Tournament Rules

The following rules apply to the July 8th to July 10th Summer Sizzler, and Marlins Derby Events

• Coin Flip for Home/Away
• At beginning of each game coach must declare whether playing "bat 9" or bat full roster (However, you can't choose to Bat 11, if you have 13 players)
• Pinch Runner Allowed for Pitcher at any time (last available)
• Pinch Runner Allowed for the Catcher with 2 out (last available)
• Pool Games Can End in a Tie Score
• All games are No New Inning after 1:20
• There is no drop dead rule
• If the time threshold is reached and the home team is batting (with the lead) the game is over
• U17 - all innings are open
• U15 - the 1st, 2nd & 3rd innings have a run-cap of 5 runs max per inning (after that all remaining innings are open)
• Call-Ups Allowed, must clear player with PWSA coordinator
• Text final scores to 519-635-3204

Tournament Points

• Each Pool Game Won is worth 2-points
• Each Pool Game Tied is worth 1-point

Mercy Rules:

• 15 runs after 3 innings
• 10 runs after 5 or more innings

Tie Breakers:

• If two teams are tied:
  • Head to Head Result
• If three or more teams are tied:
  • Head 2 Head records
  • Least Runs Allowed (overall)
• • +/-

Elimination Bracket Games

• In all games where a winner is needed, a tie is not an accepted game result
• Regardless of inning, if the time limit has been reached we move to UTM in game tie-breaker rules:
  • Runner is placed on 2nd base, with 1 out
  • A maximum of 5 runs can be scored in the extra inning
  • If each team scores the same amount of runs in the tie-breaker inning another is played