Softball Rules
Softball Rules
POSTINGS
Schedules for the league will be posted on the bulletin boards located next to the Phy Ed / Athletics office in Skoglund.
RULES
1. All games will be umpired. Umpires will be responsible for calling balls and strikes, fair or foul balls, flat or too high pitches and if a runner is safe or out. All umpires decisions are FINAL!
2. A team will consist of 10 players. A team may start with as few as 7 players. When using 7 players, if agreed upon, the other team may provide a catcher but will not make a play at home. If a team is reduced to 6 players the game will be forfeited at that point.
Co-Rec: 5 men and 5 women. At NO time may there be more men than women on the field.
You must have at least 1 male on the field.
3. A game will consist of 7 innings or 45 minutes, which ever occurs first. No new inning will begin after 45 minutes.
A. The Supervisor will designate the game watch.
B. Tie games: to determine the winner when time runs out, go back to the last completed inning and use that as the final score.
C. If a game is called due to inclement weather: Three completed innings will constitute a completed game. If less than 3 innings were completed, the game will be rescheduled.
D. Decisions regarding game cancellations due to inclement weather will not be made until 3:00pm.
4. Mercy Rule: If a team is ahead by 15 runs at the completion of 5 innings the game will be called.
5. PITCHING
A. The pitcher must stand on the pitching rubber in order for the pitch to be legal.
B. Each pitch must be between 6 and 12 feet in height
C. A pitch that hits the MAT or PLATE is a strike
D. A pitch that hits anywhere other than the mat is a ball
E. Each batter will be given a 3 ball ? 2 strike count
F. If a male walks, the female up next automatically walks also (no intentionally walking males)
G. Each batter will be given 1 courtesy foul
6. All BASEBALL BATS and METAL CLEATS are ILLEGAL and will not be allowed. If you are found to be using either one, you will forfeit that game and be ejected from the league.
7. BASE RUNNERS: No runner may lead off or steal. Runners may not leave the base until the ball is
hit or swung at. There is NO SLIDING! The runner will automatically be out. Advance at your own risk on all overthrows.
8. Each team should furnish their own bats and gloves. The Intramural Office will provide balls and bases. Intramural softballs are the official game ball.
9. Extra Hitter(s): You may bat 1 extra batter in men?s and women?s leagues.
Co-Rec teams may bat two extra hitters but they must be a male and female. If batting only 1 extra batter in Co-Rec it must be a female. Maximum number of hitters is 12.
9. Courtesy Runner: You may use a courtesy runner for an injury once the batter safely reaches
base. Use the person that made the last out (if needed, use the previous inning), however a male must replace a male and a female replace a female.
11. All players in the field must bat.
12. Batting out of order: If noticed before the first pitch of the next legal batter, it is an OUT. If not noticed before the first pitch of the next legal batter, then it is a non-correctable error and the batter is legal.
13. Co-Rec teams must bat: Male/Female or Female/Male all the way through the batting lineup.
14. Players may re-enter the game. Notify Supervisor when making substitutions.
15. Current St. Olaf is required at all games. NO ID, NO PLAY!
16. There is NO BUNTING. All bunts or bunt attempts are up to the judgment of the umpire. If a bunt or bunt attempt is called, the batter is automatically out.
17. All other slow pitch softball rules apply.
18. Playing Fields: Intramural field to the North of the Flag Football field (behind Tostrud Center)
19. Forfeit. A forfeit will be called after 5 minutes of scheduled start time.
1st FORFEIT: Team warning
2nd FORFEIT: Team is automatically out of the league.
20. Co-Rec: Male or female pitchers are allowed.
21. Alcohol: It is a College policy that alcoholic beverages may not be consumed at Intramural events. Please help us enforce this policy with both you, your teammates, and your spectators. If your team or fans fail to cooperate, it may result in forfeiture of the game and possibly suspended indefinitely from the IM program. Any player ejected from a game for alcohol suspension will have to see the Intramural Coordinator.
22. Rain Dates: If your game is cancelled due to inclement weather, it is your responsibility to check the schedule on the bulletin board to see when your team plays. PLEASE DO NOT CALL UNTIL 3PM TO FIND OUT IF THE GAMES WILL BE CANCELLED.
23. All players must play in one regular season game in order to be eligible for playoffs.
24. Players can not play on more than one team. If caught both teams may be forfeited out of the
league.
Male- can play on 1 men?s team and 1 coed team
Female- can play on 1 women?s team and 1 coed team
