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In the game of baseball, a form of pocket billiards, the scoring system mirrors the American sport of baseball by awarding runs based on the numerical values of the balls pocketed.
Players aim to pocket 21 consecutively numbered object balls, and the total number of runs scored corresponds to the sum of the numbers on the balls successfully pocketed. The game is structured into nine innings, similar to a standard baseball game, where a player continues their turn until they either commit a foul or fail to score. If a player manages to pocket all the balls on the table before the nine innings are completed, the balls are re-racked, and the player continues their turn.1