Baseball Situations

Defense Situation: You are playing Right Field (RF). There are runners on first base and second base. There are 2 outs. The batter gets a base hit that gets past the second baseman and rolls out to you. There is a play at the plate, who is your cut off man?

• Pitcher

• Second Baseman

• Catcher

• First Baseman

Defense Situation: You are playing Left Field (LF). There are no runners on base. There are 0 outs. The batter gets a base hit down the left field line that gets past the third baseman and hits the fence. You retrieve the ball. Who is your cut off man that you should throw the ball to?'

(hint double cut)

• pitcher

• shortstop

• third baseman

• Second Baseman

Defense Situation: You are playing Shortstop (SS). There is a runner on first base. There are 0 outs. The batter hits a solid ground ball to you. Where should you throw the ball to try to get the force runner out?

• Third Base
• First Base 
• Second Base 
• Home Plate

Defense Situation: You are playing Center Field (CF). There is a runner on third base. There is 1 out. The batter hits a fly ball to you that you catch. The runner is tagging up from third base. Who are you throwing the ball through? As in who is your cut off man?

• First Baseman

• Home Plate

• Third Baseman

• Pitcher

Defense Situation: You are playing Right Field (RF). There are no runners on base. There are 0 outs. The batter gets a base hit down the right field line that gets past the first baseman. You retrieve the ball. Who is your cut off man that you should throw the ball to? 

• Third Baseman
• Shortstop 
• Pitcher
• Second Baseman 

Defensive Situation: You are pitching. The bases are loaded (Runners on first, second, and third base). There is 1 out. The batter hits a ground ball to you. Where should you get the force out?

• Home Plate

• Second Base

• First Base

• Third Base

Defensive Situation: You are playing First Base (1B). There is a runner on third base. There are 2 outs. The batter hits a ground ball to you that you catch. What should you do?

• Throw the ball to second base
• Throw the ball to home plate
• Step on first base
• Chase the runner to tag him out

Offensive Situation: Two outs and you're a runner on First Base, the batter hits a pop-up. What are you supposed to do?  

• Freeze
• Run back to First Base
• Run towards Second Base
• Stop

Offensive Situation: One out and you're a runner on 2nd Base, the batter hits a grounder towards the shortstop. What are you supposed to do?  

• Run back to 2nd Base
• Freeze and wait to see what the SS does
• Run towards 3rd base
• Freeze/Stop 

Offensive Situation: One out and you're a runner on 2nd Base, the batter hits a grounder to third base. What are you supposed to do?

• Run back to 2nd Base

• Run as fast as you can and round and go home

• Run towards 3rd base

• Freeze and watch what the third baseman does. Also watch the throw to first base if he throws it and see if it is a good throw.