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If the third strike is not caught and the runner reaches first the pitcher gets recorded for the strike out but the team does not get to record the out. Below is an article from last season with the pitcher recording four strikeouts in an inning.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-25/burnett-becomes-first-new-york-yankee-to-strike-out-4-in-single-inning.html

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When my son was a high school pitcher, he threw a five strike out inning.