Trevor Hoffman’s One Pitch Save
June 30th, 2009 | Published in Daniel Gettinger, Other teams, Trevor Hoffman, baseball | 2 Comments
by Daniel Gettinger
Yesterday, against the Mets, Trevor Hoffman earned his 18th save of the season. He did so by throwing only one pitch.
When the bottom of the ninth inning began, the Brewers were leading the Mets 10-3. Brewer’s reliever Carlos Villanueva retired the first batter he faced, but then got into some serious trouble by allowing the following sequence of hits to the next five batters: Double, Double, Homer, Single, Infield Single.
Queue the bells.
Hoffman entered what was now a 10-6 game, with runners on first and second with one out. Brian Schneider swung at Hoffman’s first pitch, and grounded into a 6-3 double play to end the game.
I am pretty sure Hoffman is not the first reliever to record a one pitch save. It might not even be his first career one pitch save. But it is still pretty cool. And certainly more interesting than anything that happened in last night’s Padres game.
June 30th, 2009 at 10:15 am (#)
Not really missing Hoffman, Padres have a fine replacement closer in bell. The money they saved from signing Hoffman should be used to get Tate in a uniform
July 2nd, 2009 at 2:22 pm (#)
Hoffman had a one pitch save as a Padre a few years ago. I couldn’t possibly remember when or against whom it was, though. I remember seeing it on TV, though.