This might be helpful too, if you can find someone willing to spend about 45 minutes watching the videos. It's a scorekeeping seminar put together by the NFCA. For $25 it might save you a lot of headaches.
https://coachtube.com/course/softball/nfca-softball-scoring-seminar/479537
I wish my parents were that into it. I'm basically a babysitter, they don't want to do anything once I have control of the girls.
Middle school ball. Eh.
That's too bad. You would think out of all those parents there would be one geek who would get into scorekeeping. Or one willing to do it if someone would teach him/her.
Personally, I think any guy who can't keep a basic book should turn in his man card. But that's just me.