Baseball/Softball Rules

3. A play where the fielder touches a runner with the ball while the runner is not on a base.
4. A unit of play consisting of a top (visiting team bats) and bottom (home team bats) half, with three outs per half.
5. 90ft or 60ft
6. A pitch outside the strike zone that the batter does not swing at; four result in a walk
7. The next batter in the lineup
9. When a runner is forced to advance to the next base because the batter became a runner (hitting a fair ball) or another teammate is behind them, leaving no available bases behind
10. An illegal motion by the pitcher that allows runners to advance
11. One of two straight, white chalk lines extending from the rear corner of home plate, passing through the outer edge of first or third base, and stretching to the outfield boundary (foul pole)
12. the official, sequential list of the nine starting players and their assigned batting positions (1st through 9th) submitted by a manager to the umpire before a game
14. A subjective, official scorer-determined statistic charged to a fielder who fails to make an out on a routine play or allows runners to advance through misplay

1. The area over home plate where a pitch must pass for a strike to be called if the batter does not swing
2. A batted ball that settles in fair territory
6. Rectangular box that the a player stands in to swing the bat and attempt to hit the ball.
8. When the defense records two outs during a single, continuous play
9. A batted ball that lands outside the foul line
11. Any of the nine defensive players on the field while the opposing team is batting
13. The official overseeing the game