HOWTOSCORE

Take home a record of today’s Blue Jays action by marking the scorecard found in the centrespread. Here’s one method of scoring a game:

1 Every defensive position on the field has a number, as seen above - the shortstop is number 6, the catcher number 2, first baseman number 3, etc

2 When a batter grounds out to shortstop, he is retired “63”, i.e. the shortstop throws to first base for the out. A batter grounding into a double play - hitting a ground ball to the second baseman, who throws to the shortstop to retire the runner at second, the shortstop then throws back to first to retire the batter - is said to have grounded into a “4-6-3” double play.

3 Using these play codes below, coupled with the defensive position numbers at right, will allow you to record the results of each batter’s at-bat, every inning throughout the game A line drive out to right field, would be L9; a pop up to the third baseman would be scored P5, and so on.

4 The bottom of the diamond shape should be considered home plate Progress is counterclockwise with advance to first base indicated in the lower right corner, to second base in the upper right corner, to third base in the upper left corner, and to home in the lower left corner

In the example shown at right, the batter reached first on an error by the second baseman, stole second and went to third on a wild pitch. If the run scores the diamond is filled in

P

Single Double Triple Home Run

HB Hit Batsman

SAC Sacrifice Bunt

BB Base on Balls

IBB Intentional Walk

PB Passed Ball

KS Struck Out Swinging

KL Struck Out Looking

F Fly Ball

SF Sacrifice Fly

WP Wild Pitch

L Line Drive

P Pop Fly

FO Foul Out

U Unassisted

E Error

SB Stolen Base

CS Caught Stealing

DP Double Play

In the example shown below, the players are listed in the order in which they take their turn at bat The number after their name is their defensive position when they’re in the field, except for Danny Jansen, the designated hitter (DH).l

SAMPLE INNING

Springer leads off and flies out to centre Bichette singles to right Guerrero Jr. walks. Kirk hits a home run to left Chapman is hit by a pitch, then advances on a wild pitch with Varsho at bat Varsho gets an infield hit to third (Chapman holding at second).

Jansen grounds to the shortstop and reaches first base on an error Bases loaded. Espinal strikes out.

SPRINGER 9

BICHETTE 6

GUERRERO JR. 3

KIRK 2

CHAPMAN 5

JANSEN DH

ESPINAL 4

KIERMAIER 8

LOB

F8 BB BB HB E6 E6 E6 KS 3 3 3 6 – 3 WP 9 7 5

Pitchers Ip H R Er So Bb

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