Rule Book:
- MLB- Major League Baseball, with APAC exception
Tournament Rules:
- A. Time limit: In all games, any inning begun within the designated time limit will be completed. No new inning will begin after that time limit has been reached.
B. The official time will be held by the Site Manager/Umpire and will start on the first pitch.
C. Games will be 7 innings.
D. All scheduled matches in an APAC team sport tournament must be played, weather permitting. Request for forfeits may not be entertained.
E. The championship game, when possible, will be played over a full seven innings without the imposition of a time limit.
F. Walk-‐Off Rule: If the home team has the lead at the beginning of the bottom of the last inning, the game is over. If the home team takes the lead during the bottom of the last inning, the game is over. (The last inning is determined by 7 innings of play or time limit rule.)
G. Time can be stopped only in the event of serious injury and/or weather (flexibility may be required if bad weather persists)
H. Each game will have an official scorekeeper. If official score keepers are not available then coaches will score their own games and confer with other coach at the end of each half-‐inning to confirm the score.
I. Tie-‐Breaker Inning: If the game is still tied after the completion of 7 innings or the game is tied and the time limit has been reached, the team at bat, at the start of the tiebreak inning, will begin with a runner on 2B. That runner will be the last batter in the previous inning. If the score is still tied after 2 extra innings, the next tie break innings will begin with the last batter and second to the last batter of the previous inning placed on third and second respectively. Normal rules and substitutions apply.
J. All baseball bats should be drop-‐3 on less and meet BBCOR standards.
- k. The host school is responsible for informing all visiting teams of any ground rules applicable to their field.
M. APAC will not allow video review, in any sport, for officiating purposes.
Hurry- Up Rule:
- A. Courtesy runner is permitted for the catcher only when there are two (2) outs in the inning.
B. On-‐deck batter retrieves all foul balls and passed balls with no runners on base; give to umpire when coming to bat.
C. Warm-‐up pitches: 7 when pitcher enters game; 4 each inning after.
D. Limit offensive conferences to three per game, 30 seconds each.
E. Coaches may make one visit to the pitcher’s mound per inning; a 2nd visit will require a pitching change.
F. Batters may take one foot out of batter’s box to take signals from coach, return ready to hit.
Tournament Format:
A. Single Round Robin Format
1.) When a single round robin format will be followed, the APAC Tournament Matrix will determine the draw. Home team will be decided based on the draw.
2.) At the conclusion of round robin play the teams will be ranked.
3.) After the round robin there will be a championship round where:
a) 1st vs. 2nd
b) 3rd vs. 4th
c) 5th vs. 6th to determine the final rankings.
d) For these games, the higher ranked team will be the home team.
B. Two Pool Format
1.) If more than one pool is used, the teams will be seeded according to the previous year’s final ranking.
3.) Each pool will play a round robin to determine pool rankings.
4.) The higher seeded team after pool play will be the home team in all elimination rounds. If equally ranked cross-‐pool teams meet, home team status will be determined by a coin toss.
5.) After the completion of the round robin, an elimination process will be used.
6.) When health and safety issues are concern, the ⅞ game is optional for the 2 teams involved. If only one (1) team wants to play, the game shall be considered a forfeit.
7.) Teams forced into a back-‐to-‐back game situation during the transition from the round robin to play-‐offs are given a 30-‐minute rest period before the 15-‐minute warm-‐up begins.
1.) When a single round robin format will be followed, the APAC Tournament Matrix will determine the draw. Home team will be decided based on the draw.
2.) At the conclusion of round robin play the teams will be ranked.
3.) After the round robin there will be a championship round where:
a) 1st vs. 2nd
b) 3rd vs. 4th
c) 5th vs. 6th to determine the final rankings.
d) For these games, the higher ranked team will be the home team.
B. Two Pool Format
1.) If more than one pool is used, the teams will be seeded according to the previous year’s final ranking.
- POOL A – 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th place teams.
- POOL B – 2nd, 4th, 6th and 8th place teams.
3.) Each pool will play a round robin to determine pool rankings.
4.) The higher seeded team after pool play will be the home team in all elimination rounds. If equally ranked cross-‐pool teams meet, home team status will be determined by a coin toss.
5.) After the completion of the round robin, an elimination process will be used.
6.) When health and safety issues are concern, the ⅞ game is optional for the 2 teams involved. If only one (1) team wants to play, the game shall be considered a forfeit.
7.) Teams forced into a back-‐to-‐back game situation during the transition from the round robin to play-‐offs are given a 30-‐minute rest period before the 15-‐minute warm-‐up begins.
Tie- Breakers
Final rankings will be based on team records at the completion of round robin play. In the event of a tie between (or among) multiple teams, the following criteria will be used to break ties, in the order listed below: With sport specific tie-‐breakers, once a team or teams are removed from the original tie, the remaining tied teams are subject to examination with the original order of tie-‐break procedures.
A. Head-‐to-‐head results among tied teams
B. Among TIED teams, the team with the lowest runs allowed ratio should be ranked higher. This is to discourage running up scores.
C. Among ALL teams played by the tied teams, the team with the lowest runs allowed ratio should be ranked higher.
D. Among TIED teams, the team with the most runs scored, will rank higher.
E. Among ALL teams played by the tied teams, the team with the most runs scored will rank higher.
A. Head-‐to-‐head results among tied teams
B. Among TIED teams, the team with the lowest runs allowed ratio should be ranked higher. This is to discourage running up scores.
C. Among ALL teams played by the tied teams, the team with the lowest runs allowed ratio should be ranked higher.
D. Among TIED teams, the team with the most runs scored, will rank higher.
E. Among ALL teams played by the tied teams, the team with the most runs scored will rank higher.