Chart:
Biggest Contribution: JJ Putz, +26.2%
Biggest Suckfest: Jeremy Reed, -52.5%
Most Important Hit: Ibanez homer, +34.0%
Most Important Pitch: Rollins triple, -22.0%^
Total Contribution by Pitchers: +34.9%
Total Contribution by Hitters: -86.5%
^-note: Reed error, -28.9%
Said Hargrove of his 13th inning managerial strategy:
Hargrove said he ordered the intentional walks "to see if we couldn't get a groundball out of Perez. It just didn't work out."
That's all well and good, only Julio Mateo is one of the most extreme flyball pitchers in baseball. Right idea, wrong pitcher.
Back to normal recaps tomorrow. This one's up to you.