What designates a save situation for a relief pitcher in baseball?

Answer 1

MLB Rule 10.19 spells it all out:

Saves For Relief Pitchers

The official scorer shall credit a pitcher with a save when such pitcher meets all four of the following conditions:
(a) He is the finishing pitcher in a game won by his team;

(b) He is not the winning pitcher;

(c) He is credited with at least a third of an inning pitched; and

(d) He satisfies one of the following conditions:
(1) He enters the game with a lead of no more than three runs and pitches for at least one inning;

(2) He enters the game, regardless of the count, with the potential tying run either on base, or at bat or on deck (that is, the potential tying run is either already on base or is one of the first two batters he faces); or

(3) He pitches for at least three innings.

Most saves are types (1) or (2) but a type (3) pops up now and then.

Answer 2

A save situation for a relief pitcher is he enters the game with his team leading 3 runs or less the tying or winning is coming to bat or is in the on deck or if he pitches 3 innings.

Answer 3

A save is credited to a pitcher who fulfills the following three conditions:

1. The pitcher is the last pitcher in a game won by his team;
2. The pitcher is not the winning pitcher (for instance, if a starting pitcher throws a complete game win or, alternatively, if the pitcher gets a blown save and then his team scores a winning run while he is the pitcher of record, sometimes known as a "vulture win");
3. The pitcher fulfills at least one of the following three conditions:
1. He comes into the game with a lead of no more than three runs and pitches for at least one full inning.
2. He comes into the game with the potential tying run either on base, at bat, or on deck.
3. He pitches "effectively" (usually for at least three innings) after entering the game with a lead. (This rule can be contentious, as it is subject to the judgment of the official scorer.)

Answer 4

A save occurs in one of the 3 situations below.
You are the last pitcher in a game that your team wins and you are not the winning pitcher.
You also have had to pitch
3 innings without giving up the tying run.
1 inning when you entered the game leading by 3 runs or less
Enter the game with the tying run on deck.

Answer 5

when the relief pitcher comes in a situation where theres is at most a 3 run lead or if there men on base that would make it at most a 3 run lead

Answer 6

whether the tying run is either at bat or on the bases
basically when the win needs to be saved
when its in danger of being lost

Answer 7

When the team is three or less runs ahead and you don't allow a run in the ninth.