 A full baseball game typically is scheduled for nine innings, while softball games consist of seven innings; although this may be shortened due to weather or extended if the score is tied at the end of the scheduled innings.The use of the term "inning" in baseball and softball contrasts with cricket and rounders, in which the term is "innings" in both singular and plural.Each half-inning formally starts when the umpire calls "Play" or "Play ball".