How can a pitcher pitch 6-7 innings with no runs and not get the save when his team wins the game? Verlander pitched for the Tigers against Baltimore on Wednesday and after 6 or 7 innings when they changed pitchers the score was tied 0-0, and stayed that way til the 12th inning when the tigers got a grand slam. Why didn't Verlander get a win for that game?
2007-04-12 15:11:40 · 11 answers · asked by lillith6662000 3 in Sports ➔ Baseball
You cannot win a game if your team does not score any runs while you ae in as pitcher. Your team has to be ahead at the time you leave the game in order to be considered for the win.
2007-04-12 15:15:36 · answer #1 · answered by Kerry 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A starter gets a win if he pitches at least 5 complete innings, leaves the game with the lead, and his team retains the lead until the end of the game. A starter gets a loss if he leaves a game with his team losing and his team loses the game without drawing even. There's no minimum inning requirement for a loss but 5 innings are required for a win. In either case it doesn't matter if the pitcher leaves the game with the score 1-0 and the final score is 12-11, as long as the team in the lead keeps the lead through the rest of the game. There are rare exceptions where the where these requirements were met and the official scorekeeper gave the win or loss to a different pitcher, but in nearly all of those cases the league later overturned that ruling. No lead, no win and no loss.
As far as the save, a pitcher has to enter a game with his team in the lead and the tying run able to reach the on deck circle before the end of the game. No lead, no save.
2007-04-12 17:53:57 · answer #2 · answered by sdwillie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The pitcher who gets the win is the pitcher who last pitched for that team when they won the game.
If the score is 0-0 when a pitcher leaves the game, he can't get the win unless he left after the half of an inning and his team scored in the next half inning before they had another pitcher throw for them.
2007-04-12 15:16:03 · answer #3 · answered by FCabanski 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He didn't get a win because they didn't take the lead while he was pitching. Instead of Verlander getting a win, the Tigers' relief pitcher got a save.
2007-04-12 15:15:52 · answer #4 · answered by dustmonster02 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A pitcher's team must be winning while he is in the game in order for that pitcher to get the win.
2007-04-12 15:15:48 · answer #5 · answered by Tyrone Biggums 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because they werent winning at the time that he was pulled. if the game is tied, and they lose, whoever the pitcher that gives up the runs gets the loss. same as the win. whatever pitcher is in when the winning run comes across the plate gets the win.
2007-04-12 15:19:42 · answer #6 · answered by stocktongrad2004 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The winning pitcher is the pitcher in when they take the lead, so whoever pitched last
2007-04-12 15:15:05 · answer #7 · answered by ???? 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
for a pitcher to get a win, his team needs the lead when he exits the game, no lead, or if the team loses the lead, no win for the starting pitcher
2007-04-12 15:24:46 · answer #8 · answered by portio 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because he wasnt the last pitcher on the mound for the winning team or wasnt in the game when the runs were scored
2007-04-12 15:15:49 · answer #9 · answered by matt b 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
thats because the winning run didnt score while Verlander was in the game
2007-04-12 15:17:50 · answer #10 · answered by drummaboy31 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋