Baseball

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