1)Absolutely every stat pointed towards bringing in Marte to face Ortiz in the 7th inning, but instead Manuel leaves the right hander Sullivan in the game. Hey Jerry, you can't manage on hunches and feelings.
2)Pinch running Aaron Rowand for Frank Thomas in the 9th. This resulted in Willie Harris or Armando Rios being forced to bat, and of course ended in Willie Harris going down fairly easily. It is quite obvious that we should have pinch run Miles or Rios in that situation to make sure we would have Rowand to bat in the centerfield spot.
3)Bruce Kimm waving Rowand. THis can be argued but nonetheless ended up being a brudal call.
I know I'm being negative about this but as a manager you cannot win and lose game but you can only give your team the best chance to win on any given night. Tonight they did not!