how many hits can a team get in one inning without scoring a run? my bf asked me but i dont know!?

Question

help!

tell me how? my bf says 5 hits is the most! he says if someone gets on 1st then gets thrown out trying to steal, next batter same thing, then bases loaded, then pop up for the last out

Answer 1

The answer is 6 hits. There are several obscure ways this can occur and I will give you one possibility. First two batters both get hits and are thrown out trying to steal second base. The next three batters all have hits and the runners advance one base on each hit. You now have the bases loaded with two outs and five hits in the inning. The next batter hits the ball which hits the runner, in fair territory, coming down the line from third base. The runner is out from being hit by the batted ball and the hitter is given a single. That would now end the inning with six hits and no runs scored.

Answer 2

The answer is six, though it requires an obscure play to occur.

Aaron singles, gets picked off. One hit, one out.
Banks doubles, gets thrown out trying for third. Two hits, two outs.

(What the first two batters do specifically is irrelevant, they just need to get a hit and get put out, by their own efforts, before scoring. This way any non-hits, like a fielder's choice, do not occur by a subsequent batter.)

Cronin singles. Three hits.
Delahanty singles, Cronin to second. Four hits.
Edmonds singles, Cronin to third, Delahanty to second. Five hits.

Five hits, still zero runs. Here's the clever bit.

Foxx hits a sharp grounder toward the second baseman. Before the 2Bman can make his attempt, the ball strikes Edmonds (in fair territory). Edmonds is out, Foxx is credited a single, Cronin and Delahanty do not advance.

Six hits, three men left on base, three outs, zero runs.

MLB Rule 5.09 (abridged for relevant parts):
The ball becomes dead and runners advance one base, or return to their bases, without liability to be put out, when --
(f) A fair ball touches a runner or an umpire on fair territory before it touches an infielder including the pitcher ...
If a fair ball goes through, or by, an infielder, and touches a runner immediately back of him, or touches a runner after being deflected by an infielder, the ball is in play and the umpire shall not declare the runner out. In making such decision the umpire must be convinced that the ball passed through, or by, the infielder and that no other infielder had the chance to make a play on the ball;
runners advance, if forced .... (note this last little bit at the end here)

Answer 3

6
hit
hit
hit
bases loaded
pick off 1 out
hit
pick off 2 outs
hit
hit
Base runner hit with ball 3 outs

Answer 4

Actually it can go pretty high, because of errors, and even if you score on an error, it"s an unearned run,but I would say 4 hits and an error, and a triple play!.

Answer 5

3 Hits without scoring a run.

It is not a hit if they make an out a fielder's choice or an error.

Answer 6

5 if all out are made eitherat home or 3rd to get the lead runner

Answer 7

Well...if all outs are played to home plate then 6

Answer 8

The frizzer is right on!!!

Answer 9

six

Answer 10

ok.ok..tell something impressive..like..i dont know..!