slugfest

IPA: sɫˈʌgfɛst

(baseball, slang) A baseball game in which many runs are scored, especially by home runs.
(sports, slang) A game or match in which heavy blows are exchanged.
(sports or figurative, slang) A tough, heated contest.

Examples of "slugfest" in Sentences

It's going to be a slugfest, and a slugfest from the baseline.
Linesmen: SummaryBack to topDevils win slugfest over Rangers 8-5
And how is he playing this out in this kind of slugfest with Huckabee?
This web site has degenerated to an immature name calling slugfest serving no purpose.
Obama just might get burned by the senior senator because I would give the nod to John on a "slugfest" argument.
Since the wild card entrant Ravens are a tough, physical, smash-mouth kind of team, Wilfork predicts a "slugfest" today.
KNOXVILLE -- The Tennessee women's basketball team got the kind of slugfest it rarely has seen all season on Sunday night.
HBO's hit late-night boxing series features a junior welterweight title slugfest and a light heavyweight championship showdown when HBO BOXING AFTER DARK: DEVON
If they do, it's likely to be the same kind of slugfest this one was, a game where each team traded big runs, and wasn't decided until HHS senior Anitra Anderson converted two free throws with 2.3 seconds remaining the extra period.