Ordinarily a starting pitcher must complete at least five innings in order to be eligible for a victory.

In his remaining four starts, Marshall struggled, and completed six innings only once.

Roger Clemens, 40, has failed to complete six innings in nine of his last 17 starts.

We may have to use three pitchers to complete nine innings for a while.

The umpires ignored the weather, though, hoping to complete five innings and make the game official.

For the 11th time in 21 games, the Yankees' starter failed to complete five innings last night.

A starting pitcher must generally complete five innings to earn a win.

The 4-hour- 27-minute affair (which took over four hours just to complete nine innings) was the Yankees' longest game of the season.

Leiter was long gone, having struggled to complete five innings.

The meeting seemed to pay off last night; Milton threw 107 pitches and could only complete six innings.