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Originally Posted by rj
This is a High School Game:
Coach calls time and replaces his starting pitcher because she has a sore shoulder. He asks that because he's replacing his pitcher due to injury his replacement pitcher get as many warm-up pitches as needed; which is granted.
He immediately sends his starting pitcher to center field as a substitute for his center fielder. Is this legal? Does the injured pitcher have to leave the game? If she doesn't have to leave the game, does the replacement pitcher still get as many warm-up pitches as need or does she only get five?
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No, this second change - 1st pitcher re-entering for F8 - is not legal the way you described it. The original pitcher is locked into that position in the batting order.
Now, if what you meant to say was that the sub came in for F8, and the pitcher was removed from pitching due to injury and was now playing center field - then yes, all is legal. Because the change is taking place due to an injury, the new pitcher gets all the warmup pitches she needs. And Fed is different than other sanctioning bodies in that the original pitcher will be allowed to return as the pitcher regardless of how many warmup pitches the reliever takes. That's going to be covered in Rule 6, Section 2, and I can't remember what Article - but it's in there.