Did the All-Star Game get you pumped about baseball? If you’re totally into the game, you can follow along at home — on TV, radio or the Internet — by keeping score.
We kept score last Saturday while watching the White Sox-Pirates game on the tube. At right is our scorecard for the White Sox first-inning at-bat. Follow our explanation below to get how it works.
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The first thing you need to remember is that the numbers used in scoring represent each position on the field: 1, pitcher; 2, catcher; 3, first base; 4, second base; 5, third base; 6, shortstop; 7, left field; 8, center field; 9, right field. Got that? Here goes:
Durham hits a grounder to the first baseman, who flips the ball to the pitcher covering first base for the out (3-1). Singleton homers to center field — the finished diamond tells you that he went all the way around the bases and scored. H8 tells you that it was a hit to center field. Lee doubles to center field. H8 is used again because it’s a hit to center field; the mark between first and second base tells you it was a double. Liefer strikes out swinging (K). (An out on strikes called is a backward K.) The K is circled to make it easier later to see how many strikeouts the pitcher had. Konerko grounds out to the shortstop, who throws to first (6-3).
If you’ve learned other ways to keep score, that’s cool. For a helpful Web site, you can go to www.baseball-almanac.com/scoring.shtml.
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