Yes on on the first question, and also yes on the 2nd question, he's backed himself into a corner tonight, we only had Cabrera/Mayza and Swanson available tonight. Again, this was my comment on the matter and it's true.
<--- That's my complaint on the matter, Kikuchi shouldn't have been pulled at 75 pitches his last time out while he was shoving, inexcusable.
I'm not whining, I was having a laugh with Laika, for some reason you're taking it personally, also, this was your post this morning, the rubber fence effect, lol.
That last paragraph, bro? The early hooks and overuse of the pen was a microcosm to tonight's loss. And that play by Espy was most definitely a defensive miscue.