BASEBALL RULES
player age cutoff date - may 1st
player's age as of may 1, 2026 is their age for the season
2025-2026 Season (8/11/2025-8/10/2026)
8U-9U 1:30 no new or 6 innings
10U-12U 1:40 no new or 6 innings
13U-14U 1:45 no new or 7 innings
HS DIVISION 1:50 no new or 7 innings
add 25 mins championship
MERCY RULES
8-12U 20 after 2 / 15 after 3 / 8 after 4
13-18U 20 after 2 / 15 after 3 / 10 after 4 / 8 after 5
GAME TIMES
PITCHING
NO PITCHING RESTRICTIONS - COACHES expected to use good judgment with THEIR pitchers
IF a pitcher is substituted and is taken out of the lineup they may not return as a pitcher
IF a pitcher is substituted and remains in the lineup they may return as a pitcher
EXTRA INNINGS
START WITH last batted out on 2nd - 1 out
2 pool play saturday / single elimination sunday
tournament bracket on the exposure app
game times for sunday will automatically populate after all games for a division have been played on saturday
pool play - coin flip home/away
bracket play - higher seed home team
13U and up - metals allowed / no metals on portable mounds
Seeding - head to head, runs allowed, runs scored, coin flip
mound/base distances
8U - 40/60ft
9-10U - 46/65ft
11-12U - 50/70ft
13U - 54/80ft
14U-HS - 60/90ft
yellow corrugated tubing on fenceline is for safety only.
If batted ball hits the tubing and stays in play it is a live ball. ball must go over the fence to be a homerun
bats
7-12U max drop 10/no drop 5
13U Max Drop 8
14U Drop 5 or Drop 3 BBCor or wood
HS Must be drop 3 bbcor or wood
roster/lineup
no changes to roster after start of your 1st game of the tournament
bat 9 / 9 w/extra hitter or the lineup - discuss at plate meeting
A team may play with 8 players without penalty only if an 8 player lineup is submitted at the plate meeting.
no changes may be made to a lineup card after the start of a game
jersey numbers must be visible at all times
courtesy runners for pitcher/catcher
IF no subs listed - Runner will be last batted out
IF subs listed - Runner will be a sub. the same sub must run for the same player every time
mound visits
One visit per pitcher per inning. if same pitcher is visited twice in the same inning the pitcher must be removed
runners
jumping over a fielder is an automatic out
Runner must make every attempt to avoid contact or collision with the fielder
8u rules
No balks - instructional
5 Run Max per inning
no bunting
leadoffs allowed
no stealing home
no infield fly rule
no drop strike 3
walks are "dead ball"
no unlimited substitutions
home team must have final at bat regardless of score for seeding purposes
bALKS ARE LIVE. NO FAKE PICKS
USSSA Rules with the following exceptions
no grade exeMptions
no double rostering
catchers - full mask required
if 3 or more way tie the head to head goes away and it moves to runs allowed
Contact
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