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The batting order is the main component of a team's offensive strategy. In Major League Baseball, the batting order is set by the manager, who before the game begins must present the home plate umpire with two copies of his team's lineup card, a card on which a team's starting batting order is recorded. The home plate umpire keeps one copy of ...
The lineup or batting order is a list of the nine baseball players for a team in the order they will bat. During the game, the only way to change the lineup is via substitution, as batting out of turn is not allowed. Once the ninth person in the lineup finishes batting, the first person bats again; this is the top of the order.
During the game, batters make a plate appearance in the order specified by the batting order, repeating the sequence once the ninth batter has made a plate appearance. Occasionally, one or more batters may bat in the incorrect order. In Major League Baseball, this violates rule 6.03(b) of the Official Baseball Rules. Batting out of turn is ...
The Detroit Tigers are using the same batting order as they used in Game 1 even though it didn't work out. Here's why A.J. Hinch decided to do so.
Lou Gehrig, with 1,515 runs batted in as a cleanup hitter, has "cleaned up" the most bases of any cleanup hitter in Major League Baseball history. In baseball, a cleanup hitter is the fourth hitter in the batting order. The cleanup hitter is traditionally the team's most powerful hitter.
The No. 9 spot in the Royals batting order delivered, no matter who hit there. The problem in a 6-2 loss to the Texas Rangers on Friday was lack of production elsewhere at Globe Life Field.
Fifteen years ago, Justin Morneau found his name listed in the starting lineup as the Twins' cleanup hitter for all 162 games of the 2008 season. Wait, make that all 163 — the Twins played a ...
In baseball, completing the cycle is the accomplishment of hitting a single, a double, a triple, and a home run in the same game. [1] In terms of frequency, the cycle is roughly as common as a no-hitter; [2] [3] Baseball Digest calls it "one of the rarest feats in baseball". [4] Collecting the hits in the listed order is known as a "natural cycle".