Word: inning
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...hard Detroit fans took small comfort in a significant statistic: in 40 of Detroit's 103 regular-season victories, the Tigers were either tied or behind as the seventh inning began, then clawed ahead on a fortuitous clutch hit or an opponent's ill-timed error. There was still a long chance that they could turn the same sort of trick...
Certain that the powerhitting Tigers would be looking for fastballs and swinging freely, Gibson shrewdly mixed up his pitches, alternating sliders and slow curves with his "hummer." By the end of the eighth inning, 14 Tigers had gone down on strikes. When Gibson took the mound in the ninth, only one strikeout stood between him and Sandy Koufax's World Series record. He got that, and more. Detroit Outfielder Al Kaline nailed futilely at a fastball. First Baseman Norm Cash missed a slider by a mile. Then, with a final flourish, Gibson slipped another slider past Outfielder Willie Horton...
Dick Hughes replaced Willis but did little better. Cash greeted him with a first-pitch single, scoring the ninth run of the inning, and Willie Horton drove in number 10 before Hughes finally forced Northrup...
...comic third inning started innocently enough, as second baseman Dick McAuliffe drew a walk from Card starter Ray Washburn, who had already allowed two runs in the inning before. Then the onslaught began...
McAuliffe, up for the second time, was walked intentionally to load the bases. But Kaline fouled things up for St. Louis by blasting his second hit of the inning, scoring two more runs...