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PLAYOFF BRACKETS

CLICK ON DIVISION:  
 SHETLAND (6u Machine-Pitch)
 PINTO-MP (7u Machine-Pitch)
 PINTO-KP (8u Kid-Pitch) 
 MUSTANG (10u) 
 BRONCO (12u) 
 PONY (15u) 
 COLT (19u) 


PLAYOFF RULES (doesn't apply to colt/palomino)
PITCH COUNT LIMITS are same as regular season and DO NOT RESET TO START PLAYOFFS OR CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES.

GENERAL RULES:
  • NO "COURTESY RUNNERS" allowed in playoffs 
  • NO SUBSTITUTE PLAYERS ALLOWED (unless specifically approved by league)
MINIMUM PLAY RULES
  • Shetland, Pinto-MP, Pinto-KP - 1-inning of infield Minimum Play rule does NOT apply but other regular season rules do still apply. 
  • Mustang, Bronco & Pony - Regular season rule does not apply.  No player can sit more than two innings, and those innings cannot be consecutive.
  • Pony - No player can sit more than three innings and those innings cannot be consecutive.
  • ALL DIVISIONS - In the case of extra innings no player can sit consecutive innings
HOME TEAM STATUS
  • Shetland & Pinto-MP - Determined by coin flip prior to each game. Dugout doesn't matter.
  • Pinto-KP, Mustang, Bronco & Pony - Higher seed team until Championship Game.
  • Championship Games of double elimination brackets - Home Team is team from Winners Bracket.  For 'if necessary' games, home team alternates.

TIME LIMITS - No-New-Inning-After rules are same as regular season.  THERE IS NO DROP-DEAD TIME IN PLAYOFFS

EXTRA INNINGS - CA Tiebreaker Rules will apply (see our Local Rules Tournament Section for details) in all divisions for games going into extra innings or going beyond the No-New-Inning time limit.

CA TIEBREAKER RULES:  Place the last out on 2nd base with no outs and play out the inning. Second and subsequent overtimes will require the offensive team to place last two outs on 2nd and 3rd, and play out the inning until a winner is determined. Start the inning with no outs.

RUN LIMITS:
  • Shetland, Pinto-MP & Pinto-KP- 5/inning max first 4 innings, then 10/inning max after
  • Mustang - 5/inning (plus continuation) max first 3 innings, then 12/inning max after.
  • Bronco - No run limit
  • Pony - No run limit
MERCY RULES:
  • Shetland, Pinto-MP & Mustang - 15-run mercy rule after 3 innings, 10-run mercy rule after 4 innings.
  • Bronco & Pony - 15-run mercy rule after 4 innings, 10-run mercy rule after 5 innings.