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Capps made the team out of spring training. He began the season in a middle relief role but ended the season as Pittsburgh's primary set up man behind closers Mike González and Salomón Torres. He pitched in 80.2 innings across 85 games, posting a 9-1 record and a 3.79 ERA with 56 strikeouts. He led all Major League rookie pitchers in appearances.
New York Yankees relief pitcher Anthony Misiewicz was carted off the field after getting hit by a comebacker in a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates Friday night.
He is a member of the Pirates Hall of Fame, is the team's all-time leader in pitching appearances (802), and holds the National League record for wins by a relief pitcher (96). [20] Under the official standards for saves adopted well after his career was at its height, Face would have a total of 188 saves, a Pirate record. [ 20 ]
After signing with the Pirates, he made his professional debut with the Low–A Jamestown Jammers and spent all of 2013 there, going 3–4 with a 2.11 ERA in 13 starts. Kuhl pitched 2014 with the High–A Bradenton Marauders , compiling a 13–5 record and 3.46 ERA in 28 starts, and 2015 with the Double–A Altoona Curve [ 4 ] where he was 11 ...
Cleveland Indians (now Cleveland Guardians) relief pitchers Aaron Fultz and Rafael Betancourt warming up in the bullpen at Jacobs Field in 2007. In baseball and softball, a relief pitcher or reliever is a pitcher who pitches in the game after the starting pitcher or another relief pitcher has been removed from the game due to fatigue, injury, ineffectiveness, ejection, high pitch count, or for ...
May 15—During the Pirates' 3-2 victory Friday night against the San Francisco Giants, the winning team struck out 17 times and only four of its 13 batters hit safely. Second baseman Adam Frazier ...
Joel Ryan Hanrahan (born October 6, 1981) [1] is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher.Hanrahan was originally a starting pitcher for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball (MLB) before moving to the closer role for the Nationals, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Boston Red Sox.
For the Pirates, he finished with a 3.29 ERA in 28 games. Vázquez began the 2017 season as a setup reliever. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] After a 0.58 ERA in 31 games, on June 9 he was named co-closer for the Pirates along with Juan Nicasio , replacing Tony Watson .