It’s the bottom of the second inning, only one out, and the coach of Kawamoto technical high school decided he had seen enough. Already down 66-0 and trying to save his pitcher from further humiliation, the coach threw in the towel. The overwhelmed pitcher had already thrown over 250 pitches, allowing 26 runs in the first inning and 40 in the second before the Kawamoto coach 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." Opposing team Shunshukan were officially credited with a 9-0 victory, giving the scoreline a tinge of respectability for the luckless Kawamoto School.
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