June Tournament
Rules, General Information & Payouts

*** Tournament Seeding ***

• After completion of Round Robin Play teams will be seeded #1 through #14. (Seed #1 to Seed #14 on Championship Schedule)
  
• Seeding is based on: 1. Record 2. Run Differential 3. Runs Against 4. Runs For 5. Coin Flip.
  
• Seed1 thru Seed6 advance to A-Side, and Seed7 thru Seed14 to B-Side.
  
• There will be 2 BYE spots on Sunday (for #1 and #2 seeds).
  
  *** Game Rules ***
  
• All games are scheduled to be 9 innings. If it rains, please still try to play your games.
  
• Maximum runs per inning of 7 rule in effect (except for last inning).
  
• For Friday Early Games only - as of 7:15pm, you will finish the inning you are in and the next inning will be considered the last inning of the game. Once the final out of an inning has been recorded, that inning is considered over and the next has begun.
  
• There are NO TIES! Play extra innings! Scores submitted as a tie will be broken via coin-flip. For the Friday Early Game only, if tied after regulation (regardless of time), each inning shall start with a runner on 2nd (last out from previous inning) and 1 out.
  
• The game is considered over if the home team is winning when due for their last at bat. (e.g. if you are leading in the bottom half of the last inning, you DO NOT get to bat still for run differential.)
  
• Mercy Rule (15 runs) in effect after 7 innings.
  
• Mercy Rule (25 runs) in effect after 5 innings.
  
• Mercy Rule Factor in effect for round robin games (relating to maximum runs per inning).
  
• A team cannot win by more than 15 runs. (i.e. Orioles 25 Aces-Reds 1 == Orioles 16 Aces-Reds 1)
  
• A win by forfeit (or bye) is considered to be a 25-10 score.
  
• Higher seed has choice of Home/Visitor on Sunday Games. The home team must be able to supply bases.
  
  *** Score Submissions ***
  
• Winning teams are required to text message scores to BOTH 4729690 (Kevan/Hitters) AND 6246485 (Ryan/Aces-Reds) within 15 minutes of the completion of your game (on ALL days).
  
• Please remember to include both team names along with your score. (i.e. Orioles 25 Aces-Reds 1)
  
• Standings will be automatically updated on-line as the round-robin play progresses shortly after they are sent.
  
• Get your scores in quickly. Failure to do so will result in fines and/or loss of tournament winnings (will be strictly enforced) and may result in a forfeit.
  
  *** Umpiring ***
  
• Only the A-Side 3rd place and Final games need to be provided umps. The two teams in the final (1vs2 game) will ump the 3vs4 game (each team must send 2 umps) and then the winning team of the 3vs4 game (3rd place) will send 4 umps to the finals.
  
• All other games - round robin, and all B-side playoff games are self-umped.
  
• Failure to provide umpires to required games will result in fines.
  
• Failure to provide umpire to A-side Final or Consolation game will result in loss of all tournament winnings.