Rays’ Kevin Cash: I Pulled Blake Snell to Avoid Him Facing Mookie Betts Again

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The biggest moment of Tuesday’s Game 6 of the World Series was when Tampa Bay Rays manager Kevin Cash walked up the dugout steps to remove starting pitcher Blake Snell in the sixth inning, even though he was yet to allow a run and threw just 73 pitches.

The rest was history, as the Los Angeles Dodgers pushed two runs across with reliever Nick Anderson on the mound thanks largely to a Mookie Betts double. 

“I didn’t want Mookie seeing Blake a third time,” Cash said when explaining his decision, per Gabe Lacques of USA Today.

Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times noted Cash said he regrets making that call because of the results but not the process.

This article will be updated to provide more information on this story as it becomes available.

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