PSA: Showdowns Facing Closers

[Onyx_Hokie_2_PSN]

I tried this the other day and it worked to perfection, so I thought I should share it.

In a Showdown wherein you must score a certain number of runs before making a certain number of outs, there is one setting which is hugely advantageous to the player...

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL THE CPU CHANGE PITCHERS.

I was in a 12-out Showdown against a closer (can't remember which), and as it started the thought occurred to me that he'd have to pitch well enough to keep me from getting hot for four-plus innings. I proceeded to make every at-bat take as many pitches as possible to tire the closer out. I never swung with fewer than two strikes in an at-bat and hit many deliberate foul [censored].

By the time my leadoff hitter came around again, the CPU closer threw 13 consecutive [censored]. Before it was over, he'd put six hitters in a row on base, walking four and hitting two. I ended the Showdown on a simple bunt, with the computer happy to give up the winning run in order to get a 3-6-1 double play.

That's the other thing to remember, by the way: the CPU is playing normally, as opposed to trying to win the Showdown.

HTH,
Bryan