The Yankees hit pivotal homers to right off Jensen Lewis on Friday and Sunday, neither traveling more than 350 feet.
With the advent of additional rounds of the playoffs, other players have hit pivotal home runs that catapulted their teams into or toward the playoffs -- Chris Chambliss in 1976, Rick Monday in 1981, Dave Henderson in 1986, Mike Scioscia in 1988, for example.
He returned late in the fourth, hitting a pivotal 3-pointer with 1 minute 28 seconds left to give the Raptors an 11-point lead.
No. 8 Cincinatti 80, Houston 70: Jacob Evans III scored 18 points, hitting the pivotal shots during Cincinnati's rally from an 18-point deficit, and the Bearcats extended the nation's longest home-court winning streak by beating Houston.
At breakfast, I remember the hard-hitting, pivotal part of the soundtrack from Terminator 2 played as we ate.
Brian Jordan, who hit three pivotal home runs against the Mets in the final days of the regular season, homered in Game 1 against Houston but hit only.182 in the series.
MAVERICKS 102, NUGGETS 101 Dirk Nowitzki scored a season-high 35 points and Caron Butler hit a pivotal 3-pointer late in the game, helping Dallas hold off a Denver squad missing center Nene.
Tim Duncan had 30 points and 15 rebounds and Michael Finley hit a pivotal 3-pointer for the San Antonio Spurs with 22.6 seconds left to clinch a 94-91 victory against the visiting Nets on Friday.
JOSEPH'S 68, La SALLE 48: Delonte West returned from his leg injury and Pat Carroll hit several pivotal 3-pointers as No. 25 St. Joseph's pulled away and reached the semifinals for the 11th time in 20 seasons.
The Lakers' reserve guard hit two pivotal 3-pointers during 15-0 run in the quarter, including a bomb from the left wing with 4 02 remaining that severely damaged Portland's confidence.
"This legislation really hits a pivotal principle of transformation that the task force focused on, which is that only the children who are a danger to the community would end up in secure confinement," said Michael A. Corriero, a former judge and a member of the task force.
