inning

IPA: ˈɪnɪŋ

(baseball) A period of play in which members of a visiting baseball team attempt to hit a baseball pitched by the opposing home team until three players are called out, followed by a similar attempt by members of the home baseball team against the visiting team's pitching. There are nine or more innings in a regulation baseball game.
(softball) A similar period of play.
(billiards) A player (or team)'s turn at the table to make shots until ended by a miss or a foul.
A chance or opportunity to perform some deed or act.
(obsolete) The gathering of a crop; harvesting.
(obsolete) Lands recovered from the sea.

Examples of "inning" in Sentences

That first out of the inning is the most important.
'' The first inning is probably the hardest one I've had.
- Akinori Iwamura, who committed seven errors all season at second base, has two Sunday night before the fourth inning is over?
So, what started Aug. 23 in San Francisco when Rollins doubled off the Giants 'Brian Cooper in the ninth inning is still alive.
For lower level games, the best location for the top of the 1st inning is in the stands behind the backstop to get the pitcher.
The Rays 'franchise record for runs in an inning is 11, done twice: last Aug. 27 at Baltimore, and on May 28, 2000, against Seattle.
Even the PNC Park scoreboard crew seem flustered by a breakout inning from a team that began the night tied with Washington for the fewest runs in the majors.
The Phillies scored first in this game but despite having men in scoring position in every inning from the 5th on, were unable to score again and as the game progressed you couldn't help getting the feeling that it just wasn't going to be our year.