Baseball

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