Save or no save?

[BSBAL18]

I thought if the tying run can come to the plate without hits/walks/etc, that the pitcher gets the save.

So 12-7 means the 5th batter could tie the game and since he faced 6 minimum, he gets the save.

[Legacy Zebra]

Unless he pitches 3 innings, all that matters is the situation when he enters. Since he started in the 8th (only 2 IP), with a 5 run lead (more than 3 R lead), and the tying run not on base, at bat, or on deck (would be the fifth hitter of the inning), he can't qualify. If he had come in with the bases loaded and leading by 5, he could qualify since the tying run would be on deck when he entered.

[parrothead]

Originally Posted by BSBAL18

I thought if the tying run can come to the plate without hits/walks/etc, that the pitcher gets the save.

So 12-7 means the 5th batter could tie the game and since he faced 6 minimum, he gets the save.

He entered the game with nobody on (is how I read the original post) if he inherited the bases loaded, like the reliever before him loaded the bases, then yes he would of got the save, but you cant pitch your way into a save situation. Like if your up 4 give up a 2 run bomb (charged to you)and team wins by 2, you dont get the save because all of a sudden was a save situation.