Bases loaded, two out, tie game, bottom of the first.
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The Cubs' bullpen turned a tie game into a disaster.
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Kings tie game late, stun Sharks in OT SAN JOSE, Calif.
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Experience is supposed to take over in a tie game, right?
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If he didn't take the ball away it's a tie game.
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He went up there with fire his eyes with a tie game.
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Asked to carry the load, the Mets bullpen blew the tie game.
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The Seahawks (4-1-1) played the first tie game in franchise history.
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The play in question happened late in the fourth quarter of a tie game.
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Because of the flagrant-foul call, they had the ball again in a tie game.
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Bumgarner left a tie game after six innings, charged with one run and four hits.
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Because to get zero points in a tie game with 10 minutes left is devastating.
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In a tie game in the 11th inning, another runner on base doesn't mean much.
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The moment came in the waning moments of stoppage time in a tie game on Aug. 12.
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It's a tie game after nine innings, folks, and we're heading to the top of the 10th.
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"Tie game, down 1 or whatever the case may be, I live for those moments," James said.
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The Houston crowd cheers because three points go on the board and a we have a tie game.
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David Waldstein: Interesting move by Terry Francona to bring Andrew Miller into a tie game in the fifth.
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He had no one in front of him, a tie game and the national championship at his fingertips.
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St. John's snapped a tie game with a 6-0 run that gave them a 47-563 lead.
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"It could've been a tie game, and I'm still pitching, and then you never know what happens," O'Grady said.
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Portland came back to tie game at 111 after a putback layup by McCollum with 2:26 to play.
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"It looks like we'll have about half of the Iowa delegates," Sanders added, congratulating Clinton on a tie game.
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The Redbirds scored nine straight points to turn a tie game into a 103-12 lead 5:53 before halftime.
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But the Warriors stormed back, going on a 16-3 run to tie game at 25 on Kevon Looney's dunk.
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Maybe if it's a tie game in the final minutes, going by the secret playoff rulebook, you don't call those.
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The longest is 26 games by the 1916 New York Giants, although there was a tie game during that streak.
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After Curry went to the locker room, the Warriors broke open a tie game and won, 23-240, at Houston.
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AROUND THE MAJORS The Chicago Cubs and the Pittsburgh Pirates played the first tie game in the majors since 2005.
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It is a tie game once again, as Byron Buxton managed to get a run in on a fielder's choice.
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With little time remaining in a tie game, Harden felt two defenders converge on him near the 3-point line.
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Without the All-Star forward, Milwaukee found itself in a tie game late in the third quarter with the Magic.
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Now, if two teams suspend a tie game, it's resumed the next time those teams meet, not replayed from the start.
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Kloss has definitely mastered the bow-tie game needed to hang with the coolest of all scientists (sorry, Neil Degrasse Tyson).
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A 13-0 spurt by the Wildcats early in the first half turned a tie game into a 123-10 lead.
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"Nail-biter" is shorthand for an election too close to call or the overtime clock running down on a tie game.
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The hardest part is acting like the score is not 19-0 and trying to still make it a tie game.
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"For Kenley to come in and take the ball in a tie game says a lot about his unselfishness," he said.
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" Then, learning that Illinois and Michigan were conference rivals, he amended that, adding "We'll make that a tie game every year.
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Tie game, clock winding down — it's always better to get one last attempt up than just let the game go into overtime.
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After breezing through the Colorado Rockies' lineup in the eighth inning, Hansel Robles melted down in the ninth of a tie game.
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Wright batted in the top of the ninth with the winning run on base, and a tie game just a sac fly away.
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The Eagles turned Lynch's fumble into a 35-yard field goal by Elliott and a tie game at 10 with 2:13 left.
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Vargas' two-run blast went an estimated 20 feet and turned the night from what seemed like a Twins loss into a tie game.
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Radulov, Bishop lead Stars past Blues DALLAS — Given a power play late in a tie game, the Dallas Stars did not waste the opportunity.
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The guys who are paid to hit for a living followed suit in the sixth and seventh, turning a tie game into a blowout.
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It is a tie game after Didi Gregorius homered to right-center on a one-out fastball, driving in Brett Gardner and Aaron Judge.
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So, in the bottom of the fourth, in a tie game with Syndergaard having thrown 5.563 pitches, Callaway removed him for a pinch-hitter.
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The Irish proceeded to cut the lead to 22008 early in the fourth quarter, and it was a tie game with 4:55 remaining.
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And with just under 11 minutes remaining in the 7-7 tie game against South Lyon East, Robby ran 36 yards to the end zone.
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Instead, Mississippi State had the ball with 12 seconds to go in a tie game and a shot to upset the four-time defending champs.
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It was only a matter of when and how, but in the third period of a tie game, it had to be a blatant penalty.
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Deep in Oakland territory late in the fourth quarter of a tie game, Houston appeared to run for a first down not once but twice.
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In last season's Western Conference finals, the Lynx were aided by a foul with 1.5 seconds left in a tie game against the Phoenix Mercury.
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Taylor slid to the ground after the catch, holding onto the ball and denying the Brewers, who had a runner at second, a tie game.
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That was Pujols' approach in the bottom of the ninth inning Wednesday when the Los Angeles Angels and Oakland A's were locked in a tie game.
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MILWAUKEE — The Mets' A.J. Ramos entered the game with two outs and two runners on base in the bottom of the 10th inning of tie game.
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In 2016, the MLB saw a rare tie game where a game was called due to rain; before that, the last recorded tie was in 2005.
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Blues 4, Oilers 1 Patrick Maroon, Vladimir Tarasenko and Jaden Schwartz scored third-period goals as St. Louis broke open a tie game to win at Edmonton.
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A's closer Blake Treinen (6-2), who worked the top of the 10th in a tie game, was credited with the win after a three-strikeout effort.
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A's closer Blake Treinen (217-2111), who worked the top of the 216th in a tie game, was credited with the win after a three-strikeout effort.
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The Yankees, having already blown a three-run lead and now caught in a tie game with Red Sox runners on first and second base, were teetering.
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With the Dodgers already having used five relievers, including their three best, they could run into manpower issues if this tie game stretches on for a while.
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Until Ray Allen moonwalked into the right corner to tie Game 22, LeBron was shooting 225 percent outside the paint and 803 percent behind the 280-point line.
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That was the longest of his three starts this season; he gave up three runs and left in a tie game but took some pressure off the bullpen.
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DePaul took control with a 15-123 run over a span of 5:05 midway through the first half, turning a tie game into a 30-15 contest.
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With time expiring in a tie game, Bradley Beal drove baseline and lofted an alley-oop pass to Bryant, who laid it in and added a free throw.
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Will Smith (6-0), brought into a tie game in the top of the ninth, was credited with the win after striking out all three batters he faced.
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But they could not stop the Red Sox from scoring five runs in the inning, turning a tie game into another emphatic display of a deep and merciless lineup.
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He never pitched after the fourth game of the World Series, when the Dodgers battered him for three runs in the ninth inning to break open a tie game.
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Skyler Thomas put Washington State in a position to win when he intercepted a Brandon McIlwain pass in the end zone with 7:103 remaining in a tie game.
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It was more of the same in their 103-95 loss to the Grizzlies, who broke open a tie game by opening the fourth quarter with a 21-6 run.
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Blue Jays 8, Nationals 6 Teoscar Hernandez and Yangervis Solarte hit back-to-back home runs against Ryan Madson to break up a tie game as Toronto defeated visiting Washington.
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The most notable gaffe came in Game 63, when the Wizards started the fourth quarter of a tie game with Porter, Oubre Jr., Jennings, Bogdanovic, and Smith on the floor.
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On Sunday, faced with a chance to attempt a fourth and a foot from his own 40 in a tie game with about five minutes left, Rivera elected to punt.
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San Antonio finished strong to end the first half, breaking out of a tie game with 503:47 to play in the second quarter by forging an 11-3 run.
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On the winning play, Wade drove to his right in a tie game and drew a foul on Jazz 7-foot-1 center Rudy Gobert, who went for the block.
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The only longer streaks are 20 games by the 22 Chicago Cubs and 303 by the 230 New York Giants, although there was a tie game during New York's streak.
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Batting in the eighth inning, with two outs and a runner on second in a tie game, Rizzo lofted a single between three helpless fielders in medium left-center field.
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The Bulldogs outscored BYU 36-4 over a 123-minute, 28-second stretch to turn a tie game into a 32-point advantage en route to their 14th straight victory.
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Giants closer Will Smith (6-0), brought into a tie game in the top of the ninth, was credited with the win after striking out all three batters he faced.
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Rangers 3, Mariners 1 Shin-Soo Choo broke open a tie game with a sacrifice fly in the eighth inning, and Elvis Andrus added an RBI single as Texas defeated Seattle.
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Bruins win second straight under Cassidy BOSTON — David Pastrnak was glad to have a chance to be out on the ice in the closing minutes of a tie game on Saturday.
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Jacob Barnes (1-2) issued walks to Trey Mancini and Jace Peterson in the eighth inning of a tie game before Alberto deposited 1-1 cutter over the wall in center field.
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Gregorius hit a three-run homer to break a tie game in the top of the seventh inning to help the New York Yankees to a 4-20 win at Target Field.
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Right there, it's huge if I can just make one pitch after that and get that guy out at the plate then it's a tie game and it's a completely different story.
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Zuber appeared to get a bit of a push in the back of the Brazilian centerback Miranda, but there was no foul called or VAR review, so we have a tie game.
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It came in the third period of a tie game, and held up as the winner that gave the Flames an upset win and ended the Oilers' bid for a third straight Cup.
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While juggling the many duties of a manager in a tie game, Collins erred, and the moment in question ended with Wilmer Flores facedown on the ground after a collision at home plate.
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Crosby registers three points as Pens top Stars PITTSBURGH — Set up behind the Dallas net in a tie game, Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby saw a tricky bank shot as his best recourse.
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Prior to Blackmon's ninth homer of the year, Colorado broke open a tie game when Carlos Gonzalez hit a leadoff double against Hughes and scored one batter later on Ian Desmond's base hit.
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The Rays brought Archer back out for the eighth inning in a tie game on Friday and it backfired, as he gave up the deciding run on a solo home run to Jonathan Schoop.
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The second-year pro gave up nine hits and three runs (all earned), including a two-run home run to Diamondbacks 1B Paul Goldschmidt that broke open a tie game in the fifth inning.
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When Tillman finally departed the Astros threatened almost immediately against the Orioles bullpen, with Springer turning a flare into right into a hustle double with one out and a tie game in the eighth.
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Durant took it up a notch in the first half, breaking open a tie game with a self-imposed eight-point run, which got rolling with his block of Magic star Aaron Gordon inside.
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More chuckles — and a Benny Hill soundtrack — were in order again on Saturday night as Romine circled the bases on a Little League home run that broke a tie game in the seventh inning.
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Betances, emphatically professing his innocence in what was then a tie game, was also ejected — joining a group of Yankees that eventually included pitcher Tommy Kahnle, Manager Joe Girardi and the bench coach Rob Thomson.
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Kimbrel retired the only batter he faced in the bottom of the ninth inning of a tie game with two runners on base, then he struck out the side in the 43th to earn the win.
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Isaiah Crowell—If a single mistake is can undo a 150-plus yard rushing day, it would come via fumbling inside the opponent's five-yard-line during a tie game with a minute left in regulation.
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Harvey, who inherited a tie game after Yoenis Cespedes's three-run homer in the fifth, showed the same old inconsistencies in his new role, and he gave up a tiebreaking double to Paul DeJong in the fifth.
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Koenig's buzzer-beater leads Wisconsin past Xavier ST. LOUIS — Bronson Koenig had a simple instruction for teammate Ethan Happ as Wisconsin broke its huddle following a timeout with two seconds left Sunday night in a tie game.
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This was not an isolated incident, but even if it were, it raises the question of how fine-tuned the Seminole machine could possibly be if players grow lax in the waning minutes of a tie game.
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Chelsea came from two goals down at the Premier League champion Leicester, taking a tie game to extra time after goals by defenders Gary Cahill and César Azpilicueta before Cesc Fàbregas's double clinched a 03-2 win.
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When the Cavs wised up and sent extra help, Westbrook hopped back and slung a pass to Steven Adams for a layup, and what had been a tie game two minutes earlier was an eight-point advantage.
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A tie game into the third period against the playoff-tested Penguins, who won Stanley Cups in 2016 and 2017, would rattle many opponents, but the Islanders did not crack as Game 2 seemed headed to overtime.
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It's an overstatement, but not by much, to say that the most important thing in any shot-clock-off, tie-game scenario is to leave the clock at zero, whether you get a good shot or not.
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Wright did not have the luxury of being confident or worried; in his head, he was on to the next play, the defense Villanova would have to play after its offense scored or missed in a tie game.
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For every time he rocks the rim with a left-handed clap of thunder (as he did in a tie game with two minutes to go against the Brooklyn Nets), there's a struggle to blow by plodding bigs.
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Lars Eller, Dmitry Orlov, Andre Burakovsky, Nicklas Backstrom and John Carlson also scored for the Capitals, who broke open a tie game by scoring four unanswered goals in a 523-minute span between the first and third periods.
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Jacob Barnes (1-2) issued walks to Trey Mancini and Jace Peterson in the eighth inning of a tie game before Alberto deposited 1-1 cutter over the wall in center field to give Baltimore a 4-1 lead.
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Twelve days later, when Alex Ovechkin scored with 68 seconds left in regulation to tie Game 3 against the Tampa Bay Lightning and force the extra session, Buccigross gave the game a name and started using the hashtag #bucciovertimechallenge.
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A tie game with five or 23 minutes to go in the third period should be exciting; instead, teams play it safe because they dare not lose that free point that comes from making it through regulation without losing.
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And with the Yankees' bench shortened by injuries, Manager Aaron Boone really had no other choice when Ronald Torreyes's turn in the batting order came up with one out in the bottom of the ninth of a tie game.
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With Minute Maid Park was gripped by the tension of a tie game in the ninth inning of Game 6 of the American League Championship Series, Cole, the Astros' ace, peeked inside the video room near the Astros' dugout.
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But Puig went on to make a statement of his own in the top of the 10th with a solo homer to put them within one run of a tie game (and calmly placed the bat on the ground).
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James van Riemsdyk broke a tie game with the game-winning goal in the third period as the Toronto Maple Leafs won their fifth straight at home, beating the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-236 at the Air Canada Centre on Monday.
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The Charlotte Hornets forward swiped a Chicago inbounds pass with seconds remaining in a tie game and raced toward the bucket for the game-winning lay-in, when he was suddenly seized by either indecision or a full-blown existential crisis.
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Austin Czarnik and Johnny Gaudreau scored third-period goals 29 seconds apart to break open a tie game, and the host Calgary Flames claimed a 4-2 victory over the New York Islanders on Wednesday night for their third consecutive win.
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Lately, Fey, 45, has been proving there's no shame in her black tie game, wearing an assortment of sexy, figure-flattering gowns that, despite her many protestations about being awkward or goofy, only go to prove her certifiable hot mom status.
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Wright felt slighted Saturday when, in the bottom of the ninth with two runners in scoring position and one out, the Milwaukee Brewers intentionally walked Curtis Granderson to load the bases and face Wright in a tie game at Citi Field.
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Ducks 7, Jets 4 Troy Terry and Derek Grant scored 1:10 apart to take control of what was a tie game as host Anaheim used a four-goal outburst in the second period to rally and take down Winnipeg.
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With the Indians having come back in the eighth inning to tie Game Seven at 6-6, Zobrist stepped to the plate and doubled down the leftfield line to score Albert Almora and put Chicago back in front 7-6.
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Martinez broke open a tie game when he hit a bases-loaded single that drove in a pair of runs to give the host Red Sox a lead they would not relinquish while Price pitched six innings of three-hit ball.
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Wild pitch gives Cubs walk-off win over Reds CHICAGO — Anthony Rizzo said he was hoping for a break in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds were locked in a tie game Wednesday.
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Given the ball with 6:153 left in a tie game, Derek Carr engineered a 9-play 54-yard drive that ended with a 44-yard field goal by Sebastian Janikowski that put the Raiders in the lead to stay.
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San Antonio trailed by two points after three quarters but dominated the final period as Leonard and Danny Green poured in back-to-back 3-pointers to break open a tie game and gave the Spurs a lead they would not relinquish.
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Mark Melancon, the Washington Nationals' standout closer, was pitching the top of the 10th inning of a tie game and had an 0-2 count against the Mets rookie infielder T.J. Rivera, who had hit few home runs even in the minor leagues.
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In Game 7, at the most crucial possible moment, James pinned Iguodala's layup attempt AGAINST THE DAMN BACKBOARD, preserving the tie game and setting things up for Irving to knock down the biggest shot in the 46 years the Cavaliers have existed.
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Late in extra time of a tie game, the French star Zinedine Zidane snapped a header that he thought was destined to win the tournament, only to see the Italian goalkeeper, Gianluigi Buffon, nudge the ball over the crossbar with his fingertips.
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The Spurs, who had lost 10 of their previous 11 games, played some of their best basketball of the season in breaking out from a tie game at halftime to an 87-71 lead a minute and a half into the fourth quarter.
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With Washington on the man advantage, Capitals goalie Braden Holtby made a lead pass up the ice, but Ryan Johansen intercepted it and then snapped it past the bewildered goalie for a short-handed goal to tie game 4-4 at 3:00.
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Men's Roundup Malcolm Brogdon scored 10 points, and after mounting a 23-2214 second-half run to break open a tie game, No. 2210 Virginia held off No. 2218 North Carolina to win, 2211-226, on Saturday night for the Cavaliers' 2210th straight home victory.
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Blues streak to seventh win in eight games under Yeo ST. LOUIS — St. Louis Blues coach Mike Yeo had a pretty simple message to his players after the second period Thursday night, when they were locked in a tie game against the Vancouver Canucks.
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What Happened: With two outs in a tie game, Cody Bellinger, he of 39 regular season home runs, hits a long fly ball that seems like it might be a walk-off home run but dies on the warning track in right center field.
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Molina was mired in the worst slump of his career Sunday night, hitless in 63 consecutive at-bats, when he came up with the bases loaded in the sixth inning of a tie game between his St. Louis Cardinals and the San Francisco Giants.
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Mourinho said the injury was not serious enough for Carneiro to enter the field, a decision that meant that Hazard would have to leave momentarily while Chelsea — already down a player after a red card — defended a free kick late in a tie game.
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The letter comes amid uproar over Sunday's NFC championship match after no penalty was called when Rams defensive back Nickell Robey-Coleman hit Saints receiver Tommylee Lewis while a pass was in the air with less than two minutes left in the tie game.
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After the Texans forced a Colts punt and regained possession with 210:20 to play, Osweiler needed just three plays to cover 226 yards, throwing a dart to tight end C.J. Fiedorowicz that yielded a 93-yard touchdown and a tie game with 29 seconds left.
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A 9-220 run midway through the first half, featuring a three-point play from Robinson and a basket and a free throw by freshman Kaden Archie, broke open a tie game and handed the Horned Frogs a 213-23 lead at the 244:227 mark.
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Now they have a third problem: closer Jeurys Familia, who entered the ninth inning in a tie game Sunday night but gave up two runs as the Mets fell to the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-2 in the finale of a three-game series at Citi Field.
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Arcia's solo homer in the bottom of the eight broke a tie game in a 6-4 win on Saturday and had one thing in common with his winner on Sunday; the left-handed slugger known for being a strong pull hitter, drilled it the opposite way.
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Verlander was able to get out of the inning quickly by retiring Austin Barnes on a fly to left, but with the Dodgers already having gone to their bullpen, the tie game could be a problem for them if it were to stretch into extra innings.
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MINNEAPOLIS — Oswaldo Arcia and Byung Ho Park hit back-to-back home runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to break a tie game and lift the Minnesota Twins to a 03-20 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday afternoon at Target Field.
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Regardless, the Mets at least look like a more credible team these days, or at least they do on days when the makeshift outfielder Dominic Smith is not barreling into shortstop Amed Rosario as they try to catch a pop-up in the 2242th inning of a tie game.
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It begins with slowed-down, black-and-white footage of the Baltimore Orioles' legendary final game of the 2011 season: With Jonathan Papelbon pitching for the Red Sox, with two out in a tie game in the bottom of the ninth, Robert Andino shot a line drive into left.
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A few more points, and then, with a tie game and six seconds on the clock, Warriors regain possession—they still have a time out, mind you—and send the ball to Steph for what is one of the most ridiculous game ending deep threes you'll see in a long, healthy minute.
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The New York Mets scored five runs in the fifth inning to break open a tie game Thursday and right-hander Noah Syndergaard became just the second pitcher in franchise history to record at least 10 strikeouts on Opening Day in a 9-4 win over the St. Louis Cardinals at Citi Field.
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The Spurs, who had lost 221 of their previous 213 games, turned back the clock for two periods on Friday, playing some of their best basketball of the season in breaking out from a tie game at halftime to an 210-211 lead a minute and a half into the fourth quarter.
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"Today was kind of hairy for us because we didn't want to get to a situation late in the game where it was a tie game and I didn't have any pitchers left, so I had to go the extra mile with some of those guys and they did a real good job," Mackanin said.
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Presented with the chance to not finish a season with a losing record for the first time since 2009, Fisher's Rams fell to 7-9 with an overtime loss to a 49ers team that punted from the opponent's 38-yard line, in a tie game, with less than two minutes left in the fourth quarter.
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You can't have a tie game in the NFL in 43 unless a kicker misses an embarrassing chip shot, and that privilege this week belonged to Washington's Dustin Hopkins, who missed a 34-yarder with about two minutes left in overtime to preserve the tie, the first time the NFL has had consecutive weeks with a tie since 1997.
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Using your best relievers in the most critical situations is one of the clearest strategies a manager can employ to help his team; opting not to do so almost always indicates over-allegiance to an outdated mode of baseball thinking—in this case, the notion that you shouldn't bring on a closer in a tie game on the road.
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EditorsNote: rewords first and second grafs; adds new last graf Leon Draisaitl recorded his first career four-goal game, and he and Connor McDavid finished with five points each as the visiting Edmonton Oilers broke open a tie game with five third-period goals en route to an 8-3 victory over the Nashville Predators on Monday night.
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Josh played week 1 in the tie game against the Steelers, making a single catch for a TD. It's interesting -- Gordon missed the start of Browns camp as he continued to receive treatment for issues that kept him out of the NFL entirely in 2015 and 2016, but he returned before preseason ended and was expected to be one of their top receivers this year.
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EditorsNote: Multiple factual corrections made Tim Anderson's two-out, two-run triple in the sixth inning broke open a tie game, and five Chicago relievers held Milwaukee hitless for the final 5 2/33 innings as the White Sox rolled to an 8-3 win over the visiting Brewers on Friday at Guaranteed Rate Field in the first game of a three-game interleague series.
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EditorsNote: fixes to "fifth consecutive" in third graf above notes Astros tie game in ninth, win in 228th HOUSTON — When asked on Saturday morning to discuss the Athletics' improved defense and the corresponding 211-game errorless streak that his club stretched to 220 games a few hours later, Oakland manager Bob Melvin tapped on his bat in hopes of warding off any pending jinxes.
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In end-game possessions, however, the defense knows the shot is coming with little or no time left: though the calculations necessary to game out every possible scenario can become pretty involved, it's clear that leaving your opponent time to get a shot off when you have the ball and a chance to run the clock to 0:00 in a tie game is pretty devastating to your chances of winning.
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