Rules

1. Games last seven innings or no more than 55 minutes
2. In the event of a tie score at the end of the game, the game shall be marked as a tie.
3. To score a run, a runner simply has to safely reach the home plate before then end of an innings.
4. Outs:
   - Three outs by a team complete the team’s half of the inning
   - Three strikes, three fouls, or fouling with two strikes equal an out
   - Runner touched by the ball while not on base & the ball is in play
   - A fielder can throw a ball at a runner below the shoulders.
   - Runners hit in the neck or head with the ball will not be out unless they were ducking to dodge the ball.
   - A kicked ball (fair or foul) that is caught in the air
   - A ball thrown to fielder touching base beats the runner who is forced to run
   - When a runner is off of their base when the ball is kicked
5. Play ends:
   - The play comes to an end once the ball returns to the pitcher
   - A runner intentionally touches or stops the ball (the runner is out)
   - Interference is when any non-fielder, runner, or non-permanent object touches the ball. Any time there is interference, play automatically ends and runners proceed to the base to which they were headed.
6. Foul ball:
   - A foul counts as a strike
   - Three (3) fouls is an out. (1 foul after having two strikes is an out)
7.  A foul is:
   - A kick landing in foul territory
   -  A kick that goes foul prior to passing 3rd or 1st base & not touched by a player
8. Running
   - Runners must stay within the base line.
   - No sliding or running into a fielder. No contact is allowed...the runner is out if the runner
   initiates contact or runner is safe if fielder initiates contact.
   - Fielders must stay out of the base line. Runners hindered by any fielder within the base line, not
   making an active play for the ball, shall be safe at the base to which they were running.
   - No leading off or stealing. Runner can only advance after the ball is kicked. A runner off a base
   when the ball is kicked is out.
   - Runners must Tag-Up after a kicked ball is caught by the defense to advance to the next base.
   - Runners may overrun first base.
   - One base on an overthrow into foul territory. This rule is a restriction on the runner – not an
   automatic right for the runner to advance.
   - Running past another runner is not allowed. Any runner passed by another runner is out. .