MVGSA Post Season Tournament Rules
A. Home team is determined by coin toss before each game.
B. Time Limit- No new inning started after 1 hour and 25 minutes (1 hour 15 min's for 8&U).
C. International Tie Breakers will be used in the event of a tie score at the end of regulation time or innings in elimination round and Championship game(s). A game shall consist of seven (7) innings if time permits.
D. Regular season pitching limitations will apply, with the exception of the Championship game(s). During the Championship game(s), there will be no pitching limitations. All pitch counts will begin at zero for the beginning of the tournament.
E. Games may be cancelled by the umpire prior to the time limit due to darkness or inclement weather.
F. If one hour of game time has not been completed, the game will be completed at a later time. If the playing time has exceeded one hour of playing time the following will apply:
• If the inning is completed. The score at that point will be official.
• If the inning is not completed:
- If the visiting team completes their at-bats and the home team is leading, the score at the time the game is called will be official.
- If the visiting team does not complete their at bats or is leading at the time the game is called, the score at the end of the last completed inning will be the official score. In the event that the score is tied at the end of the last completed inning, the winning team will be determined based on the number of runners reaching first base. Runners reaching first base as a result of hit and errors during the completed innings only (not including base on balls, hit by pitch or illegal pitches), as recorded in the official scorebook, shall be counted. In the event that the runners reaching first base is tied, a coin toss shall decide the winner team.
• In the event of a championship game being cancelled due to weather or field conditions and a rescheduled game can not be completed prior to 11:30 AM of the posted closing day for the season, placement shall be determined as follows:
- The team advancing from the winners bracket shall be awarded 1st place honors and the team advancing from the losers bracket shall be awarded 2nd place honors.
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