Who gets the win?

Question

My boyfriend and I were debating this question earlier today:

Here is the situation:
Away team is down 0-1. They score the go ahead run in the top of the inning but pinch hit for the pitcher. Does the pitcher who replaces him in the bottom of the inning get the win? It seems weird because he wouldn't have been in the game at the time that they went ahead.

And what if they don't pinch hit for the pitcher and he helps score a run and they replace him in the bottom of the inning? I know this is unlikely, but let's say that he got hurt or something and needed to come out. Who gets the win then?

I know that when the team is the home team the pitcher who was in at the top of the inning gets the win if the team goes ahead at the bottom of the inning, but the scenario I mentioned seems more confusing.

Please only answer if you actually know. Guesses are not helpful! Thank you!

Answer 1

The original pitcher gets the win, assuming the team holds onto the lead from that point forward.



From the Official Baseball Rules, Rule 10.17:



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(a)The official scorer shall credit as the winning pitcher that pitcher whose team assumes a lead while such pitcher is in the game, or during the inning on offense in which such pitcher is removed from the game, and does not relinquish such lead, unless



(1) such pitcher is a starting pitcher and Rule 10.17(b) applies; or



(2) Rule 10.17(c) applies.

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In short, in your situation, the away team has assumed a lead during the inning on offense in which the pitcher was removed from the game (for a pinch hitter/runner, even if the pinch hitter/runner is usually a pitcher. No matter who it is, he is nothing more than an offensive substitute - a pinch hitter or pinch runner - at the time). This situation is exactly what's described in the rule; the original pitcher will get the win.



In your second situation, the pitcher is still in the game when his team assumes the lead, so he gets a win. I mean, it makes sense - if the pitcher bats during the inning in which his team takes the lead, he better get his win! (assuming he's met all other requirements for the win).



Now, there are some other things involving which inning it is and whether the pitcher is the starting pitcher, but those are special cases. In this particular case, the original pitcher would get the win.



Hope this helps!

Answer 2

The original pitcher get's the win. And if they don't pinch hit the game would be tied, and the win would go to the pitcher who is pitching when the team gets the lead for good.

Answer 3

THE wIN Goes to Who was ever in when the the team went up by one

Answer 4

the first one gets the win the replacement gets the save

Answer 5

no