How to Keep Track of Outs on a Scorecard

Video Transcript

"Now let's take a look at something you don't want to happen on offense. Well how you score it if the batter does not reach base and makes an out. Looking at our scorecard right here, let's take the first situation. There's a strikeout looking. This is when you're called out on strikes. You don't swing the bat, but the third strike is called. What you do is you denote that as a KC. The K stands for strikeout, and the C is caught looking. So, strikeout caught looking. Now the other way you can strikeout is by swinging. All right, this is when you swing at the third pitch and you have struck out. You note that with a K again for strikeout, and an S for swinging. So this is a strikeout swinging. The other way you can denote a strikeout looking is with a backward K. So instead of writing it as a regular K you do it backward. Now, it's easier to say KC, but some people like the shorthand version. Now, a put out unassisted -- this is when you pop the ball up. Say, in this case, we're going to pop it up to the shortstop here. What you do there is you just denote it with a 6. That means that you hit the ball in the air to the shortstop and you got an out. Now, a put out assisted means that you've hit the ball on the ground -- again, we're going to hit it to the shortstop, and the shortstop then has to throw it to another player before you reach base, resulting in the out. So this ball was hit to the shortstop, number 6, and thrown to the first baseman, number 3. So that's a 6-3 put out assisted. Now, a double play happens is the next way. You have a runner on first base, and this ball is hit to the shortstop, number 6, on the ground. He throws it to the second baseman, number 4, who gets an out at second, and then turns and throws it to the first baseman, number 3, getting the second out of the inning. Now, batter interference is denoted INT. What this is, is when the batter interferes with the fielder. You can't do that when you're running, so you throw him out with an INT there. Now, a sacrifice, you'll draw a little star up in the corner here, and you'll write SAC for sacrifice bunt. That means that the batter has bunted ball into play, sacrificing himself so the other runner can advance. Then you also have a sac fly, which is denoted with an S and an F, and also draw your little start up here in the corner. Now what that means is the batter has intentionally popped the ball up in the air so that he will get out, advancing the runner who was on first or on second to the next base. And those are just a few of the things that can happen when the batter gets out."