It honestly isn’t often I disagree with JD on something relating to strategy, but it only took 4 pitches to prove correct my yelling and screaming about how you don’t bring closers into tie games on the road. Especially Palencia.

even if Palencia had gotten through the inning I'm curious as to exactly which member of the bullpen Counsell would have trusted for one of Manfred's video game extra inning save opportunities

Yep. You need someone capable of a strikeout. Palencia is the closest you have to that out there. Peña and Cole had it right, too. Closer mindset often can be to slam a door, not hold it shut. It shouldn’t be, but it is.

putting your young closer in a tie game to get walked off twice in four days is some kind of work

Hopefully not damaging to psyche, but relievers are pretty damned weird animals.

yeah hopefully Palencia outwits his manager and doesn't let that shit stow away in his suitcase on the flight home