Sentence examples for saves became from inspiring English sources

Dan Blackburn, who made 26 saves, became the third teenager in N.H.L. history to win five straight games.

Since saves became an official statistic in 1969, only three relievers saved as many as 40 games in a season without a single failure — Detroit's Valverde last year (49), Eric Gagne of the Dodgers in 2003 (55), and Brad Lidge of the Phillies in 2008 (41).

The lights-out reliever is only the tenth pitcher since saves became an official statistic to record 50 or more saves in one season.

Saves became an official baseball category in 1969, relatively late for a sport so steeped in statistics.

The duty of "saving" became nine-tenths of virtue and the growth of the cake the object of true religion.

INSIDE PITCH Orioles closer Jim Johnson earned his 50th save Sunday, becoming the 10th player to reach that mark since the save became a statistic in 1969.

Over the years, the ever-increasing number of lives those two A-bombs "saved" became a kind of sacred numerology.

Getting into the habit of saving becomes easier when you also include something fun and exciting in the mix.

Assuming that only 70% of these costs were recouped, the cost per year of life saved becomes highly cost-effective in our population ($14,040).

When the proportion of benefit population expanded, the effect of these screening strategies on the long-term costs saving become more and more significant, especially those of universal strategies, exceeding the total costs of the screening program implementation, suggesting a good economic effect in the long term.

After so many false starts and failed saves, Glavine became only the 23rd pitcher — and only the fifth left-hander — to win 300 games.