A Sea Of Red

Last game in the Bellarmine series... Landon Riley gives up a 2 run homer...

He is on the hook for the loss, but LU wins anyway and Riley gets a W in the books.

That's wild.

Happens all the time in baseball. Blow a hold/save and your team comes back to win in the bottom of the last inning, you get the win.

Yep. That's usually the only way a closer will get a win. Either that or they come into a tied ballgame.

ElRoy Face, closer for the '59 Pirates finished 18-1. He blew a few leads that year

What’s even more impressive is getting a win without throwing a pitch.

Chippy wrote: ↑May 6th, 2021, 3:35 pm ElRoy Face, closer for the '59 Pirates finished 18-1. He blew a few leads that year

That was before saves were a thing, and more than one reputable person has suggested that some of those blown leads were not exactly accidental.