I.G.T 8/14/15 Pitt & Mets Colon v Happ

[Frayed Knot]

Well then here's some advice for Clip-Art if he wants to go more than one inning: Don't walk the leadoff hitter ... especially when it's a .218 hitter who has been released twice in the last three weeks. Such actions have a tendency to lead towards high-stress 20-pitch innings. I mean the K of McCutcheon was nice and all but better yet not to put yourself into having to walk that tightrope and I think it's possible that Terry might have been more apt to go a 2nd frame w/Clippard had he spun a 1-2-3 12-pitch inning instead. Plus maybe the pace at which he works made Terry think he had already thrown two innings.

As for Familia, he was PH'd for in a perfectly logical move with 2 outs and the winning run on base - so unless you're going to double-switch for him in advance ...

[Edgy MD]

Well, if the strategy going in is to try and get multiple innings out of better hitters, that pinch-hit situation doesn't come up. Either (a) you're pinch-hitting for Familia after two innings, because he's your best pitcher and you put him in first, or ( you're pinch-hitting for Cippard and not Familia who hasn't entered the game yet, because you got two innings out of TC, or © you didn't quite get two innings out of Clippard, but you couldn't because of what he allegedly expended in that first inning, but you ended up relieving him with Famila, who you double-switched in that second inning.

Under any scenario, you are committed to stretching your best relievers beyond a single inning in the late (and extra) innings of a tie game, and that pinch-hitting decision doesn't come up.