More than two weeks into the Brewers' closer-by-committee setup following Eric Gagne's demotion, it's starting to look like Salomon Torres is the clear first option in that committee.

After earning his third save in five days by pitching a perfect ninth inning in Wednesday's 1-0 victory over the Atlanta Braves, however, Torres wasn't even close to campaigning for the permanent spot.

"Don't read too much into it," he said. "I'm just subbing right now. I'm taking the ball whenever they need me. It could be the ninth inning, it could be the eighth inning, it could be the seventh inning. After the fifth inning, I'm ready. I just keep in my mind that he could use me at any particular moment. When you keep that in mind, your guard is already up."

If a closer is needed in Thursday's series finale, however, it might be time for the next reliever down the line to take the spot. Brewers manager Ned Yost hinted he might be going in that direction before Wednesday's game.

"We'll just have to wait and see where we are, but we're still by committee," Yost said. "But, yeah, I'd say he's at the head of the committee."

If Torres eventually finds his way into the full-time closer's role, it'll be another in a line of conversions by the Brewers.

"We've always found ways to get closers," Yost said. "We didn't have closers when we got Dan Kolb, and Dan Kolb turned into an All-Star closer. And we didn't have one when we got (Derrick) Turnbow, and Turnbow turned into an All-Star closer. And then we got (Francisco) Cordero. We signed Gagne, and Gagne got hurt. We've always found ways to close games. But that's from good scouting and good signings from Doug Melvin and our scouting staff, to be able to provide us those guys for fallback plans."