8/19 ML Gameday Thread: DSL Sox look to inch closer to title

Nice outing for Myles.

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Myles Smith 2.0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.00

A bit from the GCL last week that didn't make it into my story today: Smith (I think) is rocking an outstanding high-top fade. Not quite Kid-level, but definitely Tiquan Underwood-esque.

Swihart 2-4 with a 2B/3B.

Decent night for Brian Johnson too. 6 innins 2er 6k/2bb 3Hs

There are playoffs. 5 Division winners and a wild card. Ranked by win pct. Top two get byes. Sox are presently the 4th seed.

Can't help but be excited about what the future may hold for Blake Swihart. He has made tremendous strides both at the plate and behind it. Looking forward to watching his progression next season in Portland.

I'm interested in what Joe Gunkel will do next year. 2 innings today, 0 hits, 6 K's.

Season:
Team League W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO GO/AO AVG
RSX GCL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.00 .000
LOW NYP 3 0 1.76 10 0 0 0 4 15.1 8 4 3 0 3 24 1.20 .148

Older but still he is dominating.

Is this a GCL rule? MiLB rule? I'm fairly certain it isn't a MLB rule, correct?

That's actually not the relevant rule, because they got the lead in the top of the 4th while Perdomo was pitching. Here's the rule as written on MLB.com:

10.17 Winning And Losing Pitcher

(a) The official scorer shall credit as the winning pitcher that pitcher whose team assumes a lead while such pitcher is in the game, or during the inning on offense in which such pitcher is removed from the game, and does not relinquish such lead, unless
(1) such pitcher is a starting pitcher and Rule 10.17(b) applies; or
(2) Rule 10.17(c) applies.
(Rule 10.17(a) Comment: Whenever the score is tied, the game becomes a new contest insofar as the winning pitcher is concerned. Once the opposing team assumes the lead, all pitchers who have pitched up to that point and have been replaced are excluded from being credited with the victory. If the pitcher against whose pitching the opposing team gained the lead continues to pitch until his team regains the lead, which it holds to the finish of the game, that pitcher shall be the winning pitcher.)

(b) If the pitcher whose team assumes a lead while such pitcher is in the game, or during the inning on offense in which such pitcher is removed from the game, and does not relinquish such lead, is a starting pitcher who has not completed
(1) five innings of a game that lasts six or more innings on defense, or
(2) four innings of a game that lasts five innings on defense, then the official scorer shall credit as the winning pitcher the relief pitcher, if there is only one relief pitcher, or the relief pitcher who, in the official scorer?s judgment was the most effective, if there is more than one relief pitcher.
(Rule 10.17(b) Comment: It is the intent of Rule 10.17(b) that a relief pitcher pitch at least one complete inning or pitch when a crucial out is made, within the context of the game (including the score), in order to be credited as the winning pitcher. If the first relief pitcher pitches effectively, the official scorer should not presumptively credit that pitcher with the win, because the rule requires that the win be credited to the pitcher who was the most effective, and a subsequent relief pitcher may have been most effective. The official scorer, in determining which relief pitcher was the most effective, should consider the number of runs, earned runs and base runners given up by each relief pitcher and the context of the game at the time of each relief pitcher?s appearance. If two or more relief pitchers were similarly effective, the official scorer should give the presumption to the earlier pitcher as the winning pitcher.)

(c) 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.
(Rule 10.17(c) Comment: 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 (even if such runs are charged to a previous pitcher). Rule 10.17(b) Comment provides guidance on choosing the winning pitcher from among several succeeding relief pitchers.)

So it looks like harsh scoring in this case. Probably should have gone to Perdomo. Heras would have correctly been credited with the win if the Sox had taken the led while Smith was in.

(FWIW, either I'm remembering wrong, or the NCAA has a rule that ignores the SP inning minimum if it was planned that he would not go five innings)