Game called for… pity??

Yikes!  A high school baseball game in Japan was called in the second inning because one team had scored 66 runs in less than two innings. 

…the coach of Kawamoto technical high school threw in the towel with one batter out in the bottom of the second to spare his pitcher, who had already thrown over 250 pitches. He allowed 26 runs in the first inning and 40 in the second before the club asked for mercy.

The game was recorded as a 9-0 win for the opponents.