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Can't speak on behalf of the game, but IRL if a reliever is a 1 inning reliever, he should be fine if he just has 2 pitches (assuming they are good pitches). Normally that 3rd and 4th pitch are mainly for when you go through the batting order a 2nd or 3rd time you have some new wrinkles to throw at them.
Ideally a starter should have 4 pitches. Even if the 4th pitch is something he intentionally misses the zone with just for the sake of showing the hitter that the 4th pitch does exist. Maybe to interrupt timing or give him something to think about. A 3 pitch start is just more likely to have the hitters "figure him out" after seeing him once or twice. And with relievers, a long reliever won't survive with 2 pitches. But a 1 inning guy with a good heater and a wipeout slider should be fine. He's only facing 3 or 4 hitters at a crack.
Again, can't speak for the game. But normally what I said is how it work.s
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