Sentence examples for consecutive chance from inspiring English sources

Instead he blew his second consecutive chance.

Ryne Sandberg set a major league record for second basemen with his 480th consecutive chance without an error.

Blake Griffin scored 17 points despite a sprained left knee that limited his jumping ability, and Eric Bledsoe added 14 off the bench to lead the Clippers, who blew an 8-point lead in the fourth along with a second consecutive chance to close out what would have been a landmark playoff victory for the beleaguered franchise.

In his 205th game without an error on April 27, Youkilis also established a new major league record for first basemen, when he fielded his 1,701st consecutive chance without an error, passing the old mark of 1,700 set by Stuffy McInnis from 1921 to 1922.

They staged the comeback against Angels closer Frankie Rodriguez, who had converted a club-record 25 consecutive chances.

He set an American League record for consecutive chances without an error by a catcher when he handled 439 flawlessly from September 1931 to August 1932.

It was the first time since May 12-26, 2000, when Wagner blew five straight for Houston, that he has failed to earn a save in three consecutive chances.

He also established records (all since broken) for catchers of his era: he held the benchmark for most home runs hit by a catcher (313), most consecutive errorless games (148), and most consecutive chances handled (950).

Lidge is 0-3 with a 7.27 earned run average in 28 games and has blown 6 of 19 save opportunities, including consecutive chances Friday and Saturday in Los Angeles in games that the Phillies went on to lose.

It's hard to not walk in 87 consecutive chances.

Hartnett set a since-broken major league record for catchers of 452 consecutive chances without committing an error.