USA pool play

[Cecil4]

Referring to:
" Between innings at the backstop, the plate umpire informed me that there had been an ejection. ... skip ...

Once the game concluded with the ejected player's team having won the game, the PU turned over her lineup card. The team had batted all 10 players present. The ejected player's name was crossed out on the lineup card. No out was taken when the missing player's turn at bat came up.
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As we researched the situation of the ejected player, I maintained that the game should have resulted in a forfeit. Some were of the opinion that it didn't matter since the team had not dropped below 8 players."
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Of course it was a forfeit if they had no sub for the ejected player.
Why did the inning continue until "between innings"?
There is never an out taken for an ejection, either a sub or a forfeit.

The head count only matters for non-ejection removals.