SWAT HANDBOOK

RULES FOR THIS EVENT

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AGE DIVISION9U 46 ft pitching distance · 65 ft bases

FIELD46 ft pitching distance · 65 ft bases

GAME6 innings

TIME LIMIT1 hr 30 min Night Lights games and championships.

Cannot turn 10 before May 1 of the current season. Grade-exception players must meet the handbook’s 3rd-grade criteria.

No bat size restriction under the 12U-and-below rule; banned/altered bats remain illegal. Wood bats are approved.

6 innings max in one day · 8 innings max over 3 consecutive days. More than 3 innings Saturday means no pitching Sunday.

Dropped third strike is an out.
10-foot modified lead/steal line at first, second, and third.
Runner must be stationary at the pitch and may steal only after the pitch crosses home plate.
First early-leave violation is a team warning; later violations are outs.

Standard SWAT lineup, substitution, courtesy-runner, and roster-batting options apply.
9U uses the handbook’s modified stealing provisions.

Pool-play home/visitor is determined by coin toss; higher seed is home in bracket play.
No fake bunt-and-swing (slashing).
Legal courtesy runners may be used for the pitcher or catcher of record under the handbook rules.
Pool games may end tied. Bracket games use the SWAT California tiebreaker after regulation.

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