Because Rodriguez is the "closer" Manuel had to keep him for that situation. Scanning the St' Louis Post Dispatch and LaRussa is getting fairly hammered for his managing of the game, On Holiday he said eh got all he could form him , remember he was sick.... "It's real obvious, if you double-switch Holliday out of the game, unless you have a really deep bench, you've got a problem," La Russa said. "But I looked at five at-bats for a guy who got punched out three times, who's obviously not himself � he's forcing it. I think it's kind of criminal to leave him in the game The way the game turned out, maybe (Holliday) would have won it before that, but if he had to play another four, five innings?" La Russa said. "Nah. I have no regrets about that. ... Matt had given us more than what he had to give, and that was enough." Of course some of their fans think Manuel out-managed LaRussa..... http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/cardinals/story/D975D6A9FE1719B88625770900100907?OpenDocument