blown save
Lead lost late
A blown save is a baseball statistic charged to a relief pitcher who enters a game in a save situation but surrenders the lead.
The pitcher had the chance to preserve a close victory but failed: Martinez blew his third save of the season.
The term extends figuratively to any squandered opportunity to close out a favorable outcome.
- closerOne who concludes
- bullpenRelief pitcher staging area
- errorFault in communication
- pitchingDelivering toward the plate
- mistakeWrong action or decision
lead · tie game · holds · baseball · extra innings · reliever · redemption arc · walk-off · inning · passed ball · earned run average · relief pitcher · rescued · mental toughness · no room at the inn · setup man · long reliever · high leverage
- sports mistakesown goal, fumble, bad pass, dropped pass, wild throw
- baseball incidentsbalk, error, ejection, interference, obstruction
- baseballbaseball, bat, pitchers, catchers, pitcher
- baseball statsbatting average, ERA, RBI, OPS, home runs
- baseball errorserror, fielding error, throwing error, dropped ball, bobble