High schooler hurls 14-inning no-hitter

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<!--// headline_start //-->High schooler hurls 14-inning no-hitter

<!--// headline_end //--><!--// byline_start //-->The Yomiuri Shimbun

<!--// byline_end //--><!--// article_start //--><!-- google_ad_region_start=region1 -->A high school pitcher set a new world record when he tossed a no-hitter over 14 innings in a Saturday prefectural qualifier for the national baseball championship.

Right-handed sidearmer Shinji Hayashi, 17, of Izumi Chuo High School in Kagoshima, walked two, hit three batters and struck out 16 in his 180-pitch outing. He faced 48 batters and went the distance as Izumi Chuo beat Nakatane High School 1-0 to advance to the third round.

The previous record for the longest outing without allowing a hit and a run was 11 innings, held by Yutaka Enatsu of the Hanshin Tigers in 1973 and Sadaharu Oh of Waseda Jitsugyo High School, now manager of the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks, in 1957.

In the major leagues, four pitchers have pitched 10-inning no-hitters.

(<!--// date_start //-->Jul. 12, 2005<!--// date_end //-->)
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WOW. .180 pitches? The kid should be given a medal for that

Or a MRI

The coach needs to have his head examined.

Real smart.....Let me know how his shoulder is in 2 years.

Eh, if i had a no hitter going, there isno way in hell im going to let the coach pull me at any point.

this was done in Asia where they throw the kids until their arms fall off - so the fact it happened there and not in the US is not that big a shock

if this was the US - and it was my kid - if the coach left him in that long i'd have been arrested for assault and battery for i woulda gone "p0stal" on the coach