Game Length:

• A complete game consists of seven innings or one hour.
  
• Extra innings will only be played, if needed, during playoffs.
• If a team is trailing by 10 or more runs at anytime following its fifth at bat, the game will be terminated at this point.
  
• A team shall forfeit if it does not have at least nine players ready to play within 5 minutes following the scheduled start of play. A team may play with 9 or 10 players.

Equipment:

• Only official softball bats will be permitted. Any batter entering the batter's box with an unofficial bat will be declared out.
  
• No donuts, rings, flares, wind resisters, etc. may be added to a bat during warm-ups.
  
• Shoes are required. All games will be on the turf, so turf shoes or tennis shoes are recommended. No molded head cleats or screw ins will be allowed.
  
• The Intramural Department will supply one ball, two bats, and bases for each game. Missing equipment will be billed to the captains of the two participating teams.

Substitutions, Extra players, and CO-ED Rules:

• Any 10 - five males and five females - can play defense. Defensive positions can be changed as long as the following ratio is used: two male/two female in the outfield, two male/two female in the infield, and one male/one female as pitcher/catcher. The batting order must stay the same through the entire game.
  
• Re-entry: Any of the starting players including the extra players may be withdrawn and re-entered once, provided the players occupy the same batting positions in the lineup.

The Other Rules:

• Your pitcher will pitch to your team. You are allowed one pitch: either hit it or you're out.
  
• Every foul ball shall be considered an out.
  
• When the defensive player has the ball or is about to receive the ball, and the runner remains on his/her feet and deliberately crashes into the defensive player, the the runner shall be declared out and ejected from the game. No sliding is permitted - violation results in an automatic out - secound violation by any member of the same team results in ejection from the game.
  
• Fake tags shall not be permitted. For the first offense the player shall be warned; for the second, ejected.
  
• No runner may leave his/her base until the ball is hit.
  
• If a base is dislodged from its locations by more than 3 feet, any following runners should proceed to the spot where the base should be.
  
• For all games played on the turf, each team will be allowed four home runs to the right field; after the fourth, all subsequent balls hit to the right field will be considered ground rule doubles. Cones will mark the remaining field boundries and an official will be stationed in the outfield to make calls on home runs vs. ground rule doubles. A home run to center and left will be any ball hit beyond the cone markers. Any ball which hits and lands in fair territory but then rolls foul past the cones will be a ground rule double.
• No alcohol is allowed on the field or in the area. Penalty for the preceeding offense will result in ejection from the game and suspension for the following game.
  
• Audible foul language directed at opponents, teammates, or intramural staff will not be tolerated; one warning will be given with ejection on second offense.