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How To Score A Baseball Game

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Sample Game: Top Of The Ninth

The Mariners scored the winning run in the top of the ninth.

The Indians score two more runs in the eighth inning and tie the game at 7, but they leave the bases loaded again. You can follow that on the finished product, but for our purposes, let’s skip ahead to the top of the ninth inning.

  • Jose Vidro leads off with a single. 1B, and a line to first. The Mariners then call for a pinch runner, Willie Bloomquist. Denote that by adding his name underneath Vidro and putting PR next to his name. In the ninth inning box, put a PR next to first base, denoting that’s where the pinch runner went in.
  • Jose Guillen then hits a fly out to center field, so place an 8 in that box.
  • Raul Ibanez then hits a double that drives in Bloomquist. Put a 2B on his line, along with an RBI. Color in the Bloomquist diamond to denote the run scored.
  • Kenji Johjima then hits a single, and Ibanez goes to third. A line from first to second for Johjima, a line from first to second for Ibanez.
  • Next up is Ben Broussard, who hits a fly out to right field. Ibanez tries to score from third, but he’s thrown out at home. So it’s a 9-2 DP. Right field to catcher, double play. In Ibanez’s diamond, draw a line between home and third to denote that he was thrown out at home.

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