squeaker noun a very close score in any athletic contest US Often used with irony to describe a large margin of victory.
— Richard Scholl, RunningPressGlossaryofBaseballLanguage, p. 73, 1977
We loved how they won–those late-inning squeakers perfected by the Yankees over the years to break our backs and hearts. — Boston Globe, p. A2, 4 January 2004