PITTSBURGH — Salomon Torres' latest blown save cost him his job as the Pittsburgh Pirates' closer, with right-hander Matt Capps taking over the role Friday and Torres again becoming a setup reliever.

Manager Jim Tracy made the move after Torres couldn't hold a 2-0 lead in the ninth inning of a 4-2, 11-inning loss to the San Diego Padres Thursday night — the third time Torres has given away a multirun lead in the ninth this season. Torres converted 12 of 16 save opportunities.

"If I was 14- or 15-of-16, we wouldn't be having this conversation," said Torres, a setup man to Mike Gonzalez last year before becoming the closer for the final six weeks of the season. "The bottom line is I didn't do my job. I feel like I could have done better. It didn't happen for me."

Torres became a closer relatively late in his career, at age 35, mostly off his late-season performance of last season — he converted 12 of his final 13 save chances. Gonzalez was 24-for-24 as the closer last season, but was sidelined from mid-August on with an elbow injury and was later dealt to Atlanta.

The right-handed Torres converted his first four save chances this season, struggled during a stretch in which he blew three saves in five opportunities, then went 6-for-6 before his blown save Thursday.

"We're going to be proactive with this, we're going to do it now and we're not going to wait," manager Jim Tracy said.