He was pulled from a save situation halving a two-run lead and replaced by lefty Macay McBride who faced consecutive left-handed batters.
Warming up in the bullpen was Ken Ray.
Since Ray was warming up, one should conclude McBride was only being used because of the two lefty hitters and not because he was first in line to close.
That would still be Oscar Villareal, but he had pitched the night before and faced 10 batters - getting hit very hard.
Ken Ray is next in line, but his 12 strikeouts and 10 walks in 20 innings does not bode well for him. To make it worse, he has only struck out three in last 10 appearances covering 10 innings while walking four.
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