Event Specific Rules
Official Baseball Rules unless otherwise indicated:

The home team will be responsible for keeping the official score book; the winning team is responsible for reporting score to tournament officials.

Scores will be posted on tournament web site.

 

Teams have 90 minutes from completion of each game to challenge any scores reported; after 90 minutes scores will be considered official.

Use of electronic devices for the purpose of keeping score will be permitted both on the bench.

Two points for a win and one point for a tie.

Home Team: Home Team will be decided by a coin toss during pool play. During the playoff rounds, the higher seed will be the home team.

 

All teams will play 3 games to be seeded for Semi finals on Sunday. Top 4 teams will advance and determined by:

1- Wins

2- Runs scored allowed

3- Runs scored for

4- Run Differential

Standings tie breaker: Two team tie breaker, (1) Head-to-head result, (2) Lowest average runs per game against.  More than two team tiebreakers, (1) Lowest average runs per game against
Seeding for Playoffs: Seeding results will be available online on the website approximately 90 minutes after completion of all seeding games.

 

10U Specific Rules

• 60-foot bases and 46-foot pitching
• No metal spikes
• Bat regulations- Aluminum bats up to max of -12 is permitted
• Bat Size- Bat barrel 2 3/4 or less
• No drop 3^rd-strike or infield fly rule
• Stealing is permitted once it crosses the plate
• Mond visits are one visit per inning by Coach. If a coach comes out twice in one inning pitcher must be taken out. No limit on catcher visits.

11U to 12U Specific Rules

• 70-foot bases and 50-foot pitching
• No metal spikes
• Bat regulations- Aluminum bats up to max of -12 is permitted
• Bat Size- Bat barrel 2 3/4 or less
• Stealing is permitted
• Mond visits are one visit per inning by Coach. If a coach comes out twice in one inning pitcher must be taken out. No limit on catcher visits.

13U to 18U Specific Rules

• 90-foot bases and 60-foot pitching
• Metal spikes for league play
• Bat regulations- BBCOR -3 Bat or a wood bat is permitted (13U may use -5)
• Stealing is permitted
• Mond visits are one visit per inning by Coach. If a coach comes out twice in one inning pitcher must be taken out. No limit on catcher visits.

 

All Age Groups:
7 inning games. A game is official once the time limit is reached or after 3.5 innings if the home team leading or 4 innings if the visiting team is leading.

Balks will be called: no warning.

Line-up options: (1) Bat the bench with 100% free substitutions throughout the game or (2) Choice of batting 9 or 10 batters using an EH.  Re-entry rule for starter only. EH is considered a defensive position for the purposes of substitution.

Catcher speed up rule (optional): Only with 2 outs and catcher of record on base; for the teams that are batting the bench, you may use this option and must replace your catcher with the player that made the last out that is on your bench. For teams using the regular line up option, you may use this option and must replace the catcher with a player not currently in your current batting order.

Intentional Walks: you are NOT required to throw the 4 pitches.

Avoiding Contact Rule: Baserunner must attempt to avoid always contact. Sliding is one form of avoiding contact. It is the umpire’s discretion as to whether the contact was avoidable. If it was deemed avoidable, the offending player is out and if deemed excessive, may be ejected from the game.

The mercy rule will be 18 runs after 3 innings, 10 runs after 5 innings of play. Mercy rule applies to all games – pool and championship round.

Time limit in effect for all games:  Round Robin and semi-final game play: No new inning may start after 2 hours. Inning in progress will be completed unless home team is winning.  Tie games will be considered tie games.  Finals:  No new inning may start after 2 hours.  Tie games must be played to completion. Once time limit is reached - to break tie:  California tiebreaker.  Place last out at second base.  1 out on batting team. Championship game:  No time limit or tie breaker.  Game played to completion.
Injury re-entry:  Where teams are not batting their entire bench, if a player becomes injured or leaves the game for any reason (leaves or is ejected for example), if no eligible substitutes remain on the bench, the opposing coach will select a player to re-enter the game from the group of ineligible substitutes - excluding any ejected players.  If no players remain to enter the game, the game will be considered a forfeit. 

If a team is batting the bench and loss of a player is for other than injury (for example a player leaves, fails to appear or is ejected), an out will be taken in that batting position. If loss is due to injury, spot will be skipped with no penalty. If a team drops to less than 9 players in the batting order regardless of reason, the game will be considered a forfeit.
Any player or coach ejected from a game will receive an automatic one game suspension with no opportunity to appeal. Coaches may not be present or in sight of the field for the remainder of the ejected game or the suspension. Player must serve the suspension on the bench.

Pitching visits: One pitching visit per pitcher per inning.  A second visit in the same inning or a total of 4 to the same pitcher during the game will disqualify that pitcher from pitching for the remainder of the game.

Protests: Protests will be handled on field only by contacting a tournament official thru the scorer tent at each location. Tournament official ruling will be final with no opportunity for appeal. No protest can be filed once play has resumed.