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How To Score A Baseball Game

By Scott Kendrick, About.com

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Sample Game: Bottom Of The First

The Indians left the bases loaded in the bottom of the first.

It’s Cleveland’s turn to hit in the bottom of the first.

  • Grady Sizemore flies out on a 3-2 pitch to right field, so a 9 is put in that spot. Jason Michaels then flies out to left field, so a 7 is put there.
  • With two outs, Casey Blake hits a single on a 2-2 pitch, so a 1B is put in the lower right corner, and a line drawn to first base.
  • Travis Hafner then hits a double, with Blake advancing to third. So write down a 2B and put Hafner on second and Blake on third.
  • Jhonny Peralta then walks, so put a BB (base on balls) next to his line to first base. Hafner and Blake stay put.
  • With the bases loaded, Ryan Garko flies out on a 1-2 pitch to left field. Mark it with a 7. So the Indians leave three on base in the first inning.

Below the lineups, denote that there were 0 runs on two hits with 0 errors and 3 left on base.

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