The Tigers and Yankees were 1-1 in a best-of-five series, so tonight’s game was critical. The Tigers, playing at home, scored a run in the bottom of the 6th to go up 4-2. They had a runner on third with one out. I made the statement they would not score the run unless they squeezed, and this was a critical run since every run is big when Verlander is pitching. The Tigers did not squeeze and did not score. Although the chances of the opponent scoring the next inning after a runner is left on third with less than two outs is less than if the team didn’t score, there is still a momentum change. Instead of being up 5-2, it was still 4-2. Verlander, who hadn’t given up a run since the first inning, gave up 2 in the top of the seventh due to the momentum change, and the game was tied at 4. Had the Tigers lost as a result, and gone on to lose the series, no one (except readers of Sportstruths) would have realized that this one idiotic managerial move cost them the series.