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Given the final score, the announcers may have found the most entertaining action in the ballpark that night.—Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Apr. 2026 Saturday’s final score, 9-0 in the visitor’s favor, only partially encapsulates the degree to which New York (5-4) outplayed San Francisco (3-6) in front of a packed house that had more reasons to groan than reasons to cheer.—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2026 The Tigers fell by a final score of 9-6.—MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026 The Cardinals scored eight times in the bottom half to go ahead 9-7, and that ended up being the final score.—CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for final score