Doing some research in preparation for our tournament in March and have noticed that on the USSSA tournament pages the innings pitched logs are only kept for teams up to but NOT including the championship games.
Does this mean the final does not count in the overall 8 inning for the weekend limit?
Or is it laid out with the coaches and umpires before the championship game that these pitchers on each team have "x" # of innings remaining to hit their 8 and that is all they can go in the final?
Just wondering after watching that 12u final in Miami Super where the two teams in the finals dueled to a 1-0 final in 11 innings and wondering how after playing 6 previous games they had enough kids to pitch that effectively through the tournament. I would think that at a point quickly after the regulation innings of that game the pitching staff would have been spent and kids with limited experience would have entered and the score would have been lopsided for at least one half of an inning.
Anyone familiar with championship play in USSSA tournaments (or any pitch count regulated ones I guess) that can share anything on this??
Thanks in advance.