Nine-person teams {baseball}| can have pitcher, catcher, first baseman, second baseman, shortstop, and third baseman, who deploy around the diamond, and right fielder, center fielder, and left fielder, who deploy in the outfield. Pitchers can throw a hard medium-size ball over home plate above knee and below shoulders {strike, baseball} or miss {ball, baseball}. Three strikes retires batter {out, baseball}. Four balls is a pass to first base {walk, baseball}. Batter uses a bat to try to hit ball into the field {hit, baseball} or to right or left {foul ball}. Foul balls are strikes, unless batter has two strikes already. Batters try to get to first base by hit or walk and advance around second and third bases, back to home plate to score a run. Hits can be a single to first base, double to second base, triple to third base, or home run to home plate.
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