The Win or a five-inning save?

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The Win or a five-inning save? 

Post#1 » by threrf23 » Thu Oct 30, 2014 4:15 am

Bumgarner is being credited with the Win, rather than being credited with a five-inning save (which has happened before).

Why? This is bothering me right now. I didn't even know that a pitcher could be credited with a Win in such a situation. He entered the game while his team had a 3-2 lead, and that turned out to be the final score. The save, aside from being factually accurate (literally or in principle), would better encapsulate the uniquely amazing nature of Bumgarner's postseason performance.

ETA - apparently the ruling has been changed, ESPN & MLB.com now show Affeldt with the win and Bumgarner with the save. That changed sometime after I posted this about 15 minutes ago.
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Re: The Win or a five-inning save? 

Post#2 » by dice » Thu Oct 30, 2014 10:35 pm

i didn't know you could get a win pitching only 4 innings. pretty sure you used to have to go at least 5
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Re: The Win or a five-inning save? 

Post#3 » by Ralnor » Fri Oct 31, 2014 12:04 pm

dice wrote:i didn't know you could get a win pitching only 4 innings. pretty sure you used to have to go at least 5


That only applies to the starter.
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Re: The Win or a five-inning save? 

Post#4 » by TheKingofSting » Sun Nov 9, 2014 3:12 am

Give him a win and a save.
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