Agree 100% on both points.Ober had retired 8 batters in a row. It's not fair to say he "couldn't" got six innings. The manager decided that he had reached an arbitrary number of pitches and was done for the night. The manager also decided with a two-run lead, that he needed to pull the #1 and #2 batters for pinch hitters in the fifth inning. Let your best players play. Way too worried about "the matchups".