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How many innings are played in a standard baseball game?

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Freddie Freeman of the Los Angeles Dodgers, wearing a white uniform and helmet, watches his hit while holding a bat during a game at Dodger Stadium. — Baseball Freddie Freeman, shown here in a 2023 game, was named World Series MVP in 2024 after hitting four home runs and driving in 12 runs for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

A standard game of baseball consists of nine innings. An inning is a division of the game in which each team has a turn at bat and records three outs on defense.12

After nine innings, the team that has scored the most runs is declared the winner. If the score is tied at the end of the ninth inning, the game continues into extra innings until a winner is determined.12