| English | Russian |
| play out the string | отбывать номер (The hapless Giants entered the game at 3-7, the hopeless Eagles at 2-8. They slugged and bungled before 65,763 mildly interested fans who, like the teams, had come to play out the string. VLZ_58) |
| play out the string | доигрывать сезон (VLZ_58) |
| play out the string | доигрывать матч (VLZ_58) |
| play out the string | играть вторым составом (VLZ_58) |