NFHS Run Rule

[Manny A]

Rule 4-2-3 says in general that the state association may determine game-ending procedures. There is nothing in the rule book that I'm aware of that specifically provides a run-rule limit of 10 after 5 or anything else.

We do use 10 after 5 here in Virginia for regular season games, as well as district and conference tournaments, unless the district or conference council decides otherwise.

[RKBUmp]

I could swear I have seen the run rule question on the FED test, but cannot find it in the rule book. Maybe it is by state adoption, but I could also swear our state bylaws state the run rule is per FED and is 10 after 5. Although a couple of years ago they did also adopt that after 4 innings if a team is down by 15 the losing coach can choose to end the game.

[nopachunts]

It can also be up to the individual districts. I have a baseball game tonight in a district that has a couple of very weak teams. The district has a 15 after 3 rule in place for all district games.

[Manny A]

Originally Posted by RKBUmp

I could swear I have seen the run rule question on the FED test, but cannot find it in the rule book. Maybe it is by state adoption, but I could also swear our state bylaws state the run rule is per FED and is 10 after 5. Although a couple of years ago they did also adopt that after 4 innings if a team is down by 15 the losing coach can choose to end the game.

I believe the FED Baseball rulebook talks about a ten-run rule, and maybe some officials carry that over to softball. And maybe there was something similar in an older version of the FED Softball book. I dunno. But under 4-2-3 in the current book, it makes no reference to an actual run limit.

Perhaps they did that to give states the widest latitude to come up with its own limits. I have done plenty of high school games where I wish we were using the 15/3, 12/4, 8/5 ASA's limits. When the score is already 22-1 going into the third inning, that fifth inning looks so far away......

[Jake26]

In Kansas, 10/5 is by state adoption. Once playoffs start, 15/3 is also required by the state. At the pre-game conferences during the season, umpires are encouraged to state that run-rules for the game are 15/3 and 10/5. Only in the rarest of instances does a coach object to 15/3.