Tiebreaking

BLUE JAYS 6, ATHLETICS 5: Pinch-hitter Santiago Espinal hit a tiebreaking double in Toronto’s three-run 10th inning on the first pitch thrown by Francisco Pérez that scored Mason McCoy from second base, and the visiting Blue Jays beat Oakland.

CINCINNATI (AP) — Jake Fraley hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the eighth inning, and the Cincinnati Reds extended their majors-best winning streak to 11 games, rallying past the Colorado Rockies 5-3 on Wednesday for a three-game sweep.

DENVER (AP) — Nolan Gorman hit a late tiebreaking home run for the second straight day, lifting the St. Louis Cardinals over the Colorado Rockies 7-4.

EDMONTON, Alberta — Pavel Zacha scored the tiebreaking goal late in the second period and the league-leading Boston Bruins beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 Monday night for their seventh straight win.

George Springer delivered the tiebreaking single in the fifth inning, and Daulton Varsho homered in the eighth for Toronto, which improved to 10-3 at home.

He finished the game with 19 points, including the tiebreaking free throws with 15.8 seconds left in overtime.

Nico Hoerner had two hits and two runs and Cody Bellinger returned from missing a month with a left knee contusion to drive home the tiebreaking run in the fifth as the completed their first home sweep of 2023.

William Contreras hit a tiebreaking two-run single in Milwaukee's three-run eighth inning, and the Brewers beat the Chicago Cubs 3-1 on Saturday for the team's first win of the season.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Boston's Jarren Duran, the All-Star MVP, hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the fifth inning and the American League beat the National League 5-3 on Tuesday night for its 10th win in the past 11 All-Star Games.

Artemi Panarin scored the tiebreaking goal with less than six minutes to go in the third period as the Rangers scored four times in the final 20 minutes for a 5-2 victory.

In a tight NFC West, they are also 2-0 to claim tiebreaking wins over the 49ers and Rams at this point.

As lieutenant governor, Mr. Gilchrist serves in a largely ceremonial role, offering a tiebreaking vote if necessary.

Joey Wendle’s two-out, tiebreaking single in the eighth helped the Tampa Bay Rays damage the Philadelphia Phillies’ playoff hopes with a 6-4 victory Friday in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Nico Hischier scored the tiebreaking goal early in the third period, and the Devils beat the New York Islanders 2-1 Thursday night for their third straight win.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Samuel Girard scored the tiebreaking goal with 2:37 left in the third period and Colorado won its fifth straight.

Astros star Jose Altuve hit a tiebreaking solo leadoff homer in the sixth, his 25th, but Tampa Bay scored three runs in the seventh to make it 8-6.

Bogaerts hit a tiebreaking, two-run single in a four-run third that included Chavis’ ninth home run this season, a two-run drive.

FLYERS 3, RED WINGS 1: Ivan Provorov scored a tiebreaking goal early in the third period and Oskar Lindblom had two goals, lifting the surging Flyers at Detroit.

In November the mayor cast a tiebreaking vote during a city council meeting implement a 3% local tax on any recreational marijuana sales in the city.

Joe Thornton set up Marcus Sorensen for a tiebreaking goal early in the third period and Melker Karlsson tacked on two insurance goals that sent the Sharks to a 5-2 victory over the Blackhawks on Sunday night.