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Thu Apr 17, 10:46 AM ET



TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese high school pleaded for a regional game to be abandoned after surrendering 66 runs in less than two innings, local media reported on Thursday.

The coach of Kawamoto technical high school threw in the towel to spare his pitcher's arm with his team losing 66-0 with just one batter out in the bottom of the second.

The hapless hurler had already sent down over 250 pitches, allowing 26 runs in the first inning and 40 in the second before Kawamoto asked for mercy.

"At that pace the pitcher would have thrown around 500 pitches in four innings," Kawamoto's coach was quoted as saying. "There was a danger he could get injured."

Opponents Shunshukan were officially credited with a 9-0 victory, giving the scoreline a tinge of respectability for the luckless Kawamoto school.

(Writing by Alastair Himmer; Editing by Justin Palmer)
Mike
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  • ymareaymarea Posts: 1,576 ✭✭✭
    One has to wonder why the manager left the pitcher in long enough to allow 26 runs in the first inning. A good manager would have surely yanked him after the first 17!
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  • MeteoriteGuyMeteoriteGuy Posts: 7,140 ✭✭
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  • mrbecker712mrbecker712 Posts: 525
    Surely not all 66 runs can be attributed to the pitcher. Was there any defense at all backing him up I wonder??
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  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,695 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Who'sthe pitching coach, Flash Gordon?


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