Baseball Rules Exam Questions and Answers Graded A+
# of innings in baseball - Answers 9 innings
Who bats first in an inning? - Answers The visiting team
Who bats second in an inning? - Answers The home team
How does a team win the game? - Answers Score more runs than the other team
Each team is given __________ of outs for each inning - Answers 3
Pitching rubber - Answers
What are four ways to make an out? - Answers to catch the ball hit by the batter before it hits the
ground, to tag a base runner as they are running around the bases, to force someone out (tag the base
they have to run to),to strike out the batter
What are three ways to make a strike? - Answers the batter swings at but misses the ball; the batter
swings at and hits the ball into foul territory; the pitch is thrown inside the strike zone
A ball (while batting) - Answers a pitch that is thrown by the pitcher that is outside of the strike zone
Strike zone - Answers an area over home plate that ranges approximately from the batter's armpits to
the knees
A strike out - Answers occurs when the pitcher gets three strikes on the batter
If a batter receives four balls in one at-bat... - Answers they get to go to first base
If the batter hits a foul ball with two strikes... - Answers The foul ball does not count as strike 3, the
batter continues to face the pitcher
Foul Ball - Answers one that is hit outside the first or third base lines
the "count" - Answers the first number called is the number of balls in the count; the second number is
the number of strikes; called after each pitch
A pick-off attempt - Answers when the pitcher decides to throw the ball to that base (and its defender)
in an attempt to get the runner out
Tag up - Answers after the ball is caught, the runner must return to the base they were on, touch it, and
then make the decision to stay put or run for the next base
An error - Answers when a fielder fails to make play
A hit - Answers occurs whenever a batter hits the ball and is not thrown out by a fielder
Single (hit) - Answers The batter hits the ball and gets to first base.
# of innings in baseball - Answers 9 innings
Who bats first in an inning? - Answers The visiting team
Who bats second in an inning? - Answers The home team
How does a team win the game? - Answers Score more runs than the other team
Each team is given __________ of outs for each inning - Answers 3
Pitching rubber - Answers
What are four ways to make an out? - Answers to catch the ball hit by the batter before it hits the
ground, to tag a base runner as they are running around the bases, to force someone out (tag the base
they have to run to),to strike out the batter
What are three ways to make a strike? - Answers the batter swings at but misses the ball; the batter
swings at and hits the ball into foul territory; the pitch is thrown inside the strike zone
A ball (while batting) - Answers a pitch that is thrown by the pitcher that is outside of the strike zone
Strike zone - Answers an area over home plate that ranges approximately from the batter's armpits to
the knees
A strike out - Answers occurs when the pitcher gets three strikes on the batter
If a batter receives four balls in one at-bat... - Answers they get to go to first base
If the batter hits a foul ball with two strikes... - Answers The foul ball does not count as strike 3, the
batter continues to face the pitcher
Foul Ball - Answers one that is hit outside the first or third base lines
the "count" - Answers the first number called is the number of balls in the count; the second number is
the number of strikes; called after each pitch
A pick-off attempt - Answers when the pitcher decides to throw the ball to that base (and its defender)
in an attempt to get the runner out
Tag up - Answers after the ball is caught, the runner must return to the base they were on, touch it, and
then make the decision to stay put or run for the next base
An error - Answers when a fielder fails to make play
A hit - Answers occurs whenever a batter hits the ball and is not thrown out by a fielder
Single (hit) - Answers The batter hits the ball and gets to first base.
