With a commanding 3-0 series lead, it's clear that Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy was not in do-or-die mode in terms of using his high-leverage arms.

Obviously, Murphy still went out there and let the Tampa Bay Rays face the top pitchers in this bullpen, but he wasn't ready to risk ace Jacob Misiorowski coming out of the bullpen in extra innings.

The biggest question is, why? Murphy had Misiorowski in the bullpen during the National League Division Series, and he was even getting loose at one point while Trevor Megill was making a save.

If Murphy had Misiorowski doing all of that in the NLDS, why did he stay sitting during the World Series?

For once, Murphy was worrying about the next game instead of the one at hand.

Using Miz in Game 4 could've severely backfired had the Brewers not clinched and won that game, but now, they're in a position where if they don't get some depth out of the 24-year-old, they're going to be in rough, rough shape.

The Fox broadcast showed the Missouri native out in the bullpen for Game 4, but as play-by-play broadcaster Joe Davis said, that was far more of a decoy than anything else.

Misiorowski is a starting pitcher, plain and simple. Yes, teams tend to change up their strategies at this point in the postseason, but the Brewers didn't need to use Misiorowski in that moment to guarantee a first-ever World Series title.

It's one of those situations where Murphy is going to be heavily questioned either way. With how things played out, there's a strong case to be made that Misiorowski should've pitched the 12th inning to close things out once and for all.

Instead, the Brewers are in St. Petersburg, Fla., for one more game, and this one will see the expected Cy Young winner take the mound with a 3-1 series lead.

Had Misiorowski gone out there and blown the save, who in the world was Murphy going to have to start this game?

The bullpen is extremely taxed, so risking Misiorowski in Game 4 simply wasn't worth it. Some could argue he conceded by putting in Shane Drohan, but if that's how things needed to play out for the Brewers to pull things off in Game 5, so be it.

At the time of writing, the Rays have yet to name their Game 5 starting pitcher.