Joe Maddon elects to walk Bryce Harper with men on first and third and one out in the top of the ninth inning, the Nationals leading the Cubs 1-0. Maddon makes the move so he can leave his right-hander, Brandon Kintzler, in to face Ryan Zimmerman and possibly get a double play grounder. Zimmerman grounds a 2-0 pitch hard up the middle for a two-run single, and the Nationals lead 3-0. That’s eight RBI for Zimmerman in the last two games.
It was a high risk, high reward strategy, and the reward was not there.
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