Base Distance |
60' |
Pitching Distance |
35' |
Ball Size |
11" |
Batting |
All |
After 4 Balls |
All season – girls pitch. Balls and strikes are called. Walks are allowed. Pitchers are allowed three walks an inning. On the fourth walk of an inning and thereafter, the coach pitches the remaining strikes. Each pitch constitutes as a strike whether the batter swings or not. Batter stays alive on a fouled third strike.
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Bunting |
yes (not off coach pitch) |
Fielding Minimum |
2 inn in / 2 out, coaches choice thereafter. |
Pitching Limit |
15 outs per week.
The pitching week runs from Monday through Sunday.
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Pitching Limit with 3 games in week |
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Players on Field |
10 with 4 outfielders; no more than 6 on the infield dirt |
Stealing |
Use the ASA rule for 10 & under stealing: only one base may be stolen per pitch. Home plate can never be stolen. Examples: 1) Runner on first attempts to steal second base. Throw from catcher sails over enter fielders head. Runner may not advance beyond second (because only one stolen base per pitch is allowed). 2) Runner on third takes a long lead toward home with the pitch. Catcher attempts to pick off the runner at third but the throw sails down the third base line. Runner on third may not advance and must return to third (because home can never be stolen). If runner instead gets in a run down, that runner may be tagged out, but if the runner makes if safely to home, umpire calls time out and runner is returned to third base (no run scores). |
Sliding |
Yes |
Runners may leave base when ball… |
Leaves pitcher hand. |
Commit Line |
No |
Run on dropped 3rd Strike |
no
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Overthrow rule to any base |
Runner may advance at risk one base beyond the base she was going to. Base runners cannot advance in the event of a second overthrow. The play is alive until the ball is controlled by an infielder, on the dirt, or in the fair territory. (Definition of overthrow: throw from infielder to a base). |
Game Time Limit |
Games are 90 minutes long. No new inning is to be started after 80 minutes, but the current inning must be completed. |
Run Limit |
Five runs per inning for innings 1-3. No limit in the 4th inning or the declared last inning. Ten run rule applies after 4 ½ complete innings of play. |
Standing Kept |
Yes |
Umpires |
ASA Umpires |
