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Facing the Los Angeles Dodgers in the now best-of-seven NLCS, a split of the first four games set the stage for Game 5 at Busch Stadium.
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Facing the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1981 NLDS, Ryan threw a complete game 2-hitter in the opener, outlasting the Dodgers ' rookie sensation Fernando Valenzuela.
Facing the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on August 10, Canó fell a single short of hitting for the cycle.
Facing and Dodgers
Facing the Brooklyn Dodgers in the World Series, he singled and scored in a 2-run eighth inning in Game 3, and New York hung on to win 2-1.
Facing and now
Facing the forest now, she who had not dared to enter it before, walked between two trees at random and headed in what she believed was the direction of the pool.
Facing increased competition in the rum market from the now international brand Havana Club, the company concluded that it was important for sales to associate its rum with Cuba.
Facing increasing competition from China and South Korea, manufacturing in Japan today now focuses primarily on high-tech and precision goods, such as optical equipment, hybrid cars, and robotics.
Bergenline Avenue then and now: Facing south toward Hackensack Plank Road | 32nd Street, circa 1900 ( left ), and in 2010 ( right ).
Facing arrest and certain execution with their identities now revealed, the revolutionaries had no choice but to stage a coup.
Facing the British firing squad, he refused to be blindfolded, saying " I have looked down the muzzles of too many guns in the South African war to fear death and now please carry out your sentence.
Facing a possible cancellation by NBC ( whose fortunes had now changed to become the number one network ) Gleason contrived a phony marriage between the characters in the final episode of season four, " Bonds of Steele ", as an attempt to garner additional interest and provoke NBC to pick up the series for a fifth season.
Facing social, cultural, and economic despair, the Chagossians now live as a marginalized community in Mauritius and Seychelles and have not been allowed to return home.
Facing a poor job market for astronomers, he founded the Southwest Institute for Space Research ( now formally named the Earthrise Institute ).
Facing it on 91st Street is the Otto Kahn House ( illustration below ), a Florentine palazzo, now housing the Convent of the Sacred Heart.
In 2005, the Institute launched an online blog, also called Facing South, which now averages more than 50, 000 visitors a month.
Facing South now averages a readership of over 40, 000 visitors a month.
Facing and split
Facing each other for the third straight season, the Pistons and Bulls split the first six games before the Pistons finished the series with a decisive 93 – 74 victory in Game 7.
Facing a resurgent Liberal opposition and the threat of an internal party split, Balfour eventually took the Unionists into opposition in December 1905, and in the ensuing rout in the election of 1906, Austen Chamberlain found himself one of the few surviving Liberal Unionists in the House of Commons.
Dunayevskaya and her supporters eventually formed the News and Letters Committees in 1955 after splitting with CLR James, who was deported from the USA to Britain from where he continued to advise the Correspondence Publishing Committee, which split again in 1962, with those loyal to CLR James taking the name Facing Reality.
Facing the threat of Chinese cross-border raids during the Sino-Soviet split, the USSR developed armoured trains in the early 1970s to protect the Trans-Siberian Railway.
Facing and first
Facing the Texas Rangers in a doubleheader at Camden Yards on August 22, the Orioles surrendered 30 runs in the first game-a modern-era record for a single game-in a 30 – 3 defeat.
Facing the Columbus Crew who captured the MLS Supporter's Shield for the best record in the MLS, the Wizards had a strong showing, earning a 1 – 1 tie in Game 1 of the first round series.
Facing bodyline tactics for the first time, England first suffered, falling to 134 for 4, with Wally Hammond being hit on the chin, though he recovered to continue his innings.
Facing assassination, he committed suicide on 9 June 68 ( the first Roman emperor to do so ).
In the first decade of the 21st century, the librettist of an early Birtwistle opera, Michael Nyman, has been focusing on composing operas, including Facing Goya, Man and Boy: Dada, and Love Counts.
Facing the Kansas City Royals in the 1980 World Series, the Phillies won their first World Series championship ever in six games thanks to the timely hitting of Mike Schmidt and Pete Rose.
Facing the reigning champion Detroit Shock, the Mercury imposed their high-scoring offense with hopes of capturing their first title in franchise history.
Facing Buffalo in the Stanley Cup Finals, the Flyers won the first two games at home.
Facing first-place Washington in the first round, the Flyers pulled off the upset in six games.
Facing the eighth-seeded Tampa Bay Lightning, the Flyers dropped two of the first three games.
Facing the Thames, at the end of Lonsdale Road, The Bull's Head pub is known as the suburban Ronnie Scott's and was one of the first and most important jazz venues in Britain from the postwar years onward.
Facing the Silver Stars again in the first round, the Monarchs were hoping for some payback for 2007.
Facing the Argonauts in the 9th Grey Cup, the Eskimos became the first western team – and the first from outside Toronto or Hamilton – to compete for the trophy.
Facing into his first General Election as party leader, Mulcahy drew up a list of 13 young candidates to contest seats for Fine Gael.
Facing no Democratic challenger, Smith won the special election and became the first woman elected to Congress from Maine.
Facing the Yankees in the World Series for the fifth time, he was 1-for-12 in the first three games before coming around.
Facing Sri Lanka for the first time, Kapil helped himself to a five-wicket haul to kick start the 1982 – 83 season.
Facing relegation as the bottom club in the Cymru Alliance at the end of the 1997-98 season, Alex first explored the idea of a merger with Mostyn F. C ..
Facing the Allied air superiority, Germany in World War II invested considerable effort into missile research, using the R4M unguided rocket first and later the first guided rockets like the Ruhrstahl X-4.
On October 26, 2005, Facing Future became Hawaii's first certified platinum album, selling more than a million CDs in the United States, according to figures furnished by the Recording Industry Association of America.
Facing and four
Facing the ( eventual Stanley Cup Champions ) Detroit Red Wings in the second round, they were swept in four games.
Facing the Boston Red Sox, the Cardinals won the 1946 World Series four games to three, as Musial had six hits and four RBI.
Facing four other candidates in the Republican primary, Coverdell failed to win 50 % of the vote and was forced into a runoff against Bob Barr that he won by only 1, 600 votes.
Facing odds of four against one the RAF held off the mighty Luftwaffe forcing Hermann Wilhelm Göring to withdraw his forces and more importantly indefinitely postpone invasion plans.
Facing up to four years in prison, Manning pled no contest in September 2006 to felony assault in exchange for another probation deal.
Facing Stuart Bingham in the second round, he was down 9 – 12 at one point with the opponent needing just one frame for victory, but Ding made a comeback, winning four straight frames to win 13 – 12 to reach the quarter-finals of the world championship for the first time in his career.
Facing the Colorado Avalanche in the Finals, the Panthers were defeated in four straight games.
Facing the Colorado Avalanche in the first round, the Canucks were swept in four games.
Facing a good West Indies total, England suffered a batting collapse, at one point falling to 134 for four.
Facing the New York Islanders, who had finished the regular season 41 points ahead of the Canucks and had won the Stanley Cup the previous two years, they were swept in four games.
Facing a red-hot Central District team, aiming for their 3rd premiership in four years, West went down by 34 points in the grand final 17 9 ( 111 ) to 11 11 ( 77 ) in front of 28, 199 at AAMI Stadium.
Facing the main entrance is a small open shrine, consisting of a cornice and dome upheld by four pillars.
Facing a two games to one deficit in the series and a must-win situation in game four, the Sabres came through with a 2 – 1 victory.
Facing four battalions of the 708th Volksgrenadier Division ( part of General Max Grimmeiss ' LXIV Army Corps ) supported by heavy tank destroyers and artillery, the 1st Division's 1st Brigade fought in conditions similar to that experienced by the Americans to the south.
Facing a 99-run deficit, England continued to bat slowly in their second innings adding 275 in 177. 3 overs, Bailey batted over four hours with the tail on the final day to leave Australia one hour and fifty-five minutes to chase 177 ; they were 30 short when play ended.
Facing New South Wales on 17 November, Taylor hit a forgettable nine, however four more scalps came, two of them from what was becoming a prolific partnership, both for England and Derbyshire, with Geoff Miller.
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