Chapter 5

The 2nd, 3rd and Top of 4th - More Base Events and Handling Substitutions


Now that we have completed an inning many of the basic concepts are covered and we will use an abbreviated discussion to explain how to score the game.

In the top of the 2nd for the Padres, Finley struck out swinging; Vander Wal singled to left center. G. Myers flied out to center and Gomez grounded out to third.

For Finley (struck out swinging):
Navigate to Finley in the second: tap "Visitor", square for Finley-2nd
Enter pitches: the final pitch being "Swing"
Enter strikout: tap home plate, "Out", "K", "1"

For Vander Wal (singled to left center)
Navigate to Vander Wal: tap down arrow
(We'll disregard pitches for a while again)
Enter the single: tap home plate, "On", "1B", "0", then drag the hit location

For G. Myers (flied out to center)
Navigate to G. Myers: tap down arrow
Enter the out: tap home plate, "Out", "Fly", "2", "F8" (at the dialog), drag the hit location

For Gomez (grounded out to third)
Navigate to Gomez: tap down arrow
Enter the out: tap home plate, "Out", "Gnd", "3", "0", "Gr5-3"

Now tap "Done" to return to the Summary form and here's what it looks like:


 

In the bottom of the 2nd for the Yankees, Ledee singled to right. Knoblauch singled to left. Our data on the game is a bit sketchy in this area so let's assume that Ledee tried to advance to third on the hit and was thrown out. This gave Knoblauch a chance to advance to second on the fielder's choice (choice of making the play at third base instead of second). Jeter singled to center, batting in Knoblauch. O'Neill flied out to left. Williams homered to right center batting in Jeter as well as himself. Finally, Davis struck out swinging.

For Ledee (singled to right):
Navigate to Ledee in the second: tap "Done", "Home", square for Ledee-2nd
Enter single: tap home plate, "On", "1B", "0", drag hit location

For Knoblauch (singled to left)
Navigate to Knoblauch: tap down arrow
Enter the single: tap home plate, "On", "1B", "0", then drag the hit location
Enter advancing to 2nd on an fielder's choice: tap first base, "Base", "FC"
Navigate to Ledee: tap up arrow, tap 1st base, "Hit" (which advances Ledee to 2nd)
Now tap 2nd base, "Out", you'll see the Base Out pop menu:

When an out occurs on the base paths you select "Out" after you tap a base. It brings up the choices "FC" meaning that the hitter hit into a fielder's choice and their choice was to make a play on this runner. "Force" means that it was a force out which is a type of fielder's choice where the out is made on a force play meaning that all the bases behind the runner are filled and he is forced to advance. "Pick" means that the runner was picked off base and "Caught" means that he was caught trying to steal a base. "Adv" means that the runner was out trying to advance and the decision was with the runner on whether to try to stretch the offensive impact rather than a natural extension of what would happen based on the strength of the batter's hit.  "*" is for entering in other events that are more rare. Interference with a fielder or "out of the base paths" are examples.

Since Ledee was thrown out trying to advance tap "Adv", then "1".  You'll get a dialog asking you to enter the fielding events that led to the out.  Since Knoblauch single to left, the left fielder threw out Ledee at third when he tried to advance.  So enter "Adv9-5".

After you've entered the out on the basepaths, Ledee's At Bat in the 2nd looks like this:


 

For Jeter (singled to center)
Navigate to Jeter: tap down arrow twice
Enter the single: tap home plate, "On", "1B", "1", drag hit location
Navigate to Knoblauch: tap up arrow
Enter run scored: tap second base, "Base", "Hit", third base, "Base", "Hit", "Yes"

For O'Neill (flied out to center)
Navigate to O'Neill: tap down arrow twice
Enter the out: tap home plate, "Out", Fly", "2", "F8"

For Williams (homered to center - CRUNCH! )
Navigate to Williams: tap down arrow
Enter the homer: tap home plate, "On", "HR", "2" (himself and Jeter batted in), "Yes" (earned run),
     drag hit location
Navigate to Jeter: tap up arrow twice
Enter the run: tap first base, "Base", "Hit", tap 2nd, "Base", "Hit", tap 3rd, "Base", "Hit", "Yes"

For Davis (struck out swinging - sigh of relief by the Padres)
Navigate to Davis: tap down arrow three times
Enter pitches: to designate a strikeout swinging the last pitch entered needs to be "Swing"
Enter the strikeout: tap home plate, "Out", "K", "3"

Now tap "Done" to return to the Runs View and here's what it looks like:

Now tap "Done" again the box score reflects all the new activity.


 

In the top of the 3rd the Padres are "three up, three down" with Veras striking out swinging, Gwynn flying out to left and Vaughn popping out to left.

For Veras (struck out swinging)
Navigate to Veras: tap "Done", "Visitor", square for Veras-3rd
Enter pitches: striking out swinging is designated by the final pitch being "Swing"
Enter strikeout: tap home plate, "Out", "K", "1"

For Gwynn (flied out to left)
Navigate to Gwynn: tap down arrow
Enter the out: tap home plate, "Out", Fly", "2", "F7", drag location

For Vaughn (popped out to left)
Navigate to Vaughn: tap down arrow
Enter the out: tap home plate, "Out", "Fly", "3", "F7"

Tap "Done" to see the Runs View.


 

The Yankees had a more interesting 3rd inning. Martinez singled to center. Brosius singled to left, moving Martinez to second. Posada then hit into a double play (second to short to first). Martinez advanced to third on the double play. Ledee doubled to left field, batting in Martinez. Brian Boehringer relieved Andy Ashby, the Padre's starting pitcher, and finally, Knoblauch struck out looking.

For Martinez (singled to center)
Navigate to Martinez: tap "Done", "Home", square for Martinez-3rd
Enter single: tap home plate, "On", "1B", "0", drag hit location

For Brosius (singled to left)
Navigate to Brosius: tap down arrow
Enter single: tap home plate, "On", "1B", "0", drag hit location
Navigate to Martinez: tap up arrow
Enter base advance: tap first base, "Base", "Hit"

For Posada (hit into double play)
Navigate to Posada: tap down arrow twice
Enter double play: tap home plate, "Out", "Gnd", "2"(2 because the double play got Brosius first), "0", "Gr4-6-3dp"
Note that we appended the letters 'dp' to the ground out details.  This lets It's A Hit! Stats correctly roll up the double play.  Similarly you use the letters 'tp' for a triple play should one happen.
Navigate to Brosius: tap up arrow
Enter force out at 2nd: tap first base, "Out", "Force", "1", (don't enter any text after "For", you've done it with Brosius)
Navigate to Martinez: tap up arrow
Enter advance to 3rd on fielder's choice: tap 2nd base, "Base", "FC"

Here's what Brosius' AtBat form looks like after entering him as the lead out on the double play:

For Ledee (doubled to left field)
Navigate to Ledee: tap down arrow three times
Enter the double: tap home plate, "On", "2B", "1", drag hit location
Navigate to Martinez: tap up arrow three times
Enter run scored: tap 3rd base, "Base", "Hit", "Yes"

To enter the pitching substitution of Brian Boehringer for Andy Ashby first Navigate to Knoblauch who is the batter when the pitching substitution is made.  Tap on the Palm "Menu" button, tap "Pitch".  When you do this you can see the "Substitute Pitcher" menu item.  Tap it.


 

This brings you straight to the substitution dialog for Ashby.  Notice that the current inning and out are filled in.
 

Tap on the pop menu triangle next to "Name".  You'll be presented with a pop menu of the Padres lineup.

Tap on "Boehringer" and his data will be filled into the form.

Tap "OK" and the pitching substitution if complete.

Note the asterisk in the pitches area.  This designates which pitch the pitching substitution was made on (which in this case is before the first pitch to Knoblauch).

Since Knoblauch struck out looking, let's fabricate some pitches: ball, foul, ball, swing, look. Then tap home plate, "Out", "K", "3". Once these events are entered, Knoblauch's AtBat form looks like this:

And when you tap "Done" the Summary form looks like this:


 

The Padres continued to struggle in the top of the fourth inning and they also did not have any action that illustrates new aspects to It's A Hit!. In the inning Caminiti lined out to first base. Joyner grounded out to second and finally, Finley grounded out to first. The Padres seem demoralized!

For Caminiti (lined out to first)
Navigate to Caminiti: tap "Done", "Visitor", square for Caminiti-4th
Enter out: tap home plate, "Out", "Fly", "1", "F3", drag location

For Joyner (grounded out to second)
Navigate to Joyner: tap down arrow
Enter out: tap home plate, "Out", "Gnd", "2", "Gr4-3"

For Finley (grounded out to first)
Navigate to Finley: tap down arrow
Enter out: tap home plate, "Out", "Gnd", "3", "Gr3U" (U for unassisted)

Tap done and the Summary form for the Padres after four innings looks like this:

This shows at-a-glance how much trouble the Padres are having. They have had two three-up-three-down innings and you can see that only three players have reached base after four innings with only a single player, Gwynn, making it as far as second.
 

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