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Tag: Mychal Givens

  • Mychal Givens, Wade Davis both on thin ice

    June 17, 2019 Baltimore Orioles – After converting a save earlier in the week, Mychal Givens had another dreadful outing on Sunday, blowing the save in the 9th and then giving up three additional runs in the 10th. The Orioles don’t have much else, so there isn’t a clear candidate for the next save chance…

  • Miguel Castro records save

    June 9, 2019 Baltimore Orioles — With Mychal Givens unavailable and Shawn Armstrong pitching in three of the previous four games, the Orioles went with Miguel Castro to close out a 4-1 victory.  He retired all four batters that he faced for his second save of the season.  Castro has not allowed a run in…

  • Pedro Strop earns save in first game back from IL

    June 5, 2019 Chicago Cubs — The Cubs activated Pedro Strop prior to Tuesday’s game. Strop immediately returned to his usual ninth-inning role, recording the final three outs of a 6-3 win. Steve Cishek may still get an occasional save chance, but Strop will once again be the primary source of saves for the Cubs.…

  • Tyler Chatwood records save for Cubs

    May 26, 2019 Chicago Cubs — Tyler Chatwood pitched a scoreless ninth yesterday for his first save with the Cubs.  Manager Joe Maddon recently said that Chatwood was not the answer in the ninth inning, but that he would give him a chance if other guys were unavailable.  Steve Cishek had pitched in two of…

  • Shawn Kelley secures third straight save since returning from injured list

    May 25, 2019 Texas Rangers — For the third straight game, it was Shawn Kelley and not Jose Leclerc who got the ninth inning for the Rangers. Chris Martin pitched a clean eighth inning ahead of Kelley. Manager Chris Woodward had recently said that he wanted Leclerc to take over the closer role again, and…