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What is the minimum number of pitches that could be thrown in a professional baseball game?
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52.The minimum number of pitches per batter is one. If each batter hit a ball in play and flies out or is thrown out then there would be 6 pitches per inning. Since someone must win in order to finish the game without extra innings, one player could hit a home run on the first pitch. If the home team is the team that hits the home run, and all of the other batters were out in one pitch, then the game would end at the middle of the 9th inning. This would be 6 pitches per inning for eight innings, plus one for the home run, plus 3 for the top of the ninth. Grand total 52 minimum pitches to win a baseball game.
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