Quick Question on saves

[scs_paradise]

I was looking throught the box scores this morning and I was wondering why Turnbow did not get credit for a save last night?

 

Scenario:

 

Brewers up 9-2 in the bottom of the ninth

Reliever pitches 2/3 of the inning giving up 4 runs to make it 9-6

Turnbow comes in faces two batters giving up a BB but retiring the last batter

Isn't that a save?

[burnt out cubbie fan]

No, when the reliever comes in there has to be a fewer or an equal amount outs left in the game when compared to the run differential minus the amount of runners on base. There was only one out left in the game and the Brewers were up by three with nobody on base so it wasn't a save situation. If there had been two people on base or nobody on and the Brewers were only up by one then it would have been a save situation. Hopefully that makes sense...

[Sabermetrician]

If a reliever comes in during the middle of an inning, the tying run has to be in the on-deck circle for him to qualify for a save.