Left-hander Luka Koja has been the leading pitching option for Kubasaki the last three seasons. He went 6-1 with a 0.49 ERA this season. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)
KADENA AIR BASE, Okinawa – Pitching is a premium position where the Far East baseball tournaments are concerned.
DODEA-Pacific’s rules state that each pitcher is limited to 125 pitches over the four-day tournaments. Pitchers may not make more than two appearances in a day.
Coaches will want to save their best arms for later in the week during the single-elimination playoffs. But to get a higher seed and perhaps a first-round bye, teams also have to win, which means maybe having to use an ace arm when a coach would rather not.
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