Can a pitcher get a win at the same time as he gets a blown save? I mean, is it fair, when the closer blows the lead that the starting pitcher struggled for six innings to hand him, to then be rewarded with the W.
The answer is, somehow, yes, as counter-intuitive as that seems. I’ve always hated that rule of scoring games, and yet tonight, somehow, it feels right.
Roberto Osuna, who holds the Astros record for most consecutive saves without a blown save, was sent into the game in the ninth inning to preserve a 3-1 lead.