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• n  the batting turn of a cricket player or team
• n  (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat

• At best, they hoped, India could avoid the ultimate humiliation of an innings defeat (when the team that bats second fails over two innings to pass the score its rival registered .
• What those present saw was a piece of history in nine innings: a black man played in a major league game for the first time.
• At best, they hoped, India could avoid the ultimate humiliation of an innings defeat (when the team that bats second fails over two innings to pass the score its rival registered .

• inning
• frame

News & Articles

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• Kelly replaces rookie Lyons in Cardinals' rotation
  ST. LOUIS (AP) A day after working five scoreless innings in relief, Joe Kelly got promoted to the St. Louis Cardinals rotation. They're still figuring out when they'll need their new fifth starter.
  June 23, 2013 - Sports Illustrated
• Joe Kelly replaces Tyler Lyons in the Cardinals' rotation
  ST. LOUIS (AP) A day after working five scoreless innings in relief, Joe Kelly got promoted to the St. Louis Cardinals rotation. They're still figuring out when they'll need their new fifth starter.
  June 23, 2013 - Sports Illustrated
• Rockies End Skid, Beat Nationals 7-1 Behind Chacin
  Jhoulys Chacin pitched seven shutout innings and hit an RBI single, and the Colorado Rockies snapped their season-high, five-game losing streak by beating the Washington Nationals 7-1 on Saturday.
  June 22, 2013 - New York Times

Quotes

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• Edwin Jackson in The Associated Press
  It was definitely a great feeling, especially after those first few innings,Jackson said.
• Andrew Strauss in NDTV.com
  When you see him play innings like this, the top of the order seems like the more logical place for him but he plays the spinners well to so to come in lower down is not an issue,the left-handed opener added.
• Terry Francona in Boston Globe (registration)
  In the first six innings, we did nothing,Francona said. "And they had their way with us in every way possible. Then this place came unglued. I've seen it before. Because of the situation we were in, it was pretty magical."