THE MOUND VISIT LIMIT

■ Mound visits without a pitching change shall be limited to six per team, per nine innings. For any extra-innings played, each club gets a visit (without pitching change) per inning.

■ A pitcher still must be removed on the second visit by a manager/ coach in an inning.

■ A manager’s or coach’s trip to the mound to meet with the pitcher constitutes a visit. A player leaving his position to confer with the pitcher, including a pitcher leaving the mound to confer with another player, also constitutes a mound visit, regardless of where the visit occurs or the length of the visit.

■ Not included are: Discussions between pitchers and position player(s) that occur between batters in the normal course of play and do not require either the position player(s) or the pitcher to relocate. Visits by position players to the mound to clean spikes in rainy conditions.

Visits to the mound due to an injury or potential injury of the pitcher. Visits to the mound after the announcement of an offensive substitution.

■ In the event a team has exhausted its allotment of mound visits in a game and the home plate umpire determines that the catcher and pitcher were“crossed-up”on the pitch signal, the home plate umpire may, upon request of the catcher, allow the catcher to make a brief mound visit. But any mound visit resulting from a cross-up prior to a team exhausting its allotted number of visits shall count against a team’s total number.