Jack "the slugger" Wilson gets intentionally walked

[Detroit-Tigers]

http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/stratomatic/playoffs/boxscore.html?group_id=76020&g_id=984

In the 4th inning no less....

[AeroDave10]

It ended up working, but a few other details that make this even more bizarre are:

Scott Olsen, a 6L lefty, was on the hill.

There were two outs.

Jack Wilson is a 1R.

Joe Dillon, the following hitter is a 9L :shock:


Olsen has no incentive to walk one righty to face another, and he certainly would not be inclined to walk a 1R 9-hole hitter with two outs to face a 9L leadoff hitter. This one just don't compute!!

[apolivka]

Dumb move, but I think I know why HAL did it. As our Little League coaches always used to say, it gives you a "force on any base", but that means nothing in strato with 2 out.

HAL loves to take into account the clutch factor for intentional walks. Dillon is a big choker (-6 clutch points), and Wilson is less (-2). For whatever reason, he seems to take that into account in clutch situations much more than just about any other factor.

I also like how Pedroia got gunned down trying to steal home in the same inning! Probably a botched squeeze, of course.