5 th Annual Dalton CRA Invitational Softball Tournament Rules

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1 5 th Annual Dalton CRA Invitational Softball Tournament Rules GENERAL TOURNAMENT RULES: 1. All teams are asked to be at the fields 30 minutes prior to the scheduled start of each game. 2. All players must be on your signed roster and birth certificates that you should present at the Main Tent at Pine Grove Park at least 1 hour before your first game. 3. All games, except the championship game will have a 1 hour and 25 minute time limit. No new inning can start after the time limit. 4. The championship game will have a 2 hour time limit. 5. All games are scheduled for 7 innings. 6. Any game suspended will resume at the point where play stopped. Any game suspended after 5 completed innings will be deemed complete. 7. Each team should verify the score after each inning. 8. The home team must report the final score to field marshal at the concession stand. 9. With a forfeit, the winning team will record a 7-0 win and the forfeiting team will record a 0-7 lose. 10. All teams are guaranteed a minimum of 3 games. 11. Awards will be given to the top 2 teams in each division. 12. A sportsmanship award will be given to 1 team in each age group. 13. The Town of Dalton fields are a smoke free facility. DUGOUT CONDUCT / SPORTSMANSHIP: 1. Any manager, coach, scorekeeper, player, or spectator using profanity or exhibiting inappropriate or unsportsmanlike behavior will be removed from park for that game. If the umpire and/or tournament director feels the behavior was serious enough, the person(s) will be asked to leave the park for the remainder of the tournament. 2. Only the following people (other than the players) are allowed in the dugout area: (1) Manager, (2) Coaches, and (1) Scorekeeper 3. Housekeeping Policy: You bring it in You take it out. Teams should pick up their own dugouts immediately following their game. 4. Tournament games will typically be back to back, so please vacate the bench area as quickly as possible for the next team coming in for their game. (After game coach s talks to the players can take place outside the bench area.

2 GENERAL GAME RULES: 1. ASA Fast Pitch Rules will govern. 2. Team can elect to hit 10 hitters (Extra Hitter can ONLY hit) 3. The following rules and points of emphasis will supersede ASA guidelines: a. Coin Flip will determine the home team in the seeding rounds. The better seed will be home in the elimination round. b. A Mercy Rule is in effect. A 10 run lead after 5 innings (4-1/2 if the home team is ahead) will result in the game being over and the leader being declared the winner. c. Once approaching the time limit, the 2 teams and the umpire should discuss at the beginning of the inning to decide if that inning is declared the final inning. d. You must have a minimum of 8 players on the field or the game will be forfeited. e. No limit on the innings pitched by any pitcher. f. If a pitcher is removed from pitching, she can pitch later in the game, as long as she was not taken out of the game. Examples: If the pitcher is taken out of the game and put on the bench, she cannot go back in and pitch later in that same game. If the pitcher is removed from pitching, but remains in the game playing another position on the field, she could come back into the same game as a pitcher. g. Courtesy runners are allowed for pitchers and catchers. h. The HOME team will maintain the official score book. i. There is ABSOLUTELY no protesting of judgment calls by the umpire. A protest of a ruling on the field must be made before the next pitch. The protest committee will rule on the protest before another pitch is thrown. 10U SPECIFIC RULES: 1. Pitching rubber is 35 from the front of the rubber to the back of home plate ASA softballs will be used. 3. On a walk the batter is awarded 1 st base and cannot try to advance to 2 nd base 4. No dropped 3 rd strike rule. 5. No Infield Fly Rule

3 5 th Annual Dalton CRA Invitational Softball Tournament Schedule 10U Division Blue Division Dalton Warriors Berkshire Force Greenfield Guilderland Redhawks Pittsfield Stars All teams will play 4 games. The top 4 teams will advance to a single elimination tournament. Friday, July 18 th 5:45pm Dalton vs. Berkshire Force Legion 5 Saturday, July 19 th 8:00am Dalton vs. Pittsfield Stars Legion 5 8:30am Greenfield vs. Berkshire Force Greenridge 4 9:45am Guilderland vs. Dalton Legion 5 11:30am Pittsfield Stars vs. Greenfield Legion 5 1:15pm Berkshire Force vs. Guilderland Legion 5 3:00pm Dalton vs. Greenfield Legion 5 4:45pm Pittsfield Stars vs. Guilderland Legion 5 Sunday, July 20 th 8:15am Berkshire Force vs. Pittsfield Stars Greenridge 4 10:00am Greenfield vs. Guilderland Greenridge 4 12:30pm 4 th 1 st Seed Pine Grove 2 12:30pm 3 rd 2 nd Seed Greenridge 4 3:00pm Championship Game Pine Grove 2

4 5 th Annual Dalton CRA Invitational Softball Tournament Schedule 12U Division Blue Division Dalton Warriors Southern Bat Brats Berkshire Force CT Flame Colonie Cyclones Greenfield Greylock Thunder All teams will play 2 games and be seeded into a single elimination tournament. Teams will be seeded based on the following: 1. Record 2. Head to Head 3. Run Differential (Max 10) 4. Runs Allowed 5. Runs Scored 6. Flip Coin Friday, July 18 th 5:45pm Dalton vs. Greylock Chamberlain-3 Saturday, July 19 th 8:45am Berkshire Force vs. Colonie Cyclones Chamberlain-3 10:30am Dalton vs. Southern Bat Brats Chamberlain-3 10:15am CT Flame vs. Greenfield Greenridge- 4 12:15pm Berkshire Force vs. Colonie Cyclones Chamberlain-3 1:15pm Greenfield vs. Greylock Greenridge-4 2:00pm CT Flame vs. Southern Bat Brats Chamberlain-3

5 12U Single Elimination Play-offs #1 #4 7/20 9:00am Field 3 7/19 4:30pm Field 3 #5 #2 7/20 1:30pm Field 3 CHAMPION 7/19 5:00pm Field 4 #7 #3 Field 3 7/20 10:45am 7/19 6:15pm Field 3 #6

6 5 th Annual Dalton CRA Invitational Softball Tournament Schedule 14U Division Blue Division Dalton Warriors Slix Chix Halfmoon Lightning Southern Bat Brats NC Chaos North Adams Mt. Everett All teams will play 2 games and be seeded into a single elimination tournament. Teams will be seeded based on the following: Record Head to Head Run Differential (Max 10) Runs Allowed Runs Scored Flip Coin Friday, July 18 th 5:15pm Dalton vs. North Adams Pine Grove-1 Saturday, July 19 th 9:45am Mt. Everett vs. NC Chaos Pine Grove-1 10:15am Dalton vs. Southern Bat Brats Pine Grove-2 11:30am Slix Chix vs. Halfmoon Lightning Pine Grove-1 1:15pm North Adams vs. NC Chaos Pine Grove-1 1:45pm Halfmoon Lightning vs. Mt. Everett Pine Grove-2 3:30pm Slix Chix vs. Southern Bat Brats Pine Grove-2

7 14U Single Elimination Play -offs #1 #4 7/20 9:45am Field 2 7/19 5:30pm Field 1 #5 #2 7/20 3:45pm Field 1 CHAMPION 7/19 7:15 Field 1 #7 #3 Field 1 7/20 12:00pm 7/20 8:00am Field 2 #6

8 5 th Annual Dalton CRA Invitational Softball Tournament Schedule 16U Division Blue Division Dalton Warriors Pittsfield Stars Western Mass Intensity Lady Bombers 98 All teams will play 3 games and be seeded based on: 1. Record 2. Head to Head 3. Run Differential (Max 10) 4. Runs Allowed 5. Runs Scored 6. Flip Coin Friday, July 18 th 7:00pm Dalton vs. Pittsfield Stars Pine Grove- Field 1 Saturday, July 19 th 8:00am Bombers vs. Dalton Pine Grove- Field 1 8:30am Pittsfield Stars vs. WMASS Intensity Pine Grove- Field 2 12:00pm WMASS Intensity vs. Bombers Pine Grove- Field 2 3:00pm Pittsfield Stars vs. Bombers Pine Grove- Field 1 5:15pm Dalton vs. WMASS Intensity Pine Grove- Field 2 Sunday, July 20 th 8:30am 4 th 1 st Place Pine Grove- Field 1 10:15am 3 rd 2 nd Place Pine Grove -Field 1 1:45pm Championship Game Pine Grove- Field 1