Baseball question: which pitcher is credited with the win?

Question

High school baseball game - 7 innings.
Pitcher A's team is the home team.
Pitcher A starts the game, and after 4 innings, his team is up by the score of 2-1.
In the 5th inning, the other team ties up the game at 2-2 and after 4 and 2/3 innings, pitcher A is replaced and pitcher B gets the final out of the inning.
In the bottom of the 5th, Pitcher A's team takes the lead and goes on to win the game in 7 innings.
So who gets the win, pitcher A or Pitcher B?
The team took the lead in the bottom of the inning, so is the win given to the pitcher who started the inning or the pitcher who got the last out?


Sorry if this is confusing, any help would be great.

Answer 1

Based on my understanding of MLB rules (could be different for HS baseball) but in the majors, pitcher B would get the win because pitcher A needed to finish the 5th inning to qualify for the win.



Pitcher B would proably get the win because pitcher B was the current pitcher in the game when the home team took the lead.

Answer 2

Wins go to the pitcher of record at the time the team took the lead. That means the last pitcher on the team to record an out in the half-inning before they took the lead. So, in your case, Pitcher B would take the win if there were no changes in the lead later in the game.

Answer 3

Pitcher B gets the win because he was the pitcher of record when the run scored. The 5 inning rule to get the win only applys to starting pitchers... Any time a pitcher comes on in relief and their team scores the next inning they get the win.

Its never been about who started the inning or how far they made it through the inning....Otherwise All these youth pitchers would never leave the mound.

Answer 4

Pitcher B would get the win, because he was the pitcher of record at the time the eventual winning run was scored. He was also the pitcher once five innings had passed. In order for a starting pitcher to qualify for the win, he would have to pitch five innings (under MLB rules). Pitcher A did not pitch long enough, and he was not the pitcher when the go-ahead run scored, so the win goes to Pitcher B.

Answer 5

Yeah, pitcher B gets the win. In general, the pitcher that was on the mound whenever the go-ahead run was scored gets credited with the win (although with starting pitchers this may not be the case depending on if the starting pitcher has to go a specific number of innings to qualify for a win. In MLB, they have to pitch 5 innings to qualify for a win in a start). There are exceptions, but in your case, it's explicitly clear who the winner is.

Answer 6

Pitcher B would be given the win because he was the pitcher of record for the winning run.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

Pitcher B would get the win sence he was the active pitcher when the leading run was scored.

Answer 9

Pitcher B would get the win. Pitcher A lost his chance at getting the win when he gave up that tying run prior to exiting the game...

Answer 10

Pitcher B because he was in while his team got the lead.

Answer 11

pitcher b, because if you left the game when it was tied then you are credited with a no decision

Answer 12

pitcher b which is bull, they should change that because that has happened to me and it pisses me off.

Answer 13

B for sure