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Night of firsts: Suter gets win, Knebel saves it
- Updated: August 24, 2016
MILWAUKEE — Serious question: When one pitcher earns his first Major League win, and another his first Major League save in the same game, who gets the game ball?
The Brewers were working that out in the clubhouse late Tuesday, after Brent Suter earned the win and Corey Knebel the save in a come-from-behind, 6-4 win over the Rockies at Miller Park. Both players were herded into the shower for the traditional postgame celebration of a big league first, which involves a dousing with everything from the kitchen that will fit into a bucket.
While Suter and Knebel cleaned up, the question lingered. Who gets the baseball?
“I think that they’re going to both share the ball,” suggested starter Chase Anderson, who was out of the game two innings before the Brewers’ three-run rally in the seventh turned the game upside-down. “Mail it back and forth to each other in the offseason, just to kind of caress it and live that moment again.”
According to the Elias Sports Bureau, it marked the fourth time in franchise history that one pitcher logged his first Major League win, and another his first save, in the same game. The Brewers’ last such instance was Sept. 28, 2013, when Donovan Hand got a win after a blown save, and Alfredo Figaro earned the save in a …
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