Baseball

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. Where you live (4)
  2. 5. The act of testing something (plural) (4)
  3. 6. The property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration (5)
  4. 9. A base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base (6)
  5. 13. The act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure (9)
  6. 14. The handwear used by fielders in playing baseball (5)
  7. 16. Either of two low shelters on either side of a baseball diamond where the players and coaches sit (6)

Down

  1. 2. A failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball (3)
  2. 3. A failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed (5)
  3. 4. A group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions (6)
  4. 7. A successful stroke in an athletic contest (3)
  5. 8. A long seat for more than one person (5)
  6. 10. Bat-and-ball sport played on a diamond (8)
  7. 11. A small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study (5)
  8. 12. A parallelogram with four equal sides (7)
  9. 15. The position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit (5)