If your question is why, our answer is why not. The bat is an ax handle. Any struck ball is in play, even a foul tip. Each team bats until all players have had a turn up. The goal is to score as many runs as you can each time around.
Outs count only as missed opportunities to get base-runners.
Believe it or not, an action-packed game that moves quickly. Every batter gets a shot every inning. The spirit counts too. There was to be no stealing, sliding or cussing, he told the players, because town ball is a gentleman's sport. At all levels, baseball today has lost much of that feeling.