Tag: mark melancon
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Tony Santillan earns his first save since Opening Day
May 20, 2022 Cincinnati Reds – Days after earning his first save in impressive fashion, Alexis Diaz hit a bit of a speed bump on Thursday. Pitching to start the eighth with a 4-1 lead, Diaz allowed two walks and a hit, yielding one earned run. Enter Tony Santillan, who recorded the final five outs…
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Mark Melancon’s struggles continue while Gregory Soto bounces back with a save
May 15, 2022 Arizona Diamondbacks — Mark Melancon got the call in the 9th inning of a tie game yesterday and it did not go well. Melancon allowed two walks and two hits without recording an out and three of those runs came around to score. Melancon now has five losses on the season and…
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Rays gonna Rays, part the infinity
April 19, 2021 Tampa Bay Rays – To be fair, we told you this would happen: Yesterday morning, we pulled the asterisk from Diego Castillo, marking the first time since 2019 that the Rays had a non-committee. And then, yesterday afternoon, Castillo went out to finish off the 7th, pitched the 8th, and then gave…
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A busy Opening Day across Major League Baseball
April 2, 2021 St. Louis Cardinals – Is Alex Reyes the closer? Let’s look at the evidence. Reyes pitched the ninth with a five-run lead, allowing a hit and a walk with a strikeout in a scoreless inning to secure the win. Before the game. beat writer Derrick Goold says he believes Reyes is the…
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Blake Treinen records save
September 10, 2020 Los Angeles Dodgers — As predicted in the Vulture Save Watch, Kenley Jansen was given the night off after a 31 pitch outing on Tuesday, so the extra innings save chance fell to Blake Treinen. Treinen pitched a clean inning to get his first save of the year. Treinen has been good…