When the Mets battled back and took the lead, it was their bullpen that failed, surrendering seven runs in the final three innings.
Indeed, by the middle of the 18th century, most sieges were highly predictable and even ritualized affairs, culminating in surrender before the final desperate attack.
It was always going to take a minor miracle for St Helens to surrender their position in the final weeks of the season, but with a play-off spot now secured following a ninth win in ten games, a glance at the fixture list offers hope yet that a home semi-final in the play-offs and a top-two finish may still not be beyond them in 2016.
The last three games at the Prudential Center have been a nightmare for Brodeur, starting with the playoff finale last spring, when he surrendered two goals in the final 80 seconds of Game 7 against Carolina, allowing the Hurricanes a stunning 4-3 victory.
And eight weeks after golfer Rory McIlroy spectacularly surrendered a lead in the final round of the 2011 US Masters in Augusta, Georgia, he headed into the last day of the US Open in a similar position.
In the 2009 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, they suffered one of the most disappointing and embarrassing playoff losses in NHL history when they surrendered two goals in the final 80 seconds of Game 7 against the Hurricanes.
After building a 28-0 learlyarly in the second quarter by scoring seemingly at will and having the defense force five straight three-and-outs to start the game, and after seeing a 35-0 haleadme lead grow to 45-0 early in the fourth quarter, the Terps surrendered two touchdowns in the final 10 minutes.
The Tim Hortons Brier took over the Saddledome in early March, forcing the Flames on a season long, seven-game road trip, during which the team struggled to a 3 4 record that saw them suffer lopsided losses to the Carolina Hurricanes, Atlanta Thrashers and Toronto Maple Leafs; the Flames surrendered 27 goals in the final five games of the trip.
Last year's came with the surrender of two goals in the final 80 seconds of Game 7 at home.
However, they surrendered their slender lead in the final metres, recording a time of six minutes 58.24 seconds behind their rivals' 6 58.16 - a gap of just 0.08 seconds.
