2007-05-26 03:36:50 · 16 answers · asked by JB 1 in Sports ➔ Baseball
Every out of the innings was on strikeouts. Of course, the team could have batted around and scored 6 runs, but if all three outs were on strikeouts, the pitcher struck out the side.
2007-05-26 03:40:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Anyone who claims that allowing a hit or run (or multiple hits and runs) in an inning disqualifies a pitcher from "striking out the side" hasn't watched enough baseball.
Striking out the side does, in fact, mean that all of the outs of that inning were the result of strikeouts. Sometimes, a good announcer will qualify the statement by noting that a hit was allowed, but striking out the side does mean that every out was the result of a strikeout.
If an announcer thinks that allowing a hit or run means that you can't strike out the side, then he's not using the term in the same historical sense that it's always been used.
2007-05-26 06:13:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nope, striking out the side means that all outs in the inning were recorded via strikeouts. Even if the other team gets 10 hits, scores six runs, walks 3 times, and reaches on a couple of errors.
It is possible for a pitcher to strike out more than three batters in an inning. (Theoretically, a pitcher can strike out an infinite amount of batters without recordings three outs.) When a batter reaches first base on a dropped third strike, the pitcher is credited with a strikeout, but no out is recorded.
2007-05-26 03:59:01 · answer #3 · answered by augmented4ths 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It means that all three putouts were recorded by strikeouts. There's not a fixed definition, and by tradition this was used when the first three batters struck out -- making for rather quick work for the defensive team -- but some announcers and writers, less steeped in historical lore, have expanded (or "abused" if you prefer) the term to mean any half-inning in which all three putouts are by strikeout, even if there's a couple of grand slams mixed in. Kinda loses the essence that way, I think, but baseball argot evolves.
2007-05-26 04:09:14 · answer #4 · answered by Chipmaker Authentic 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means when the pitcher gets every batter who faced him in that half inning to strike out. It doesn't always mean that there are 3 K's in that 1/2 inning. If the catcher drops a third strike and the batter reaches base, the pitcher still is credited with a K (strike out). It has happened before when the pitcher gets 4 K's in a half inning.
2007-05-26 06:08:48 · answer #5 · answered by baseball_tennis guy 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The pitcher struck out 3 batters to end the inning and didn't walk a guy or give up a hit.
2007-05-26 05:07:22 · answer #6 · answered by Canes & Bruins 09-10 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means the pitcher struck out all 3 batters for all 3 outs in that inning.
2007-05-26 03:39:41 · answer #7 · answered by bradxschuman 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
3 up and 3 down. The pitcher struck out all 3 batters, thus three came to bat and 3 struck out.
2007-05-26 03:58:19 · answer #8 · answered by Tom U 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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