PE - Softball 2

• The area between each base where base runners must run.

  BASEPATH
• An offensive player running between bases.

  BASE RUNNER
• When the offensive players occupy the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd bases.

  BASES LOADED
• Attempt of the batter to tap the ball with a stationary ball instead of swinging it; the bat is lowered to the flight of the ball parallel to the ground.

  BUNT
• Legally caught ball that occurs when a fielder catches a batted or thrown ball with their glove.

  CATCH
• Ball hit into the field of play

  FAIR BALL
• Part of the playing field including the 1st and 3rd base foul lines from home base to the extream playing field fence.

  FAIR TERRITORY
• A home run hit with a base runner on each base, thereby scoring all 4 runs.

  GRAND SLAM
• Any ball that hits the ground

  GROUND BALL
• The five-sided piece of rubber that the batter stands beside while at bat and the area the pitch needs to pass over to be judged a strike

  HOME PLATE
• The run made by a batter who makes it around all bases and back to the home plate in one play.

  HOME RUN
• Completed when both teams have completed their turn at bat with three outs having achieved or if playing a special batting rule each player in the batting line up has completed their turn at bat


  INNING