Marlins' outrageous Eury Perez decision nearly costs them

Relief pitcher Lake Bachar entered the game in the bottom of the eighth inning and immediately walked the first batter he faced, then gave up a single, and then eventually exited the game after allowing four hits, five earned runs and recording zero outs.

The Marlins barely held on after giving up three more runs in the bottom of the ninth inning. 

It's a sign of the modern era of baseball, and one of the reasons no-hitters and perfect games are becoming so difficult to achieve. Especially no-hitters that are not combined, requiring multiple pitchers. 

On one hand, the Marlins' desire to be protective of Perez's arm is understandable. He is one of their best pitchers, still only 23 years old, and somebody they are going to need to rely on for a long time, both this season and beyond. 

On the other hand, don't you at some point have to offer a little bit of wiggle room in your numbers and desire to protect arms? Would it have really hurt him to go back out for the eighth inning and see what happens?

If you want to pull him as soon as he gives up a hit, walk or base-runner, then so be it. If he starts to labor and struggle, then by all means, go get him.

But to not even give him the chance to finish what he started just seems like being overly cautious and not allowing yourself any flexibility for the moment. It robbed a young pitcher of a moment he may never get close to again simply because of how rare it is. They should have let him go for it.