We had just seen Scooter Gennett and Hector Gomez almost hit back to back HRs in the 6th. If I had been at home, I would've bet easy money that Roark was going to give up at least a game-tying HR in the 7th to the heart of the Brewers' order. Roark was done and had nothing left. It was as clear as a child could have seen it. Sadly, that child would make a better manager than Matt "F&*#ing" Williams.
Exactly, it was an absolute miracle we escaped that 6th inning, I turned back to the game after commercials and saw Roark delivering a pitch in the 7th, and I thought to myself, "Are you insane? The guy has been up all night, serving up home run balls over and over in any other ballpark." As I was thinking this, Parra hammered it out. Roark was not only out of gas but he had been scuffling all night anyway. What the hell did anybody expect?
Apparently Barrett, Rivero, Janssen and Storen were all available. Thornton was probably available too. I guess Carpenter missed his flight. You telling me we couldn't matchup, maybe push Storen to four or five outs, and finish off three measley innings? Unbelievable. Almost as bad as when he left Roark in against the Orioles last year, like Buck Showalter himself says, better to take a guy out too early than too late. When do you shake off the "rookie manager" crap, sit down, watch a few of Bruce Bochy's (or Showalter's) game and learn how to manage a pen. Boch took out Hudson in the
2nd inning in Game 7 last year. You can just tell when a guy isn't going to make it. Guess who won Game 7?
