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The rules vary widely, depending on the level of competition, but nearly all youth sports leagues and high school sports associations and many college sports associations in the United States have mercy rules for sports including baseball, softball, American football and association football.
Since 2011 only regular season games have a 3-hour, 30-minute time limit. Some youth or amateur leagues will end a game early if one team is ahead by ten or more runs, a practice officially known as the "runs ahead rule" (sometimes referred to as a "mercy rule" or "slaughter rule").
Amateur, high school, and international baseball games often have a mercy rule so that games end sooner when the lead is deemed to be insurmountable (e.g. by 10 runs after 5 innings). However, since the home team always gets one final at-bat if they are trailing, the visiting team can in theory score unlimited runs in the top half of the inning.
Baseball tournaments often don’t restrict stealing bases when a team has a big lead. Some coaches do it, though, when it allows them to reach their mercy rule threshold quicker and rest their ...
There is, by rule, no mercy in postseason college baseball. Despite the SEC adding a 10-run rule ahead of the 2023 college baseball season and other conferences, including the ACC, following the ...
Typically, college baseball relies on a 10-run-after-seven-innings rule, but it is not always enforced, as the NCAA encourages teams to usually play nine innings unless they're playing a ...
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The rules aim to “maintain dignity” of athletes when one team takes a large lead over their opponent. ‘Mercy rules’ will soon take effect when NC middle school games become blowouts Skip ...