Assertion: relief pitcher | /r/CapableOf | enter the game
Facets:
value: in a save situation
type: OTHER
value: with his team in the lead
type: OTHER
value: prior to the 5th
type: TEMPORAL
value: with leading by 1 run
type: OTHER
value: in most cases
type: TEMPORAL
value: as a reliever
type: MANNER
value: upon ineffectiveness
type: CAUSE
value: upon fatigue
type: CAUSE
Source sentences:
text: A hold occurs when a relief pitcher enters the game in a save situation and maintains his team's lead for the next relief pitcher, while recording at least one out.
text: Nor can he, in most cases, enter a game completely cold and expect a good performance.
text: In past decades, the relief pitcher was merely an ex-starter who came into a game upon the injury, ineffectiveness, or fatigue of the starting pitcher.
text: To buy time for a relief pitcher to be prepared to come into the game.
text: He enters the game with the tying run on-deck, at the plate or on the bases, and records an out.
text: In baseball and softball, a relief pitcher or reliever is a pitcher who enters the game after the starting pitcher is removed due to injury, ineffectiveness, fatigue, ejection, or for other strategic reasons, such as inclement weather delays or pinch hitter substitutions.
text: As such, a relief pitcher entering the game prior to the 5th as a reliever would get credit for the win, with no save allocated.
text: Thus, if a relief pitcher enters the game with his team leading by 1 run, with 2 outs and the bases loaded, and then gives up a single which scores 2 runs, he is not charged with those runs.
text: Starting in 1969, a relief pitcher earned a save when he entered the game with his team in the lead and held the lead for the remainder of the game, provided that he was not credited with the victory.
text: A Hold is credited any time a relief pitcher enters a game in a Save Situation, records at least one out, and leaves the game never having relinquished the lead.
text: Relief pitchers enter games after the starting pitcher has been removed, usually as a result of poor performance, high pitch count or injury.