Livermore Stampede Rules

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1. Home Team will be decided by a coin toss for ALL games.
2. Pool Play: No new inning after 90 minutes. Drop Dead at 120 minutes.
   Pool Play can end in a tie.
3. Official scorekeepers will be provided.
4. A Run Rule of 8 runs shall apply after 5 innings.
5. For Pool Play games (Thursday and Friday), the team listed first on the
   schedule takes the 1st base dugout. For Bracket play (Saturday), the
   team listed on the top of the bracket takes the 1st base dugout.
6. For Bracket Play (Saturday), if the game is tied after 7 innings or 90
   minutes, the International tie-breaker rule will go into effect. Each team will start with a runner at 2nd base the 1st inning and with the bases loaded thereafter until there’s a winner.
7. The Championship Game will be 7 innings and the run rule will apply.
8. There will be no protests. The Umpire in Chief and the Tournament Director or Field Marshall will make any official rulings and their decisions are final.

Tie-Breaker Rules:

1. Head to Head
2. Least runs allowed
3. Most runs scored
4. Differential of runs scored minus runs allowed 

5. Coin toss