noun
General Slang
immaculate inning
ih-MAK-yuh-lit IN-ing · noun · slang
Striking out the side on nine pitches.
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A half-inning in which a pitcher strikes out all three batters on exactly nine pitches, the minimum possible.
“He threw an immaculate inning, nine pitches, three strikeouts.”
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immaculate inning In A Sentence
He threw an immaculate inning, nine pitches, three strikeouts.
Origin & Usage
American baseball term for the rare nine-pitch, three-strikeout inning.
People Also Ask
What is an immaculate inning in baseball?
It's a half-inning where a pitcher strikes out all three batters on exactly nine pitches, the minimum possible.
How rare is an immaculate inning?
It's very rare because it requires every one of the nine pitches to be a called or swinging strike.
Why is it called immaculate?
The nine-pitch, three-strikeout inning is flawless efficiency, so it's dubbed 'immaculate.'
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