At that point they were hoping for anything - two-out double, home run. I would still say the decision to bunt (esp. with Casty as runner) and the Dodgers' wheel play were the two bigger factors. You can ask the same question about increased odds in both situations. Stott's .287 OBP versus the odds of a good bunt; Sosa's .339 vs Sosa's .262 in this AB.
You could also say the team running a platoon at 3 of 8 spots finally caught up with them, especially with an injury.
I'm still gonna look back on Game 1 as the killer I think. Not surprising our lefty stars and weak righty line-up came up small against Snell.
And we sure got the full Nick Castellanos show. For the second straight post-season one of our top hitters, but also impacted the game negatively with both his fielding and running limitations.
I still think the flaw of this team is the same as ever. When the two big LHBs don't show up none of the RHBs hitting 4-6 are big enough, and that hole has existed since Rhys got hurt. Any one of them might have it for a month or a series, including Bader, but there is no 4th guy on the scouting report. We largely shut down the Dodgers Big Three but Teoscar showed up and LA had one starter-caliber guy and one injured starter coming off the bench who are both having better offensive seasons than Harper (however slightly).