Rule 6 – Section 2 – INFRACTIONS BY PITCHER
6-2-1 Illegal acts include: applying a foreign substance to the ball; spitting on the ball or glove; rubbing the ball on the glove, clothing or person if the act defaces the ball; discoloring the ball with dirt; bringing the pitching hand in contact with the mouth without distinctly wiping off the pitching hand before it touches…
Rule 6 – Section 1 – PITCHING
6-1-1 The pitcher shall pitch while facing the batter from either a windup position (6-1-2) or a set position (6-1-3). The position of his feet determine whether he will pitch from the windup or the set position. He shall take his sign from the catcher with his pivot foot in contact with the pitcher’s plate. The…
Rule 5 – Section 2 – SUSPENSION OF PLAY
5-2-1 “Time” shall be called by the umpire and play is suspended when: the ball becomes dead (5-1-2, 5-1-3); the umpire considers the weather or ground conditions unfit for play; After 30 minutes, he may declare the game ended. a player, bench personnel or spectator is ordered from the grounds, or a player is ordered to secure…
Rule 5 – Section 1 – DEAD BALL
5-1-1 Ball becomes dead immediately when: a pitch touches a batter or his clothing (8-1-1d), a runner (8-3-1a); The ball becomes dead even though the batter strikes at it (8-1-1d). the ball is illegally batted (7-3-2 and 7-4-1a) or is intentionally struck a second time with the bat as in 8-4-1a; the batter enters the batter’s box with an…
Rule 4 – Section 5 – PROTESTED GAME
4-5 It is optional on the part of a state association as to whether protests are permitted. When allowed, protests are permitted regarding rules one through nine only. When protests are submitted to organizations which do allow the filing, such protest must be submitted using a prescribed procedure (10-2-3i). All individual and team averages shall…
Rule 4 – Section 4 – FORFEITED GAME
4-4-1 A game shall be forfeited to the offended team by the umpire when a team: is late in appearing or in beginning play after the umpire calls “Play.” State associations are authorized to specify the time frame and/or circumstance before a forfeit will be declared for a late arrival by one of the teams; or…
Rule 4 – Section 3 – CALLED GAME
4-3 If a game is called before completion of the number of innings and conditions as specified in 4-2-3, the umpire shall declare the contest “no game,” unless play is terminated by 4-2-4. By state association adoption, a regulation called game where a winner cannot be determined (see 4-2-3) shall be counted as half-game won…
Rule 4 – Section 2 – ENDING A REGULATION GAME
4-2-1 A regulation interscholastic game consists of seven innings (turns at bat) unless extra inning(s) are necessary because of a tie score, or unless shortened because the home team needs none of its half of the seventh or only a fraction of it (4-2); or because of weather, or darkness (4-3). Each team must have nine…
NCAA 2-85 Windup
Windup SECTION 85. One of two legal pitching positions, usually made with no runners on base (see 9-1-a).
NCAA 2-84 Triple Play
Triple Play SECTION 84. A continuous play by the defense in which three players are put out without an error between the putouts.
