I am watching the Cubs game and they had a defensive shift on where third baseman Kris Bryant was actually positioned in short RF. He fielded a ground ball and threw the batter out at first. How do you score that? 5-3? 4-3? 8.5-3? (Obviously that last one is a joke.)

He's still considered the 3rd baseman. 5-3

Scoring is always who it is hit to, not where.

I once saw a HS game that was tied in the bot 7th (last inning) with the bases juiced, no outs. Manager brought the center fielder in to play a 5th infield spot just to the SS side of 2nd. Infield in, batter hit the ball to the CF who threw home and then the catcher threw to first for a DP.

Scored 8-2-3 DP.

Next pitch was a 3-run HR to win the game...but still

My question about this has always been, do you swap the numbers on a pitching change with no substitution. (I assume you do regardless if a sub was made or not).

In MLB you can bring in a reliever for an outfielder and stow your starter out there for a batter then bring the starter back to the mound, and I assume at every change the numbers reset because a sub would be brought in (relief pitcher goes to 1, starting pitcher to 9, outfielder out...then outfielder sub to 9, starting pitcher to 1, relief pitcher out)...

But...what if you had a player like Jason Lane or Rick Ankiel and you just swapped from outfield to pitcher without making a substitution...is the pitcher then 9 and rightfield 1 or whatever? That would be the convention for other positions. My guess would be that pitcher and catcher are always changed to 1 and 2 regardless of the scoring for other outfield players.

What if say a SS and 2B swap every other batter (say left/right). Is it where they started the game? Where they started the inning? Other?

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What if say a SS and 2B swap every other batter (say left/right). Is it where they started the game? Where they started the inning? Other?

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That's not a sub, it's just positioning so it'd be however they were submitted on the line up card.

So, if a manager wanted to mess around they mess with a scorer by labeling the 1B as position 8, etc?

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So, if a manager wanted to mess around they mess with a scorer by labeling the 1B as position 8, etc?

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Prevalent use of shifting makes accurate scoring difficult and less meaningful, but in your scenario, I'm pretty sure the team would run afoul of rules regarding gloves, yes?