When the ball is caught by a fielder, the runner can only advance when the ball is caught. The fielder aims to create a record of an out by assisting his teammate through tagging. Through this, the game can level up into a close play at the home plate. Infield fly rule. When a ball remains in the air, the runners must stay on the base. One inning is counted per batting turn of a team. Technically, there should be up to nine innings in every game. The pitching team could prevent the batting team from scoring through catching the ball before it could touch the ground, touching base before a runner gets there, or touching the runner using the ball before he gets to any base. With your feet about a shoulder length apart, extend your arms to your sides and rotate them both clockwise and counterclockwise. Start with small circles and then do the exercise again with bigger circles. Knee Lifts This warm-up drill eliminates tension in the muscles of the legs and hip flexors. Knee lifts are done by standing with your feet apart and raising your right foot until your knee reaches your chest level. Batters play by attempting and succeeding to hit the ball and then advancing to the bases without being hit by the ball, which could be caught by the infielders or pitchers. The pitching team s goal is to catch the hit ball and try to arrest batters or runners who are making their way to go to bases (there are four of them, including the home base, the last destination). When your team is assigned to hit balls, you are referred to as the batting team. All players will take turns in hitting the balls thrown by the assigned pitcher of the other team. The latter is called the fielding team. They are out to stop the players of the hitting team from scoring runs. They aim to get the hitters out through various tactics that they can use. Learn Baseball Lingo Before you get to enjoy watching and following your favorite baseball teams, you should first initiate to know more about the game. Learn baseball fundamentals and of course the language that are applied in the sport. There are special and technical terms that you would surely encounter.