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Brock Holt was at first base replacing an ailing
Mitch Moreland. Unfortunately, it was his error in the ninth that let in the winning run in
a crushing 5-4 loss to the Indians. But, this game really came down to a puzzling managerial decision by
John Farrell—ahead 4-3 to use
Matt Barnes and avoid
Addison Reed,
Brandon Workman and
Craig Kimbrel (one of which he
did use, another he
intended to use in extra innings) with the game on the line. Wasted in the loss were two two-run HRs—one by
Andrew Benintendi and one by
Hanley Ramirez—and another decent outing by
Eduardo Rodriguez. Chalk this one up as a
bad managerial loss. No biscuit.
