League Rules

The game

1. A defaulted game – see attached
2. Games are to be 1 hour. & 5 minutes to a maximum of 1 hour & 15 minutes.
3. The objective of the game is to play 7 innings. Captains & umpires are accountable for the start time of each game.

Pitching

1. Pitchers must start with at least one foot on the pitching rubber.
2. A pitched ball must have a minimum arc height of 6 feet to a maximum arc height of 10 feet.
3. The umpire must change a pitcher after 5 consecutive balls.
4. The removed pitcher is ineligible to pitch for the remainder of that inning.
5. Captains should use discretion to change their pitcher if the pitcher is not consistently throwing strikes.
6. No walks are permitted.
7. A strike is called if a pitched ball hits any portion of the mat or the home plate.

Pinch runners

1. No pinch runners allowed until the batter reaches 1^st base.
2. A maximum of 6 pinch runners are allowed per game.
3. A pinch runner can only pinch run once per game.

Outs (additional out rules pertaining to the u.r.s.p.l.)

1. “the no shift rule”
   1. No throw from an outfielder to 1^st base for an “out”. Only an infielder can throw a runner “out” from anywhere within the field of play.
2. A batter running to 1^st base must step on the orange bag. If a batter running to 1^st base steps entirely on the white bag, the base runner is deemed to be an “out”.
3. No sliding into a base.  Sliding into to a base constitutes an “out”.
4. A base runner can slide back to a base (head first only).

Home base

1. If a runner crosses the 3^rd base commit line, the runner must continue running home or the base runner is deemed to be an “out”.
2. A runner cannot touch home plate or the base runner is deemed to be an “out”.
3. A catcher must have a portion of his foot on home plate for an “out” to be recorded at home base.
4. A base runner attempting to score a run must have his foot completely down on the ground past the home base safe line prior to the catcher catching the ball with a portion of his foot on home plate.

Bats

1. The u.r.s.p.l. will supply 3 top quality bats for each team.

Players

1. Up to July 15 of any given season, a team must replace an injured player who is expected to miss the remainder of the season. After July 15, no replacement players are permitted.

Mercy rule

1. Mercy rule is 6 runs per inning, except for the last inning (see mercy rule below).
2. There will be a mercy rule of 6 runs throughout the entire game except for the following situations:

Situation #1 visiting team down going into last inninng

 Visitors down by visitors max. Runs in top half of last inning

0 (TIE)                                                          6

1                                                                  6

2                                                                      6

3                                                                      6

4                                                                      6

5                                                                      6

6                                                                      6

7                                                                      7

8                                                                      8

9                                                                      9

10                                                                    10

ETC.                                                             ETC.

Visitors up going into last inning                         6

Situation #2 visitors up after top half of inning

 Visitors up by home team maximum in the last inning

0 (tie)                                                              1

1                                                                      2

2                                                                      3

3                                                                      4

4                                                                      5

5                                                                      6

6                                                                      6

7                                                                      7

8                                                                      8

9                                                                      9

10                                                                    10

etc.                                                                  Etc.

These rules will be in effect for all games (regular season & playoff round robin games.

Championship day games will be 7 innings with unlimited runs allowed in the 7^th inning.