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Originally Posted by faithful2thecall
I'm probably not the only person who has had this general scenario unfold:
I had a starter working on a shutout going into the 9th. As I was up 5-0 and his pitch count was reasonable, I left him out there to try to close it out. He loses the shutout and my opponent got within 5-2, so I brought in my closer with 2 outs and the bases empty to finish it off. The closer throws 1 pitch and gets a fly out to end the game, but he wasn't credited with the save.
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He should NOT be credited with a save in that situation. The tying run has to be at least on deck for a save with less than an inning pitched and your tying run was on double-deck .