Sentences with phrase «half games behind»

Success at the Games means more government money for physical education programs, which supposedly encourage kids to get off the couch — and ironically leave their video games behind — to go exercise so they don't get fat.

By reaching the.500 mark (71 - 71) for the first time since early June, the Phillies are now just four games behind the St. Louis Cardinals for the second Wild Card spot in the National League.

One important note is that they're exactly a half - game behind where the Rangers were last year at this time.

The old devil Yankees are a fatal dozen games behind.

Midseason when all hope is lost and they're 8 games behind the Red Sox and Yankees.

From underneath the rubble, the Milwaukee Brewers are over.500 and just 3 1/2 games behind the Chicago Cubs in the NL Central, which is one of baseball's tightest divisions.

If the Cubs were in the NL East, they'd be nine games behind the Nationals.

Put this game behind us and don't for one minute think this performance is going to be a reflection of our season ahead.

If they were in the NL West, they'd be 17 games behind the Dodgers, closer to the Padres than second place.

A year removed from a 3 — 13 finish and fielding the league's youngest roster (average age on Sunday: 25 years, 295 days), Tampa Bay is 7 — 3 and a game behind the first - place Falcons in the NFC South.

He's going to be the fifth option in the passing game behind Hill, Watson, Kelce, and Hunt.

It's really not a big deal to watch a baseball game behind a protective net.

They have a big Game next Week with Team Harris who is just a Game behind them in the Standings..

Their expected record based on that figure — Arizona has scored 124 more runs than they've allowed — is 81 - 56, only 9 1/2 hypothetical games behind the Dodgers.

The Angels, now four and a half games behind Chicago, were themselves only four games ahead of the charging Senators.

Brooklyn defeated Boston 104 - 96 on Tuesday to win their second straight game behind 25 points from Williams (who played 37 minutes) and 24 from Brook Lopez.

The fact that he averaged over 250yds / game behind that offensive line with nothing but Jerick McKinnon and Matt Asiata to help him out on 2nd down blows me away.

only a game behind which they can recover when they face and beat us or when they win and our unbelievable luck runs out and we lose to some random team.

Good thing they just beat OKC today, Spurs are again 1 game behind them.

What did perturb the Minnesota manager was the team's 6 - 2 loss to the Yankees, which put the Twins five full games behind the White Sox.

And don't look now, but the Hawks are tied in the loss column with the Charlotte Bobcats and just a game behind overall.

After dropping the game, the Bills are two games behind the Kansas City Chiefs, New York Jets and Pittsburgh Steelers for the two wild card spots in the AFC, making the postseason a long shot.

Well Golden State is now 7 - 3 in its last 10 contests and just one and a half games behind the Portland Trail Blazers (who host Milwaukee on Tuesday) for fifth out West.

The two teams are both 3 - 5, 2.5 games behind the New York Giants in the NFC East, and both are coming into this Sunday's game in Philadelphia on losing streaks.

They have possession of the second wild card spot, and are a half - game behind the Dodgers for the first one.

The Mariners finish 98 - 64, two games behind Houston.

The Knicks will enter play on Monday just one game behind the Miami Heat for the East lead.

New York is currently in second place in the NL East, four games behind the Nationals.

The Cardinals missed the playoffs in 2016, finishing 86 - 76, one game behind the Wild Card Game participants, the San Francisco Giants and New York Mets.

But three other teams — Iowa, Northwestern and Wisconsin — were only a game behind and Michigan, last year's champion, was trying to help everybody win the title.

In a tight AL East, any time without Bautista is a negative: The Blue Jays began Tuesday morning under.500 and six games behind the Orioles and Red Sox.

Colts at Jaguars Indianapolis is on a well - publicized quest for perfection, but Jacksonville has quietly won five straight games behind a stingy defense that is allowing 283.2 yards per game.

With the Camaro this year, Ford will get its chance but that is all part of the game behind the scenes.»

@RwRW, exactly my point; we put this game behind us, like so many of its kind in the past and forget about all 3 points.

The Sixers (21 - 35) are six games behind the Eastern Conference's eighth seed and entered the season without playoff aspirations.

Back in the AL, the Tigers sit just half - a-game behind the Red Sox, the Astros are three games behind Detroit, and the Mariners are 1.5 games behind Houston.

They are currently five games behind Milwaukee Bucks.

With a 21 - 16 victory at Detroit on Sunday, Minnesota is 7 - 5, a bona fide NFC wild - card contender and still only two games behind Chicago in the race for the NFC North title.

Three weeks after they were 13 1/2 games behind the Dodgers, the Reds suddenly were only 6 1/2 out of first.

Ohio State defeated Wisconsin 79 - 71 and Northwestern 84 - 72 to stay one game behind Michigan.

Now, the Broncos have slipped out of the playoff standings all together, one game behind the Dolphins for the sixth seed, and two games behind the Chiefs.

Syracuse's Pasqualoni never did start Konrad last year, preferring to ease him into games behind an upperclassman.

PITTSBURGH scored 17 points in the fourth quarter — on two TD passes from Ed Brown to Gary Ballman and a 24 - yard field goal by Lou Michaels with only 40 seconds left — to tie Philadelphia 20 - 20 and remain in contention, 1 1/2 games behind.

This time everyone reacted rationally, and the Eagles put forth an impressive effort to improve to 6 - 3 and remain two games behind the Cowboys in the NFC East.

at 48 - 45, they were 4.5 games behind the Red Sox, who had a.563 W - L %.

The suits are playing a high stake game behind the scenes while all we ask for and pay for is good entertainment value for our dollars, yet we can't get it, and we lay all the blame at the door of a man who is equally caught up in the politics of it all.

Right now, the Timberwolves sit at 18 - 29, 7.5 games behind the Houston Rockets for the last spot in the Western Conference playoffs.

For this to happen he has to play quite a number of games behind Wellbeck at 10.

Don't look now, but the Celtics are one game behind the first - place Philadelphia 76ers, the very same team they will meet on the back end of a back - to - back on Wednesday night in Philly.

If we are a different team from last season we will go on a winning streak and put these two horrible games behind us.