Price's control was not that good tonight and his pitch count attests to that. Price has to go more than 6 against good teams because in the playoffs that's all he's gonna see is good teams.
The hardest job for a manager is whether to leave a pitcher in or take him out. For a rookie manager it's even harder. I think Madden probably has the best feel for that part of the job.
The game is played by humans and these things can happen. In fact, they happen a few times during a long season. It's imperative to keep these kind of games to a minimum and the good teams do.
Taking 3 of 4 w/o Sale is impressive and everyone on this thread would have taken that before the series started. Tanaka pitched a good game and the Yankem BP is their strong point.