Talk The Talk: Baseball Lingo Crossword Puzzle

Talk the Talk: Baseball Lingo

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Two games played in immediate succession.

A ball which is batted directly to a fielder without touching the ground.

When a line drive bounces on the field and over the wall in fair territory the hit is scored as a ground rule double and the batter advances to second base.

The defensive player whose position is behind home plate.

A play in which the batter makes it safely to second base without stopping.

A defensive play in which two offensive players are put out as a result of one continuous action.

The act of a fielder who handles a fair grounder and, instead of throwing to first base to put out the batter runner, throws to another base in an attempt to put out a preceding runner.

A fair fly ball which can be caught by an infielder with ordinary effort, while first and second, or first, second and third bases are occupied before the second out.

A legal pitch when so called by the umpire, which is struck at by the batter and missed

A play in which the batter makes it safely to third base without stopping.

The seating area for team members not currently on the playing field.

The official who judges the legality of individual plays and who otherwise enforces the rules of the game.

A player who bats instead of the pitcher.

The diamond-shaped portion of the playing field bordered by the four bases.

The score made by an offensive player who has rounded the bases and returned to home plate.

An illegal motion by the pitcher with one or more runners on base, entitling all runners to advance one base.

A play in which the batter makes it safely around all bases and back to home plate without stopping.

The second half of an inning.

A pitch which does not enter the strike zone and is not struck at by the batter.

The team on whose field the game is played.

A legally batted ball, not swung at but intentionally met with the bat and tapped within the infield.

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