Play names

Play Names:

• Hit - When a player hits the ball and successfully reaches a base.
• Walk - When the pitcher throws four balls to the batter on a single at-bat.
• Ground out - The ball is hit on the ground to a fielder and the fielder throws the ball to a base where a force is available before the runner reaches that base.
• Fly out - The ball is hit into the air and is caught by a fielder before the ball hits the ground.
• Pop out - Almost equivalent to a fly out, except the ball barely moves, and therefore, coming straight down.
• Line out - When a ball is hit fast, and directly at a fielder; the fielder may have to move a little.
• Foul out - When a ball is hit in foul territory, but the fielder catches it.
• Strikeout - When the batter receives three strikes on a single at-bat.
• Strikeout, throw to first base - When the count has two strikes, and the batter swings and misses, or doesn't swing but the pitch is called a strike, and the catcher drops the ball, the runner can run to first base, and if they step on the base before the catcher, who has picked up the ball, throws to the first baseman, they are safe, and can stay on first and try to score. However, I said can, as there is a very low chance of the runner actually beating the throw, therefore, most runners do not even attempt to run.
• Reaching on error - When the batter or runner successfully reaches a base, because of a fielder making a mistake. This can occur if a fielder misplays the ball, or throws the ball away.
• Fielders choice - When a fielder can throw to any of the bases or home plate.
• Reaching on fielders choice - When the batter runs, and would normally be out, but the fielder chooses to throw to another base or home plate. For example, if it is extra innings, and the home team is up to bat, and have bases loaded, the fielders, if the ball is hit to them, will throw home, ignoring the runner going to first, so they can stop the home team from scoring, and therefore winning the game.
• Double play - When the ball is hit to a fielder, and they throw out a runner that was on the base before the ball got hit, and then throw out the batter. A double play most commonly happens with a runner on first base, when the ball is grounded to a fielder, they throw the ball to the second baseman, and the second baseman throws to the first baseman, and therefore getting two outs on one hit.
• Double play caught stealing - When the runner strikes out, and a runner attempts to steal, but gets caught.
• Double play on line out - When the ball is hit to a fielder on a line out and the runner, who thinks the ball will go into the out field begins to run, but the ball is caught and gets thrown to the base that the runner runs from before the runner can tag up.
• Triple play - When the fielding team gets three outs on one hit. All double play rulings apply to triple play
• Sac bunt - When the batter purposely bunts to move the runner into scoring position or when there is a runner on third base and the batter bunts the ball towards first base, therefore making it hard to get the runner on third out when running to home
• Sac fly - When the batter hits the ball deep enough into the out field, allowing the runner on third to score by tagging up.
• Catcher interference - When the batter is swinging, and hits the glove of the catcher. The runner is awarded first base
• Batter advance on throw home - When the runner advances a base because the fielders try to get a runner out at home.
• Stolen base - When the runner begins to run to the next base when the pitcher begins its windup, and reaches the next base or home plate before the catcher can throw the ball to a base, and the fielder at that base can tag out the runner.
• Stolen base and advance on error - When the runner successfully steals a base and advances to the next base because of an error.
• Caught stealing - When the runner gets tagged out at the base they're trying to steal.
• Wild pitch - When the pitcher is responsible for a ball that has gone behind the catcher.
• Passed ball - When the catcher is responsible for a ball that has passed.
• Balk - When the pitcher begins their windup, and then stops. All runners advance when this occurs.
• Runner picked off - When the runner is too far off the base and the pitcher throws the ball to that bases fielder and they tag the runner before they can reach the base.
• Rundown - When the pitcher attempts to pick off a runner, but the runner, instead of going back to the base, runs to the next base, and two fielders toss the ball back in forth, and slowly walk forwards until they can tag the runner. This can also occur when a runner overruns a base.