So we'll never know what would have happened had Garret thrown the fast ball. But you can't understate the importance of mixing pitches. Alvarez read that as "looking lost". I felt like Ozuna was figuring out the timing. In any case, it's clear that splitter was not the right call there. And even if Alvarez thought it would be good to double up on the splitter, a pitcher who isn't convinced it's the right pitch to throw is more likely to throw a bad one. I've had some time to let that loss sink in. Unlike the other losses this season, this one still pisses me off. I've now seen the replay of the late call by the umpire on the Alonso fly ball. So I guess Soto might have been somewhat justified, but also, that play was right in front of him. The rest of the mistakes. Just awful.