""The results suggest that we should have done something different," Counsell said after the loss. "Really just confidence in Shota, plain and simple there. I thought he was pitching well. I thought he was throwing the ball really well and, unfortunately, he made a mistake.""
""Walking him wasn't in my head," Imanaga said through an interpreter. "That splitter was meant for down in the zone.""
""I don't put a manager's cap on," Machado said when asked if he was surprised that he got to face Imanaga in that situation. "I'm 0 for 6 at that point. So yeah, I'm not thinking about that. For myself, I was just thinking about trying to get to Imanaga.""
Craig Counsell left left-hander Shota Imanaga in the fifth inning to face right-handed Manny Machado. Machado hit a first-pitch splitter for a two-run home run, extending the Padres' lead to 3-0, the final score. The sequence began when Fernando Tatis Jr. walked and advanced to second on Luis Arraez's sacrifice bunt, creating an open base. Counsell considered walking Machado but chose to pitch to him and had right-hander Mike Soroka available but did not use him. The Cubs had used an opener earlier to avoid Imanaga facing Tatis and Machado in the first inning. A winner-take-all Game 3 will be at Wrigley Field.
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