Pitch count violation ends season for Southern California baseball team

Nuview Bridge of Riverside County ousted from Southern Section Division 7 playoffs for violating individual pitch-limit rules

Author:
Mitch Stephens, SBLive Sports
Publish date:
May 8, 2023 6:03 PM EDT

The Nuview Bridge-Nuevo baseball team was removed from the Southern Section 7 baseball tournament Monday for a pitch count violations.

The Knights (14-6) on the regular season was scheduled to play Brentwood School in a second-round game on Tuesday after recording a 4-0 win first-round win over Littlerock on Thursday.

But a pitch count violation of bylaw 1500 and 1501 was cited, and now Littlerock will advance and Nuview Bridge's season is over after outscoring opponents 204-96 on the season. Littlerock (13-14) will host Brentwood (12-8) on Tuesday.

A charter school of more than 600 students, Nuview Bridge's baseball program has gone 111-63 over its last 10 seasons.

Individual pitchers can not surpass 30 outs or three appearances in a calendar week. There are also rules in place that prohibit excessive pitches on consecutive days.

See the CIF rules and its release on the ruling below: