extra inning

“However, the ghosts that gave the New York Yankees an un-beatable aura of invincibility in the fall; the ones that coerced the umpires into strange calls that went against the opposition; the ones that caused teams to produce mental blunders; the dramatic home run in the bottom of the ninth that made getting those last three outs against the Bombers in October the hardest feat in baseball; and most importantly, an extra inning ...”

Simon & Schuster: One Season