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In the bottom of the ninth, catcher Brad Ausmus, hit a game tying home run that allowed the game to continue in extra innings.
After going 2 – 0 with 10. 1 scoreless innings for Oakland in 2006 Spring Training, Cruz was dealt to the Arizona Diamondbacks for pitcher Brad Halsey.
On April 15,, Wolf had a no-hitter through 6 innings against the Colorado Rockies at Petco Park before Brad Hawpe hit a single.
Batting at number six in an Australian side that also included Victoria team-mate Brad Hodge, and was captained by Michael Hussey, White made little impression on the Indians, making just 20 runs in his two innings and taking no wickets.
In the first test, he scored a magnificent 195, his highest test score, in a partnership of 307 with Brad Haddin, the highest partnership ever at the Gabba, later broken by Alastair Cook and Jonathan Trott in the next innings ; the test ended in a draw.
Through this innings Vincent became the fourth Lancashire player to hit a Twenty20 century, the previous players being Mal Loye, Stuart Law and Brad Hodge.

innings and pitched
When analyzing a pitcher's statistics, some useful categories to consider include K / 9IP ( strikeouts per nine innings ), K / BB ( strikeouts per walk ), HR / 9, WHIP ( walks plus hits per inning pitched ) and OOPS ( opponent on-base plus slugging ).
* BB / 9 — Base on balls divided by 9 ( Bases on balls per 9 innings pitched )
* ERA — Earned run average: total number of earned runs ( see " ER " above ), multiplied by 9, divided by innings pitched
* H / 9 — Hits per nine innings: hits allowed times nine divided by innings pitched ( also known as H / 9IP — Hits allowed per 9 innings pitched )
* IP / GS — Average number of innings pitched per game
* K / 9 — Strikeouts per nine innings: strikeouts times nine divided by innings pitched ( Strikeouts per 9 innings pitched )
* RA — Run average: number of runs allowed times nine divided by innings pitched
* SV — Save: number of games where the pitcher enters a game led by the pitcher's team, finishes the game without surrendering the lead, is not the winning pitcher, and either ( a ) the lead was three runs or fewer when the pitcher entered the game ; ( b ) the potential tying run was on base, at bat, or on deck ; or ( c ) the pitcher pitched three or more innings
Earned runs are specially denoted because of their use in calculating a pitcher's earned run average – the number of earned runs allowed per 9 innings ( regulation game ) pitched.
Earned runs stem from the theory that the pitcher has sole responsibility to earn strikes against opposing batter ( s ) until at least three batters are retired in each inning of play, and nine innings ( a complete game ) are pitched.
For instance, Jim Devlin in 1876 pitched 66 complete games ( 662 innings pitched ) with a 1. 56 ERA but managed to record only five shutouts.
In 1957, the term was first defined as someone with fewer than 75 at bats or 45 innings pitched in any previous Major League season.
This guideline was later amended to 90 at bats, 45 innings pitched, or 45 days on a Major League roster before September 1 of the previous year.
The current standard of 130 at bats, 50 innings pitched or 45 days on the active roster of a Major League club ( excluding time in military service or on the disabled list ) before September 1 was adopted in 1971.

innings and 2
England managed to stay in contention until the deciding final Test at The Oval, but yet another double hundred by Bradman, and 7 / 92 by Percy Hornibrook in England's second innings, enabled Australia to win by an innings and take the series 21.
* SVO — Save opportunity: When a pitcher 1 ) enters the game with a lead of three or fewer runs and pitches at least one inning, 2 ) enters the game with the potential tying run on base, at bat, or on deck, or 3 ) pitches three or more innings with a lead and is credited with a save by the official scorer
The BBC radio commentary on the final day of the innings ( 6 June 1994 ), by Dave Roberts, was being broadcast around the world live via the BBC World Service network, and in the UK on BBC Radios 1, 2 & 4 as well as the majority of BBC Local radio stations.
His 153 not out in Bridgetown, Barbados, during West Indies ' 22 home series draw against Australia in * 1998 – 1999 was deemed the second greatest Test innings ever played, behind Bradman's 270 against England in the Third Test of the 1936 – 1937 series at Melbourne.
Cleveland rallied to close a 14 – 2 deficit in the seventh inning to defeat the Seattle Mariners 15 – 14 in 11 innings.
This series will be most remembered for the swarm of bugs that overtook the field in the later innings of game 2.
They led the Wild Card by 1. 5 games over San Francisco and Houston on September 25, and both of those teams lost that day, giving the Cubs a chance at increasing the lead to a commanding 2. 5 games with only eight games remaining in the season, but reliever LaTroy Hawkins blew a save to the Mets, and the Cubs lost the game in extra innings, a defeat that seemingly deflated the team, as they proceeded to drop 6 of their last 8 games as the Astros won the Wild Card.
The Nationals took the lead in the first innings by 3 to 2 ; but in the next two innings they added but five runs to their score, while the Forest Citys added thirteen to theirs, thereby taking the lead by a score of fifteen to eight, to the great surprise of the crowd and the delight of the Rockfords.
Toward the end of his career, he played about 2, 000 innings at third base and about 1, 175 innings in the outfield, excelling at both.
The season was highlighted by starter Zack Greinke, who did not allow an earned run in the first 24 innings of the season, went on to finish the year with a Major League-leading 2. 16 earned run average, and won the American League Cy Young award.
In the West Indian second innings, Clark bowled bodyline back to the West Indians, taking 2 for 64.
The Brewers lost game 2 of the NLDS due to ace CC Sabathia giving up a grand slam early in the game, leaving after 3 and 2 / 3 innings ( his shortest and last outing as a Brewer ).
In a memorable NLCS, with four of the five games going into extra innings, they fell behind 21 but battled back to squeeze past the Houston Astros on a tenth-inning, game-winning hit by center fielder Garry Maddox, and the city celebrated its first pennant in 30 years.
Martínez turned in a strong 1993 season as the Dodgers ' setup man, going 10 – 5 with a 2. 61 ERA and 119 strikeouts, in 65 games ; his 107 innings led all NL relievers.
He logged a pair of wins in the postseason, where he pitched 7. 2 innings of 1-run baseball during the Yankees ' game 4 clincher over the Atlanta Braves.
On July 2, Clemens collected his 350th win against the Minnesota Twins at Yankee Stadium, giving up just two hits and one run over eight innings.
His final regular season appearance was a start against the Red Sox at Fenway Park, in which he allowed 2 hits and 1 unearned run in 6 innings, and received a no-decision.
Clemens left the game after 7 innings leading 3 – 2, but the Red Sox infamously went on to lose the game in the 10th inning, and subsequently, the championship.
Clemens ' overall postseason record with Boston was 12 with a 3. 88 ERA, and 45 strikeouts and 19 walks in 56 innings.
His 3 – 0 record in the World Series includes a performance with New York down 2 – 0 in the 2001 series ; then, in Game 7, it was Clemens who matched Curt Schilling ; his start ( 6 innings, 1 run, 10 strikeouts ) was forgotten in the wake of the Diamondbacks ' famous ninth-inning comeback.

innings and 1
It is the year when ( 1 ) amiable Jim Gentile of the Baltimore Orioles ambled to the plate in consecutive innings with the bases loaded and, in unprecedented style, delivered consecutive grand-slam home runs ; ;
After winning the First Test by an innings after being controversially sent in by Hutton, Australia lost its way and England took a hat-trick of victories to win the series 3 – 1.
England went on to win the series 3 – 1, beating Australia by an innings and 83 runs at Sydney in the Fifth Test.
Wisden published a top 100 list in July 2001, a distillation of the best performances from 1, 552 Tests, 54, 494 innings and 29, 730 bowling performances.
After multiple scoreless innings, the Giants managed to score three runs in the top of the 14th to place them ahead of the Rockies, 41.
Young set major league records for the most consecutive scoreless innings pitched and the most consecutive innings without allowing a hit ; the latter record still stands at 25. 1 innings, or 76 hitless batters.
When the season ended, he posted a 1. 26 ERA, which gave him not only the lowest in his career, but also gave him a Major League record of being the oldest pitcher with 150 + innings pitched to post a season ERA under 1. 50.
Willis holds many Marlins pitching records including single season victories ( 22 ), franchise losses ( 54 ), complete games ( 15 ), shutouts ( 8 ), innings pitched ( 1, 022 ⅔ ), and is second in franchise victories ( 67 ).
England won that match, then drew the last one at The Oval ( Botham taking 6 wickets in the first innings ), and thereby winning the series 3 – 1.
The Brewers faced the NL West Champion Arizona Diamondbacks in the NLDS and won the first two games at Miller Park, with Yovani Gallardo pitching 8 stellar innings in a 4-1 Game 1 win.
In Clemens's first start in Fenway Park as a member of the Blue Jays ( July 12, 1997 ) he pitched an inspired game, giving up only 4 hits and 1 run in 8 innings.

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