Sentences with phrase «fourth wild card»

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Economists had expected growth to ease to 6.8 % in the third quarter and 6.6 % in the fourth quarter, but the impact of the pollution shutdowns is a major wild card.

If he can get them a win on Sunday, the Texans will grab the fourth seed in the AFC and will host a wild card playoff game.

The Angels continued their losing skid with a fourth loss in a row (thanks to the Indians continuing their hot streak), putting them 2.5 games back of the Twins for the second Wild Card after Minnesota absolutely crushed the Tigers 12 - 1.

Robert Griffin III looks like he won't be coming back to the Wild Card playoffs for the Redskins after his injured right knee buckled on a botched snap in the fourth quarter.

They have two games in hand and only a four - point gap to Liverpool in fourth, and there's the wild - card option of the Europa League.

Still, they were stuck in fourth, five games out of a wild - card berth.

The extra rounds of playoffs — a new fourth layer this year will have two wild - card teams in each league squaring off in knockout games on Friday — have created a tournament flavor in which the hot team trumps the better team.

Finally, the absolute wild cards: For a fourth pitcher, the Yankees will either go with Chad Gaudin or Joba Chamberlain (most likely Gaudin), little can be expected from either.