GROUND RULES

DUGOUT AREAS

• Ball striking dugout railings and rebounding onto playing field: In Play.
• Ball entering dugout: Out of Play (Award by Book Rule).
• Ball on top step (lip) of dugout: In Play.
• A catch cannot be made in either dugout: Out of Play.

BACKSTOP AREA

• Pitched or thrown ball on resting ledge of signage behind Home Plate: In Play.

OUTFIELD AREA

• Batted ball in flight striking taller wall in left-center field and bounding into left field stands: Home Run.
• Batted ball in flight striking to left of vertical yellow line in right center field and rebounding into play: Home Run.

RIGHT FIELD

• Ball reaching the seats above the railing: Home Run.
• Ball hitting screen above scoreboard and beneath railing: In Play.
• Ball striking railing and bounding into right field: In Play.

FIELD DIMENSIONS:

• Left Field Line - 325 feet
• Left Center Power Alley - 389 feet
• Straightaway Center Field - 399 feet
• Right Center Power Alley - 375 feet
• Right Field Line - 320 feet

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• PNC Park has a natural grass field.
• The outfield fence height varies from a mere six feet in left, to 10 feet by the left-center bullpens, to 21-feet in right in honor of Roberto Clemente.
• PNC Park also features a 410-foot nook in the alley in deep left-center field.

The Commissioner's Office has issued the following Universal Ground Rules for use in all Major League ballparks this season. Ground Rules pertaining to individual parks are posted separately in those parks.

• Ball on the top step (lip) of the dugout is in play.No equipment is permitted to be left on the top step (lip) of the dugout. If a ball hits equipment left on the top step it is dead.
• A player is not permitted to step or go into a dugout to make a catch.A player is permitted to reach into a dugout to make a catch. If a player makes a catch outside the dugout and the player's momentum carries him into the dugout, then the catch is allowed and the ballis dead. See Rule5.09(a)(1) Comment.
• A batted ball in flight can be caught between or under railings and around screens.
• A catch may be made on the field tarp.
• Batted or thrown ball lodging in the rotating signage behind home plate or along first base or third base stands is out of play.Batted or thrown ball resting on the rotating signage behind home plate or along first base or third base stands is in play.
• The facings of railings surrounding the dugout and photographers areas are in play.Any cameras or microphones permanently attached on railings or along outfield walls are treated as part of the railings or outfield walls and are in play.
• Any recessed railings or poles that are in the dugout and photographers areas are out of play and should be marked with red to mark them out of play.
• Robotic cameras or audio equipment attached to the facing of the backstop screen are considered part of the screen.A batted ball striking the backstop camera or audio equipment is considered a dead ball.
• A thrown ball striking the backstop camera or audio equipment is considered in play.
• A ball striking the guy wires that support the backstop is a dead ball.
• A ball lodging behind or under canvas on field tarp is out of play.
• A ball striking the field tarp and rebounding onto the playing field is in play.
• No chairs can be brought out of the dugout or bullpen and onto the playing field.
• All yellow lines are in play.