inning
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The score was so lopsided by the ninth inning that utility player Kiké Hernández took the mound to finish the game — but without his signature pitching helmet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Four of those six baserunners reached before Snell briefly left the game in the third inning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
Sale got a standing ovation when he walked out for the ninth inning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Steven Kwan hit a tying double in the ninth inning, Travis Bazzana had a sacrifice fly and the Guardians beat the Angels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 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
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
Josh Tongue - 7 - Pakistan did not recover after Tongue took the key wickets of Babar Azam and Abdullah Shafique in the first innings.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
Jordan Cox - 7 - Very impressive again in making 55 in the first innings.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
He had us shuffle around in our seats so that he could sit next to me for an interview between innings.
From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson
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