PITCHING RULES TOURNAMENT PITCHER USE a game is suspended may remain in the Due to the nature of the tournament LIMITATION RULES game and is not required to be removed format, the USA Baseball Operations Staff If a pitcher reaches the daily max (pitches prior to 95/105 pitches the next day will provide each coach with an updat- in a game) threshold (95/105) while fac- (14U/15U: 95, 17U: 105).); ed pitch count sheet as soon as possible ing a batter, the pitcher may continue to A player who is a team’s pitcher at the prior to the start of their second game of pitch until any one of the following events time a game is suspended and then be- the day on days where a doubleheader is occur: 1.That batter reaches base; 2.That comes subject to a mandatory rest day at scheduled. batter is retired; 3.The third out is made the time the suspended game is resumed PENALTY FOR VIOLATION to complete the half-inning. shall be removed from the game at the If a pitcher is found to have exceeded A pitcher’s required rest is based off a time the game is resumed. (For exam- his allowed numbers of pitches during a hard pitch count of actual pitches thrown ple, a pitcher who is in the game at the game, the illegal pitching situation will be and does not reset to the pitch count time the game is suspended and who has rectified immediately and the incoming tallied at the beginning of the last batter thrown 31 or more pitches in that game pitcher will be permitted as many warm faced. If a player has thrown 29 pitch- may not pitch in the resumption of the up pitches as the umpire deems necessary es and after facing the last batter of the suspended game the next day.); prior to resuming the game. The Techni- inning has thrown 34 then that pitcher’s A pitcher who must rest for a day must cal Committee will review the infraction pitch count for the day is 34 (not 29) and rest for all games on that day (i.e., rest and reserves the right to suspend the they must now take one day of rest. during a postponed or resumed suspend- ed game shall not be deemed to satisfy manager for the next game if the infrac- REPORTING a mandatory rest day if there is a subse- tion is deemed a purposeful breech of the USA Baseball official scorers will be quent game on the same day). (For ex- rules. The Technical Committee will be responsible for the official pitch count ample, a pitcher who is in the game at the comprised of the USA Baseball Tour- at each field. An aggregate report for all time the game is suspended and who has nament Director, Umpire-in-Chief, one teams in the tournament will be distrib- thrown 31 or more pitches in that game USA Baseball Site Supervisor and one uted electronically at the completion of may not pitch in either the resumption of member of the USA Baseball Task Force. each day’s games to the team contact on the suspended game or any subsequent If a pitcher is found to have exceeded record. The pitch count monitored and game that day.); his allowed pitches for a game after the kept in the tower is the only official pitch A pitcher who remains in at the resump- game is completed, the manager may be count that will be used. Managers or tion of the suspended or postponed game suspended for the next tournament game. coaches pitch counts are NOT official, but may not pitch in any subsequent game The Technical Committee will review they are welcome to periodically check that day. (For example, a pitcher who is in the infraction and reserves the right to with the official scorer to ensure their the game at the time the game is suspend- suspend the manager for the next tour- count is correct. The official scorekeeper ed and resumed the next day may not nament game and one additional game will communicate the pitch count at the pitch in the subsequent regularly sched- if the infraction is deemed a purposeful beginning of each inning or as needed. uled game that same day.) breech of the rules. In either case, the pitcher in question will Should a pitch count be protested, the DOUBLEHEADERS protesting team must present an official not receive any direct penalty, but will be score book or digital score keeping appli- The second game of a scheduled dou- made to adhere to the prescribed days of cation to the Site Supervisor and Tourna- bleheader will not serve as a rest day for rest based on the number of pitches at the ment Director. The pitch count kept by pitchers having thrown in the first game time of the infraction. The team in ques- the tower can be overturned if both the of the day. (For example, a pitcher who tion will not receive any direct penalty Site Supervisor and Tournament Director has thrown 31 or more pitches in the first (beyond penalization of the manager), come to the conclusion that a mistake game of the day may not pitch in any sub- but will continually be made to adhere to was made on behalf of USA Baseball’s sequent game that day and is subject to the prescribed pitch count rules for the scorekeeper. The new pitch count will be the appropriate number of rest days based remainder of the event. recorded and reflected in the following on the total pitches thrown.) day’s pitch count report. A pitcher who has thrown 1-30 pitches is eligible to throw in any subsequent game 0 1 2 3 4 SUSPENDED GAMES that day, however, he will still be limited Days Day Days Days Days For purposes of applying the pitcher use to the daily max of 95/105 pitches on the limitations in the event a team plays twice day. (For example, a 14U/15U pitcher 11-12 85 1-20 21-35 36-50 51-65 66+ on a single day because a prior game who has thrown 20 pitches in game one was either postponed or suspended, the may pitch in the second game that day, 13-14 95 1-20 21-35 36-50 51-65 66+ following rules apply: but is limited to only 75 pitches in that The per-game total pitch maximums (but given game. At that point, the pitcher 15-16 95 1-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76+ not mandatory rest) shall be deemed will be subject to the appropriate number to be “reset” for the resumption of the of rest days based on the total pitches 17-18 105 1-30 31-45 46-60 61-80 81+ suspended game. (For example, a pitcher thrown that day, which in this case would who has thrown less than 30 pitches when be 4 days (76+ pitches).)