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Originally Posted by bwburke94
Obvious fix: Require all injury substitutions to be made BEFORE the game brings the next batter to the plate (if 0-2 outs) or switches sides (if 3 outs).
By doing this, the replacement pitcher will technically have retired the side, even though he gets credit for 0 IP in that inning.
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That's what the game does now, which causes the problem the OP posted. His problem is that the injury occurs on the final pitch of the inning and the game forces him to put a new pitcher in immediately, which he shouldn't have to do. Then the pitcher's spot comes up to hit in the following half inning and he wants to pinch hit, forcing him to waste the pitcher that he was forced to put in when he shouldn't have had to.