Sentence examples for a division against from inspiring English sources

During the Seven Weeks' War (1866), Manteuffel occupied Holstein, led a division against the Hanoverians, and in July assumed command of the Army of the Main.

He commanded a division against Tipu Sultan of Mysore and became governor of Mysore (1799) and commander in chief against the Marathas.

He has five saves this postseason: two in a division series against the Tampa Bay Rays and three in the A.L.C.S. against the Detroit Tigers, including the save that clinched the pennant Saturday night.

In three agonizing outings that season, between Game 2 of a division series against the Rays and Game 5 of the A.L.C.S. against the Tigers, Uehara gave up home runs to Evan Longoria, Miguel Cabrera and Ryan Raburn.

Ryan Howard, their slugging first baseman, did not want to hear about it before the opener of a division series against the St . Louis Cardinals

Maddon was a coach with the Angels in 1995 when they botched an 11-game lead in August and lost a division playoff against the Seattle Mariners.

The M.R.I. had been ordered by Ahmad after Rodriguez complained about pain in his right hip when a pinch-hitter replaced him in Game 3 of a division series against the Baltimore Orioles on Oct. 10, a startling circumstance that underscored how ineffective Rodriguez had become at the plate.

Ramirez was intentionally walked twice in the opener and then missed the next day, so with or without their best hitter, who batted.500 with six extra-base hits and six runs batted in a division series against Atlanta, they would have to beat the Cardinals' ace, Adam Wainwright, to keep from falling into an almost insurmountable hole.

Jansen closed out a division series against the Atlanta Braves two years ago.

He batted.500 last year in a division series against the Atlanta Braves, which the Dodgers won in four games.

The Ducks head into a seven-game trip with a division sweep against San Jose, the Kings and Arizona in a four-day span.