tie game
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It was a tie game with 10 seconds left, and the San Antonio Spurs had all the momentum—and the basketball.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
“Say your first baseman gets a base hit in a tie game leading off the ninth inning,” said Perry Hill, who coached Seattle’s Dylan Moore to a Gold Glove as a utility player last season.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2025
Feyereisen on the mound in the seventh inning of a tie game.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2024
Admittedly, Muñoz wasn’t trying to be too fine with his location, but he also wasn’t going to throw get-me-over pitches down the middle in a tie game.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 6, 2024
Under the old system of playing the tie off in the city where the tie game is played, it brings about a great deal of confusion.