Without the benefit of spring training, he returned to the Tigers, was again voted to the All-Star Team, and helped lead them to a come-from-behind American League pennant, clinching it with a grand slam home run in the dark — no lights in Sportsman's Park in St. Louis — ninth inning of the final game of the season.

The division title came down to the final three games of the year in October at home against San Diego, with the Giants clinching in the last regular season game, 3 – 0.

Hitchcock won game two and the clinching game six.

In a cruel piece of irony, on September 29, 2007, the Padres were within one out and one strike of clinching the National League Wild Card berth, but Tony Gwynn, Jr., son of the longtime Padres legend, tripled against Hoffman to tie the game.

He is perhaps best remembered for hitting three consecutive home runs in the clinching game of the 1977 World Series.

, this is the most recent Stanley Cup clinching game won in overtime by the home team.

Henderson scored a goal in the clinching game, a 9 – 3 win, that led the Red Wings to the first Memorial Cup final in the team's history.

Henderson scored a goal in the clinching game, a 7 – 4 victory before over 7, 000 fans in the game played at Kitchener, Ontario.

Punches, kicks and throws are not allowed, nor is prolonged clinching to prevent the opponent from striking ( similar to Western Boxing ) in order to keep the game moving and more interesting for the audience who may not appreciate the fine and practical aspects of grappling.

The second was clinching a playoff spot in the final game of the season against the Los Angeles Galaxy, with Paul Bravo scoring in the 97th minute.

During the 2000 Western Conference Final against the Colorado Avalanche, Lyashenko scored the series clinching goal in game 7.

On a 2 – 2 count, Carter hit a three-run walk-off home run off Phillies pitcher Mitch Williams ( against whom he was 0 – 4 career ) to win the World Series, only the second time a Series has ended with a home run ( the other being in 1960, when Bill Mazeroski did it for the Pittsburgh Pirates against the New York Yankees ), and the only time the home run has been hit by a player whose team was trailing in the bottom of the 9th inning in a potential championship clinching game.

During Game 6 at Yankee Stadium, he shut out the Yankees in a complete game, striking out 9 batters and clinching the series by making the tag for the final out.

They ultimately went on to win the World Series and become 2010 World Series Champions, though the clinching game was in Texas rather than at AT & T Park.

Rangers went on to win the league, clinching the title in the penultimate game of the season against Aberdeen.

Hershiser then capped his historic season in the World Series by pitching a shutout in Game 2 and allowing two runs in a complete game in the clinching victory in Game 5, winning the World Series MVP Award.

The season-ending streak helped the Canucks to their second consecutive Presidents ' Trophy, clinching the championship on the last game of the campaign, a 3 – 0 win against the Edmonton Oilers.

On September 14, 2006, in a wild 5 hour 14 inning marathon, the Corpus Christi Hooks eclipsed the Wichita Wranglers, 8 – 7, clinching the third and decisive game to defeat Wichita 3 games to 1 in the best of five series to win the 2006 Texas League Championship.

They scored in every Premier League game, were unbeaten away from home, and finished the league season with 13 successive wins-and also had the satisfaction of clinching the title with a win over Manchester United at Old Trafford in their penultimate game.

In the clinching game against the Montreal Canadiens, Nieuwendyk set up Lanny McDonald's final NHL goal with a quick pass after receiving the puck from Håkan Loob.

Following the Boston Red Sox's World Series clinching game over the St. Louis Cardinals in 2004, Fallon ran onto the field at Busch Stadium with Drew Barrymore to film a scene for their movie Fever Pitch.

Under the leadership of former MLB All-Star Terry Kennedy, the team earned a playoff berth by winning the first-half division title — clinching the berth on the road during an extra-innings win at Corpus Christi on June 23, the last game in the first half of the season.

When the World Cup began, Banks was in goal as England got through their group containing Uruguay, Mexico and France, drawing 0 – 0 with the former and clinching 2 – 0 victories over the latter.

On September 23, 1957, Aaron hit a two-run walk-off in Milwaukee, clinching the pennant for the Braves and Aaron was carried off the field by his teammates.

Schmidt, who was the National League MVP that 1980 season, also won the World Series MVP award on the strength of his 8-for-21 hitting (. 381 average ), including game-winning hits in Game 2 and the clinching Game 6.

The fact that in 1399 Henry had four sons from his first marriage was undoubtedly a clinching factor in his acceptability for the throne.

It was won by Uruguay, who had won the inaugural competition in 1930, clinching the cup by beating the hosts Brazil 2 – 1 in the deciding match of the four-team final group ( this was the only tournament not decided by a one-match final ).

Norton was never fazed by Ali's various famous tactics like clinching or rope a dope.

( This was the second time Waltrip prevented a driver from clinching a Small Slam ; in 1985, he stopped Bill Elliott's 1985 run at a Small Slam at Charlotte and Elliott has yet to win that leg of the Grand Slam ; Elliott would take the Small Slam at Darlington in September ; Dale Earnhardt stopped Waltrip's Small Slam and Career Grand Slam attempt three years previously at Darlington.

A 4 – 0 loss to challengers Forfar towards the end of the season was quickly forgotten as Queen's won their last five matches, clinching the Championship at Cowdenbeath on the final day of 1999 / 2000.

His assistant Knut Tørum was appointed on an interim basis, and proceeded to lead Rosenborg to a furious comeback, clinching the league title with one match to spare.

At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Lidström was a major factor in Sweden's win over Finland in the finals, scoring the gold medal clinching goal, thus earning him a spot on the Olympic All-Star Team.

The Mariners went on to secure victories over Notts County and Port Vale going into the final 2 weeks of the 08 – 09 season, Town's previous run of form was heralded by manager Newell down to the fact that new loan signing Barry Conlon had improved morale in the dressing room, not to mention clinching 5 goals in his first 6 appearances in a Grimsby shirt.

During May 2007 the squad was rebuilt, with club captain Scott Basiuk and forwards Matt Rich, K. C. Timmons, Adam Walker, Brett Clouthier and defenceman Simon Mangos all re-signing to Tony Hand's team as well as the additions of Rhys McWilliams from the Solihull Barons, Jeff MacMillan from the ECHL's Phoenix RoadRunners and clinching the signing of former NHL player Scott Fankhouser as first choice goaltender.

Lee got his first League title medal in 1982 and also helped Liverpool retain the League Cup ; the same applied in 1983 and 1984, the latter of which was also the year of their fourth European Cup triumph – Lee played in every game en route to the final and scored a clinching goal in the first leg of the semi-final at Anfield against Dinamo Bucureşti.

He won the FA Cup for a second time in 2009, scoring the equalizer in the final, and in 2009 – 10 was instrumental in Chelsea clinching their first double, winning his second Golden Boot and scoring the only goal in the 2010 FA Cup Final.

The game in which he was fatally injured was the final and clinching game of the Centennial Cup.

McGregor would eventually redeem himself as he was the winning pitcher ( in a complete game ) in the clinching Game 5.

The drivers World Championship was won by Mika Häkkinen, although Eddie Irvine, David Coulthard and Heinz-Harald Frentzen all had a chance of clinching it.

The Series was also remarkable in that five of the six games were won by one run, including the clinching sixth game, a 1-0 combined one-hitter by Tom Glavine and Mark Wohlers.

The Clippers won 12 of their next 14 games, including road wins over the defending champion Dallas Mavericks and the Western-Conference-leading Oklahoma City Thunder, clinching only their fifth playoff birth since their 1976 conference semi-finals loss to the Boston Celtics ( the last time they made the playoffs as the Buffalo Braves ) before a dominating home win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on April 16, 2012.

The Swans ' last season at the Vetch Field saw the club win promotion on the last day of the season, clinching a 3rd-placed finish with a 1 – 0 win away to Bury.

After clinching the last spot in the West Division with a losing record, the Cougars defeated the number-one seed Portland Winter Hawks in the conference quarterfinals and the third-ranked Spokane Chiefs in the conference semifinals before finally losing to the second-ranked Seattle Thunderbirds in the Western Conference final.

He made cameo appearances to take the last snap in both the playoff clinching game versus the Green Bay Packers and the 41-0 playoff win against the Indianapolis Colts.

During the 2008 season the Colts won 12 regular season games, including their last 9 straight clinching a wildcard birth, but were upset 23-17 in overtime by the San Diego Chargers in the wildcard round of the 2008 – 09 NFL playoffs.

Along with linemates Brian Gionta, Patrik Eliáš and, before Eliáš ' comeback, Zach Parise, Gomez helped rally the Devils from a poor beginning of the season by finishing the season on an 11 game winning streak and clinching the division title in the last game.

In 1924, the Indians won their first PCL pennant, clinching the title on the last day of the 202-game season.

As of 2012, he remains the last man to be on the mound for the last out in a World Series clinching game for the Chicago Cubs.

Several times, however, the championship was decided prior to this race, or was decided when the points leader simply started the race, clinching enough points simply by finishing last or better.