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Originally Posted by Erik
I was going to say, I'm pretty sure Tony La Russa has done this on many occasions. There's a lot of ways a runner can score from 3rd that he can't score from 2nd on, even with 2 outs. Since the pitcher is almost an automatic out anyways, might as well make their bat useful.
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I think Erik may have the key. The AI might be comparing the pitchers contact and bunting skills and it figures having him bunt the runner over to third is more logical than expecting a hit from him.