decisive stroke

As he rounded the bases and was mobbed by his teammates, he soaked up every decibel of the cheers and every swirl of the rally towels that fans had waved to create a blue blizzard after he delivered the decisive stroke in the Dodgers’ 3-1 victory Wednesday.

A decisive stroke that drifted left to right and into the cup.

The last one came from a delicate chip out of a hole in the rough to 3 feet that wound up being the decisive stroke in the U.S.

At Breitenfeld it was Hepburn’s brigade which delivered the decisive stroke, and after this he remained with the king, who placed the fullest reliance on his skill and courage, until the battle of the Alte Veste near Nuremberg.

He was pleased to make me some very high compliments upon our success here, which he considers as the most important and decisive stroke which could have been struck in Europe.