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Crossword clues for First game of a series 6 letters

AnswerClue
OPENERFirst game of a series
OPENERFirst game of the series
OPENERFirst game in a series
OPENERFirst game, as in the World Series
AWAYLike the winning team in every World Series game, for the first time ever (October, 2019)
SWEEPWin the first four World Series games
SWEEPWin the first four games in a World Series, e.g.
STOLEHOMEWhat Jackie Robinson did, famously, in the first game of the 1955 World Series
STANTONPitcher Mike who got the win in the first and last games of the 2000 World Series
TORFirst A.L. team to clinch a World Series on a game-ending home run
ENOSFirst name of the Cardinal who made a "mad dash" from first to home in the bottom of the eighth inning of Game 7 of the 1946 World Series
AGEEFirst of three Mets to hit a lead-off home run in a World Series Game 3 (he did it in '69, Garrett in '73, and Dykstra in '86)