I need to know how many innings pitched in high school 7 inning games are required for a win. IE: 1st pitcher 3 innings 6 run lead 2 pitcher 1 2/3 4 eearned, 3 rd pitcher 1 1/3 1 earned. Home team won by 1 run. What guy gets the win?
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4 innings. If starter does not go 4, he CANNOT be the winner and the scorer determines the pitcher most effective in relief as the winner.
JMW speaks the truth. And as the father of a pitcher this does suck, but based on your stats, the third pitcher that only allowed one run and preserved the win, gets credit for it.
It's 4 innings even in a run rule game that is shortened to 5 innings...
quote:Originally posted by JMoff:
It's 4 innings even in a run rule game that is shortened to 5 innings...
Are you sure? I thought it was whoever pitched over half the game. Which is how they came up with 4 innings for a 7 inning game and 5 innings for a 9 inning game. I would have thought it would be 1st 3 for a shortened 5 inning game.
I'm 99% sure. My attempt to be 100% sure was intercepted by an expired membership to NFHS, so I couldn't download the most recent rulebook and check. I also couldn't find last year's on my somewhat disorganized hard drive.
I remember looking this up in detail a few years ago, when my freshman son was credited with a four inning save (pitched 4th, 5th, 6th & 7th and held lead). I thought this was "wierd" so I read into it in detail. Can't site a reference, however.
I remember looking this up in detail a few years ago, when my freshman son was credited with a four inning save (pitched 4th, 5th, 6th & 7th and held lead). I thought this was "wierd" so I read into it in detail. Can't site a reference, however.
My Son's Juco team, had a couple of 6 inning run rule games where the starter only went 3 innings and both games the starters were given the wins.