Hochevar vs. O's; What did you think of Yost's decision?

[TakebackOPACY]

[b]Luke Hochevar pitching for Kansas City[/b]A Jones doubled to deep right.N Markakis singled to left center, A Jones to third.[color=green]V Guerrero grounded out to third, A Jones scored, N Markakis to second.[/color]M Wieters walked.[color=green]L Scott doubled to deep right, N Markakis scored, M Wieters to third.[/color][color=green]M Wieters scored, L Scott to third on wild pitch by L Hochevar.[/color]M Reynolds walked.[color=green]J Hardy singled to center, L Scott scored, M Reynolds to third.[/color]R Adams walked, J Hardy to second.[color=green]F Pie singled to left, M Reynolds scored, J Hardy to third, R Adams to second.[/color][color=green]A Jones singled to center, J Hardy and R Adams scored, F Pie to third.[/color]N Markakis popped out to shortstop.[color=green]V Guerrero grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, F Pie scored, A Jones safe at second on throwing error by shortstop A Escobar.[/color]M Wieters grounded out to first.

So what did you think of Yost's decision to leave Hochevar in the game? Just a week and a half ago, Yost left Vin Mazzaro in there to give up 14 runs in 2.1 innings.

On both occasions, Yost accomplished what he needed to accomplish. But I'm not sure what to think or how to feel about it.

[Remember The Alomar]

Guess it sucks for the starter, but he did save his bullpen.

[SammyBirdland]

Looked like he threw in the towel early to me. I guess we were who he THOUGHT we were, so he crowned us. He may have accomplished what he intended to, but that kind of stuff has to hurt team morale. If a pitcher is flailing, relieve him.

[TakebackOPACY]

Hochevar retired the last ten batters he faced starting with the last out in the 4th. Wieters finished him off with a ten pitch at bat to end the 7th. If not for that, Hochevar probably would have started the 8th inning.

That really is remarkable. And it's too bad because I want to hate the decision from Yost, but it worked so damn well.

[backwardsk]

I'm impressed with Hochevar to follow up on the 4th inning with 3 strong innings.

[Blizzard1090]

Yes Hochevar gave up the eight runs,but he finished strong. Still, it HAS to hurt morale when you leave a pitcher out there to clobbered.

[ShaneDawg85]

Yost eventually wore out his welcome in Milwaukee, and I'm inclined to think that the more instances of this occurring are going to erode his support amongst the team.

[O-The-Memories]

Love the move. You're either going to hurt morale or the bullpen. Which is more important? The beatings will continue until morale improves chaps.

[Can_of_corn]

Love the move. You're either going to hurt morale or the bullpen. Which is more important? The beatings will continue until morale improves chaps.

I don't think it hurt morale. If Hochever had come back out and been hammered then it would have been bad, but he pitched well. I imagine his spirits were better when he left the game then they would have been if he had been pulled during or after the fourth.

[O-The-Memories]

I don't think it hurt morale. If Hochever had come back out and been hammered then it would have been bad, but he pitched well. I imagine his spirits were better when he left the game then they would have been if he had been pulled during or after the fourth.

Agree 100%. He actually did his team a solid, and I don't think it hurt morale. His actions actually would have made me happy if I was a BP guy.

[BaltimoreTerp]

I don't think it hurt morale. If Hochever had come back out and been hammered then it would have been bad, but he pitched well. I imagine his spirits were better when he left the game then they would have been if he had been pulled during or after the fourth.

That's the key. Hochevar was able to see that even after a bad inning he could still get hitters out.

Also, I loved what Craig Calcaterra said on HardballTalk earlier about the game. Basically something like "You let guys do what they know. And who knows more about giving up eight runs than Luke Hochevar?"

[AgentOrange]

The move is paying off so far since we are in extra innings today. He wouldn't have had anyone left right now if he wore them out yesterday.

[scOtt]

Hochevar retired the last ten batters he faced starting with the last out in the 4th. Wieters finished him off with a ten pitch at bat to end the 7th. If not for that, Hochevar probably would have started the 8th inning.

That really is remarkable. And it's too bad because I want to hate the decision from Yost, but it worked so damn well.

Yeah, it looks like Yost knew what he was doing. I was very surprised, but his pitch count was pretty low. And you can't argue the results.

[Can_of_corn]

Yeah, it looks like Yost knew what he was doing. I was very surprised, but his pitch count was pretty low. And you can't argue the results.

Aside from the part where they got swept right?

[scOtt]

Aside from the part where they got swept right?

Well yeah, that. :laughlol: But like someone said, he did save his pen for today.