retire the side

idiom

baseball

: to end the inning by getting the final out

He struck out Jones to retire the side.

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Miller needed only 11 pitches to retire the side in order, getting Eguy Rosario to whiff on a 98 mph fastball at the letters for his first big-league strikeout. —Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2024

And by the time Yamamoto struck out Jackson Merrill to finally retire the side, Roberts had decided to turn to his bullpen. —Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024

But Miller rebounded from that rocky fourth to retire the side in order in the fifth and sixth, striking out Gurriel and Jace Peterson with nice changeups in the sixth. —Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2023

Wood induced a ground ball from Talmadge LeCroy on which third baseman Caleb Cali made a diving stop and Brady Slavens made a clean pick at first to retire the side. —Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 13 May 2023

Dixon, who returned to the game at second base, re-entered the circle to retire the side. —Brendan Connelly, The Enquirer, 1 June 2023

Means cruised through the fourth inning, needing just 12 pitches to retire the side in order. —Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 14 Apr. 2022

Clayton Kershaw came in to retire the side in the bottom of the ninth of Game 5 as the Dodgers won their second straight National League title, 40 years after accomplishing the feat in 1977 and 1978. —Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2021

Jansen, who hadn’t recorded more than three outs in an appearance since June 9, needed only 11 pitches to retire the side in order in the ninth, allowing the closer to start the 10th. —Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2021