May 4, 2013
Oakland A’s – Sean Doolittle pitched the 8th, and then stayed on to get the first two outs of the 9th inning, getting Hafner and Ichiro before giving way to Balfour who got one out for the save. Doolittle has been used in the 8th inning over Ryan Cook a couple times in the past week and looks to have taken over that role. Hierarchy change: Sean Doolittle to Set-up, Ryan Cook to 2nd in line.
|Closer |Set-Up |2nd In Line |2014 Closer |Updated OAK |Balfour |Doolittle |Cook |Cook |5/4/13
Cincinnati Reds – J.J. Hoover got a one out save last night. Aroldis Chapman started the 9th with a 4 run lead and gave up 3 runs before being replaced by J.J. Hoover, who struck out Darwin Barney to end the game. No hierarchy change.
|Closer |Set-Up |2nd In Line |2014 Closer |Updated CIN |Chapman |Broxton |Marshall |Broxton |5/4/13
Toronto Blue Jays – Aaron Loup pitched the 5th and 6th inning last night while Darren Oliver pitched the 8th. Although the Blue Jays were losing, it was a close game and they used Janssen for the 9th. Oliver also pitched the 8th ahead of Janssen a few days ago. Hierarchy change: Darren Oliver to Set-up, Aaron Loup to 2nd in line
|Closer |Set-Up |2nd In Line |2014 Closer |Updated TOR |Janssen |Oliver |Loup |Santos |5/4/13 |Santos(DL) |
New York Mets – Jeurys Familia got a 10th inning save after Parnell, Rice, and Lyon had already pitched. No hierarchy change.
|Closer |Set-Up |2nd In Line |2014 Closer |Updated NYM |Parnell |Rice |Lyon |Parnell |5/4/13 |Francis(INJ)|
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1. Joel Hanrahan, Boston Red Sox – Andrew Bailey is day-to-day with biceps soreness.