Starting the Scorecard for a Game

Before each game, the coaches exchange batting lineups. The person assigned by the head coach enters the starting lineup for both teams. When entering the lineups it makes sense to find two blank pages facing each other if you’re using a bound scorebook. It makes it much easy to transition from the scorecard of one team to the other.

The team that bats first in a game is known as the “Visitors”, and the team batting last is the “Home team”.

In the scorebook, enter the Visitors’ lineup on the left facing page and the Home team’s lineup on the rightEntering the Game Information

Game information should be recorded on both the Visitors and Home scorecard pages for future reference. The Game information to note include:

• Visitor and Home Team Names
• Date of Game
• Start Time of Game
• Weather
• Scorer

In the example below the game information entered tells you all need to know for future reference.

Mets vs. Titans on May 25, 2008 @ 2:00. Game conditions were hot and sunny.

See anything missing? Where was the game played?

There’s no specific field on this particular scorecard but there is a Notes section available.