Sentence:  But shortstop Tenney, on what should have been the game's last out, gave a First Team batter a <WSD>life</WSD> on first, when he let a ground ball slip between his legs. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A chance for the batter (or batting team) to bat again, given as a result of an misplay by a member of the fielding team. (from the 1860s<ref>Paul Dickson, "The Dickson Baseball Dictionary"</ref> through at least the 1930s)