However, Reinhart displayed perhaps the worst control in World Series history, though, as he struggled mightily. However, Stewart led off the inning allowing a walk, a single and then a three-run Lenny Dykstra home run promptly chased him from the game, and before the inning was over, the Phillies had taken a 6-5 leada lead they still held going into the bottom of the ninth.

He then turned the ball over to journeyman reliever Juan Berenguer clinging to a 1-0 lead, and he immediately ran into trouble giving up back-to-back singles to open the seventh.

The NL saves leader during the regular season with 37, Carroll also led the league in appearances with 65 and finished fifth in NL Cy Young voting. With the Angels facing elimination, Scott Spiezio was the first batter Rodriguez faced, and he allowed a three-run home run to pull the Angels within two runs, 5-3.

Diamondbacks manager Bob Brenly turned to his closer Byung-Hyun Kim for a two-inning save. He then loaded the bases in the second innings but tightrope walked out of trouble. It didn't stop there though, as Reardon took the mound again in Game 3 with the bases loaded, one out and the score tied 2-2 in the bottom of the ninth. The Pirates came through in the eighth inning though, as they struck for five runs in the bottom of the eighth, capped by a three-run home run from Hal Smith off Jim Coates to give the Pirates a 9-7 lead heading into the ninth inning.

However, he was not the same pitcher to open the World Series, as he was shelled in his Game 1 start giving up four first inning runs and another three runs in the third before being lifted.

Game 4 Line: 2.2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, Blown Save, Loss, Game 5 Line: 0.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, Blown Save. Santiago gave up three more singles and two more runs as he was unable to escape the first inning and was pulled with two outs.

With the Red Sox leading the series 3-1, having tied the Giants in Game 2, ace Smoky Joe Wood took the mound in Game 7 with a chance to clinch the series. Brian Boehringer then gave up a three-run home run to Andruw Jones and went on to give up five total runs of his own in three innings of relief work as the Braves went on to win 12-1.

Coming off a 21-8 regular season in just his second full year in the majors, Andy Pettitte got the nod for the Game 1 start of the 1996 World Series.

[15][16] The highest total in the National League since 1901 is Mathewson's 37 victories in 1908. The Padres got one run back in the bottom of the eighth to pull within 5-4, and Hoffman threw a perfect top of the ninth, but Mariano Rivera slammed the door in the ninth, and the Yankees complete the sweep the following game. The Brewers would go on to lose the game, and they lost again in Game 7 as they had two chances to close out the series but couldn't. Facing elimination down 3-2 in the series, the Cubs turned to ace Mordecai Brown for Game 6, hoping he could shut down the White Sox after he had given up just two runs in 18 innings of work in two previous starts. Still, the Braves led 6-3 heading into the eighth inning, and Braves manager Bobby Cox called on closer Mark Wohlers for a two-inning save. He was greeted by back-to-back singles and a double as the Cardinals jumped to an early 2-0 lead to open the game. Despite a rocky start from Jim Palmer in which he gave up five runs through seven innings, the Orioles held a 5-3 lead heading into the eighth inning of Game 4 looking to put away the Reds in four games. He walked the first batter of the inning, then allowed an RBI double before walking the next three batters he faced before being pulled.

Up 3-2 in the series, Don Sutton took the mound for the Brewers against the Cardinals in Game 6 with a chance to clinch the title. After a back-and-forth series between the Indians and Marlins, the teams went to a deciding seventh game, and the Indians jumped out to a 2-0 lead on a two-run single by Tony Fernandez in the top of the third. Not bad numbers considering his one terrible outing.

After falling behind 3-1 early in Game 4, the Cardinals struck for three runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to take the lead and decided to lift starter Flint Rhem for swingman Art Reinhart heading into the fifth inning.

Is this "position" the next to start receiving the big bullpen checks?

Highlights include five 30-win seasons and fifteen 20-win seasons.The next closest player is Walter Johnson with 417; he is the only other player to have reached 400. Tell us on Baseball Fever.. A newly developed stat aimed directly at relief pitchers was recently coined and Baseball almanac was pleased to be the first online or in print to create a Holds Records section dedicated to this new pitching stat. Facing a good Athletics lineup and trailing 2-0 in the series, the Cubs sent Ed Reulbach to the mound looking to turn things around.

Mordecai Brown: 1906 Game 6 1 … That was followed by a single, a ground out and an intentional walk to bring up pinch-hitter Dane Iorg with the bases loaded and one out. After trailing 2-0 much of the game, the Mets struck for three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning and held that one run lead heading into the bottom of the ninth.

Ties for the win championship are common. From there, however, he surrendered three straight singles with catcher Joe Oliver driving in the winning run. [15] The American League leader is Jack Chesbro, who won 41 games for the New York Yankees in 1904; his total is the highest since Major League Baseball's consolidation in 1901. The classic MacMillan Baseball Encyclopedia, as well as other sources credit Radbourn with 60 wins (against 12 losses), other sources place his win total as high as 62. The Cubs tied things back up at five in the bottom of the sixth, but May then got shelled in the seventh for four runs as the game and the series was over before that inning ended.