I was under the impression that the pitchers of record was determined when a pitcher was on the mound (starters having to finish the 5th) when the winning/losing run was scored?
Example- Last night NYY v Cle. Hughes completed the 5th losing 2 - 0. Final score was 5 - 3, Sergio Mitre pitching in the bottom of the 8th gave up the 4th & 5th runs. Why did Hughes get the loss?? The losing run was #4 given up by Mitre. He should get the loss.
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This is simple... Yankees were losing when the pitcher was pulled.. They continued to stay losing, never getting in the lead, so, therefore... Hughes, the starter, gets the loss
Nicar wrote:
You are correct sir. I thought soccer was the only "sport" you knew about.
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jazzman17 wrote:
I knows about a lot of sports, just enjoy watching a few!
It just doesn't seem right. Mitre is directly responsible for the loss giving up the 4th run.
Hughes a **** as he has been this year should not have that loss on his record. It is misleading...
You lost me at "baseball"
HockeyDad wrote:
It's one where, when you attend a game, you leave once the 7th inning hits... that's when they stop selling beer!
So, you also get to beat the traffic
So if a starter leaves the game in the 5th losing 1 - 0, but the final score ends 20 - 19, with his team never assuming the lead, the starter get the loss? That is an outrageously incoprehensible rule.
The go ahead run is defined as the run that gives the team the lead and stays in the lead. So, a 1-0, the lead was given, and that team stayed in the lead... thus, the go ahead run is 1-0, and that pitcher gets the loss
That's the way it has always been ..... if the team losing 1-0 takes the lead in another inning, and then loses later, then the starter does not get the loss.
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