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Originally Posted by One Great Matrix
Yeah, you certainly could...the save stipulations aren't laid out but it's not limited to coming into the 9th and getting 3 outs with 3 run lead or less by any means...there's more to both rules.
I wasn't aware of the 2nd exception for the win credit being if the reliever that would otherwise get credit for the win pitched briefly & ineffectively. This happens quite a bit...In some instances, they come in and downright blow the starter's work; then the team comes back to win.....and the reliever gets the W anyway, so apparently it's not enforced or implemented very much.
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The "brief+ineffective" rule is only really (legally?) applied when the starter should get the win but doesn't go 5 innings. As far as I'm aware, outside of that, it's simply whoever was in when the team took the lead and never looked back. So if a guy comes in, gives up 7 runs and gets one out, and then his team scores 15 in the bottom of the inning, he and his 189 ERA for the game would still get credit for the win.