If you’re planning on going to and watching the ninth annual Adult Coed Softball Tournament in Spur Friday and Saturday, here’s a fan’s guide to help you know how the games are played.
FIELDING
• Each team fields an even number of men and women. There must be at least 5 men and 5 women on the field at all times (4 and 4 will be allowed, but there cannot be more women than men, or men than women.)
BATTING
• The batting order must alternate male and female, with no two members of the same sex batting next to each other.
• Each batter will come to the plate with a count of 1-1 (1 ball, 1 strike). • If a male batter earns a walk, he will automatically take 2nd base.
• If a male batter earns a walk, he will automatically take 2nd base. The female batter who follows will have the choice of automatically taking first base, or batting.
• If a female batter earns a walk, she will automatically take 1st base, and the following male batter must bat.
• Because the Spur Little League field is a very short field, there will be a home run limit of 1 per game (with all additional homeruns posting as outs).
• 2019 RULE CHANGE (still in effect): All men/boys are required to use an ASA certified and stamped wooden softball bat. There are no bat restrictions for women/girls. The tournament will be using a “Gold Dot” softball this year. Two-piece wooden bats will not be allowed; no half composite, no corndog style. A 100% wooden bat only for men.
• The home run limit will be lifted for the 7th inning.
GAME LENGTH
• The tournament plays a 7-run rule with runs accumulating each inning. For example, if Team A only scores 3 runs in the first inning, they can still score 11 runs in the second inning, bringing their total to 14.
• Game length will be 1 hour 15 min. or 7 innings. No new innings can be started after 70 min.
• If both teams are tied going into the last inning (of regulation or time limit) and both have reached the maximum runs scored, the run rule will be removed for the final inning in order to establish a clear winner. If both teams are tied going into the last inning and have not reached the maximum runs scored limit, the game will end in a tie with the tie being broken in the following manner. The team scoring the most 1st inning runs wins; if still tied, it will move to the 2nd, then 3rd, etc. If a tie still remains, the winning team will be decided by coin toss.
• Tie-breakers for pool play are determined by head to head outcomes. If this still results in a 3-team tie in the pool, the tie breaker is determined by points. The team which allowed the fewest points during their pool games will be awarded 1st place in the pool. The team which allowed the second fewest points will be awarded second place in the pool. If there is a tie on defensive points allowed, then we will move to offensive points. With the team scoring the most offensive points winning. If there is still a tie tthere will be a coin toss. Please note that once the pool play is finished and the 4 best teams advance, it turns into a single elimination tournament.
COURTESY RULES
• All umpires will be on a volunteer basis, and after each game the winning team is required to supply 2 umpires for the next game and the losing team is required to supply two scorekeepers (one for the book, one for the scoreboard).
• This will be an alcohol-free event.
• In the event that weather cancels games, the first course of action will be to skip games 13-15 and simply let the 1st place teams from each pool play one championship game. The second course of action will be to reschedule the tournament for a later date.
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