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rowdy rick asked in SportsBaseball · 1 decade ago

Pitching a perfect game?

Okay im asking this to settle a bet.

If a batter hits 2 balls foul and they count as a strike, then the pitcher strikes him out after that, does that count as a strike on the pitchers stats?

Thanks

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Yes. it doesn't matter if the first two strikes come from a foul ball, a called strike, or a swinging strike. It also doesn't matter if the third strike is a swinging or called strike or a foul bunt attempt. It is a strikeout, so the pitcher gets credited with a strikeout.

  • Fozzy
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    I'm a bit confused.

    How exactly does this relate to a perfect game?

    I'm guessing you mean how those foul balls affect the pitcher's pitch count and how many balls and strikes he threw. Any pitch that is hit, whether foul or fair, is counted as a strike. The only pitches counted as balls would be pitches that were either called a ball by the umpire or where a hitter gets hit by a pitch. There is never an assumption made as to what a pitch would have been had a player not swung.

  • 1 decade ago

    Yes, of course. First foul ball, 0 - 1. Second foul ball, 0 - 2. Hitter swings and misses on the next pitch, strike out, 0 - 3.

    Yes, it counts as a strike and strike out, it goes into the stat sheet as a "K".

    Source(s): Go Rays!
  • 1 decade ago

    yes. all 3 pitches are strikes

    Source(s): common baseball knowledge
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    yeah its not a hit since it didn't go fair so it has to be a strike out. kinda obvious.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    yes

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    yeah duhhh

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