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Originally Posted by Crawdadbud
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Example: I am facing the Pirates with a decent hitting team, up against a pitcher who through 4 games has a 13.0 ERA. I have won 3 games in a row. He strikes out 6 of the first 6 batters and gets 13 strikeouts throughout the game. I get a total of 5 hits and he shuts me out. Many of his innings are extended due to errors or walking in runs.
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I'm sorry you lost a game
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Originally Posted by Eugene Church
Playing out the games you get to know the teams much better...
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Playing out the game, you also keep down some of the bad decisions the AI will make in substitutions... using a lesser hitter to pinch hit (lefty-righty switch)... taking a pitcher out when he has a shutout in the late innings and is not tired... taking your best batters out for defensive purposes in the late innings.
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Those aren't inherently bad decisions. All dependent on the situation
I hate that the AI uses it's best pinch hitter with the bases empty, two-outs in the 7th inning. Use a lesser hitter there
Shutout? Meh
I prefer to take out my best/most important players late in games when I can. If I'm up multiple runs, I'd rather have the better defender in there getting some time and my star player safely on the bench