Official Rules and Field Dimensions

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
• 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

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

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.