In baseball , softball , and similar games , an inning is the basic unit of play, consisting of two halves or frames , the "top" (first half) and the "bottom" (second half). In each half, one team bats until three outs are made, with the other team playing defense. A full baseball game is typically scheduled for nine innings, while softball games consist of seven innings, although this may be shortened due to weather, or extended if the score is tied at the end of the scheduled innings. The use of the term inning in baseball and softball contrasts with cricket and rounders , in which the term is innings in both singular and plural.
17-444: (Redirected from Kenneth Rowe ) Ken or Kenneth Rowe may refer to: Ken Rowe (baseball) Ken Rowe (footballer) Kenneth Rowe (North Korean defector) , fighter pilot originally called No Kum-Sok Kenneth Rowe (philatelist) Kenneth Thorpe Rowe , English professor [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with
34-565: A 16–11 record and sparkling 1.77 earned run average in 137 innings pitched . The performance impressed the Orioles, who were locked in a three-way struggle with the Yankees and Chicago White Sox for the American League pennant . They purchased Rowe's contract from Spokane September 10 and, four days later, called upon Rowe to take over for starting pitcher Milt Pappas in the ninth inning of
51-525: A 3–3 tie at Memorial Stadium against the Minnesota Twins . Rowe retired the Twins in order and then was credited with the victory when the Orioles pushed across the winning run in the home half of the ninth. Rowe worked in five more games for Baltimore and was effective until his final two outings, as the Orioles finished third, only two games behind the Yankees. He then made six early-season appearances for
68-679: A minor league manager, pitching coach and pitching coordinator, and MLB pitching coach through 1986. After working in the Yankees' and Philadelphia Phillies ' systems, he joined the Cleveland Indians in 1991 as a minor league pitching coach, working with the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons and the Short-season Mahoning Valley Scrappers , among other assignments, for 22 seasons until his death in 2012. Inning (baseball) Each half-inning formally starts when
85-405: Is interrupted by rain (or other bad weather). Such a game is said to be rained out , and is often preceded by a rain delay, a pause in the game during which the umpires will try to determine if the weather will allow the game to continue. If so, the game will simply be delayed until the rain stops, and then play will resume. If not, the umpires will announce a rainout and play will be suspended for
102-447: Is the bottom of the inning, and the break between halves of an inning is the middle of the inning. If the home team is leading after the top half of the final scheduled inning, or scores to take the lead in the bottom of the final scheduled inning, the game immediately ends in a home victory. In most leagues, if the score is tied after the final scheduled inning, the game goes into extra innings until an inning ends with one team ahead of
119-417: The 1965 Orioles before returning to the minors for the rest of his active career. In his brief MLB career, Rowe posted a 2–1 record with a 3.21 ERA and one save in 26 games pitched , including nine games finished , 19 strikeouts , 14 walks , and 45 + 1 ⁄ 3 innings . He allowed 55 hits . His acquisition by Baltimore in late 1964 marked a long association with the Orioles, whom he served as
136-468: The umpire calls "Play" or "Play ball". A full inning consists of six outs, three for each team, and, in Major League Baseball and most other adult leagues, a regulation game consists of nine innings. The visiting team bats in the first half-inning, the top of the inning, derived from the position of the visiting team at the top line of a baseball line score . The home team 's half of an inning
153-465: The 2020 and 2021 seasons due to the COVID pandemic, but returned to nine innings in 2022. College games may be shortened to seven innings if one team's score is ahead by a minimum of ten runs, or as part of a doubleheader. Little League games are scheduled for six innings and may be shortened further (auto-forfeit) if a team has an overwhelming scoring lead. Ending a half-inning is referred to as "retiring
170-564: The day. The game may have to be replayed in its entirety at a later date, but under certain circumstances, a game shortened because of rain can count as an official game, and the team that was ahead at the time the game was called will be awarded the win. Professional baseball games as well as college baseball games are scheduled for nine innings. Softball games and high school baseball games are scheduled for seven innings, as are some minor league baseball doubleheaders. Major League doubleheaders comprised scheduled seven inning games during
187-511: The inning (and the game) is considered complete at that moment regardless of the number of outs. This is commonly referred to as a " walk-off " situation since the last play results in the teams walking off the field because the game is over. However, road teams cannot earn a "walk-off" victory by scoring the go-ahead run in extra innings, unlike in ice hockey where the team (either home or away) scoring first in overtime automatically wins. A baseball game can be shorter than scheduled innings if it
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#1732852435395204-436: The minors; the exceptions came in 1985 and 1986 when he was the big-league pitching coach of the Orioles under managers Joe Altobelli and Earl Weaver . Rowe batted and threw right-handed and was listed as 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) tall and 185 pounds (84 kg). He signed with his hometown Detroit Tigers in 1953 and bounced among five Detroit farm teams in the lower minors until November 1955, when he
221-506: The other. In Japanese baseball , however, games end if tied after twelve innings (or, in postseason play in Nippon Professional Baseball , fifteen innings). For the 2011 and 2012 NPB season, a game also ended in a tie if a regular-season game has reached its 3-hour, 30-minute time limit, and both teams are tied. As in the case of the ninth inning, a home team which scores to take a lead in any extra inning automatically wins, and
238-527: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ken_Rowe&oldid=744074530 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Ken Rowe (baseball) Kenneth Darrell Rowe (December 31, 1933 – November 22, 2012)
255-780: The year's final three months, as the Dodgers successfully fended off the Cardinals to win the National League championship. He won his first MLB game September 26 with three innings of shutout relief against the New York Mets , but did not appear in the 1963 World Series , won by the Dodgers in a four-game sweep over the New York Yankees . In 1964 , Rowe found himself back in Spokane, where he worked in 88 games, all in relief, and posted
272-471: Was an American professional baseball player and coach whose career spanned 60 seasons. The native of Ferndale, Michigan , was a veteran of minor league baseball who appeared in 26 games over parts of three Major League seasons as a middle-relief pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers ( 1963 ) and Baltimore Orioles ( 1964 – 1965 ). He also spent all but two seasons of his coaching career in
289-650: Was drafted by the Dodgers, still in Brooklyn . He became a relief pitcher in 1962 with the Spokane Indians , appearing in 70 games, and then received his first MLB trial with the 1963 Dodgers . After a six-game, early season stint in Los Angeles, which netted Rowe his only MLB save (May 7 against the St. Louis Cardinals ), he returned to Spokane until late July when the Dodgers recalled him. He then appeared in eight more games during
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