Sometimes, he'd thought, one bad move could cost you the whole game.
You don't want to make a big mistake and know you've cost your country a game.
"Too bad it cost us a run and probably the game."
"It was a little thing that probably cost us the game."
He made a mistake and it cost him the game.
He just made one of those mistakes that could have cost us the game.
Ryan made a decision that could have cost the game in the first period.
But trouble at the foul line nearly cost them the game.
They had three errors, and it cost them the game.
We had two errors tonight and it didn't cost us the game.