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The scoresheets are the official game record used to record every at bat and the runs scored in each inning. Notso uses the scoresheets to update the regular season standings and determine the order for playoffs. This guide details the minimum recordkeeping required for our league.

Organization of the Scoresheet

Batting Order
Red box: The batting order for each team is listed in the first column on the left. Teams should exchange lineups with player names and jersey numbers. If you don’t have a chance to do it right away, list the jersey number of the player as they come up to bat. Substitute players should always be at the end of the batting order.

Inning Columns
Green box: There is an individual column for each inning. They tell us who did what and in what order things happened. Notso plays 7-inning games, though it’s not uncommon to only get to 5 innings.

Player Rows
Yellow box: There is an individual row for each player. Rows detail what a player did at bat and how it affected the game.

The Sequence of the Game

The game sequence flows down the inning column. Every time a new batter begins a new at bat, you use a new box. The first batter in the first inning gets the first box (highlighted by a red square). Each subsequent batter gets a new square as you work down the 1st inning column. Remember, the box captures what the batter did and when they did it. So the box you use is determined by who is batting and what inning it is. Since players bat in order, you just move to the next box in the order.

The Box

Hits: The box contains a diamond representing home, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. Connect the bases that the batter touched on their hit. In this example, the player hit a double. Draw a line from home to 1st to 2nd.

Strikeouts: Score strikeouts by using the capital letter “K.” In scorekeeping parlance, K means strikeout. It comes from there being a letter K in the word strike.

Outs: Record an out in the bottom right corner with the number of the out with a circle
around the number. In this example, it is the first out. Write a “1” and circle it.

Example Inning

• Elliot P strikes out. We write K and 1 for the number of outs now.
• Janelle M hits a single, so we draw a line from home to first base.
• Kristen S hits a triple. We draw a line around the bases to 3rd base. This hit scores a run for Janelle M, so we draw the second batter (Janelle M) going around the bases to home and colour in their diamond to represent a run.
• Amandla S hits a single, so we draw a line from home to first base.
• Hayley K hits a grounder to the pitcher, who throws the ball to the second baseperson to get Amandla out. We put the 2nd out in Amandla’s box, since she was the one put out.
• Mae M strikes out to end the inning. We write K in their box along with a circled 3 for the third out.

End of a Half-inning

When a player makes the third out, the other team comes to bat. In our last example, #22, Mae M, made the 3rd out. After you finish noting what occurred in the box, you can make a diagonal mark in the lower right hand corner of the box to indicate that they were the last out or the last player at bat before the last out. Some scorekeepers will add a squiggly line to remind themselves that the remaining players did not bat in the inning.

New Inning
When a player makes the third out the other team comes to bat. Remember that Mae M was the 3rd out in the 1st inning. This means that Sam S will bat first (lead off) in the 2nd inning. Just remember to match the lead off batter to the proper inning to determine what box to start in.

Scoring Runs

At the bottom of the scoresheet, there is a row for SCORE, and boxes with a diagonal line. In the top left corner, write the number of runs scored in the inning. In the bottom right corner, write the total runs for the game.

For example, there were 2 runs in the first inning. There was one run in the second inning, so you write 1 in the top left corner, and 3 in the bottom right corner (2 runs from 1st inning + 1 running from 2nd inning = 3). There were 2 runs in the third inning, so you write 2 in the top left corner, and 5 in the bottom right corner.