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Helsley allowed a hit and struck out two in a scoreless inning to earn the save in Friday's 6-3 win over the Giants. Helsley set the Cardinals' single-season saves record at 49, surpassing Trevor Rosenthal's 48 from 2015. Helsley has posted a 6.2-inning scoreless streak with seven saves since he took a blown save Sept. 3. The closer is at a 2.04 ERA, 1.10 WHIP and 79:23 K:BB through 66.1 innings this season. Helsley's recent workload has been manageable, so it seems likely he'll have an opportunity to go for the 50-save mark if a chance arises in the Cardinals' last two games.
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Helsley earned a save Wednesday, inducing a double play on the only pitch he threw against the Rockies. St. Louis carried a 5-1 lead into the bottom of the ninth frame, but Matthew Liberatore gave up a leadoff homer to Brenton Doyle and issued a one-out walk to Michael Toglia to prompt Helsley's entrance in a save situation. Helsley didn't take long to extinguish Colorado's hopes of a comeback, as Sam Hilliard grounded into a game-ending double play on the right-hander's first pitch. The save was Helsley's league-leading 48th of the campaign, and he has an outside chance of reaching 50 with four games remaining on St. Louis' schedule.
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Helsley threw a perfect inning and earned a save against Cleveland on Sunday. Helsley retired Cleveland's 1-2-3 hitters in order on 11 pitches to close out the 2-1 victory. He moved back ahead of Emmanuel Clase for the solo MLB lead with 47 saves. Helsley has converted five save chances in a row since blowing one in Milwaukee on Sept. 3, and he has not allowed an earned run since Aug. 6. He owns a 2.09 ERA with a 77:23 K:BB through 64.2 innings. Helsley could become the first closer to reach 50 saves since Edwin Diaz in 2018.
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Helsley earned a save against the Guardians on Saturday, striking out all three batters he faced in a perfect ninth inning. Helsley had just a one-run lead to work with upon entering in the ninth frame, but he made things look easy by notching three punchouts on 12 pitches. The right-hander continued an excellent season in which he's tied for the major-league lead with 46 saves while posting a 2.12 ERA, 1.13 WHIP and 77:23 K:BB over 63.2 innings. Helsley has really had his strikeout stuff working of late, as he's registered multiple strikeouts in five of his past six appearances and has posted a 15:1 K:BB over seven frames during that stretch.
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Helsley allowed a hit and struck out two over a scoreless inning to earn the save in Tuesday's 3-1 win over the Pirates. Helsley is up to 45 saves this season, though he's earned just three of them in September amid the Cardinals' struggles to find leads. He's allowed just one unearned run over his last 14 innings, posting a 19:3 K:BB in that span. The closer has enjoyed an excellent season despite pitching on a middling team, maintaining a 2.15 ERA, 1.15 WHIP and 74:23 K:BB over 62.2 innings.
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| Year | Team | APP | GS | INN | W | L | S | K | BBI | HA | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | STL | 65 | 0 | 66.3 | 7 | 4 | 49 | 79 | 23 | 50 | 2.03 | 1.10 |
| 2023 | STL | 33 | 0 | 36.7 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 52 | 17 | 22 | 2.45 | 1.06 |
| 2022 | STL | 54 | 0 | 64.7 | 9 | 1 | 19 | 94 | 20 | 28 | 1.25 | 0.74 |
Last 7 Games
| DATE | Opp | W | L | S | INN | HA | ERA | BBI | K | WHIP |
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| 9/27 | @  |
- | - | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 9/25 | @  |
- | - | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 9/22 | vs  |
- | - | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 9/21 | vs |
- | - | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 |
| 9/17 | vs  |
- | - | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 9/11 | vs  |
- | - | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
| 9/07 | vs  |
- | - | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 3 | 1.00 |