Pitching limits

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So there is a glaring question. According to the article (which who knows if the information is 100% correct):

"For State College’s part, it said it confirmed pitch counts with McDowell at the end of the fifth inning. And both the Little Lions’ scorekeeper and the Little Lions’ dugout kept separate counts — that matched up — from the fifth frame on because the team wanted to make sure it didn’t go over the pitch count."

As it's reported, they confirmed the pitch count after the 5th inning, then kept separate counts, which matched each other, through the rest of the game. So how did one team have 97 pitches at one point and the other 101?

That means that when they confirmed the pitch count in the 5th inning the home team told them the wrong pitch count (if the reporting is accurate). Now it may be 100% accidental, but that seems to be a huge issue.

I also believe by rule the pitch count must be kept in such a way that is visible to both dugouts, but maybe I'm wrong.