Baseball
Across
- 2. a score earned when a base runner safely gets to home plate
- 4. ball batted ball that goes outside the foul lines
- 6. hit a play in which the batter hits the ball into fair territory and gets at least to first base
- 8. to run a base between pitches without the batter hitting the ball
- 9. to be out for having three strikes called
- 13. the small, round object that is thrown or caught
- 14. player who squats behind home plate and catches pitches the batter doesn't hit
- 15. slam a home run hit with a runner on every base, by which 4 runs are scored
- 16. player who fields in the infield, including first, second and third basemen and shortstop
- 17. area beside the field in which a team's players and coaches can sit
Down
- 1. area inside the square formed by the four bases
- 3. a player who fields in the outfield
- 5. area between the infield and the home run fence
- 6. player whose job is to hit the ball with a bat
- 7. instrument made of aluminium or wood that is used to hit the ball while batting
- 10. free pass to first base given to a batter after a pitcher throws four balls outside the strike zone
- 11. a pitch thrown outside the strike zone
- 12. a period of play in which each team bats until 3 batters are out
- 13. one of four "safe havens" to be reached in turn by a runner