We had three games, 14 innings each (and just as a note, it's cold in Iowa in October at 5 p.m.). Most pitchers got one inning, with returning pitchers who had been starters last year leading things off . Later those top four pitchers got two innings each, most others got one. Trying not to put too much weight on the fact that my son (a sophomore) was either second or third pitcher in each game and was one of the few with two innings. Also trying not to put too much weight on the fact that he stunk up the place in his last outing, in which he started.
We were all excited about the start, and then asked him about it. He said he was supposed to start the game before, but game started at 2 and he didn't get out of class until 1:15. Next game, another guy was supposed to start, but son got out of class early enough to get the warm up done.
A reminder that it's possible to overthink these things. We have 39 on roster right now total.