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OldGiants · 12-17-2002, 10:42 AM

ScottVib described it right. I assumed that was what happened, but I didn't know if the problem had been reported or not.

Crediting the win to the last pitcher in the game is the way its been since the 19th century. There have been oddities along the way, though. I'm not certain of the year, but it was in the early 1970's that this happened. I wish I could remember the exact detaels, so if any else does, I'd appreciate the memory refresher.

The Cubs and Phillies went into extra innings and the game had to be paused for rain. Because of a curfew law, they had to stop the game in mid-inning and finish it the next time the Phillies came into Chicago. In between the two dates, pitcher Lowell Palmer was traded from the Phillies to the Cubs. He was the pitcher in the game when the rains came, for the Phillies. The Cub pitcher in the game was no longer with the Cubs, and so Chicago would have to make a pitching change when the game resumed.

At the time, there was no rule preventing the Cubs making their new pitcher Palmer, who was now on their 25-man roster. So the Phillies could have scored a run off Palmer, the Cubs reliever, and won the game for Palmer, the Phillies reliever who was still in the lineup in the top of the 14th and therefore would have been credited with the win.

Thus Palmer could have been both the winning and losing pitcher in the same game. But the Cubs didn't put him in the game, as I recall, and the rules were changed at the winter meetings.

12-17-2002, 10:42 AM	#9
OldGiants Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 211	ScottVib described it right. I assumed that was what happened, but I didn't know if the problem had been reported or not. Crediting the win to the last pitcher in the game is the way its been since the 19th century. There have been oddities along the way, though. I'm not certain of the year, but it was in the early 1970's that this happened. I wish I could remember the exact detaels, so if any else does, I'd appreciate the memory refresher. The Cubs and Phillies went into extra innings and the game had to be paused for rain. Because of a curfew law, they had to stop the game in mid-inning and finish it the next time the Phillies came into Chicago. In between the two dates, pitcher Lowell Palmer was traded from the Phillies to the Cubs. He was the pitcher in the game when the rains came, for the Phillies. The Cub pitcher in the game was no longer with the Cubs, and so Chicago would have to make a pitching change when the game resumed. At the time, there was no rule preventing the Cubs making their new pitcher Palmer, who was now on their 25-man roster. So the Phillies could have scored a run off Palmer, the Cubs reliever, and won the game for Palmer, the Phillies reliever who was still in the lineup in the top of the 14th and therefore would have been credited with the win. Thus Palmer could have been both the winning and losing pitcher in the same game. But the Cubs didn't put him in the game, as I recall, and the rules were changed at the winter meetings.