Sentences with phrase «ninth games of»

McMahon was making his first start since spraining his right knee in the ninth game of the season.

It's just the ninth game of the season and Harper already has six home runs, which is more remarkable considering Harper has been walked 13 times in his 43 plate appearances.

The next game on the list is Unreal Tournament, which is the ninth game of the Unreal series.

Not exact matches

Meanwhile, the ninth seed would host the 10th seed, with the winner of that game facing the loser of the 7 - versus - 8 matchup for the final playoff spot»

Since ninth grade, the 6 - foot forward has played almost 400 games, winning 97 percent of them.

He was only the ninth player in NHL history under the age of 20 that averaged more than a point per game (again, minimum 40 games) in their debut season, joining a list that includes only Mario Lemieux, Wayne Gretzky, Steve Yzerman, Dale Hawerchuk, Bryan Trottier, Ron Francis, Eric Lindros, and Sidney Crosby.

We're a ninth of the way through the season, and the starters are averaging more than 6 IP per game.

In Game 5, they had the lead, might have extended it further if not for the kind of send at third base that haunts a fan base for years, left the bases loaded late, and then had their best hitter this year, Daniel Murphy, weakly pop up in the ninth against Kershaw, who was working on a day of rest.

They are as old - fashioned in their patient execution of Wallace's motion offense and aggressive man - to - man defense, which had held opponents to just 59.7 points a game, ninth best in the nation.

United, in 2001 - 02, slumped down to ninth in the table and crashed out of both domestic cups; City, while they've played appallingly in quite a few games and been on the end of three genuine hidings, go into 2016 in third place, a mere three points off the lead, and with the majority of their tricky away games already behind them.

Those represented the second, fourth, eighth, ninth and 12th games of Lewan's last season, respectively.

I remember waiting for the train to pass when Joel Youngblood won the game in the bottom of the ninth.

Those represented the fifth, ninth, 12th, 13th and 14th games of Ford's final season, respectively.

While he may not have suited what the Spanish tactician wanted in those particular games mentioned above, his clinical edge in front of goal still makes him a pivotal part of City's pursuit of silverware this season as he continues to show his quality with his ninth goal of the campaign in all competitions.

It may seem unlikely for Miami to reach its ninth game — against Notre Dame — un-beaten, because the Hurricanes have that history of blowing one or two easy ones a year.

And so it finally came to pass: When Arismendy Alcantara drove a ball off the ivy in the bottom of the ninth of Game 7 to score Anthony Rizzo, and Hillary Clinton spontaneously bear - hugged George Will, these Cubs were 2015 world champions, fulfilling the prophecy first told in Back to the Future Part II.

Three of his home runs have tied the game or put his team ahead in the eighth or ninth inning.

He was a relief pitcher of distinctive rhythms: deep, snoring naps in the bullpen that stretched through a game's first five innings; languid ninth - inning strolls to the mound that tested the patience of even the most unalloyed baseball purists; an endless, silky windup that uncoiled fastballs that until recent years hit 100 mph.

In one game Leon Wagner whacked a pinch - hit grand - slam home run in the bottom of the ninth to win it 6 - 4.

They are 2.5 games out of the No. 3 seed and three games ahead of the Nuggets at the ninth slot.

Chicago is 0 - 2 without the brute inside force of defensive tackle Dan Hampton, who earlier this month had the ninth knee operation of his 11 - year career and will be out for at least another four games — if he comes back at all.

But when Herzog and the rest of the Cards ranted on about the ninth - inning bad call at first base costing them Game 6 — the St. Louis Post-Dispatch chimed in by calling AL umpire Don Denkinger «Jesse James» — it was as if no umpire in World Series history had ever missed one before.

But he did his best to assess the mood of the assembled governors and thereupon expressed his pitch in metaphor: «There are a lot of ball games being won in the ninth inning this year.»

By the ninth inning of the final game of that series, as Bell waited in the on - deck circle, fans behind home plate and near the rightfield line chanted, «We want Bo!»

Giancarlo Stanton hit his 42nd homer of the season on Sunday, his ninth dinger in 12 August games, and the 21st homer he's hit over his last 33 contests.

Friends say that Moore was haunted by memories of the two - strike, two - out, ninth - inning home run he gave up to Dave Henderson of the Boston Red Sox while pitching for the Angels in Game 5 of the 1986 American League Championship Series.

And if your argument is that Lackey isn't to be trusted, well, he was certainly trusted with the winning run on base in the ninth inning of Game 2.

This won't hold up over the course of the season, but at the moment Liriano has the major league lead in strikeouts and is tied for the lead in RBI, the latter tied with three teammates and Cardinals third baseman Matt Carpenter, who drove home the Cardinals» only run of the game with two outs in the ninth inning.

Chapman entered the ninth inning of the Red Sox - Yankees game Sunday night to protect a 2 - 1 lead.

At the other end of the spectrum, Mets backup catcher Anthony Recker entered a June 30 game against the Nationals in the ninth inning with New York down 11 — 0.

Backup guard Jack McGuinness first saw Houston in the ninth grade, when the two faced each other in pickup games of one - on - one.

In the second one - run loss, they sent Dioner Navarro, Gabe Gross and Jason Bartlett up in the ninth inning of a tie game.

His last broadcast was Game 7 of the 1997 World Series, which ended with the Indians — true to form — blowing a ninth - inning lead and losing the Series in the 11th inning.

After Jason Giambi singled home the game - winner for the Yankees in thebottom of the ninth, Upton raised his right fist.

And when Sundberg made his headfirst ninth - inning slide home to force the seventh and deciding game, you know who was on the lead of the mob out to congratulate him?

The Angels were up three games to one and, behind starter Mike Witt, took a 5 - 2 lead into the ninth inning of what looked to be the clincher.

However, since she began working with King in May 1989, she has acquired a new self - possession and a new grasp of her game, not to mention a record ninth Wimbledon singles title, which she won last summer.

That could have been the game - winning RBI, but after Ramos added another run with an RBI single, Henry Rodriguez allowed the Dodgers to score twice in the bottom of the ninth.

The Mets, ofcourse, went on to win the World Series, and when rightfielder Ron Swobodarobbed the Baltimore Orioles» Brooks Robinson of a potential game - winning hitin the ninth inning of Game 4, Hickey hurt all over again, his ill will towardthe Amazin's not having subsigame - winning hitin the ninth inning of Game 4, Hickey hurt all over again, his ill will towardthe Amazin's not having subsiGame 4, Hickey hurt all over again, his ill will towardthe Amazin's not having subsided.

Two days later he smashed another.Last Saturday he hit a game - winning, ninth - inning double against the Orioles, the Rays» 13th walk - off victory of the season.

The Los Angeles Dodgers looked like the mighty Ebbets Field wrecking crew of the past as they won four games in the eighth, ninth, 10th and 11th innings with some lusty hitting.

David Freese, the eventual Series MVP, and Lance Berkman each stroked a game - tying hit when a third strike would have given Texas its first world championship — Freese hit a 1 — 2 pitch for a game - tying triple with two outs in the bottom of the ninth, and Berkman tied things again with a single on a 2 — 2 pitch with two outs in the 10th.

Matt Harvey convinced manager Terry Collins to let him come back out for the ninth inning to finish what he started — a complete - game shutout of the Royals that would let the Mets live on in the World Series.

They weren't on the brink of elimination, not this time, but they were down just the same in the top of the ninth inning in Game 5 against the Mets.

San Francisco was up 5 - 2 in the ninth, three outs away from earning a flight back to Chicago for Game 5, but instead, the bullpen bullpenned and the only reason the Cubs are going back to Chicago is to prepare for the first game of the NGame 5, but instead, the bullpen bullpenned and the only reason the Cubs are going back to Chicago is to prepare for the first game of the Ngame of the NLCS.

Bellinger's fourth strikeout of the game strands two runners, and the Astros move on to the ninth inning down two runs.

For the past three seasons they have finished in a very creditable ninth position, and with just four games to go of this campaign they sit eleventh, just one point away from ninth, which must be the aim of a cluster of clubs, including ourselves, who can all reach this place in the table with a good finishing run.

The reason for this is simply that games end anytime the home team has a lead entering the bottom of the ninth inning.

With the bases loaded and the game tied in the bottom of the ninth inning, Evan Russell drew a walk to give Tennessee a 5 - 4 win over Alabama on Friday night at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.

After nine games they are ninth, seven points behind Tottenham and 12 adrift of early pacesetters Manchester City.