Abner Uribe earned a save against the Padres on Tuesday, working the ninth inning with a two-run lead and closing out a hitless, scoreless frame for Milwaukee. He walked one batter and struck out one, but never really looked in danger.
Uribe’s outing gave him his second save in May and tied him with Trevor Megill for the team lead with four saves on the season. Megill handled the eighth inning Tuesday, and he has not recorded a save since April 17, a stretch that makes Uribe’s recent turn in the ninth harder to ignore.
That split mattered because it was not just a matter of who pitched well on a given night. Megill was trusted with the setup work, while Uribe got the final inning and finished the job. In a bullpen where saves are often the clearest signal of trust, Tuesday pointed in one direction.
Uribe issued a one-out walk, the only blemish on his inning, before settling back in and shutting the door. The inning did not turn into a test, and the Padres never put together a serious rally against him. For a team sorting out late-inning roles, that kind of clean finish counts.
The broader picture is now fairly simple. Uribe and Megill are tied atop the team’s save list, but Uribe seems to have the edge in the ninth-inning role. If that holds, Tuesday may be remembered less as a single save than as another sign of where Milwaukee wants the final outs to go.
