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Tag: Seung Hwan Oh

  • Oh taking control of Cardinals’ bullpen again

    July 9, 2017 St. Louis Cardinals — Seung-Hwan Oh pitched a scoreless ninth to pick up his eighteenth save of the season.  After giving way to Trevor Rosenthal for a few save opportunities, Oh has received the last two save chances and converted both.  Rosenthal had his chance, but it looks like Oh has asserted…

  • Seung Hwan Oh, yes! Final Boss grabs his first save in weeks

    July 7, 2017 Arizona Diamondbacks — Before Sunday, Fernando Rodney hadn’t allowed an earned run since April, if you can believe that. Thursday marks his second straight blown save, however. Entering the game with a 4-1 lead in the ninth, Rodney allowed this sequence: single, walk, walk, bases-loaded walk, two-run single, intentional walk. His fourth and final charged…

  • Sam Dyson converts save for Giants while Rangers are trying something new

    July 2, 2017 San Francisco Giants — Despite being 0/4 in save chances, having seven losses as a reliever, and having an ERA of 9.00 on the season, the Giants summoned Sam Dyson to protect a one run lead and it worked! Dyson pitched a scoreless eleventh inning to convert his first save of the…

  • Trevor Rosenthal earns a stressful save for the Cardinals; Sam Dyson closing in San Francisco

    June 29, 2017 St. Louis Cardinals — After Seung Hwan Oh’s third blown save on Tuesday, Mike Matheny left the door open for a change in the ninth inning. Tonight Brett Cecil (resurgent, but still leading the league in relief meltdowns) shut down the heart of the Arizona lineup in the eighth, and it was Trevor…

  • Chase Whitley no longer just a long reliever

    May 3, 2017 Tampa Bay Rays — Alex Colome made his third appearance in as many days, but it was who pitched in front of him that raised some eyebrows. Erasmo Ramirez, whose last two appearances lasted four and five innings, respectively, and included a start he won, recorded an eighth-inning hold. Meanwhile, usual long reliever…