Kevin Gregg of the Marlins picked up a save tonight in Milwaukee making just one pitch. Scott Olsen went 8 2/3 innings, but left with the bases loaded and two outs after throwing 121 pitches.
Gregg threw one pitch to Bill Hall and got him to fly out to right to end the game and give the Marlins a 3-0 win.
There have also been five one-pitch wins this season. In recent years, the one-pitch win has been slightly more common than its cousin the save, presumably because every game has a win and a loss and not every game has a save.
Bob, are you sure about that? According to my research -- granted, this was some years ago -- on July 27, 1930, Cincinnati's Ken Ash threw one pitch, got the triple play, and was credited with the win after the Reds took the lead in the bottom of the inning.
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(details in The Baseball Book 1991)
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