Co-ed Softball Rules

1.  All games will be 6 innings long.

2.  If the weather is an issue, the game is official after 4 innings. It is up to the umpire to determine if the game should be stopped. If no umpire is present, then the two captains must agree.

3.  Team status as either “home” or “away” is dictated by a coin toss at before each game.

4.  Each team has three outs per inning.

5.  Each team is allowed to have 10 players in the field, including catcher. At least two of these players MUST be women for a co-ed game.

6.  Each team is allowed to bat 11 players (10 fielders and 1 DH). If a substitute is brought into the game, then that person must bat in the same spot in the lineup as the person he/she replaced.

7.  All calls by the umpire, if present, are final and undisputable. Cursing at the umpire is strictly forbidden, as is fighting.

8.  If a team is leading by more than ten runs any inning after the 4th, then the slaughter rule will be declared. There is no limited amount of runs per inning.

9.  Due to the close proximity of the bases, there is no stealing or leading allowed.

10.  All pitchers are underhand and must not reach higher than 10 feet above the ground.

11.  A pitch is a strike if the batter swings the bat with no contact with the ball (the first two foul balls are considered strikes). There are no walks, only strikeouts. A strike may be called if the ball hits the back part of the plate.

12.  During the occurrence of a close play (ball beating or arriving at any base at the same time as the runner) at any base, other than first, the runner must avoid contact/tag to the best of his ability, sliding is preferred. If no attempt to avoid contact is made by the runner, or there is intentional contact, the runner should be declared “out” by the umpire and given a warning. Any player that is called “out” for this offence and already has a warning will sit the rest of the game and the intramural office should be notified.

13.  If you cannot field a team by 10 minutes after the scheduled starting time, your team forfeits the game.

SMITH FIELD -Any hit ball that hits the tree in left field is an automatic double. Fair or foul should be judged from where the ball first hits the tree, not where it lands. Any hit ball that enters the trees out in right center is also an automatic double.