Pony Baseball
Age group: 13-14 year olds
Innings: 7
Bases: 80 feet
Mound: 54 feet
Drop Third Strike: Yes
Infield Fly Rule: Yes
Batting: a continuous batting order is used
Pitching: pitchers will be allowed to pitch the full 7 innings and will only be allowed 14 innings in each calendar week. No re-entry can be used for pitching. Once removed player is done pitching until the next game.
Travel/High School players can pitch throughout the year and in playoffs.
• 3 innings max per game combined
Bunting: Yes
Metal Spikes: are allowed at this level
Stealing and Lead Offs: Lead offs are allowed. Stealing is allowed any time the ball is live.
Slaughter Rule: Yes, when there is a 15-run lead after 3 innings, 12 run lead after 4 innings, 10 run lead after 5
innings, 8 run lead after 6 innings have been played.
This level requires two umpires per game
Dead Ball: Only on umpires’ direction otherwise ball is always live.
Special Note: no team can score more than 8 runs in an inning, if there are less than 3 outs when the 8th run
is scored than the teams shall change sides.