Post season dates and rules
2023 Post Season
- Top 10 teams make the playoffs
- Top 6 seeds advance to First Round of Double-Elimination playoffs
- Wildcard games single elimination (#7 seed vs #10 seed; #8 seed vs #9 seed) 7 inning games
- Each round following Wildcard in Tri-State Playoffs will be a “Best-of-Three” Series
- Saturday playoff games to start between (10am – 3pm).
- Sunday playoff games any time after 10am
- NOTE: 15 minute grace period allowed only if team is short of 9 players available
- NOTE: Rainout dates are to be expected to be the very next day for entire playoffs
- NOTE: All games must complete 9 innings of play, Friday games finished Sat if needed
- NOTE: Players must have played in 5 regular season games to be eligible for league playoffs
- NOTE: Any game that does not complete 9 innings of play as scheduled will be a suspended game regardless of how many innings are played.
- NOTE: No starting on second base for extra innings in playoffs.
- NOTE: No 10 run mercy rule in playoffs
Sunday May 21: Opening Day
Saturday July 22: Regular Season ends
Tuesday July 25: Wildcard Games single elimination: (#7 seed vs #10 seed; #8 seed vs #9 seed) 7 inning games
Saturday July 29 – Monday July 31: 1st Round Tri-State Playoffs
Friday August 4 – Sunday August 6: Semi-Finals Tri-State Playoffs
Friday August 11 – Sunday August 13: Tri-State World Series
Game 1: Fuessenich Park at 7pm
Game 2: Municipal Stadium at 12pm
Game 3: Municipal Stadium at 12pm
Friday August 18 – Sunday August 20: CT CUP Stan Musial State Tourney
NOTE: Friday and Saturday games at Fuessenich Park, Sunday games TBD
Teams: Champions
1. Tri-State Baseball League
2. Connecticut Twi-light League
3. West Haven/Bridgeport
4. Hartford Twi-light League