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Though it would have been nicer without the 2 runs allowed in the 8th inning. With a 9-2 lead after seven innings and Zambrano having thrown around 100 pitches, was it really necessary to send him back out there in the 8th? Is the bullpen incapable of going two innings? Zambrano’s 118 pitches is not egregious, but it was unnecessay and poor long-term strategy.