seventh inning
Late-game stretch break
The seventh inning is the seventh of nine standard innings in a baseball game.
The phrase appears most often in seventh-inning stretch, when fans traditionally stand and stretch between halves of the inning.
Figuratively, seventh inning can suggest the late-but-not-final stage of any process: We're in the seventh inning of this project.
- stretchPull to extend
- baseballBat-and-ball team sport
- ball gameSporting contest with spheres
- dugoutCarved-log canoe
- pitcherPouring vessel or hurler
relief pitcher · relief · pinch hitter · mound · starting pitcher · ballpark · organ · stadium · crackerjack · beer · fans · rally · score · batter · umpire · diamond · bases · homerun
- innings
- game periodsquarter, half, period, set, round
- baseball announcersBob Costas, Joe Buck, play-by-play announcer, color commentator, TV announcer
seventh inningbottom of the ninth
Final half-inning possible
ninth inning · extra innings · clutch moment · crunch time · closing time
seventh, inning, seven, innings, sevens, sevenths, seventy, seventeen, seventeenth