Green Country 10 & Under Rules

Game Duration – The game will consist of five inning, or 55 minutes. No new inning will start after 50 minutes.  At 45 minutes and at a top of an inning both teams will aquire a 2-2 count at the plate. A game will be terminated after four innings if a team has a six run advantage. 

An inning will consist of three outs or five runs whichever comes first.

Base Length – Pitching distance is 35 feet and bases length is 60 feet.

Advance On Overthrow – Normal play situation. Overthrows will stop play, but only if the ball is by rule out of play. A runner may advance at their own risk any number of bases overthrows.

Tie Games – Tie games will be extended only one extra inning using a version of the international tie breaker rule. A runner will be placed on second base and the team batting will have one out recorded when the inning starts. If the game is still tied after the extra inning, the contest will be recorded as a tie.

No Advance On A Dropped Third Strike

Bunting Allowed

Contact Rule – Any player intentionally making unnecessary contact with another player will be called out and the second offense will be ejected from the game.

Stealing – A runner may only steal after the ball leaves the pitcher’s hand. Only one base per pitch. Runners may not steal home.

Warm-Up Pitches – Six to start the game and three between innings.

Nine Defensive Position Players (3 outfielder & 6 infielder)

Ball – The yellow optic cover, red-stitch 11-inch ball, with a COR of 47 will be used.

No Infield Fly Rule.

2010 Green Country Rules Committee

8U – T. J. Gray

10U – Mark Cox

12U – Steve Rutledge

14U – Shelia Jones