by Dave Wise on October 24th, 2004

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If a starting pitcher leaves in the 6th leading 1-0 with 2 runners on who reached on errors, and the reliever allows those runners to score and game is lost 2-1, does the starting pitcher get the loss?

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  • by trashcity on November 2nd, 2004

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    Yes. According to Wikipedia:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Win_%28baseball_statistics%29
    "The pitcher who gives up a hit to score the "go-ahead run" does not necessarily receive the loss, it goes to the pitcher who allowed the run-scoring player to reach base." In the case described, it'd be the starting pitcher. It's perhaps not fair, but is probably a consequence of every game needing to have a single losing pitcher of record.

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