Your thoughts, baseball experts:

[Auggie]

Scenario:

Tie game, top of the 9th inning.

The visiting team's lead-off batter, #7, the catcher, draws a walk. The next batter, #8, reaches on a fielding error that sends the catcher to third base.

Runners on first and third, no outs.

A sac fly from the #9 hitter scores the go-ahead run. An in-field double play scores the run. A walk loads the bases. A strike-out or pop-up leaves you with two outs to work with and brings the #1 batter, one of the toughest outs in the league, to the plate.

Instead, the manager calls a safety squeeze. #9 hitter misses in the bunt attempt. The home field catcher throws to third. #7 batter, the catcher, is a step too far from third base, leaning the wrong way, and is tagged out.

The go-ahead run on third has been erased.

Would you have called for a safety squeeze in that situation? Would you have pulled the catcher for a pinch runner after the lead-off walk?

You have two catchers on the bench, one infielder, and one outfielder. Plus one of the best closers in the game.

Thoughts?

Here are mine: Lift the catcher Bo Naylor for Travis Freeman after the walk. Do not call the safety squeeze. Play for the sac fly from #9 hitter Arias. Better yet, lift Arias for the hotter switch-hitting SS on the bench, Bryan Rocchio. If Rocchio fails there's #1 Steven Kwan and #2 Andres Gimenez up next.

Guardians Manager Stephen Vogt screwed up a great chance for a road sweep against Oakland yesterday.