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Originally Posted by thklein

I went ahead and starting Martinez on short rest. Part of my thinking, which I didn't put in the original post, was that my bullpen has been really good. I felt like if he could just get me to the 6th inning, my pen could take it way.

Based on the results, you could argue I made the right call or the wrong call. I won the game, but based on the number of runs I scored it's likely I would have won either way. Plus, Martinez pitched okay but not great. On the other hand, the key hit in the ballgame was a 2 run homer that Martinez hit himself (after I thought long and hard about pinch hitting for him). Things might have played out differently if that didn't happen. In the end, I won the game so I'm not going to second guess myself.

Tomorrow I'm up against Kershaw in game five.

P.S. One thing that bugs me is that the box score says my relief pitcher played LF, P. He did not spend a second in left field. It just automatically put left field as his position because I dropped him into the lineup in the left fielders spot. Is there a way to flip flop the lineup without this happening?

Before you put him in the lineup change the "LF" to "-" in the drop down box. Insert the P and change the "-" to "P".