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Baseball is a game between two teams of nine players each. The game is divided into nine innings, each divided into two halves. In the first half of the round, the players of a team are coming to a bat and  try to score runs, while the other team plays in the field and attempts to stop the offensive team to score. In the second half, the teams exchange places. The team that goes to the end of nine rounds is the winner of the game.

The game is played on a diamond-shaped playing the four corners of the diamond formed by the plate, first base, second base and third base. In the middle of the field is the pitcher’s mound where the pitcher is at the height of the ball to the batter. The area beyond the infield, bordered by the first and third baselines, is called the outfield.

During a round, the pitcher of the defensive team throws the ball toward a member of the team currently in batting position at home plate. The batter tries to hit the ball with the bat in a place out of reach of defensive players on the field and run around the bases. If he is able to bases around the house and return to the plate, he scores a run. But if the ball is caught, or may be discarded at the first base before he arrives at the base, then the batter is out.

A batter is also put into out, if he fails to hit the ball three times, after three good pitches. The offensive team’s  time at bat is over when he made three outs.