It started perfectly. Ben Revere put down an excellent bunt single, and Josh Donaldson followed with a home run. Then a Chris Colabello home run put us up 3-0 before the Rangers had their first at-bat.
Gibby had decided that Marcus Stroman would make the final start. And I guess Gibby wanted to avoid any potential controversy over that choice.
R.A. Dickey started and went 4.2 innings, allowing 5 hits, no walks, 3 strikeouts, and just one earned run. He hadn't run up his pitch count, sitting at 78 pitches. But John Gibbons pulled him one out before he could have had a playoff win on his record.
I would have liked to have Price in the pen for game 5, just in case Marcus didn't have it that day. And I would have wanted to let Dickey get the win he earned.
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