Closer Monkey | 2026
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Matt Thornton gets save over Hector Santiago in Chicago
April 29, 2012 Chicago White Sox- Matt Thornton got the save today, working a perfect 1.1 innings with 2 Ks. Hector Santiago was warming up in the bullpen in the 9th but Thornton made quick work of the Red Sox to finish the game. Manager Robin Ventura backed Santiago after his last blown save on…
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Javy Guerra has another poor outing, Vincente Padilla moving up in Boston pen
April 29, 2012 Los Angeles Dodgers – Josh Lindblom pitched the 8th last night and has been used recently in close game situations in the later innings. Scott Elbert started the 9th because there were two lefties up and it looks like he will be used more as a situational lefty. Ultimately Javy Guerra came…
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Kenley Jansen and Rafael Dolis get saves
April 28, 2012 Los Angeles Dodgers – Kenley Jansen got the save last night. Manager Don Mattingly said after the game on Wednesday that Guerra was still his guy so he might have just been giving him a day off after taking a line drive off his jaw his last time out. Guerra is already…
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Scott Downs takes over for Jordan Walden as closer for Angels
April 27, 2012 Los Angeles Angels – Mike Scioscia has decided to give Scott Downs a chance at closing out games. Hierarchy change: Scott Downs to Closer, Jordan Walden to Set-up. |Closer |Set-Up |2nd In Line |2013 Closer |Updated LAA |Downs |Walden |Isringhausen|Walden |4/27/12
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Jim Johnson still hospitalized; Heath Bell blows yet another save
April 27, 2012 Miami Marlins — Another day, another debacle for big-ticket closer Heath Bell, who blew his third save in five chances with a 46-pitch, four-walk nightmare on Thursday. After the game, Ozzie Guillen gave Bell a vote of confidence as the Miami closer; it seems the Marlins have 27 million reasons to stay the…
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