Free Baseball / Softball scoreboard
Keep Baseball / Softball score live on your phone and share the match with anyone — free to watch, no account needed to follow along.
Baseball and softball are played inning by inning: runs cross the plate while batters work the count and the defense chases that third out. With Score Zen you tap in each run as it scores and the tally updates live. Whether it's a nine-inning club game, a weekend tournament, or a casual softball match in the park, anyone with the link follows every inning.
Why score Baseball / Softball with Score Zen
- One-tap scoring, built for Baseball / Softball
- Share the live score by QR code or link
- Free for spectators — no app to install to watch
- Keeps working if the connection drops
- 34 sports, tournaments and standings included
How Baseball / Softball scoring works
The scoring unit is the run. A run is scored when a runner advances in order to first, second and third base, then touches home plate, without being put out and before the third out of the inning. Several runners may score on a single play; a home run hit out of the field lets the batter and all runners already on base score. If the third out is a force out made before a runner reaches home plate, that run does not count.
Match format
Baseball: 9 innings, each inning split into a top half (visiting team bats) and a bottom half (home team bats). Softball: 7 innings on the same principle. If the score is tied at the end of regulation, extra innings are played until the tie is broken. Many competitions apply a run-ahead rule ("mercy rule") that ends the game if one team leads by a large margin (e.g. 10 runs) after a set number of innings.
How to win
The team that has scored the most runs at the end of the regulation number of innings wins. There is no draw in an official game: if the score is tied after 9 innings (baseball) or 7 innings (softball), extra innings are played until one team leads at the end of a complete inning. A run-ahead rule may award the win early.
Recommended Score Zen setup
Score by accumulating points (runs) with no upper limit. Main counters: runs per team (final score), current inning (1 to 9 baseball / 1 to 7 softball), half-inning (top/bottom). Auxiliary counters reset each half-inning: outs (0 to 3), strikes (0 to 3), balls (0 to 4). Game ends at the close of regulation innings, with extra-inning handling on a tie; configurable run-ahead rule option.
Frequently asked questions
Do spectators need an account to follow a baseball game live?
No. Anyone you send the QR code or link to can watch the runs update inning by inning, with no sign-up and nothing to install. You keep score with one tap from the bench or the bleachers, and the scoreboard stays in sync for everyone watching.