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I'm a softball newb but starting to watch since my young granddaughter has started to play youth softball.

How unusual is it for a player to pitch two complete games on consecutive days?  I know the games are shorter than baseball games, but does a softball pitcher suffer less wear and tear than a baseball pitcher given the same number of pitches?

Underhand produces less stress on the arm by a fairly large margin.

It's not uncommon for softball teams to stick with 1 pitcher through the whole WCWS.  In 2007, when the University of Arizona softball team won the NCAA tournament (from the losers bracket), Taryne Mowatt threw every single inning of 8 different games (one of which went 10 innings).  A total of 1,037 pitches over 7 days.

That said, I presume Canady relies more on her fastball than Mowatt did. Canady is close to breaking the record for fastest pitch ever in the WCWS and she's only a sophomore.

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I'm a softball newb but starting to watch since my young granddaughter has started to play youth softball.

How unusual is it for a player to pitch two complete games on consecutive days?  I know the games are shorter than baseball games, but does a softball pitcher suffer less wear and tear than a baseball pitcher given the same number of pitches?

Underhand produces less stress on the arm by a fairly large margin.

It's not uncommon for softball teams to stick with 1 pitcher through the whole WCWS.  In 2007, when the University of Arizona softball team won the NCAA tournament (from the losers bracket), Taryne Mowatt threw every single inning of 8 different games (one of which went 10 innings).  A total of 1,037 pitches over 7 days.

That said, I presume Canady relies more on her fastball than Mowatt did. Canady is close to breaking the record for fastest pitch ever in the WCWS and she's only a sophomore.