Looking over Rod's game which he made a backup of immediately after playing it, I think I know what happened but I'm not positive. His team in question, the White Sox, had heavily used its bullpen leading up to the game. Their usage mode was set to Time. Most of the relievers were ahead of or close to their usage pace. I believe the CM recognized that and made the starter take his lumps. As soon as he was bone tired, the CM started using the depleted pen doing the best it could.

Luke