2023 BCSL PLAYOFF RULES & FORMAT

All teams will play 4 Round Robin games from Monday Aug 14th -Saturday Aug 19th

followed by a modified Double Knockout round on Sunday Aug 20th to determine 4 playoff winners (A, B, C, and D).

Teams in A will be ranked 1-6 based on their regular season record for round robin play.

Teams in the B will be ranked 1-9 based on their regular season record for round robin play and then split into B (top 5 teams) and C (bottom 4 teams).  The top team in C in the regular season will move up to C5.

The bottom 5 teams in C in the regular season will form division D  and retain their relative rankings from the regular season (ie; 2nd place team is D1, 3rd place team is D2, ..., 6th place team is D5) for round-robin and DKO play.

Round-robin divisions remain unchanged leading into the DKO round.  Teams are re-ranked in each division according to round-robin record.  See tie-breaker rules below.

All teams will play a minimum of 6 games to a maximum of 10 games.

SPN Carded Umpires will officiate all games.

Players must have played a minimum of EIGHT regular season games for their team this season to play in playoffs and can only play on one team for playoffs.

The umpire will call 'time' 75 minutes into the game (grace period eats into the 75 minutes if used) and will advise that 'we will complete this inning and the next inning will be the final inning.' Games can lapse and will not impact the following game time limit. All finals will be complete games with no time limit.

During The Round Robin:

2 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss.

Games that are tied after 7 innings will be deemed a tie (no extra innings)

Maximum run differential per game is +/- 7 runs

Higher seeded team has option to choose being home or visitor

Tiebreaker in the Round Robin standings are determined in this order:

1-Greatest run differential (max +/- 7 per game)

2-If still tied, greater number of wins

3-If still tied, least number of losses

4-If still tied, greatest number of runs scored (total)

5-If still tied, least amount of runs against (total)

6-If still tied, coin flip

During Double-Knockout:

Higher seed is Home except for the final where the team in the winners bracket (the team that has not lost a game in DKO) will be home.

Any game tied after 7 complete innings (or time limit) will enter into a tiebreaker/extra innings where the offensive team would start the inning with one out and their last batter in the previous inning on 2nd base.  

All BCSL gameplay and bat rules apply.

Gameballs will be provided for all playoff games. Lineup cards and scoresheets are available upon request.