But for this example, let’s stick to a baseball game, and for our example, we’ll use the Seattle Mariners vs. Cleveland Indians game from June 11, 2007.
Most scorecards and scoresheets have the diamond already drawn in, and you draw a line to the base that the player advances to. In the upper left corner of each box, mark the balls (top line) and strikes (bottom line).
Beginning the sample game:
- Ichiro Suzuki, the left fielder, singles in his first at-bat, so a line is drawn from home to first, and 1B is drawn in the lower right corner, next to the line, to denote the single.
- Vidro, the second hitter, then grounds out to first, so 3U is drawn in, meaning three unassisted. Suzuki advances to second, so a line is drawn from first to second.
- Jose Guillen then hits a single, and Suzuki scores. So put a 1B in the bottom right corner, and an RBI in the lower right to keep track of RBIs. On Suzuki’s line, draw a line from second to third and third to home. Most scorekeepers then fill in the box, so runs can be easily seen at first glance.
- Raul Ibanez flies out to right field, so put a 9 in the box to denote that the right fielder caught it.
- Kenji Johjima then singles, and Guillen advances to second. And then Ben Broussard grounds out to the second baseman, who throws to first, so it’s 4-3.
Seattle leads 1-0. Below the lineup, mark Seattle for 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors and 2 left on base. You might notice that I draw a line below Broussard, to denote that it was the last out. It’s the way I can easily see where I need to start the next inning.
