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Originally posted by BleedDodgerBlue
Yeah. If nothing else, since it's a force at the plate, worst case you've still got the bases loaded with one out, and you can go for the double play again. Best case, you prevent the run, get the back half of the double play at first, and you've got 2nd/3rd with 2 out, and an open base that you can use to finesse the lineup a little bit.

Now, I could understand if it were a deep grounder to short or 2nd in innings 1-8, and the AI chose to go 6-4-3 or 4-6-3 instead and give up one run in the process. Depending on the score, it might be more worth doing that and limiting the amount of potential damage than to get an out at the plate, but maybe give up four runs (instead of, say, two) with one swing of the bat from the next hitter.

But yeah, the AI definitely needs to be tweaked so that in the bottom of crucial innings, bases loaded situations always go to the plate.

Actually, best case would be if the runner on 2nd trips and you can throw to third and get him, or maybe even get a triple play. But that would be kind of unusual.