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If you didn't blow the save, you would have been the final pitcher. That's one piece of logic that's missing.
But I think the key thing here, is that if the starter is not eligible for a win because he didn't last long enough, then the pitcher who comes in would get a win if he went the rest of the way, not a save. So in some sense it is not a save opportunity, although, by the logic of the save rules, it seems to be.
I think you should find some box scores from real MLB and see how the official scorer does these types of things. It's not that important to me, so I don't feel like doing it, but there should be plenty of games out there where the starter goes less than 5 but has a lead, and the next guy in gives it up. My hunch is that is shouldn't be a blown save because the player is eligible for a win, which supersedes the save opportunity, but I'm curious to know how it's actually scored.
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