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Originally Posted by sixlehs
since the run that won the game was charged to the releiver and the starters team score enough to tie the number of runs charged to the starter why does the starter get the loss
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Because the rules say so. The "run that won the game" was the run that put the winning team ahead in the first place ... not the run that later became enough to keep them ahead.
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