cardiac save

cardiac save
 n.— «Kudos as well to the Jays’ Roy Halladay, who won his seventh straight decision, and the Cardinals’ Chris Carpenter, who matched Santana’s 13 strikeouts and got a win to boot after closer Jason Isringhausen picked up yet another “cardiac save” (Harold Reynolds-coined term).» —“Aces high: Santana, Carpenter both record 13 K’s” by Mark Simon EPSN.com June 14, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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