Batters score points in baseball by hitting the baseball and then travelling across 3 bases before coming back to ‘home plate’.
The fielding team attempt to prevent this by collecting the baseball and getting the batter out using the methods listed above.
Batters can hit a ‘homerun’ which results in a point. This can either be done by completing the circuit of bases in one play, or by hitting the ball out of the playing area.
Otherwise, batters can stop at any of the bases. Teams can score multiple points if the current batter, and any other batsmen already on bases, make it home during one play.
If there are batters on every base, this means that ‘bases are loaded’.