If a batter is hit by a pitch, it can be worth two balls or the strike count may be reset.

Faced with a no ball, two strike count, Elliot sees the Giants' infield is playing deep and bunts.

On a three ball one strike count, the first pitch Aaron swung at in the 74 season was the record tying home run off Jack Billingham.

Gregerson retired the first two hitters before a double by Juan Uribe on a one ball and two strike count broke up the no hitter.

The unrest, its timing and its character raise issues that go well beyond strike counts or union membership tallies.

If the operation was to continue, they would have to make the next strike count.

If the ball ceases to beep and becomes a "dead ball" the strike count is reset and the batter swings again.

The union, which has filed a grievance in the dispute, contends that the 52 days of the strike count as service time; the clubs say they don't.

Howell ran a three ball, two strike count to McReynolds leading off the inning.

However Chavez overcame a 0-2 strike count to hit a single and get on board.