Baltimore manager Buck Showalter is being second-guessed for not bringing in hiscloser in the Orioles' loss to the Jays in the wild-card game. ( FRANK GUNN / THE CANADIAN PRESS ) Zach Britton was perfect for Baltimore at all the right times during the regular season. For manager Buck Showalter, the right time never came Tuesday night. Showalter left Britton in the bullpen while Ubaldo Jimenez allowed Edwin Encarnacion’s game-ending home run in the 11th inning, and the Orioles’ season ended with a 5-2 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays in the AL wild-card game. Britton converted all 47 of his save chances during the regular season, but the All-Star closer wasn’t among the seven pitchers Baltimore used in the winner-take-all game. “(Britton) was fine,” Showalter said, adding that “I considered a lot of things during the course of the game, but our guys did a good job getting us to that point. We just couldn’t finish it off. Yeah, he ...
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