Answer:
I am a protector of the scoreboard.
I am used to bat with, yet I never get a hit. I am near a ball, yet never thrown. What am I?
Late afternoons I often bathe. I'll soak in water piping hot. My essence goes through. My see through clothes. Used up am I - I've gone to pot.
What kind of table can you eat?
I am a certain five-letter word and become shorter when you add two letters to me. What am I?
Brings the sky a lot closer.