 CONT: At the end of the third inning, the last Yankee hitter is  walking up the first baseline complaining loudly about a called  third strike. We know he is the sixth batter because he bats third  in the eighth inning (and if its in the midst of a perfect game,  hes batting sixth in the lineup). At the end of the third inning,  itd be the ninth batter that had just struck out, not the sixth  batter.