Pitching Wins
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This is probably more of a baseball question rather than a game question but if I pitch 6 full innings with only 2 hits and 0 runs scored and then a reliever comes in for one inning has 4 hits and 1 run scored how come he gets the win instead of me. The opposing starting pitcher also had 1 run scored up to the 7th when he was switched. Is it because the opposing pitcher played one more inning than me?
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Simplified answer.... as a starting pitcher you can take the loss at any time. But to win you have to pitch at least 5 complete inning and have the lead when you stop being the active pitcher
So for example,
If you pitch 6 innings and the score is 0-0 when you are replaced, you can not get the win unless your team takes the lead before the relief pitcher becomes the active pitcher (ie you finish the 6th and your team scores in the next inning before the relief pitcher comes on in relief if you then you can get the win)
If you have the lead when pulled, you can get the win so long as your team does not give up the lead at any point. I.e. you have a 3-0 lead after 8 innings and the manager pulls you for your closer. They give up 3 runs to tie the game. Even if your team wins in extra innings because they lost your lead, you won’t get the win.
Hope this helps
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@rathanian_psn said in Pitching Wins:
Simplified answer.... as a starting pitcher you can take the loss at any time. But to win you have to pitch at least 5 complete inning and have the lead when you stop being the active pitcher
So for example,
If you pitch 6 innings and the score is 0-0 when you are replaced, you can not get the win unless your team takes the lead before the relief pitcher becomes the active pitcher (ie you finish the 6th and your team scores in the next inning before the relief pitcher comes on in relief if you then you can get the win)
If you have the lead when pulled, you can get the win so long as your team does not give up the lead at any point. I.e. you have a 3-0 lead after 8 innings and the manager pulls you for your closer. They give up 3 runs to tie the game. Even if your team wins in extra innings because they lost your lead, you won’t get the win.
Hope this helps
Yeah helps a lot, thanks for the giving me the simple answer, still unsure about a lot of baseball rules it’s super complicated for seemingly no reason in a lot of places.
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