Introducing the starters is part of every broadcast. ScoreCastr has a lineup graphic for each team, with every player's number, name and position, in a layout made for the sport. This guide covers which sports have lineups, how to fill them in and what to watch for on each template.
Which sports have lineups
| Sport | Starters | Defense | Default positions in the boxes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Football | 11 (offense) | 11 | Offense QB, RB, FB, WR, WR, WR, TE, LT, LG, C, RG; defense DE, DT, DT, DE, LB, LB, LB, CB, S, S, CB |
| Basketball | 5 | None | PG, SG, SF, PF, C |
| Volleyball | 7 | None | OH, OH, MB, MB, S, L, DS |
| Ice hockey | 6 | None | LW, C, RW, LD, RD, G |
| Field hockey | 11 | None | RF, CF, LF, RM, CM, LM, RB, CB, CB, LB, GK |
| Baseball | 9 (batting order) | 9 fielders | You type them |
| Softball | 9 (10 with a FLEX on Apex and Primetime) | 9 fielders | You type them |
Soccer, MMA, tennis and pickleball have no lineup graphics.
The baseball and softball defense graphic places each fielder on a diamond. It has its own guide: Defense on the diamond.
What you need
The Starter plan. Lineups are filled in under Customization and shown from the Overlay Visibility panel, which both come with Starter.
Fill in a lineup
- Open the match's Control Dashboard.
- Open Overlays, then Customization, then Away Starters (or Home Starters, Away Defense, Home Defense).
- Fill in the header fields (below).
- For each row, Player 1 onward, type the Number, Name and Position.
Header fields for football, basketball, volleyball, ice hockey and field hockey:
- Team Logo: the team's logo. Without one, it uses the scorebug team logo.
- Title: the heading, like "AWAY STARTERS". Leave it empty to use the template's own label.
- Left Logo and Right Logo: two more logos, like your network and a sponsor. Apex and Primetime put the left one in a network logo spot and the right one in a sponsor spot.
Baseball and softball Starters have Team Logo, Title (Team Name), Sponsor Logo with a Show Sponsor switch, and nine rows under Starting Lineup in batting order.
Text saves on its own a moment after you stop typing. Logos must be images under 5 MB.
The featured player
The last row in most lineups is the featured player, shown bigger or highlighted:
| Lineup | Featured row | Apex label |
|---|---|---|
| Football offense | Player 11 | QUARTERBACK |
| Football defense | Player 11 | DEFENSIVE CAPTAIN |
| Volleyball | Player 7 | LIBERO |
| Ice hockey | Player 6 | GOALIE |
| Field hockey | Player 11 | GOALKEEPER |
Basketball and the baseball batting order have no featured player. In football, the default positions in the boxes start with QB, so move your quarterback to Player 11 if you want them featured.
On Classic, the featured card has its own colors in the lineup's Color Customization panel (Featured Player Card).
Fill every row on Classic
On Classic, empty rows aren't left blank in most sports: football, basketball, volleyball and ice hockey show a sample number and position, and field hockey shows a position. In football, basketball, volleyball, ice hockey and field hockey, an empty Left Logo shows the ScoreCastr logo. Fill in every row and both logos before you put a Classic lineup on air.
Apex and Primetime leave empty rows empty and keep the layout in shape.
Baseball and softball batting order
Type the nine batters in order. On Apex and Primetime, the batter at the plate gets an AT BAT tag while their team is batting. It matches the name to the batter name on the dashboard, so type names the same way in both places.
The Starters section also has an Auto-fill from Team button, but it doesn't fill the rows today. Type the batting order yourself. (The defense graphic's Auto-fill from Team does work; see Defense on the diamond.)
For softball's 10th row, FLEX (does not bat), see Run a softball game.
Show it on air
In the Overlay Visibility panel, click Show Away Starters, Show Home Starters, Show Away Defense or Show Home Defense. Click again to hide it. With Listening Mode on, the codes are 1011 (Away Starters), 1012 (Home Starters), 1013 (Away Defense) and 1014 (Home Defense). See Show and hide graphics.
A good rhythm: show the away lineup, then the home lineup, during pregame introductions. In football, show each team's offense or defense as it takes the field.
Each lineup has its own Channel Assignment (Channel 1, Channel 2 or Both Channels). See Two output channels.
Fix common problems
Numbers or positions I didn't type are showing. That's Classic's sample text for empty rows. Fill in every row.
Positions are missing on Apex or Primetime. The box showed a default you never typed. Type the position.
The ScoreCastr logo is on my lineup. The Left Logo is empty on Classic. Upload your own.
Auto-fill from Team did nothing on the batting order. Type the batters in by hand.
Checklist
- Starter plan or higher
- Both teams' lineups filled in, every row
- Every position typed, not just shown
- Featured player in the last row
- Team logo, Left Logo and Right Logo set
- Show and hide tested before introductions