No, you can't think ahead to game 5. You have to concentrate on one game and one game only. You will figure out to do for game 5 when you get to game 5. Thinking ahead already potentially screwed us once this series. well since they're all elimination games, why not throw Z on 2 days rest in Game 3? It makes as much sense as pitching him Game 4. I understood the idea of pitching him Game 4 if we were up 2-1 and it could clinch the series at home. At this point, we'd be going back to Arizona regardless of who pitches (assuming we get it to Game 5). Who would you rather have going in Game 5, Z on full rest or Lilly on short rest? Lilly would be on normal rest. Fri, Sat, Sun, Mon. We have a better chance of winning game 5 if we get there, we should definitely pitch Z in game 4, imo.