on the count in baseball is the first number strikes or balls
When the umpire or TV announcer calls the ball and strike count, the balls come first. If you hear the announcer say something like The count on the batter is 2 and 1 this m â¦ eans there are 2 balls and 1 strike. + 8 others found this useful. Jim Powell.hen, if you miss the ball or whatever, that would be your third strike. And you're out. :) Foul balls count as strikes when every the batter does not have two strikes, once a batter gets two strikes foul balls are no longer counted as strikes.