inning

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The pitchers whom the Angels might well have taken in place of him, Kade Anderson and Seth Hernandez, each pitched a scoreless inning in the game.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 12, 2026

The Dodgers’ problems were compounded by Alex Call wasting the team’s two challenges in his at-bat in the first inning when the team had already taken the lead.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 9, 2026

And maybe it would’ve been excusable if Call had driven in the runners on first and second, but instead he ended the inning on a strikeout, stranding both.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 9, 2026

Shortstop Miguel Rojas, who botched a grounder to his left earlier in the inning that enabled a run to score, was late breaking to cover third, leaving the bag wide open.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2026

Inning by inning and run by run, we chipped away, and a minute ago, we tied things up when I scored all the way from first on Luis’s base knock to right.

From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner