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inning
[ in-ing ]
noun
- Baseball. a division of a game during which each team has an opportunity to score until three outs have been made against it.
- a similar opportunity to score in certain other games, as horseshoes.
- an opportunity for activity; a turn:
Now the opposition will have its inning.
- innings, (used with a singular verb)
- Cricket. a unit of play in which each team has a turn at bat, the turn of a team ending after ten players are put out or when the team declares.
- land reclaimed, especially from the sea.
- the act of reclaiming marshy or flooded land.
- enclosure, as of wasteland.
- the gathering in of crops.
inning
/ ˈɪɪŋ /
noun
- baseball a division of the game consisting of a turn at bat and a turn in the field for each side
- archaic.the reclamation of land from the sea
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of inning1
Example Sentences
It started in the third inning, when a steady drizzle, slippery ball and muddy mound caused Tyler Glasnow to come unglued.
He has pitched 36 innings without giving up any earned runs.
Phillips, who was most valuable pitcher of the tournament, finally tired with one out in the fifth inning after pitching 11 innings in two games Saturday — the second of which ended just before midnight.
After walking nine batters in his first two outings, which lasted a combined 4 ⅔ innings, he issued just two free passes Saturday.
Andy Pages was caught stealing to end the sixth inning, getting stuck in a rundown after a premature jump that triggered a pick-off throw from Luzardo.
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