Chad Smith’s first major league win came courtesy of a rarely applied official scoring rule.
According to Rule 9.17 : “The official scorer shall not credit as the winning pitcher a relief pitcher who is ineffective in a brief appearance, when at least one succeeding relief pitcher pitches effectively in helping his team maintain its lead. In such a case, the official scorer shall credit as the winning pitcher the succeeding relief pitcher who was most effective, in the judgment of the official scorer.
The rulebook also says: “The official scorer generally should, but is not required to, consider the appearance of a relief pitcher to be ineffective and brief if such relief pitcher pitches less than one inning and allows two or more earned runs to score .”Smith was called up from Triple-A Las Vegas and had to wake up early in the morning to fly to the game. He struck out three without a walk.
“Woke up this morning at 2:45,” Smith said. “On the plane and then got here. The adrenaline kicked in today and helped me get through all that.”“I was told it was a save,” he said — and it would have been if he hadn’t been credited with the win. “I guess now that you say it’s a win, I guess it’s a win,” Smith said. “It’s great. This is why we play the game.”
This was the 16th big league appearance for the 27-year-old Smith, who made his debut last year with the Colorado Rockies.
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