Ineligible Pitchers Protest--Ruling Help

[jpshaughnessy]

Situation: 10-year-old Little League game on Saturday, Jays had played Friday night and were the home team on Saturday against A's. A's coaches saw pitcher for Jays warming up before the game and realized he had pitched the night before and was ineligible so they informed the Jays' coaches. Volunteer umpire has no clue on rule and defers to the coaches to sort it out. Jays coaches insist that one day of rest rule only applies to 11/12 year old division despite being shown LL rule book and Local rule sheet for 10-year-old division which repeats Regulation VI (b) about pitchers needing at least one day of rest. Game is played under protest by A's. Jays, using three pitchers all of whom had pitched the night before, win 8-4.
Question from BOD member (me): Is the protest committee limited under Rule 4.19(f) to simply playing the game over from the first pitch since the starting Jays pitcher (and all subsequent pitchers) were ineligible? And can they mandate a replay game from the start that prohibits the Jays from using the three ineligible pitchers so as not to allow "gaming " the protest rule to set up your rotation for the replay game? Finally, since the Jays coaches ignored the A's coaches warning and knowingly pitched the three is the Protest Committee allowed to declare a Jays forfeit?