he only pitched once on the road trip and the odds of the cubs needing him for the next 3 days (and having his replacement blow it on the first day he can't pitch) are very slim You're not wrong, but if he's gonna be unavailable when we need him, I don't want him pitching when we don't... these are things that don't make sense. He was warmed up and ready to go, with a 3-run lead aka save situation, before the lead extended. When those guys get warm it's essentially "using" them anyway. So it wouldn't make sense to get another guy up and warm and hope you do t have to go back to him when the wind is already blowing out and there's been 10 homeruns. Using an already warm Davis even though the lead went from 3 to 4 makes sense.