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How To Score A Baseball Game

By Scott Kendrick, About.com

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Sample Game: Top Of The Third

The Mariners broke through with four runs in the third inning.

Let’s skip ahead to the Seattle third inning.

  • Carlos Guillen leads off with a single on a 2-2 pitch, so a 1B, and a line to first.
  • Raul Ibanez then follows with a home run on a 2-0 pitch. So mark an HR in the lower right corner, and two runs scored, so he gets 2 RBI in the lower left corner. He goes all the way around the bases, as does Guillen.
  • Kenji Johjima then lines out to third base, so put a 5 in that space.
  • Ben Broussard flies out to center field. That’s an 8 in that space.
  • Adrian Beltre then singles on a 1-2 pitch. 1B, and draw a line from home to first.
  • Next up is Jose Lopez, who hits another home run on the first pitch. He gets the same line as Ibanez. HR in the lower left, 2 RBI in the lower right, and all the way around the bases. Beltre goes all around the bases as well.
  • Yuniesky Betancourt then flies out to first base for the third out.

A big inning for the Mariners. On the bottom, it’s 4 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base. The score is 5-0.

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