Relief pitchers

Hello, I am playing my first season. I just played a 3 game series and a relief pitcher was used against me all three games in a row. The pitcher pitched 3, 1 and then 5 innings in the 3 games. The pitcher is a R3. Couple questions, the pitcher can pitch 3 days in a row? The pitcher can pitch 5 innings with a R3 rating? Thanks

SOM does not document this well, if at all. However, I believe if an opposing pitcher pitches more than 1 inning two games in a row, he cannot pitch the next game. However, if he is forced to pitch due extra innings or lots of pitcher changes, he will come in fatigued at F0.

Your opposing pitcher could pitch three games in a row because he only pitched 1 inning in the middle game. My guess is he can't pitch four games in a row regardless, but I really don't know for sure.

And yes an R3 pitcher can pitch 5 innings as long as he is doing well. If you start getting hits and walks against him, his fatigue level will drop and HAL will replace him.

Thanks for the reply, I’ll keep an eye on this moving forward.