Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Mariano Rivera has pitched 2 saves in one day 6 times
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Rivera has pitched 2 saves in one day 6 times: 5/26/10, 5/3/07, 9/29/04, 7/8/2000, and I don't have the other 2, but a 5/3/07 AP article said he had 5 as of 5/3/07 citing Elias. The link from Sporting News is now inactive but the text I copied from them in 2007 is posted below.
The 6th time isn't in the record books:
The 5/25/10 game was shortened due to rain. It's final 3 innings were played on 5/26 along with the game originally scheduled for that day. He pitched the ending of the 5/25 game as well as the 5/26/10 game, both were 1-run games. Baseball Reference now has "susp" (for "suspended") written on the stat sheet for 5/25/10. Noted here, "Andy Pettitte Beats Twins, Mariano Rivera Gets 2 Saves in One Day," Daily Skew. And here:
So, the 5th time was May 3, 2007, the 4th time was Sept. 29, 2004 v Twins.
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2 Saves in one day noted for 5th time per AP article (5/3/07), (now inactive) citing Elias for the stat:
Rivera has pitched 2 saves in one day 6 times: 5/26/10, 5/3/07, 9/29/04, 7/8/2000, and I don't have the other 2, but a 5/3/07 AP article said he had 5 as of 5/3/07 citing Elias. The link from Sporting News is now inactive but the text I copied from them in 2007 is posted below.
The 6th time isn't in the record books:
The 5/25/10 game was shortened due to rain. It's final 3 innings were played on 5/26 along with the game originally scheduled for that day. He pitched the ending of the 5/25 game as well as the 5/26/10 game, both were 1-run games. Baseball Reference now has "susp" (for "suspended") written on the stat sheet for 5/25/10. Noted here, "Andy Pettitte Beats Twins, Mariano Rivera Gets 2 Saves in One Day," Daily Skew. And here:
- "Although it won't go into the record books as a two-save day - the first game was a continuation of Tuesday's suspended game, so it will go down as having taken place on May 25 - it was the first time since May 3, 2007 that Rivera earned two saves on the same day."
So, the 5th time was May 3, 2007, the 4th time was Sept. 29, 2004 v Twins.
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2 Saves in one day noted for 5th time per AP article (5/3/07), (now inactive) citing Elias for the stat:
- "Rivera saved two games in one day for the fifth time in his major league career, according to the Elias Sports Bureau, the first since Sept. 29, 2004, against Minnesota. Rivera, who has three saves in five chances this season, pitched a 1-2-3 inning in the opener but allowed a pair of singles leading off the ninth in the second game before striking out Gerald Laird and getting Kenny Lofton to ground into a double play."
