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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=baseball">baseball</a>, a <b>closing pitcher</b>, more frequently referred to as a <b>closer</b> (abbreviated <b>CL</b>), is a <a href="page.php?w=relief_pitcher">relief pitcher</a> who specializes in getting the final <a href="page.php?w=out_%28baseball%29">outs</a> in a close game when his team is in the lead. A closer who successfully gets the final outs for their team in the final <a href="page.php?w=inning">inning</a> of a game is recorded as a <a href="page.php?w=Save_%28baseball%29">save</a> in <a href="page.php?w=baseball_statistics">baseball statistics</a>.</p><p>
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