How is this a save?

asaintsfan · 07-03-2014, 11:29 AM

We were up 17-1 when my reliever comes in and pitches 3 scoreless innings but he gets a Save??
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Erik W. · 07-03-2014, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by MLB Rules

Saves:
Rule 10.20 in the Official Rule Book states:
Credit a pitcher with a save when he meets all three of the following conditions:
(1) He is the finishing pitcher in a game won by his club; and
(2) He is not the winning pitcher; and
(3) He qualifies under one of the following conditions:
- (a) He enters the game with a lead of no more than three runs and pitches for at least one inning; or
- (b) He enters the game, regardless of the count, with the potential tying run either on base, or at bat, or on deck (that is, the potential tying run is either already on base or is one of the first two batsmen he faces; or
- (c) He pitches effectively for at least three innings. No more than one save may be credited in each game.

It's dumb that it counts as a save, but it does.

asaintsfan · 07-03-2014, 11:51 AM

wow - I never knew that. Thanks - I have never seen this in any game.

Questdog · 07-03-2014, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by asaintsfan

wow - I never knew that. Thanks - I have never seen this in any game.

It is very rare in today's game for a reliever to get 3 innings, especially at the end of a game, but 3-inning saves were quite common 35 years ago.

Westheim · 07-03-2014, 12:29 PM

I see this not so rarely. I tend to hate my relievers, so I chase them out for the seventh, eighth, and ninth just to torture them.

phenom · 07-04-2014, 10:20 AM

Wasn't there a save credited in that 30-3 game a few years ago?

nutt · 07-10-2014, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by phenom

Wasn't there a save credited in that 30-3 game a few years ago?

Yep. I think the starter went five and the reliever went four. The reliever was a former starter, which is usually the outcome now if a pitcher as a save; he was either a spot starter or is the mop-up/long guy out of the bullpen.

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