The Oakland A’s won a laugher on Tuesday, by the score of 21-7 over the Astros. There were dingers and rallies and dingers and crazy stat lines and records and also dingers. And there was ... a save at the end?
Indeed, despite winning by an absurd 14-run margin, the A’s final pitcher of the evening still recorded a save. For an explanation, we turn to the official rules about what constitutes a save:
A save is awarded to the relief pitcher who finishes a game for the winning team, under certain circumstances.