This is the third installment in a world of incredibly fun sports games played with dice. In the first installment I taught you how to play the college version of Dice Football. Then in the second you learned the Pro Football craps game. Now it’s Dice Baseball, which is the first dice game I ever invented. Just like in my soccer games, you’ll need two dice, a notebook sheet, and a pen or pencil to play baseball with dice.

You’ll remember that in the college football game you set up your box score so you can start the game and just take turns for four quarters. In the game of baseball, you will have to make a box score sheet that has nine boxes divided in half. These two halves represent the home team and the visitors. Remember that in baseball the home team always bats last and must be in the bottom of both halves of the box.

Just like in real baseball, each team rolls for nine innings. The exception, of course, is the home team. If the home team is winning after the away team has finished their half of the ninth, then there is no need for the home team to pitch the ninth. Just like in real baseball, the game is over and the dice can fall into the showers.

Beating is quite simple. Each team can start their half of an inning by rolling the dice once. If they both die add up to an even number, then they can roll again. This is because even the dice totals equal one. An even total of dice will be one of the following combinations; 1+3=4, 1+5=6, 2+4=6, 2+6=8, 3+5=8, 4+6=10. If the next throw returns an even number, then there has been another hit. Now, in baseball terms, this means there are two men on base. The rolling player now gets a third roll. As you can see where this is going, another even number means the bases are full. A fourth consecutive even dice result will bring home the first race and each consecutive roll will continue to bring home runners until the shooter finally rolls a total of odd dice.

Any odd total of dice represents the end of an inning. Therefore, if a player rolls an odd number on their first roll, then that inning is over. The totals for the odd dice are as follows; 1+2=3, 1+4=5, 1+6=7, 2+3=5, 2+5=7, 3+4=7, 3+6=9, 4+5=9, 5+ 6=11. One really cool thing to do during this game is see if you can get a no-hitter. You can do this simply by putting a point in the innings in which a player throws an odd number. You can start this on your starting roll of the first entry. Thereafter, each consecutive inning in which the player continues to roll an odd first roll continues the no-hitter until the player finally rolls an even number. If they can’t get at least an even number in nine innings, that means he pitched a no-hitter. Time to call Cooperstown!

So where are the home runs? I bet you’re glad I asked you. Every time a player rolls two dice, he has hit a Homerun! That’s all it takes; aka doubles, two of a kind. Better yet, if there are men on base, they score on the home run. Yes, with the bases loaded a home run is a grand slam.

This is an example of how the game of baseball can be played. Let’s say the visitors roll a 2+3 on their opening roll of the first inning. The inning of visitors is considered finished and no hits. The home team rolls a 4+6 (10) on the first roll. That represents a base hit or a man on base. The home player then rolls a 3+5 (8) and thus gets a second man on base. He then rolls a 1 + 4 (5). The entry is over. The final result of the first entry is 0 to 0.

The visitor starts his second inning with a pair of threes (3+3). Boom, he hit a home run. He then rolls a 2 + 5 (7), which means the inning is over. The visitor has scored a run in their half of the second and leads the game, 1 to 0. The home team starts with a 2+4 (6) single. Then, on the next roll, the home player rolls a pair of fours (4+4). The local player hit a two-run home run because there was already a man on base. The next roll is a 3+4 (7) out and that ends the second inning with the home team leading, 2-1.

Now, for the rest of the game, neither team scores again until the ninth inning, when the visitor strings together six consecutive even numbers before the inevitable odd number rolls out. That means the visitor scored three runs and now leads the game, 4-2. Then the home team follows with three consecutive double throws (homeruns); meaning they won the game, 5-4. What a return!

If the score is tied after nine innings, keep playing one inning at a time until someone finally wins. That’s what baseball calls extra-innings. In the next article I will try to teach you about college basketball dice games. Until then, keep rolling.