Double plays, clean hitting and sharp fielding marked the next few innings, and it was not until the seventh inning Burns crossed the plate with the winning run for the Chicagos, the score standing 3 to 2.
In the first half of the fifth inning it started to rain, and how it did rain!
We were very decidedly off, too, in our batting, and it was not until the sixth inning that a home run by Ryan and a two-bagger by Pettit, and a passed ball enabled us to put two men over the plate.
The local men proved to be decidedly good in their line, and as a result the score at the end of the ninth inning stood at 3 to 2 in favor of the All-Americans.
It was in the second inning of the game that the famous "stone wall" infield of the Chicagos was broken up through an injury received by Ed Williamson, from the effects of which he never fully recovered.
Further news from the game was eagerly awaited and when the last inning had been ticked off, and Washburg had won by a margin of three runs, the Pittston team was delighted.
The second inning was almost like the first and then at the proper time, Gregory, with a decisive gesture, signalled to Joe.
There was a bad slump, and when the seventh inningarrived Gregory called: "Matson, you bat for Collin.
In the next inning Pittston managed, by hard work, and a close decision on the part of the umpire, to add another run to their score.
The result of the first inning was a zero for each team.
There was a little whispered conference between him and the catcher-manager, and the second half of the first inning began.
Washburg got three runs the first inning and Clevefield none!
He only allowed two hits in the inning when he first pitched and only one run came in, chiefly through an error on the part of the third baseman.
The game ran along to the ending of the third inning with neither side getting a run.
The Stars took a brace, whether it was the knowledge that Joe was to pitch or not, but they certainly braced, and in that inninggot enough runs to make the score six to eight in favor of the visiting team.
One man got to first by virtue of being hit and when the inning was over there were three runs in the Red's box.
The tally was three runs to two in favor of the visitors when the ninth inning opened.
No, if Sam doesn't improve thisinning I'm going to put in Joe.
The Stars managed to knock out two runs in their half of the third inning and that made the score eight to nine--one extra tally only against them.
Somehow they managed to get three out, but there were five runs in the Blue frame when that inning ended, and only two for the Stars.
Perhaps his frantic appeal had some effect, for in the next inning the Resolutes only got one run, while, when the Silver Stars came to bat to close the inning, they hammered out three, putting them well ahead.
The next two innings were marked by goose eggs for both sides, and in the fourth inning the Silver Stars brought in two runs, while their opponents could not seem to connect with the ball.
The Silver Stars didn't like to think of that inning afterward.
In their half of the eighth the Stars only got one run, and when the ninth inningopened there were some anxious hearts among the members of the visiting team.
The seventh inning resulted in one run for the visitors and none for the home team and that made only a lead of one for the home nine.
Fellows, we've got to make our half of thisinning count," said Darrell earnestly.
The sixth inning saw a run chalked up for each team, making the score three to two in favor of the Stars.
You can pitch if you pull yourself together, and if we can't make a run this inning and it goes to the tenth you'll have to unwind some curves.
During their half of the inning Longley Academy managed to make two runs, and this was increased by two more at the end of the fourth inning.
In the second inning Halliday made another wild throw from center to second, and Brassy Bangs made a bad fumble in the fourth inning, and as a consequence both were retired and substitutes put in their places.
The fifth inning passed without a run, and so did the sixth.
In the eighth inning Colby Hall made one more run.
If it stays there till the inning is played out, it will count as many points in the game as the figure in the square it has stopped in represents.
At the close of the first inning I was 10 worse than nothing and Smith had scored 7.
The season was one of surprises in the many sharply and extra-inning contests.
The crush was so great that after one inning had been played it was found impossible to continue, and the game was postponed until October 22.
In the ninthinning Pitcher Goodwin was hit by a hot liner and was injured.
Again theinning closed without a tally, and Robinson came in for her last turn at bat.
Erskine went out in one, two, three order and the eighth inning commenced.
In the seventhinning for the Giants, with the score tied at 3 to 3, Larry started a rally for the Giants by lining out a screaming single to right.
The twirling that Joe did in that last inningwas phenomenal.
Often he would go through an inning this way and the three put outs would be made by the infield on grounders and the outfielders on flies.
He had only a chance to make an affirmative nod of the head as Joe, the inning ended, went out again to the box, but when he returned after pitching the side out on strikes, Jim told Joe that he was right.
And for the third and fourth inning his confidence seemed justified.
McRae, as the eighth inning ended with the score unchanged.
Willis got to first base on an error by Warner, but Denton hit into a double play, Ellis to Douglas to Kopf, and theinning was over.
In the sixth inning the Bostons took their turn at scoring.
Although the Giants made a desperate rally and in each of the next two innings got men on second and third, the score was unchanged and the game still "in the fire" when the eighth inning ended.
Hays, after fouling off two, struck out on a mean drop, and the inning ended without damage.
The next man up went out from short to first and the inning ended without scoring.
But with that one big inning ended Nap's opportunities.
Just before the ninth inning began, with the score still 3-2 in Belden's favor, he turned to Bunny.
We'll have time to get there and play an inning of baseball before the train starts.
With Belden leading by one run, and the game almost over, Lakeville began the ninth inningwith a do-or-die energy.
The last half of the fourth inning was uneventful.
The last Belden batter that inningswung at three wide balls without ticking a foul.
It was a close game, and it was not until the eleventh inning that the home team pulled in the winning run.
The ninth inninghad started with the teams still even.
The first game with Chicago had been a hard one, but by dint of hard work, and good pitching (Joe going in at the fourth inning to replace Barter), the Cardinals won.
So you want to have several sets of signals, in order to change them in the middle of an inning if you find you're being double-crossed.
Rexter will bat for you, Willard," said Manager Watson, when the inning was over.
The Cardinals were two runs to the good when the inning ended.
This won't do," said Manager Watson as the sixth inning saw the score tied.
It contained an account of the opening game, with a skeletonized outline of the plays, inning by inning.
The ending of the eighth inning saw the needed winning run go up in the frame of the Cardinals, and then it was Joe's task to hold the Phillies hitless in their half of the ninth.
He mowed the opposing batsman down one after the other, and as inning after inning passed with only two scratch hits as the Bostons' total, it began to look as though it would be a shutout for the visitors.
It had been a bad inningfor him, but Jim was a thoroughbred, and he braced.
But though one of them, Browning, knocked out a corking three-bagger, the inningended without results.
Becker was caught napping a moment later and the inning ended.
Willis was caught napping off first by a snap throw from Thompson to Hobbs, and the inning ended.
The net result was only one run, but the most encouraging feature of the inning was the exhibition of free hitting.
Then all too often there would be a fatal inning when he would lose his "stuff" entirely, and before he could be replaced the game would have gone to pieces.
But the Giants by the end of the fourth inning were beginning to solve his delivery.
There had been a big crowd at the telegraph office in the little town on the day that the final game had been played, and cheer after cheer had gone up as each inning showed that Joe was holding the Chicagos down.
The half inning had been short and sharp, and Joe met a tempest of encouraging cheers as he walked in to the bench.
If they could prevent the sixth inning from being fully played out before the rain stopped proceedings, the score would revert to what it was at the end of the fifth inning and Boston would be declared the winner.
Not only had he twirled a superb game, but it had been his home run in the ninth inning after two men were out that had brought the pennant to New York.
The next man went out on a high foul, and the inning ended when Stock popped an easy fly to the box.
You had those fellows right on your staff in that inning or two you pitched at Boston.
But it wasn't finished, and so the score went back to the end of the fifth inning when the Bostons were ahead four to three.
The only other run made that inning was a third by Roxley!
There was an intense silence when the tenth inning opened.
The fifth inningwas a stand-off, neither side scoring.
But it availed nothing, for Tom finished the inning with the Roxley runner getting no further than second.
Then came the eighth inning with a goose egg placed on the board for each nine.
Then came a two-bagger, and the play made by Colby Hall in the ending of the sixth inning was repeated by their opponents, thus making the score 5 to 3.
In the Hixley High half of the ninth inning Dink Wilsey showed what a very good all-around player he was.
The next cadet up went out on a foul, and the inning came to a sudden end.
With a score still 4 to 3 in their favor, Hixley High opened the seventh inning with vigor.
When the eighth inning ended the score was four to six, not so very bad.
Then they went to work, but without avail, for the inning found Scranton just one run to the good.
Big Patterson, however, was too much for them, and after the seventh inning they lost all hope of winning.
The eleventh inning saw no difference in the prevailing score, which after both clubs had had a turn at bat remained the same, eight to eight.
When the first inning was over at last it began to look as if their boast might be made good, for the score stood five to one.
In every other inning the heavies could not seem to gauge his work at all, and he mowed them down.
Allandale managed actually to tie the score in their half of the ninth, but Scranton still had an inning in which to do something.
The ninthinning saw no change, for the tie was still unbroken.
Again history repeated itself, and it seemed up to Hugh to do something to save the inning from being a goose-egg again.
When that inning was over the locals had reduced the lead of Mechanicsburg to one run; and they fully anticipated wiping that slight advantage out in the next round.
This sort of thing pleased the crowd immensely, as an extra inning game always means additional excitement, and added thrills for the money.
Indeed, in that very first inning the fielders of the home team were kept on the jump at a lively rate chasing smashing blows.
That inning the locals did a little batting on their own account, with the result that the score looked a shade better, for it was three to six when once more Scranton went into the field.
That put the side out, the inning ending in the tie score.
We've got to do better than this," said Bart, as his team came to the bat for the eighth inning which had netted the Preparatory team one run, making their total seven.
The inning ended three to two in favor of the home team.
The next inning the home team got in three more runs and the visitors two, making the score four to six, against the high school boys.
At the end of the inning the game stood three runs in favor of the Preparatory school.
In the next inning the ball never once came towards Marmaduke, way out there in the field.
Why, at the baseball games the men in the stands rise up in the seventh inning and stretch, they say, to bring victory to the home team.
When the first inning was over the score stood six to five, and Fatty's team was ahead.
The sixthinning was over before Springer reached the Oakdale bench.
The third inning gave neither side the advantage, but Grant seemed to be swinging into shape; for, of the four hitters to face him, he retired three with an ease that made them look foolish.
Up to this inning he had been insolent in his self-confidence and contempt for the visitors, but the strain now put upon him proved too much, and he hit Crane in the ribs, following with a pass to Hooker, which filled the corners.
It's going to rain soon, and this inning must be played through complete.
The first Wyndham batter to face Grant in that inning hit the ball squarely and hard, driving it on a dead line toward the pitcher, but a trifle to his right.
Oakdale had saved herself temporarily by changing pitchers, but shortly after the opening of the eighth inning it began to look as if the fatal downfall of the home team had simply been delayed.
The sixth inning opened with the two teams on even terms and Grant pitching for Oakdale.
This is a five-inning game, and Grant has pitched two innings already; you can hand 'em up the last three.
There was only one more inning after this one, and he did not need to save his arm.
In the eighth inning a rattling double play brought groans from the Rockledge rooters, as they saw a promising rally nipped in the bud.
Belden's half had been scoreless, so that the end of the fifth inning found Rockledge in the lead by one to none.
There was only one other to be put out and end the inning without a run being recorded.
But in the seventh inning their confidence began to give way to anxiety.
But by the time Belden's sixth inning was over, the Rockledge rooters were in a panic.
And I remember that catch that Bobby made in the ninth inning when he rolled over and over and yet held on to the ball.
Once in that inning and again in the seventh and eighth, they got men on the bases, but they could not bring them in.
As far as Ridgefield was concerned, this seemed true, for Rockledge won the game by four to two, his mates handing Bobby a lead in the first inning that he was able to keep throughout the game.
But the firstinning had ended one to nothing in Camden's favor.
At the end of the eighth inning the score stood two to one in favor of Camden.
At the close of each inning (of five or more minutes) the teams progress or change courts in regular order, from right to left.
In the next inning or round the balls may follow in the opposite direction (to the left).
Each inning begins with the teams in the formation shown in the diagram and described under "Teams," except that the different teams will be in different courts for each inning.
For the third inning another change is made in the same direction, the Reds going to the center, the Blues to the left court, and the Whites to the right court.
When a new inning is started and the teams change courts, all players who have been hit and are out return to their teams.
When finally the Codfish thought his inning was about to come, Marjorie tripped gaily off with the last of her suitors, and after a promenade around the deck, disappeared somewhere below to Gleason's great distress of mind.
Read, the second string man, had come through with credit, but the Princeton batters had given sufficient evidence in the last inning or two what would be likely to happen to him if he faced them again.
In the same inning he was hit for a single and two doubles in succession.
But a Giant fielder seemed to be in front of every ball, and when the Pittsburghs came up for their last inning the score was still 3 to 0 in favor of the New York team.
Then followed, play by play, the story of the first inning with the Pittsburghs, as the visiting team, first at bat.
Rothe Child, of The American Youth, jumped from tin soldiers to airships for his similies and Tim thought that a half inning would be enough.
The second inning opened with Mellen at bat, and Black went after him.
In the ninth inning the score was tied, one out, and Bill Everett of Biltmore College on third.
How in the eighteenth inning with a runner on first base, the mightiest hitter of the Pennsylvania nine drove a hard hit ball to left center.
For the second half of the firstinning and first of the second, Tim poached on the efforts of Francis Huff, of The Flower and Fruit Weekly and what he saw looked good enough to put in his own copy.
To complete the inning, Warcford tried to steal, but Gibbie nailed him by four feet on a perfect throw to Everson and the inning ended with the score 5 to 3 in favor of Jefferson.
The “break” in the seventh inning was the meat of the whole game.
Gibbie put new hope into the inningby doubling to left center, but Radams struck out.
He would crib an inning or a part of an inning from each of the writers near him just to get their style, and he did it.
Tim then asked Van Lent, of the National Detective, how he liked the game and the latter handed him his report of the next half inning saying, “You can see what I am saying about it.
When the eighth inning started, however, there was a feeling throughout the crowded stands as though something were going to break.
Black in the eighth inning went in to pitch for Lowell.
Little Tommy Beach opened the inning with his regular two-base hit past third, the kind no fielder can get.
The eighthinning was disastrous for the blue, although Yale won a score by hard base running.
At the end of the eighth inning Harvard was six scores ahead, and it was plain that the game was lost for Yale.
At the end of the third inning it was seen that Harvard must make a change if it had any hope of winning.
In the fourth inning Harvard sent a new pitcher into the box.
Several things may happen before the ninth inning is over.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "inning" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
