[ noun ] (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat <noun.time>
Inn \Inn\ ([i^]n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Inned} ([i^]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Inning}.] To take lodging; to lodge. [R.] --Addison.
Inning \In"ning\, n. [AS. innung, fr. in in, prep. & adv.] 1. Ingathering; harvesting. [Obs.] --Holland.
2. The state or turn of being in; specifically, in cricket, baseball, etc., each period during which both teams get one turn each at bat; as, in baseball there are nine innings to a complete game; -- often in the pl. Hence: The turn or time of a person, or a party, in power; as, the Whigs went out, and the Democrats had their innings. [1913 Webster +PJC]
3. pl. Lands recovered from the sea. --Ainsworth.
They did so for one inning before giving up.
It's the top of the sixth inning at a muddy ball diamond in Universal Park.
Monday's game between the Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies _ the first at night in the stadium's 74-year history _ was postponed after heavy rain fell with the Cubs leading 3-1 in the bottom of the fourth inning.
The score was tied 1-1 in the bottom of the last inning.
Devon White also provided three runs for the Angeles, two of them in the fourth inning and another on a grounder to second during a five-run outburst in the seventh.
The star pitcher is an American, 28-year-old Robin Fuson, who has recorded more than 120 victories in the minor leagues but has never pitched an inning in the majors.
"You've got the best team coming into the ninth inning," said analyst Charles Brady of Oppenheimer & Co. of New York. "We've got to get some hits in here.
Switchhitter Alomar distinguished himself in that one by hitting a home run left-handed to tie things at two in the ninth inning, and one righty to tie them again at three in the 11th.
The only run came in the second inning, when Giant right-fielder Candy Maldonado lost Tony Pena's fly ball in the lights and wound up on his rear as Pena rumbled to third.
Hershiser extended his streak to 59 innings and then was taken out of Wednesday night's game after the 10th inning with a scoreless tie.
As the game wore on, the couple apparently wearied of being spectators and opted for a more participatory sport _ giving new meaning to "the seventh inning stretch." The lights were off in the hotel room, but the banks of ballpark lights revealed all.
He was flawless afield (ditto in game two), moved a runner along in the A's three-run second inning, and homered for his team's final tally.
The president and first lady left with the Orioles batting in the bottom of the sixth inning and the Rangers ahead 6-2. The Orioles ended up 6-4 losers.
Stewart maintained a two-hit shutout until the ninth inning, when Ellis Burks doubled and scored on a Jody Reed single.
Did you hear about the time President Reagan played shortstop for the Chicago Cubs in a game with the New York Yankees and knocked the ball out of the park in the ninth inning to win the game?
Many athletes, notably those who play team sports, argue that their ability to go just one more inning should determine their longevity, not the presence of some younger hotshot on the bench.
That brings us to the next inning in this business.
The step came as he rounded first base on a double that drove in two runs and tied the seventh game of the series, 33, in the eighth inning.
I can testify that I set a cup half-filled with ice in front of me when play began Wednesday night, and it was still solid when I headed for the locker rooms after the eighth inning.
He earned the title by the way he handled his pitchers in the pivotal sixth inning.