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The Ms were in the race for how long?  Until that 17 game losing streak.
When did Carp hit in the 4 hole? Once they were out of contention.
Smoak was trying to score runs when it mattered.  Carp did his damage for a team that had plummeted out of the race and into being one of the worst teams in baseball with the least expectations.
It may not have been as much of a value judgment on the relative toughness of each man (I remember Mike Carp being sent back to the minors this year, possibly for being a cocky non-listener) than a situational one.  Smoak batting in the 4 hole with nothing on the line might not have affected him at all either.
Doing it when the team was hovering in the divisional race and there were ZERO other hitters on the team was a tougher thing.
~G