Who can name all the ways to score from 3rd without a hit?

Question

I think I heard there are 9 ways, but I'm not sure. Some of them require less than 2 out, I believe, or other special cases (like bases loaded). Anyway, I wonder if any of you baseball nuts can figure out the obscure ways.

By "hit" I mean a legal basehit, so yes, a sacrifice bunt would be not a hit.

Note, a suicide squeeze may be recorded as a sacrifice, a hit, or a fielder's choice depending on how the catcher handles it.

I think of 1 or 2 not mentioned as of the 4th answer.

Answer 1

I found 15 ways:

1. Bases loaded walk
2. Bases loaded hit by pitch
3. Balk
4. Sac Fly
5. Suicide squeeze
6. Ground ball error
7.Dropped shallow fly error (not deep enough to be considered a sac fly)
8. Wild pickoff by pitcher
9. Wild pickoff by catcher
10. Passed ball
11. Dropped third strike by cathcer; he throws to first while runner on third scores.
12 Steal of home
13. Wild pitch
14. Fielder interference. That is a fielder blocks the runner's path without possesion of the ball.
15. Sac fly on a foul pop up, usually caught by an outfielder in foul territory

Answer 2

'Hit' meaning the batter hitting the ball and reaching base safely, just not literally hitting the ball.

Suicide squeeze.
Safety squeeze.
Stealing home.
Pass ball.
Wild pitch.
Balk.
Walk when bases loaded.
Double steal.
Throwing error (catcher overthrows second on steal).
Tagging up on deep fly ball.


Oh, just wanted to add that I once saw a first baseman catch the ball for an out, roll the ball toward the pitcher and head for the dugout thinking it was three outs when it was really only two. Runner scored on the error.

Answer 3

1. balk 2. bases loaded walk 3. ground out to infield and runner scores from 3rd 4. wild pitch 5. fielding error 6. pickoff throw passes 3rd baseman (run scores) 7. runner steals home 8. bases loaded & batter is beaned 9. sac fly

i think that's it...not sure how different 2. and 8. r tho

Answer 4

Yes, there is obviously a squeeze to make the third base runner score

The player on third could do a delayed steal (run when the catcher throws the ball back to the pitcher)

The runner can score on a passed ball (wild pitch catcher misses)

Bases loaded, pitcher walks the batter, runner on third scores

Bases loaded, pitcher hits the batter, runner on third scores

Bases loaded, BALK! runner on third scores (I think...)

Runner on third... batter hits to the second baseman, he throws to first for the out, and the runner on third scores

Runner on third, sac fly... runner tags and scores

Yeah... that's all I can think of

Answer 5

I thought of twelve. Sacrifice fly, balk, batter hit by pitch, walk, fielders choice, squeeze play, interference play, passed ball, fan interference, a double play, steal, and an error.

Answer 6

a million. Come into interest changing teammate on base. 2. walk, flinch circumstances or intentional walk. 3.Swing at strike 3 and catcher drops ball. 4. purchase a base you will properly be on 24/7 LOL

Answer 7

one more: an infield fly
bases loaded, 1 out ,ball hit behind 2b ,umpire calls an infield fly,ss cathes it ,runner at third tags and takes his chances

Answer 8

walk(with bases loaded), wild pitch, passed ball, fielder's choice, sac fly, balk, steal, fielding error????? that's all i can think of....

Answer 9

balk bases loaded or walk hit homerun getting hit .

Answer 10

balk,walk,wild pitch,steal home, intl. walk,wild pickoff, error

idk good ?