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Originally Posted by GirlySports
I think pitching while holding leads is more important and more pressure than when behind or when the game is tied. When teams are behind, they push more.
That's why they says "It's important when your team puts up a crooked number, for your pitcher to not allow the other team the same crooked number".
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No, those are just cliches people that announce baseball games like to use.
Casey Jannsen is going to pitch the exact same pitches to the batters he faces, no matter if the Jays are up by 1 or down by 1, no matter what the score. Luckily in this great world of FanGraphs and statistics, most of these analogies have been proven wrong.
Team's don't push more when they're behind. It's important not to give up runs when your pitching, plain and simple. Santos doesn't change his approach or do anything different on the mound if he's pitching in the 9th if Johnson has hit his Homerun or not.