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Wells allowed four hits over seven innings and Mesa became the 19th pitcher with 300 career saves as the Pittsburgh Pirates won their first series of the season, beating Houston 2-0 Wednesday for the Astros' fifth consecutive loss.
Mesa pitched the ninth to become the third Latin American pitcher with 300 saves, joining Mariano Rivera and Roberto Hernandez. Mesa, who turns 39 next month, has 51 saves in 55 chances with Pittsburgh after his closer's career looked to be over when the Phillies took the job away from him in 2003.
Mesa has saved each of the Pirates' eight victories, the first time a major league reliever has done so. Previously, no pitcher had saved more than five consecutive wins to start a season.
``They gave me a chance over here and I wanted to show them I still could pitch,'' Mesa said. ``I was a little nervous today because, to me, saving 300 games is like winning 300 games is for a starting pitcher.''
What a great career. Too bad he couldn't get the one save, when it mattered most.
“ The eyes of the world were focused on every move we made. Unfortunately, Jose's own eyes were vacant. Completely empty. Nobody home. You could almost see right through him. Not long after I looked into his vacant eyes, he blew the save and the Marlins tied the game. ”
— Omar Vizquel, from his autobiography, on Jose Mesa
Mesa pitched the ninth to become the third Latin American pitcher with 300 saves, joining Mariano Rivera and Roberto Hernandez. Mesa, who turns 39 next month, has 51 saves in 55 chances with Pittsburgh after his closer's career looked to be over when the Phillies took the job away from him in 2003.
Mesa has saved each of the Pirates' eight victories, the first time a major league reliever has done so. Previously, no pitcher had saved more than five consecutive wins to start a season.
``They gave me a chance over here and I wanted to show them I still could pitch,'' Mesa said. ``I was a little nervous today because, to me, saving 300 games is like winning 300 games is for a starting pitcher.''
What a great career. Too bad he couldn't get the one save, when it mattered most.
“ The eyes of the world were focused on every move we made. Unfortunately, Jose's own eyes were vacant. Completely empty. Nobody home. You could almost see right through him. Not long after I looked into his vacant eyes, he blew the save and the Marlins tied the game. ”
— Omar Vizquel, from his autobiography, on Jose Mesa
