QUOTE (Butter Parque @ Jun 7, 2014 -> 11:48 PM)
There was absolutely no reason for that. Save his arm. The game was already over.
So, they could have brought in the worst pitcher in the league and they would have still won? This was not a 15-0 scenario. Five runs can come just like that, off of any pitcher, any given outing, despite how dominate they very well may be.
The game was not "over" regardless of who was pitching. Greater deficits have been overcome with two outs, no one on, in the bottom of the ninth.
Plain and simple, as some have stated, the bullpen should have been up and ready, and once the first batter reached, pull him.