Did Papelbon get credit for a "save" the other night when he came into the game with a 3 run lead and promptly surrendered 2 earned runs (actually 3 earned runs but the ump screwed up)?
Jonathan Papelbon Save?
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Unbelievable. The threshold for a "save" is pretty low. Imagine if Papelbon came in with a 1 run lead.
It most definitely is a save. The criteria for what is considered a save has been around for a long time...
In baseball statistics, the term save is used to indicate the successful maintenance of a lead by a relief pitcher, usually the closer, until the end of the game. A save is a statistic credited to a relief pitcher, as set forth in Rule 10.19 of the Official Rules of Major League Baseball. That rule states the official scorer shall credit a pitcher with a save when such pitcher meets all four of the following conditions[3]:
He is the finishing pitcher in a game won by his team;
He is not the winning pitcher;
He is credited with at least ⅓ of an inning pitched; and
He satisfies one of the following conditions:
He enters the game with a lead of no more than three runs and pitches for at least one inning
He enters the game, regardless of the count, with the potential tying run either on base, at bat or on deck
He pitches for at least three innings
In baseball statistics, the term save is used to indicate the successful maintenance of a lead by a relief pitcher, usually the closer, until the end of the game. A save is a statistic credited to a relief pitcher, as set forth in Rule 10.19 of the Official Rules of Major League Baseball. That rule states the official scorer shall credit a pitcher with a save when such pitcher meets all four of the following conditions[3]:
He is the finishing pitcher in a game won by his team;
He is not the winning pitcher;
He is credited with at least ⅓ of an inning pitched; and
He satisfies one of the following conditions:
He enters the game with a lead of no more than three runs and pitches for at least one inning
He enters the game, regardless of the count, with the potential tying run either on base, at bat or on deck
He pitches for at least three innings
As frustrating as it is to lose a game like that, they have only given up 5 9th inning leads this year (I think that's what I heard them say on last night's broadcast). Even with a lights out closer they'd still be about 6 behind. If they have one somewhere in their system, fine, but at this point they are not good enough to warrant giving up major assets and/or taking on a huge contract to acquire one from elsewhere.
I known he has blown his share as well but I actually have a better feeling with Rauch than I do with Francisco. I know they've mostly gone with Rauch for the setup and Francisco as the closer. Would like to see how it goes the other way around. Like last night, they had both Perez and Rauch warmed up. They brought Perez in to face the lefty and he got him out. Great. They should've brought in Rauch after that to face the right hander; but they left Perez in there...not sure about the bullpen calls sometimes...
