2026 running baseball thread

After 5 innings 1-1. The Rams again with small ball, a single, a sac bunt that we have a throwing error on to advance runner 1st to 3rd and another sac bunt to tie this one up.
 
Elko and Recio whiff again with runners at 1st and 2nd in t7. They are killing us today, that's five runners on in their last two at-bats and they can't even put the ball in play. Rams up 2-1.
 
Game 3 of the series at Fordham has Jackson Hinchliffe on the mound for the Spiders. Fordham scores 1 in the first inning. Spiders answer in the second to tie on an RBI from Ryan Recio. Rams take the lead in the forth on a single with a runner on second who comes home after a fielding error by the Spiders. 2-1 Rams after 4 innings.
 
After a HBP in the bottom of the 5th Dom Ruggiero comes in from the pen to shut Fordham down. In the 6th Aaron Van Tuyle comes on with 2 out and runners on to shut the Rams down. Spiders still up heading to the 7th!
 
In the bottom of the 8th the Rams use a walk and HBP and try to bunt them up but Spiders get the put out at 3rd. Spiders go to the pen again in Justin Gay who is able to get 2 ground outs. We head to the 9th holding on to the 3-2 lead.
 
Bullpen totally gags it. HBP with two outs to load the bases, then a base hit on a 1-2 pitch ends it, we lose 4-3.
 
Heartbreak in the late innings again. A runner gets on a fly out and the runner takes second. We “intentionally walk” to set up the double play and then a HBP to load the bases. A Fordham single plates 2 and game over …. Rams 4-3.
 
I am interested in others thoughts, in this situation we were in bottom of the 9th , 1 out man on second clinging to the 3-2 lead … do you intentionally walk like we did or play it out ?
I am sure they have analytics on this but going with your gut…….
 
I am interested in others thoughts, in this situation we were in bottom of the 9th , 1 out man on second clinging to the 3-2 lead … do you intentionally walk like we did or play it out ?
I am sure they have analytics on this but going with your gut…….
The intentional walk was the winning run. I say pitch to the guy. Don't put the winning run on base, make them earn it.

The HBP was lame, looked like the guy leaned into it and it just brushed his jersey.

Bad pitch on the 1-2. You let an overmatched player beat you by leaving it on the outside half so he could punch it into right field.
 
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