arms,
00:57that's not the play.
00:58That's when you go for multiple runs.
01:00If you had Whitlock and Chapman, you play for the one
01:04because you're confident that those guys can close it down.
01:07Your thoughts?
01:08So it makes sense.
01:09I mean, I'll say that.
01:11I also wonder, like, what type of discussions are going on
01:13between the front office and the dugout
01:16and who's actually making the decision.
01:19But look, what Lou says makes sense.
01:21I mean, if you have better relievers, you can go for the one
01:23because you're more likely to get out of it.
01:25And so Whitlock did that against the Mets in New York.
01:28He had a really good inning.
01:29And, you know, they were able to nail down the game.
01:31I think, if I remember right, I think Chapman didn't pitch in that game.
01:35I don't remember in any case.
01:37But the theory is sound.
01:39I get it.
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