2015 ACA baseball invitational TOURNAMENT I would like to thank all the 28 teams for their participation in our tournament; it is our desire to make this a great experience for all. The tournament will be in a pool play format. It will be held at Big League Dreams 20155 Viking Way, Redding, CA 96003. Games will be played rain or shine as the fields can handle 1- 2 inches of rain per day. Let’s hope that we don’t have to find out, even though we need the rain. 3 teams per pool in the Blue division and 4 teams per pool in the Red division, at the conclusion of pool play the teams will be seeded by the results of pool play into 3 championship formatted brackets for the Blue division and 4 brackets for the Red Division. Please remember to bring a dozen HS approved baseballs or a $60 fee will be required. I have attached a Big League Dreams release form that will need to be completed in order for teams to compete at the facility. I have included a list of all team pools, a pool play schedule, tournament rules and tournament seeding bracket for games after pool play. We have 28 teams participating and 59 games to complete in the tournament. It is going to be difficult to adjust any game times and keep the tournament on schedule, so I will politely ask that we adhere to the schedule as created in order to keep the tournament on course. For reference the fields at Big League Dreams will be referred to in the bracket as follows: F1 F2 F3 F4 F5
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Wrigley Yankee Fenway Des Moines Pawtucket
If weather is good and let’s hope that it is great, final championship games will be held at Tiger field in Redding. It is home of Simpson University and has just been redone this summer/fall. Tiger field is located at 1000 West Cypress Avenue, Redding, CA 96001 Awards ceremony will be held after last championship game. Winner in each championship division will be awarded as well as an all tournament team. We look forward to seeing you all there and wish everyone the best until then. If you have any questions please contact me at
[email protected] or 530-547-4319 or Athletic Director Greg Rust at
[email protected] or 650-548-2586. Thanks for your support and participation, Kevin Petit American Christian Baseball
2015 ACA baseball invitational TOURNAMENT rules There will be no on field warmups for the exception of the days 1st games on each field and the 3 championships games. Warmups can take place in the grassy common areas though. Be considerate and safe in the common areas. Only balls hit out of the park in fair territory will be considered home runs. All teams will need to have a scorekeeper available for each game. Home team is determined before each game by a coin flip. 10 run rule is in effect after 5 innings of play. 2 hour time limit for all games except championship games. No new inning can start after 2 hours. A 2:15 hard stop is in effect, ties can occur in pool play. If the hard stop is reached then scores will revert back to the last completed inning. If the previous completed inning was a tied then the game will end in a tie. If two teams have equal records at the end of pool play, then seeding will be based upon the following tie breakers: 1. 2. 3. 4.
Total run differential. Runs scored. Runs allowed. Coin flip
In the bracketed portion of tournament play after pool play has completed, if the hard stop (2 hours 15 minutes) is reached then the score will revert back to the last completed inning in which a team possessed a lead. Only if all completed innings results are a tie will the game continue beyond the time limit. At 2 hours and 30 minutes the game will stop and the official book (home team) will use the following tie breakers: 1. 2. 3.
Runners reached base (team with the most advances) Errors committed (team with the least advances) Hits (team with the most advances)
In the event of any conflict regarding final results the tournament director will make a final ruling. Teams will be indicated in the included bracket as follows: #1 seeds for each pool will be designated as A1 B1 C1 and D1 #2 seeds for each pool will be designated as A2 B2 C2 and D2
#3 seeds for each pool will be designated as A3 B3 C3 and D3 #4 seeds for Red bracket only will be designated as A4 B4 C4 and D4
2015 ACA baseball invitational TOURNAMENT March 26-28 2015 Team Pools Blue Division Pools
Red Division Pools
Pool A Lassen Hamilton Klamath Union
Pool A American Christian Mercy East Linn Quincy
Pool B Yreka Mazama West Valley Pool C Anderson St Mary Colusa Pool D Sweet Home Fall River Central Valley
Pool B Tulelake Redding Christian Reedsport Burney Pool C Maxwell Etna Lakeview Weed Pool D Uprep Mt. Shasta Trinity Hoopa
2015 ACA baseball invitational TOURNAMENT March 26-27 schedule of games (Pool Play)
Field 1 (Wrigley) 3-26 9:00 3-26 11:20 3-26 1:40 3-26 4:00 3-27 9:00
Fall River vs Central Valley Hamilton vs Lassen Hamilton vs Klamath Union Colusa vs St. Mary Anderson vs Colusa
Field 2 (Yankee) 3-26 9:00 3-26 11:20 3-26 1:40 3-26 4:00 3-27 9:00 Field 3 (Fenway) 3-26 9:00 3-26 11:20 3-26 1:40 3-26 4:00 3-27 11:20
Trinity vs Mt Shasta Maxwell vs Weed Fall River vs Sweet home Hoopa Vs Trinity Lassen vs Klamath Union Yreka vs West Valley Lakeview vs Etna ACA vs Mercy ACA vs Quincy Redding Christian vs Tulelake
Field 4 (Des Moines) 3-26 9:00 3-26 11:20 3-26 1:40 3-26 4:00 3-27 11:20
Burney vs Reedsport Tulelake vs Burney Quincy vs East Linn Mercy vs East Linn Uprep vs Mt. Shasta
Field 5 (Pawtucket) 3-26 9:00 3-26 11:20 3-26 1:40 3-26 4:00 3-27 11:20
Anderson vs St. Mary Yreka vs Mazama Uprep vs Hoopa Mazama vs West Valley Central Valley vs Sweet home
Day 2 (3-27) Pool play 3-27 9:00 Field 5 (Pawtucket) 3-27 9:00 Field 4 (Des Moines) 3-27 9:00 Field 3 (Fenway)
Maxwell vs Lakeview Redding Christian vs Reedsport Etna vs Weed