Soria looks old-school with six-out save

GameSetMatch — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:35:54 +0000

It took Joakim Soria to halt another meltdown by the Royals’ bullpen on Tuesday night. Soria pitched the final two innings for the save as the Royals held on for a 4-3 victory over the Oakland Athletics, their first win in four tries this season at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. Kyle Davies pitched six solid innings to get the win.

“It wasn’t easy,” acting manager John Gibbons said. “You tip your hat to Soria. He’s done that for us a few times this year now. That’s why he’s one of the elite closers in the game. He’s got that knack.”

This was Soria’s 21st save and marked the fourth time in his last seven successes that he’d had to pitch two innings to do it.

“Like one of those old-time closers,” Gibbons said.

Click here to read the full article – By Dick Kaegel of MLB.com

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