EMBA U9 Tournament Rules
last update: June 2, 2025
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In round robin & championship game home team will be decided by coin flip. In semi finals home team will be the team that is higher in standings.
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Time limit of 1 hour. No inning shall start after 1 hour of play.
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If the home team is winning after 1 hour of play the game will be called.
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An inning consists of 3 out or 5 runs.
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There are no defensive coaches on the field.
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If a batted ball hits a coach, it is called dead. Count stands as is and ball is re-pitched
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All coaches on field must wear close toed shoes.
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No base stealing, ball must be hit to run.
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No walks allowed.
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2 bases only per hit, no triples or home runs.
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A two base hit is determined by the ball crossing the base line between 1st and 2nd or 2nd and 3rd.
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On a batted ball the runner can not advance to 2nd on an overthrow at first base.
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A batter can not run on his or her third strike.
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Pitchers /coach pitchers must pitch from the rubber.
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Pitchers will pitch 4 pitches to the batter
-If the batter strikes out or hits the ball the play stands
-Any count on the batter will stand after the 4 pitches.
-The coach will come in to pitch.
-If the pitcher had managed to get 2(two) strikes on the batter, then the batter will receive 1(one) coach pitch
-If the batter had 1(one) strike called, then they would receive 2(two) coach pitches.
-If no strikes were called on the batter, then the batter would receive 3(three) coach pitches.
-If at the end of the coach pitch and the ball is still not put into play (except for a foul ball), and the player does not hit they are out.
-If the last coach pitch was a foul ball the batter stays at bat until strikes out or puts ball in play (last pitch can not be a foul).
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No Pitcher can pitch 2 consecutive innings.
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No player shall sit out 2 consecutive innings.
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Coaches may use up to 4 fielders.
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Scores are to be reported to the convenor by both teams immediately following game.
**Both home and away teams must keep score**
Rankings to be determined by the following criteria
Win - 2 points
Tie -1 point
Loss - 0 points
Tie Breakers
-fewest runs against
-formula: (Runs for + Runs against)/runs against - Higher number gets righer rank
-most runs for