innings
/ (ˈɪnɪŋz) /
(functioning as singular) cricket
the batting turn of a player or team
the runs scored during such a turn
(sometimes singular) a period of opportunity or action
(functioning as plural) land reclaimed from the sea
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How to use innings in a sentence
Once again he could throw his fastball for strikes with impunity--for six or seven innings at least.
In his career, he's walked home many runs, but in more than thirty-eight hundred innings, Palmer has never given up a grand slam.
Tanaka then settled into a groove, pitching shut-out ball for the next five innings, fanning eight as the Yankees won 7-3.
Masahiro Tanaka Is the Yankees' $155M Lethal Weapon and Strikeout Machine | Allen Barra | May 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBy 14, he was a bartender whose heroes were the softball players who raced into the bar for a beer between innings.
The Stacks: John Schulian’s Classic Profile of Newspaper Columnist Mike Royko | John Schulian | January 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOne year he struck out 262 men in 170 innings, walked as many, and finished 7–15.
Earl Weaver, Baseball’s Brilliant Antagonist, Dies | Tim Marchman | January 20, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
I did not tell him that the total score of my innings was "one."
The first innings in single wicket must be determined by chance.
The Book of Sports: | William MartinIt's my innings now, gov'nor, and as soon as I catches hold o' this 'ere Trotter, I'll have a good 'un.'
The Pickwick Papers | Charles DickensYou showed good form in the first innings, and it was a very unlucky ball that settled you so soon.
Dr. Jolliffe's Boys | Lewis HoughHicks was good for four or five innings, but he was unable to keep up the strain through an entire game.
Frank Merriwell's Races | Burt L. Standish
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