Youth baseball - intentional walks fair?

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I once saw a youth game that placed a limit on the number of batters in the inning. Can't remember the exact number; it might have been 8. The last batter could not walk—he had to hit the ball or strike out. However, the league rule specified that if the last batter was hit by a pitch, he went to 1B and the next batter then became the last batter.

(This league also had "must slide" rules and other idiocies.)

In the final inning, the trailing team rallied and sent their best hitter up as the last batter with runners on 2B and 3B. The coach went to the mound to confer with the pitcher. The next pitch hit the batter.

Can't prove anything, but . . .

People were not happy.