“Unbelievable that Mets Mgr. Collins left Harvey in after that walk. Unheard of, and fatally stupid. Harvey was already far too revved up to calm down, but that should have ended his night. Instead he left him in and put Familia in yet another no-win situation.”
Hindsight is 20/20. Harvey was dominating the Royals and kept them scoreless all game. IIRC the Royals went down 1,2,3 in the eighth so he still looked very effective. All he needed was 3 more outs to win the game so it made sense to keep him in for the 9th. Often in these situations taking the pitcher out leads to losing the game as the reliever gets pounded. IMO whether or not to take Harvey out after the lead off walk is a 50/50 call.
PS I am a Yankee fan and didnt really care which team won.
I had seen the game last night and thought that Harvey made the mistake going back on. He looked like he was tired and for that, the Royals put to work their A game.