On Opening Night, St. Louis Cardinals closer Seung-Hwan Oh entered the ninth inning with a 3-0 lead, having already recorded the final two outs of the eighth inning. By the time he got his fifth out of the night, the game was tied 3-3 and headed to the bottom of the ninth.
Against the Chicago Cubs last Thursday, Brett Cecil entered in the seventh inning with a 4-2 lead. When he exited, he hadn’t recorded an out and the Cubs were ahead 5-4.
Both Oh and Cecil allowed a three-run home run in the first shot they had this season at protecting a lead.