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Papelbon’s bad day

Posted by Andy on October 13, 2009

When Jonathan Papelbon blew the game against the Angels a few days ago, he became just the second pitcher to blow a save in the post-season while recording 3 or fewer outs and allowing 6 or more baserunners:

  Cnt Player            Date          Series G Tm   Opp GmReslt App,Dec    IP   H  R ER BB BR SO HR Pit Str GmSc IR IS BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS Pk BK WP   ERA
+----+-----------------+-------------+------+-+---+----+-------+---------+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+------+
    1 Jonathan Papelbon 2009-10-11    ALDS   3 BOS  LAA L  6-7   8-9  ,BL  1    4  3  3  2  6  0  0  32  20       2  2  8  6  1  0   1   0  0  0   0  0  0  1  0  0  27.00 

    2 Mike Timlin       2004-10-17    ALCS   4 BOS  NYY W  6-4   6-7  ,BS  1    3  1  1  3  6  0  0  37  18       1  1  8  5  0  0   0   0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  1   9.00 

It's interesting that the other guy to do it was also pitching for Boston. Of course, in the case of the Timlin game, the Red Sox went on to score off Mariano Rivera in the 9th and win the game. This was the first game in a streak of 4 that Boston won to come back from down 3 games to win the ALCS.

No such luck for Boston this year.

After the jump is the full list of relief appearances in the post-season with 1 IP or less and 6 baserunners or more.

  Cnt Player            Date          Series G Tm   Opp GmReslt App,Dec    IP   H  R ER BB BR SO HR Pit Str GmSc IR IS BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS Pk BK WP   ERA
+----+-----------------+-------------+------+-+---+----+-------+---------+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+------+
    1 Jonathan Papelbon 2009-10-11    ALDS   3 BOS  LAA L  6-7   8-9  ,BL  1    4  3  3  2  6  0  0  32  20       2  2  8  6  1  0   1   0  0  0   0  0  0  1  0  0  27.00 

    2 Franklin Morales  2007-10-24    WS     1 COL @BOS L  1-13  5-5       0.2  6  7  7  1  7  0  0  35  19       0  0  9  8  3  0   0   0  0  0   0  0  0  0  1  0  94.50 
    3 Ross Ohlendorf    2007-10-04    ALDS   1 NYY @CLE L  3-12  5-6       1    4  3  3  1  6  0  1  28  17       1  1  9  7  3  0   0   1  0  0   0  1  0  0  0  0  27.00 

    4 Ezequiel Astacio  2005-10-25    WS     3 HOU  CHW L  5-7  14-14 ,L   0.2  4  2  2  2  6  0  1  27  14       0  0  7  5  0  0   0   0  0  0   1  0  0  0  0  0  27.00 

    5 Mike Timlin       2004-10-17    ALCS   4 BOS  NYY W  6-4   6-7  ,BS  1    3  1  1  3  6  0  0  37  18       1  1  8  5  0  0   0   0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  1   9.00 
    6 Chad Qualls       2004-10-13    NLCS   1 HOU @STL L  7-10  5-6  ,L   1    5  5  5  1  6  1  0  20  13       2  1  9  7  0  0   0   0  1  0   0  1  0  0  0  0  45.00 

    7 Jose Paniagua     2001-10-13    ALDS   3 SEA @CLE L  2-17  8-8f      1    3  5  5  2  6  0  0  31  17       0  0  9  6  3  0   0   1  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0  45.00 

    8 Kevin McGlinchy   1999-10-17    NLCS   5 ATL @NYM L  3-4  14-15f,L   1    2  2  2  4  6  1  0               0  0  9  4  0  0   1   0  1  0   0  2  0  0  0  0  18.00 

    9 Brian Boehringer  1996-10-05    ALDS   4 NYY @TEX W  6-4   3-4       1    3  2  1  2  6  0  1  28  17       0  0  9  7  0  0   0   0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   9.00 

   10 Mike Jackson      1995-10-14    NLCS   4 CIN @ATL L  0-6   7-7       0.1  3  5  5  3  6  0  1  25   8       0  0  7  4  1  1   2   0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0 135.00 

   11 David West        1993-10-07    NLCS   2 PHI  ATL L  3-14  8-8       1    4  4  3  1  6  2  0  42  25       0  0  9  8  1  0   0   0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0  27.00 

   12 Denny Neagle      1992-10-07    NLCS   2 PIT @ATL L  5-13  7-7       0.2  4  5  5  3  7  0  0  29  13       0  0  9  6  2  0   1   0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0  67.50 

   13 Atlee Hammaker    1989-10-27    WS     3 SFG  OAK L  7-13  8-8       0.2  5  4  4  0  6  0  0  19  14       0  0  8  7  0  0   0   1  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0  54.00 

   14 Rick Aguilera     1986-10-19    WS     2 NYM  BOS L  3-9   6-6       1    5  2  2  1  6  1  0  23  15       0  0  9  8  0  0   0   0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0  18.00 

   15 Dave Beard        1981-10-14    ALCS   2 OAK @NYY L  3-13  4-4       0.2  5  3  3  0  6  0  1  22  17       3  3  7  7  1  0   0   0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0  40.50 

   16 Chuck Churn       1959-10-01    WS     1 LAD @CHW L  0-11  3-4       0.2  5  6  2  0  6  0  1               0  0  9  9  2  0   0   0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0  27.00 

   17 Harry Gumbert     1936-10-02    WS     2 NYG  NYY L  4-18  9-9f      1    5  6  6  1  6  1  1               0  0  9  8  0  0   0   0  0  0   0  1  0  0  0  0  54.00 

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