Playoffs

CBSL Playoff Rule Changes

Most regular-season playing rules remain in effect during the CBSL playoffs. Coaches should be aware of the following postseason changes:

No Ties

• All playoff games must have a winner.
• The seventh inning is played under normal rules.
• Beginning in the eighth inning, each team starts the inning with a runner on second base.
• The runner is the player who completed the final at-bat of the previous inning.
• A game suspended before completion will resume from the exact point where play stopped.

No Five-Run Inning Limit

• The regular-season five-run-per-inning limit does not apply during the playoffs.
• Teams may continue scoring until three outs are recorded. The 12-run mercy rule remains in effect.

Playoff Hosting

Game locations are determined by the playoff bracket.

• Higher-seeded teams is the default host, unless mutually agreed by teams to modify.
• Semi-Final round games may be played at designated neutral sites.
• Championship games are played at the league-designated championship location

Playoff Format

• A Divisions: Single elimination
• B Divisions: Modified double eliminationL One winner-take-all championship game; there is no additional “if necessary” game.