Word: clinched
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...avenge this loss in Game Four after taking a 4-3 lead into the ninth. But Casey's apparent game-ending third strike on Tommy Henrich eluded luckless catcher Mickey Owen, and the Yankees rallied once more, for a 7-4 win. New York subsequently took Game Five to clinch a deflating Series for the Dodgers...
...Tigers were finally tamed only six minutes into overtime play, as Stewart's bullet hit the back of the net to clinch the win for Harvard...
...gave have more games in the league," Wheaton said. "I believe if we win one more, we clinch...
Needing only one more first down to clinch the game, the Crimson once again put the ball in Menick's hands. But after a seven-yard carry on first down, Menick was stopped for a three-yard loss, putting Harvard in a third-and-6 situation. Fordham used its final timeout to stop the clock...
...most affecting performance is that of Ziemba, a hugely admired Broadway veteran whose face, a clown's mask of quiet desperation, suddenly dissolves into maniacal glee as she hears music in her head, grabs the headwaiter and pulls him into a clinch. The happiest surprise is Yates, a svelte ex-Rockette with legs that could make an archbishop sweat. But all the pistons in this engine stroke in the right order, and while you won't recognize any of the names unless you're a theater buff, their collective star quality is unquestionable...