To allow the other team to score:, in baseball; SYN. allow.
abandon · allow · cease · cede · chuck up the sponge · deliver · discontinue · dispense with · drop by the wayside · drop out · fall by the wayside · forfeit · forgo · free · lay off · part with · quit · release · relinquish · renounce · resign · spare · stop · surrender · throw in · throw in the towel · throw overboard · vacate · waive