21.   But both coaches say the game could come down to the place-kickers.

22.   But all games come to an end.

23.   But essentially, the game came down to one pitch.

24.   But I was definitely forcing the issue more than I should have, instead of letting the game come to me.

25.   But if the game comes down to a perimeter shot, Vaughn is better prepared to make it than he was last season.

26.   But if this game comes to a boil in the final minutes, a field-goal kicker might well make the difference.

27.   But he has value, and he could have been very useful to the Red Sox when the important games come.

28.   But no matter how much manager Bobby Valentine might have been trying to teach his shortstop a lesson, the game came down to an Ordonez at-bat.

29.   But in spite of all the misdeeds, the game is coming back.

30.   But it is folded into an ecstatic instrumental piece where skittish lines chase one another impishly, and the game comes close to getting out of control.