Tuesday Coed Softball Rules

Clubmonkey Sports will follow NSA rules at Houston Sportsplex with the following exceptions:

1. 10 players (at least 4 females) in the field at all time. (THERE MUST BE ATLEAST 1 FEMALE IN THE OUTFIELD). CMS rules will allow a team to play with a minimum of 8 players (at least 2 females). If only 2 women are present at game time, they must bat twice in the first 10 batters. If a team has less than the minimum required number of players it is up to the opponent and/or umpire or CMS staff as to what is allowable.

2. Inning run limit rule: There will be a 6 run limit per inning through innings 1-4. (Exception: unlimited runs may be scored if one of the innings 1-4 is declared the final inning of the game.) Unlimited runs may be scored in innings 5,6,and 7 always. Game mercy rule: 10 runs up after five complete innings.

3. Home Runs allowed per game are as follows: Rec – 1 +1up, Intermediate – 3 +1up (negotiable)

4. All teams must make an effort to retrieve balls hit for home runs during their game.

5. Should a team not have enough players to start a game, the clock will start and that team has until 45 minutes left on the game clock to field the minimum number of players.

6. All batters will start with a 1 ball / 1 strike count.

The following are changes for the Winter ’02 season to adhere to NSA rules:

1.A legal pitch must have an arc of (6’- 10’) from the release by the pitcher. Any pitch that is not deemed legal will be an automatic ball.

2. Men’s & women’s size balls will be used. A female has the option to which ball she wants to hit.

3.In the event of a tie at the end of a regulation game, “one-pitch” extra innings will be used to determine a winner.