Saturday, March 26, 2011

Storen, Burnett Will Share Closer Role

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By Bill Ladson / MLB.com

VIERA, Fla. -- Reliever Drew Storen saved his second game of the spring in a 3-2 victory over the Cardinals on Friday night. After the contest, manager Jim Riggleman indicated that Storen and left-hander Sean Burnett will split the closer role. The two will close games depending on matchups.

Originally, Riggleman said he had planned to use a closer-by-committee system, which also included Tyler Clippard and Doug Slaten.

"Right now, if there were a couple of lefties up and then a righty, I would probably start the [ninth] inning with Burnett," Riggleman said. "If there were a couple of righties and a lefty, I would go to Storen. I would just let him run with it. It really depends on what has happened [before the ninth]. CONTINUE....

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