Kind of surprised Rea isn't bunting here...
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we probably actually would have been better to let him swing away the whole at bat. Probably a better chance that Rea gets a run scoring double than Henderson or Jones getting a single.
A successful sacrifice lowers your expected runs and chances of scoring more than 1 run. At least, that's what the research says about MLB. I don't know that it's been done for college baseball, but I doubt it's any different. <div>
</div><div>That said, it always depends on the batter, pitcher, runner, and defense.</div>
</div><div>That said, it always depends on the batter, pitcher, runner, and defense.</div>
No way Rea should have bunted there. He was probably the only one in the lineup that could have gotten around on that guys fastball coming in there mid 90s. Would not have bunted him there.