2023 Carp Shootout - July 21-23
Six teams from Ontario, Quebec, and Nova Scotia will vie for over $7000 in prize money during the inaugural Carp Shootout fastball tournament at the Fairgrounds in Carp Ontario, July 21st-23rd 2023.
The Highgate Rock, from the South Middlesex Men's Fastball League
The Grand Valley Expos, from the Intercounty Fastball League
The Kingston Axemen, a tournament team based out of Kingston Ontario
The Micksburg Twins, from the Greater Ottawa Fastball League
Team Quebec, a tournament team based out of the province of Quebec
The Nova Scotia East Hants Mastodons, a tournament team based out of the province of Nova Scotia
Admission is $20 at the gate (cash or credit/debit) for the weekend, or $5 for Friday evening and $10 for each of Saturday & Sunday.
Food and beverages will be available on site through our partnership with the West Carleton Amateur Sports Club.
Micksburg wins the 2023 Carp Shootout
The Micksburg Twins won the inaugural Carp Shootout men's fastball six-team tournament this past weekend with a perfect 4-0 record, taking home $3200 in prize money.
After advancing to the Final based on 4-0 win over the Nova Scotia East Hants Mastodons on Saturday night, the Twins played the same club and beat them 6-1 in the final. Joran Graham had the win while Kyle Linton picked up the save. David Watson took the loss and had relief from Brody Fraser.
Tyler Branchaud had a two-run homer, and both Joseph Mick and Matt Greer had two runs batted in for Micksburg. The Nova Scotia team scored their only run on a solo homer by Fraser.
Joseph Mick, the Twins catcher, was awarded Most Valuable Player for the tournament.
Nova Scotia went home with $1950 in prize money as the 2nd place team.
All games on diamond #1 will be broadcast live on our YouTube channel.
Visit https://www.youtube.com/@wc_fastball if you can't be at the ballpark to watch the games.
Tournament Rules
The tournament will use the ISC rules of play.
The two-out catcher rule is optional.
All games are 7 innings. No new inning will start after 1h45m in the round robin. Once an inning has started it must be completed. Round-robin games can end in a tie after seven innings or if the time limit is reached.
There is no time limit on shootout games; the game will go to the international tie-breaker rule if it is tied after 7 innings.
The mercy rule is 15 runs after 3 innings, 12 runs after 4, and 7 runs after 5.
Each team may have 18 players on their roster. Players must play in the Friday or Saturday games to be eligible for Sunday playoff games (SO 4 and beyond).
All pitchers must pitch in a game Friday or Saturday to be eligible to pitch in the Sunday playoff rounds (SO 4 and beyond).
Any player or coach ejected from a game will serve a 1 game suspension.
All decisions made by the tournament committee will be final.
Consumption of alcohol is to be limited to the designated areas.
Tie breaker rules are as follows:
Wins
Head-to-head
Plus/minus: runs scored minus runs allowed (maximum of 7 per game)
Fewest runs allowed
Most runs scored
Coin flip
Line-up cards are to be handed in at the scorer’s table 30 minutes before the game, at which point a game ball will be given to the team.
The coin toss for home/visitor will happen at the coaches meeting with the umpires prior to each round-robin game.
The highest seeded team will be the home team for all shootout games. If both teams have the same rank, ex. A1 vs B1, tie-breaker rules will be used to determine the home team.
Teams must be ready to play at least 15 minutes before the scheduled start time.