Category: San Francisco Giants
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Tyler Clippard seizing 8th inning role in Washington; Santiago Casilla hurt
May 9, 2013 Washington Nationals – Tyler Clippard picked up an 8th-inning hold ahead of Rafael Soriano, marking the 4th consecutive time he’s been used in this fashion. He seems to have wrested the primary set-up job away from a struggling Drew Storen, and will likely be the first choice for vulture saves on nights…
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Santiago Casilla picks up first save since July
September 29, 2012 San Francisco Giants – Sergio Romo got a night off on Friday, so Javier Lopez and Santiago Casilla combined to get through the 9th inning. Casilla got the last two outs and picked up his first save in several months. No hierarchy change. |Closer |Set-Up |2nd In Line |2013 Closer |Updated SF…
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Giants gaining confidence again in Santiago Casilla
September 18, 2012 San Francisco Giants – On Monday, Santiago Casilla finished the 7th inning, pitched a clean 8th, then got the first out of the 9th with the Giants up by 1 run. With Jeremy Affeldt going through some serious struggles over the past month or so, Casilla has been getting more usage in…
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Josh Kinney takes on bigger role for Seattle, Lopez picks up save for SF
September 3, 2012 Seattle Mariners – Josh Kinney picked up the last two outs of the 8th in a 2 run game. While Luetge has been impressive, his role is more of a high leverage lefty specialist. If both Wilhelmsen and Furbush were unavailable, its likely that the 9th inning duties would fall to the right…
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Sergio Romo and Javier Lopez splitting chances in San Francisco
August 31, 2012 Kansas City Royals – With Greg Holland getting the night off after two high-leverage saves in a row, the Royals went to flamethrower Kelvin Herrera for the save. Herrera allowed two runners to reach, but got the job done and lowered his ERA to 2.49 on the year. He’ll likely be the…