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Oct 5, 2024; Bronx, New York, USA; Kansas City Royals pitcher Michael Wacha (52) reacts after being taken out of the game during the fifth inning against the New York Yankees during game one of ...
On a cool, mid-October night at Yankee Stadium, it was Luke Weaver who delivered a five-out save to seal the Yankees' 5-2 win in Game 1 of the best-of-seven series to decide the AL pennant.
A starting pitcher must complete five innings of work in order to qualify for a "win" in a game he starts.Under NCAA baseball rules, which govern intercollegiate baseball, a starting pitcher who pitches fewer than five innings can still earn a win if he pitches for a certain amount of time that is determined before the start of the game.
In addition to that rule, a game might theoretically end if both the home and away team were to run out of players to substitute (see Substitutions, below). In Major League Baseball, the longest game played was a 26-inning affair between the Brooklyn Robins and Boston Braves on May 1, 1920. The game, called on account of darkness, ended in a 1 ...
Soto’s tie-breaking, 10th-inning blast off Cleveland Guardians reliever Hunter Gaddis lifted the Yankees to a 5-2 win in Game 5 of the best-of-seven AL Championship Series.
In Major League Baseball, the winning pitcher is defined as the pitcher who last pitched prior to the half-inning when the winning team took the lead for the last time. [1] There are two exceptions to this rule. The first is that a starting pitcher must complete five innings to earn a win (four innings for a game that lasts five innings on ...
World Series starting pitchers: Game 1 Yankees : Gerrit Cole (8-5, 3.41 ERA) – The 2023 AL Cy Young winner missed the early part of the season due to injury. He's made three starts in the 2024 ...
A starting pitcher who leaves a game without earning either a win or a loss is said to have received a no decision. Major League Baseball (MLB) rules specify that a starting pitcher, to earn a win, must pitch at least five innings, leaving the game with a lead that their team "does not relinquish". [1]