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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
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of inning1
Old English innung a going in, from innian to go in
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Tyler Walton allowed one run in six innings with no walks.
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Gonsolin, fully recovered from 2023 Tommy John surgery and a sprained ankle in March, mostly sailed through six innings, striking out nine while walking none, throwing 58 strikes in 77 pitches.
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No one pitched more innings last season than Gavin Stone, at 140.
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His development after pitching just 11 innings last season is extraordinary.
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Thanks to injuries and ineffectiveness from the starting rotation, the bullpen’s 126 innings were far and away the most in the majors.
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