When one reliever went down with injury, struggled with command, or was just generally bad at getting hitters out, another person sprouted up to handle big moments whenever the bullpen phone rang.

Shohei Ohtani and Freddie Freeman homer again and Tony Gonsolin strikes out eight in five innings, but J.P. Feyereisen gives up an RBI single to Jesus Sanchez in the 10th in a 5-4 loss.

Eleven years later, Oakland manager Tony La Russa would move Eckersley into the bullpen, where he became a Hall of Fame closer. His signature was the one-inning save, which changed the landscape ...

Reaching for the bullpen phone used to burn the fingers of Orioles manager Brandon Hyde. He should have blisters from doing it. He’d try to remain stoic as the television cameras zoomed in ...

Now, he will get a chance to change that if he can help fortify a bullpen that has shown more cracks of late. The Yankees called up Mayza from Triple-A on Friday to add a second lefty to their ...

Walker is mainly staying focused on being ready for when the bullpen phone rings for him. But the possibility remains that he could return to the rotation at some point, so part of his ...

No call. Trae Turner: Singled. First and third. Boom goes the dynamite. 4-1. Bullpen phone: Rinnnnggggggg. Too late. Way too late, to save even the inning or the game. "He's a big reason why we ...

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The bullpen phone rang as the bottom of the third inning ended and Farmer was immediately thrust onto the mound. “Nobody was really ready,” Farmer said. “We just got a phone call in the ...

Of course, in A.J. Hinch’s bullpen, versatility is the norm ... to get as many outs as fast as we can,” Hinch said. “The phone rings, they pick it up, they get ready, and they come in.