11.   Having wasted a truly inspiring performance by Harnisch, the Mets refused to waste the chance for a victory.

12.   Not when he wondered whether he was wasting the chance of a lifetime.

13.   Oddly enough, Texas wasted a chance at a clinching touchdown itself minutes before.

14.   Shapiro had wasted no chance earlier in the day to remind Ito that the arrangements he made for security in the visiting quarters at the jail had proved porous.

15.   The Diamondbacks won this one by executing while the Dodgers wasted chances, and by getting clutch hits while the Dodgers failed to do the same.

16.   The problem was the last five minutes, when the Bruins wasted several chances to steal a victory that would have done wonders for their NCAA Tournament chances.

17.   The Yankees had wasted numerous chances against Belcher in stranding seven runners in the first five innings.

18.   They have wasted a chance to separate from the Yankees, who lost Saturday.

19.   They wasted the chance to do more damage with a series of blown leads and perplexing losses late in the year.

20.   Pete Sampras wasted his chance.