inning
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The next inning, Ohtani, Freddie Freeman and Andy Pages singled one after another for a second run.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Milwaukee’s Joey Ortiz hit the first one 373 feet to left field in the second inning, and Wilson Contreras hit the other 389 feet to left-center in the fourth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
I was pitching fine and you don’t pull someone out in the fourth inning just because you need a hit at the time,” John said last year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
He committed three errors in an inning, all on the same play during a game July 27, 1988.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
With not even half an inning over, then, the Saints were ahead, seven to nothing, and Horsethief Shorty—the old pro—trotted in from third base to replace Albie Betchel on the mound.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
Pirates starter Bubba Chandler, meanwhile, exited after four innings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
Cox potentially has four more innings in this series to make himself undroppable.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Yamamoto surrendered two runs — both via singles from Pirates designated hitter Nick Gonzales — on five hits over 6⅓ innings, striking out nine and walking one.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
Pakistan's second innings also included dismissals caught at leg slip and backward square leg, although those were as much down to batter error as Root's ingenuity.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
The boys had only a few more innings to get the mitt and save the game!
From "The Missing Mitt (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #2)" by Franklin W. Dixon
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