inning
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The next inning, however, he surrendered five runs as the Cardinals kept chipping away with five singles, a hit batter, a walk and a sacrifice fly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
But they salvaged the inning when Teoscar Hernández drew a walk and Miguel Rojas smoked a single through the infield to tie the score.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
The third inning, however, started to go haywire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
Evan Phillips took over on the mound in the bottom of the inning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
In the first inning, my neighborhood friend Deshawn, who was playing first base, started trash-talking Randy, a lanky Riverdale kid with a mop haircut, after Randy hit a single.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
But on Tuesday, left-hander Eric Lauer coughed up seven runs in three innings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
It looked a competitive total at the halfway mark, but on a flat pitch offering little assistance for the bowlers, the gulf in class and experience was stark in the second innings.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Also dropped is opener Imam-ul-Haq, who was criticised at Lord's for not attempting to bat in either innings after suffering a calf injury while fielding on the opening day.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
Pakistan have been abject in the opening two Tests, losing the first at Headingley by an innings and the second at Lord's by 194 runs.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
Three fights and four innings later, I conceded that the experiment wasn’t working out.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
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