°A period of play in which members of a visiting
baseball team attempt to hit a baseball pitched by the opposing home
team until three
players are called
out, followed by a similar attempt by members of the home baseball team against the visiting team's pitching. There are nine or more innings in a
regulation baseball game.
"It is a baseball tradition to sing "Take Me Out To the Ball Game" during the seventh inning stretch."
°A similar period of play.
"We batted around in our half of the inning."