Baseball Fun

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. A failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball (3)
  2. 4. Round object used in games (4)
  3. 7. The area of a baseball playing field beyond the lines connecting the bases (8)
  4. 9. Underground pod of the ___ vine (plural) (7)
  5. 12. The person who does the ___ (7)
  6. 14. A smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked (plural) (7)
  7. 15. A general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal flavored with hops (4)

Down

  1. 1. To become or cause to become obstructed (4)
  2. 3. Cooperative work done by a team (8)
  3. 5. A base hit on which the batter scores a ___ (7)
  4. 6. A small hard fruit (plural) (5)
  5. 8. The position on a baseball team of the player who is stationed behind home plate and who ___ (7)
  6. 9. Corn having small ears and kernels that burst when exposed to dry heat (7)
  7. 10. A group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions (6)
  8. 11. A ballplayer who is batting (6)
  9. 13. The state of being covered with unclean things (4)