1 pitcher every inning

[BoomerSooner]

Originally Posted by CoachJM

sixlehs,

The relief pitcher who, in the official scorer's sole judgement, did the best job of pitching to maintain the lead.

The only one who can't get the win is the starter.

JM

You are almost completely correct Coach. The last pitcher of the game should be credited with a save. Since by rule a pitcher cannot be credited with a win and a save in the same game, the starting and finishing pitcher cannot get the win.

[RPatrino]

I suppose I could use this when I become a professional scorekeeper. Until then its just useless poop. LOL

[mcrowder]

Being a fill-in scorekeeper, I think that if every pitcher was exactly or nearly exactly the same, the 1st relief pitcher would be the guy I would give the win to. But this one is not an easy one... normally in a weird sitch like this, SOMEONE pitches 3-4 innings or so, and is the obvious deserver of the win.

All that is sure here is ... it can't be the starter, and it is very unlikely to be the last pitcher.

How many high schools out there have 9 pitchers capable of shutting down the opponent?

[UmpJM]

Originally Posted by BoomerSooner

You are almost completely correct Coach. The last pitcher of the game should be credited with a save. Since by rule a pitcher cannot be credited with a win and a save in the same game, the starting and finishing pitcher cannot get the win.

BoomerSooner,

I stand corrected. Nice catch.

UmpDuck,

No. Under FED rules, the starting pitcher must pitch at least 4 innings to be credited with the win. Since the "go ahead" run was scored while the starting pitcher was the pitcher of record, and he only pitched one inning, he cannot be credited with the win.

JM

[umpduck11]

Originally Posted by CoachJM

UmpDuck,

No. Under FED rules, the starting pitcher must pitch at least 4 innings to be credited with the win. Since the "go ahead" run was scored while the starting pitcher was the pitcher of record, and he only pitched one inning, he cannot be credited with the win.

JM

After re-reading the OP, I see that I missed the fact that it was a FED game.
Thank you.

[BoomerSooner]

Originally Posted by umpduck11

After re-reading the OP, I see that I missed the fact that it was a FED game.
Thank you.

The same general concept would apply to pretty much all other rulesets that I'm readily knowledgeable about. I've done a fair deal of scoring (keeps me sharp when watching MLB and minor league games), and I know MLB scoring rules are essentially the same with the exception that the SP must work at least 5 complete innings. Most score sets use 5 IP in a 9 inning game or 4 IP for a 7 inning game (the only reason I don't say all, is I'm not familiar with LL).