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Originally Posted by volfanbill  just to be clear, when you say he has one 3 inning save do you mean that it wasn't actually within 3 runs and he pitched 3 innings, therefore earning the save regardless of whether it was a 5-4 ballgame or a 9-2 ballgame when he entered the game?
To hopefully be more clear, I was asking on the fact that any reliever that pitches 3 innings or more and finishes the ballgame is credited a save no matter how big or little the lead is when he comes in. |
I hadn't looked at the box score, although I did just now. Sutter came in with a 4-1 lead to start the 7th inning and won 4-3. So a save by any measure. Gossage no doubt had a bunch of the three-inning plus types.
I wish they'd expand the save rule to let the scorer use his discretion. Give the save to the guy who comes in during the 7th with runners on and slams the door, not to the guy who mops up two innings later after his team has put another insurance run or two on the board.