Extra Innings (Noun)
Meaning
Overtime play until one team is ahead at the end of an inning; e.g. baseball.
Classification
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.
Examples
- The baseball game went into extra innings after the score was tied at the end of the ninth inning.
- The pitcher was exhausted after throwing multiple innings in extra innings.
- In baseball, extra innings are played until one team is ahead after an inning.
- The crowd was on the edge of their seats as the game entered extra innings.
- The home team won the game in extra innings with a walk-off home run in the bottom of the tenth inning.