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Just curious, how is a pitchers pitch count in a game tracked? I noticed a case where a pitcher (Mike Trombley) had a pitch count of 5. He pitched 1/3 of an inning, getting a ground out and walking two (one intentional) so his pitch count would have had to be at least 9. Like I said, just curious.

http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/stratomatic/playoffs/boxscore.html?group_id=87961&g_id=976

Busters IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
M.Mussina 6 3 2 2 1 3 0 88 3.00
D.Plesac HOLD(1st) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.00
D.Springer BS(1st) 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 25 3.86
M.Mantei 1 2/3 1 0 0 1 2 0 26 13.50
D.Lee LOSS(0-1) 1 1 1 1 4 1 0 36 9.00
[b:cf9059e875]M.Trombley 0 1/3 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 0.00[/b:cf9059e875]
Totals 11 1/3 7 4 4 8 7 1

*** BOTTOM OF INNING 12 ***
0 C.Biggio 4-6 Single (LF) b-1 F9
0 1 A.Jones 3-6 Walk 1-2 b-1 F9
[b:cf9059e875] SUBSTITUTE P - Mike Trombley
0 12 L.Gonzalez 3-3 Ground Out (1B) 2-3 1-2 b-0 F9
1 23 M.McGwire Int Walk b-1 F9
1 123 G.Norton 6-8 Walk 3-H 2-3 1-2 b-1 F9[/b:cf9059e875]

I don't think the game counts intentional walks as pitches.
If you think about it, in real life, pitchers don't put full effort into intentional walks. Strat probably accounts for that.