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Originally Posted by ALBB
I thought the rule was - pitcher come in game ..and tying or winning run on base, at bat, OR - ON Deck ??
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The current rule says that:
"A relief pitcher recording a save must preserve his team's lead while doing one of the following:
Enter the game with a lead of no more than three runs and pitch at least one inning.
Enter the game with the tying run in the on-deck circle, at the plate or on the bases.
Pitch at least three innings."
https://www.mlb.com/glossary/standard-stats/save
So if you pitch the last three innings of a 30-3 win you get the save (this happened to a Rangers pitcher around twenty years back.)