Baseball5

The infield has a square shape, with a base in every corner. The distance between bases is 13 metres (43 ft). The fair territory has a square shape of 18 metres (59 ft) per side, in which one of the corners coincides with the home plate. The batter’s box has a square shape of 3 metres (9.8 ft) per side. It is placed outside of the fair territory and is built on the extension of the two foul lines crossing each other at the home plate corner.

Ideal shape and size of all bases is a square of 50 centimetres (20 in) per side. In order to avoid collisions, the first base is "double". The ideal height of the fences is 1 metre (3.3 ft). However, every league or tournament organisation may decide on other ways of limiting the field of play, such as using existing walls or marking the ground.

Baseball5 hitting

The act of hitting takes place while a hitter is entirely in the batter's box and shall remain within the lines until the hit ball gets into fair territory. The ball has to be hit hard either with a palm or a fist. The first bounce has to be at a minimum distance of 3 metres (9.8 ft) from home plate. The batter in the action of running towards first base, after putting the ball in play, has to touch the base. In order to stay safe, the batter has to remain in the area included within the base and the 1.5 metres (4.9 ft)-meter safe area attached to it.

How the offensive players eliminate themselves due to illegal behaviors/actions:

• By touching (stepping) on one of the batter's box lines while hitting the ball
• By hitting the ball in foul territory
• By being hit by a legally hit ball
• By not making a hit ball touch the fair ground at least once before touching the fences or going above the fences
• By not respecting the batting order and hitting in place of a teammate
• By a runner leaving the base before the batter hits the ball
• By passing a teammate while in the action of running the bases
• By being tagged while two or more runners are on the same base. The one behind in the batting order shall be called "out"

In a situation with bases loaded and two outs, if the runner at third base has to be the next hitter in the batting order, the runners at first and second bases each advance one base, the runner on third base goes to hit, and a pinch runner is placed on first base. In teams with only five players, the first player called out in that inning becomes pinch runner on first base. The batting order shall always be respected.

The Baseball5 day in Rome, team France tried to get a Cuban runner out (May, 2018)

The five players (1st Base, 2nd Base, 3rd Base, Shortstop and Midfielder) of the defensive team shall all be in fair territory when the batter hits the ball. The defensive team shall eliminate three opponents in each inning so as to switch sides and become the offensive team.

How the defense makes "outs":

• By touching the base (while in possession of the ball) to which a runner is "forced" to run
• By catching a hit ball before it first touches the ground
• By tagging a runner when he/she is not on a base (touching the ball, held in the defensive player's hand, to the runner)

If the ball leaves the court due to a defensive error (missed throw or missed catch), each runner is awarded an extra base.

The game ends at the end of the fifth inning if one team has scored more runs than the opponent. Should the Home Team be ahead on the score after the Guest Team has completed its fifth offensive inning, the game is over and the Home Team wins.

In case of a tie game, the teams shall play and complete extra inning(s) until one team scores more runs than the opponent. The player scheduled to hit fifth for the sixth inning is placed on first base as a runner to start the inning. The players scheduled to hit fifth and fourth in the seventh inning are placed on first and second base, and so on with three runners to start the following innings until the game ends.

A game is over if a team leads by 15 runs at the end of the third inning or by 10 at the end of the fourth. Should a team reach a 10-run (or more) advantage during the top of the fifth inning, the game shall be completed.