Sunday, September 03, 2006

Pittsburgh Closer

Torres slams door on another one-run victory: "Tracy....summoned Torres -- who appears to be replacing injured Mike Gonzalez as closer -- an inning early for the eighth."

With four weeks remaining, Pirates' manager appears to have settled on the veteran to close. Recall immediately after Mike Gonzalez was placed on the disabled list, Tracy used Matt Capps before the 9th inning.

This was the first indication the strike-throwing rookie wasn't the choice to close.

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