High School Baseball Game In Japan Takes 50 Innings, Four Days

[LiberalArkie]

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A baseball game in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan that started Thursday took 50 innings and four days to determine a winner, which is amazing in its own way, but wait until you see the two starters' pitch counts.

Chukyo finally defeated Sotoku 3-0 in the 50th Sunday morning, but look at those pitching lines. Both starting pitchers played the entire game. Taiga Matsui hurled 709 pitches for Chukyo, and Sotoku's Jukiya Ishioka threw 689 pitches. Even over the course of four days, holy shit.

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[daleanime]

1. Just when you think....

"Ace on the Diamond" is a little over the top.

[malthaussen]

2. That is friggin' amazing. n/t

[zeemike]

3. That has to be a record.

Never thought a game could ever go that long...those pitchers will be scouted.

[Art_from_Ark]

5. They might be scouted

But this was a "rubber ball" baseball tournament, not the more famous and popular "Koko Yakyuu" hard baseball high school tournament-- kind of like a junior varsity game as opposed to a varsity game. So the two pitchers might attract the attention of professional baseball scouts, but it's not a certainty, even given the two pitchers' remarkable performances.

[lovemydog]

4. Wow.

And both starting pitchers played the whole game!