The homer spoiled a two-out, ninth-inning rally by the. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Seminoles win 25th in row, make super regionals] Reference
After Mike Cameron's ninth-inning home run sunk the Rockies. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Sailing into uncharted waters?] Reference
Sturtze (3-13) allowed ninth-inning homers to Jeff Liefer and. From Wordnik.com. [American League - Major League Baseball - Tampa Bay vs. Chicago White Sox] Reference
They laughed with each other like the Yankees after a ninth-inning win. From Wordnik.com. [This Dog Won't Hunt] Reference
His ninth-inning, game-tying homer Friday in Game 2 came on a 3-1 count. From Wordnik.com. [Suddenly, Yankees' A-Rod is a playoff hero] Reference
War II and the Korean War, said his three-run, ninth-inning home run for an. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - All-Star award to honor Williams] Reference
There are no perfect closers, no perfect solutions to the ninth-inning ordeal. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: How Do You Spell Relief?] Reference
Wednesday night, he flipped the script, on this ninth-inning pitch to Jerry Hairston. From Wordnik.com. [Rob Dibble's strike zone is still weird] Reference
"It was that ninth-inning work of yours that pulled us through, Joe," declared McRae. From Wordnik.com. [Baseball Joe Around the World Pitching on a Grand Tour] Reference
He served up ninth-inning, game-tying home runs on consecutive nights in Games 4 and 5. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Bullpens make all difference in world] Reference
Kirk Gibson's Series HR: Heroic ninth-inning blast ended Game 1 against Oakland in '88. From Wordnik.com. [Homer Heaven] Reference
We never give up, said Bobby Abreu, who had an RBI single in the Angels 'ninth-inning rally. From Wordnik.com. [Angels win in stunning fashion, head to ALCS] Reference
Since 2008, 31% of ninth-inning save opportunities have come with a three-run lead or greater. From Wordnik.com. [If He's So Good, Why Is He Closing?] Reference
Seaver's complete game was 8 1-3 innings - he lost 2-1 on Johnny Bench's ninth-inning homer. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Scores] Reference
There will also be real life doctors giving testimony who are not blinded by ninth-inning grand slams. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Congress needs players to be honest about steroids] Reference
On Wednesday, Rogers allowed a run in six innings, but Cordero could not hold a 2-1 ninth-inning lead. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com] Reference
But Colon, still able to pump that ninth-inning fastball at 97 mph, doesn't live by the strikeout anymore. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Colon deal prompts experts to spend] Reference
Of course, Ian Desmond and Ryan Zimmerman made it all moot, for one night, with their ninth-inning heroics. From Wordnik.com. [The Drew Storen-Tyler Clippard debate and how Ryan Zimmerman made it moot] Reference
Corey Koskie's long home run drought ended Sunday with his ninth-inning solo shot off Oakland's Mark Mulder. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - American League Central] Reference
Giambi's two-run, ninth-inning homer off Stanton finished off the final sweep with a 4-2 win on Aug. 12. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com] Reference
Roberto Giron allowed a lead-off, ninth-inning double but retired the next three batters to pick up his first save. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com] Reference
John Smoltz worked the final two innings for his fourth save despite yielding a ninth-inning homer to Todd Hundley. From Wordnik.com. [National League Baseball - Cubs vs. Braves] Reference
The A's even did it again on Thursday, when Eric Chavez tied the game in Anaheim with a two-out, ninth-inning home run. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Pitching staffs thin as season winds down] Reference
Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols celebrates after his ninth-inning three-run home run off Astros closer Brad Lidge. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Pujols' Texas-sized homer gives Astros pause] Reference
"We were just trying to squeeze out of the ninth-inning jam, create some forceouts," Cleveland manager Joel Skinner said. From Wordnik.com. [American League - Major League Baseball - Cleveland vs. Kansas City] Reference
Keith Lockhart came off the bench to deliver a ninth-inning solo homer, giving the Braves a 3-2 victory over the Mets. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Royals' Pena needs to prove he's no pigeon] Reference
On Sept. 16, 1993, his 3,000th hit was a ninth-inning RBI single lined to left field off Oakland reliever Dennis Eckersley. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Puckett, Winfield share rare respect for game] Reference
Padilla wriggled out of a bases-loaded ninth-inning jam created by closer Jeff Brantley and preserved a 4-2 victory over the. From Wordnik.com. [National League Baseball - Phillies vs. Cubs] Reference
He was 9 when Houston lost a three-run, ninth-inning lead to the New York Mets in the painful, 16-inning Game 6 defeat in 1986. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Beltran's arrival gives Astros the playoff punch needed to win] Reference
The sweetest moment of my life would occur on October 13 of that year, when Mazeroski hit his ninth-inning, series-winning homer. From Wordnik.com. [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]
That's a 22-game drought, 19 at-bats, since his ninth-inning double tied Game 2 of the 2004 AL Division Series against the Twins. From Wordnik.com. [A-Rod delivers for Yankees with two RBI in Game 1] Reference
Drew, who capped the Game 5 rally with a ninth-inning single, struck out with a check-swing on a 97 mph fastball to end the threat. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com] Reference
The Hall of Fame called and requested Green's bat, which cracked on May 25 when he hit a ninth-inning homer off Arizona left-hander Eddie. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - National League West] Reference
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