BASEBALL
Across
- 3. The next batter in the line-up.
- 6. the player who throws the ball to the opposing batter
- 8. A homerun hit while all bases are loaded.
- 13. a player who swings a bat or whose turn it is to bat
- 17. an annual series of games between the winning teams of the two major leagues: the first team to win four games being champions of the U.S.
- 18. A defense play resulting in two outs.
- 20. The replacement for the starting pitcher.
- 21. A runner crosses home plate without any errors.
- 22. Three players are taken out in the course of one play.
- 24. a person who controls the training of a sportsman or team
- 25. any of the four defensive players stationed around the infield.
- 26. a home run scored in the bottom of the final inning to win the game.
Down
- 1. the player stationed behind home plate, whose chief duty is to catch pitches not hit by the batter.
- 2. After striking the ball, the batter is able to pass through all four plates and return to home with no errors on the part of defense.
- 4. the positions played by the right, center, and left fielders
- 5. Relief pitcher who finishes out the game.
- 7. a boy or young man who takes care of the bats and sometimes other equipment of a team.
- 9. One of nine periods of playtime in an ordinary regulation game.
- 10. A pitch so wide that the catcher is unable to catch or block it, allowing runners to advance.
- 11. The pitcher who starts the game.
- 12. A mistake in fielding the baseball by the defense that allows a batter to reach base or a base runner to advance.
- 14. the minigame where you try to hit the most homeruns; included in allstar week
- 15. When the pitch count has 3 balls and 2 strikes. The next strike or ball will end the at bat. If the batter hits the baseball foul, then the count remains 3 and 2.
- 16. a game in which the pitcher does not allow a single runner on base.
- 19. The recorded number of steals by a runner.
- 23. the game where the best baseball players in the MLB come together to play one big game; included in all star week