Sentence:  The Pirates jumped off to an 11 - 3 start by May 1 last year , when the Redbirds as well as the Dodgers held them <WSD>even</WSD> over the season . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with)