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inning

[ in-ing ]

noun

  1. Baseball. a division of a game during which each team has an opportunity to score until three outs have been made against it.
  2. a similar opportunity to score in certain other games, as horseshoes.
  3. an opportunity for activity; a turn:

    Now the opposition will have its inning.

  4. innings, (used with a singular verb)
    1. 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.
    2. land reclaimed, especially from the sea.
  5. the act of reclaiming marshy or flooded land.
  6. enclosure, as of wasteland.
  7. the gathering in of crops.


inning

/ ˈɪɪŋ /

noun

  1. baseball a division of the game consisting of a turn at bat and a turn in the field for each side
  2. archaic.
    the reclamation of land from the sea
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of inning1

before 900; Middle English inninge, Old English innung a getting in, equivalent to inn ( ian ) to go in + -ung -ing 1
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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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