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Tired pitchers get rocked. If a pitcher is tired his arm angle can change, the flick of his wrist isn't as strong, he doesn't push off the mound as hard, his stride can change.... all of these things end up in a loss of control, velocity, and/or movement. Your pitcher was probably very tired, with an endurance of 12 (I assume out of 20) I'd feel lucky he made it through 8 innings. 12 is a 6 or 7 inning starter on the good side from what I've seen (which isn't much at this point).
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