October 2004 in Sports - October 12, 2004

October 12, 2004

• Baseball
  • American League Championship Series Game 1: Mike Mussina of the New York Yankees has his perfect game broken up in the 7th inning, and the Boston Red Sox rally to within 8–7, but the Yankees win 10–7 to take a 1–0 series lead. Mariano Rivera, who attended the funeral of two members of his wife's family in Panama earlier in the day, returns in time to record the save. Red Sox key starting pitcher Curt Schilling is markedly off his game, due to an ankle injury which was aggravated during the ALDS. (ESPN)

• Basketball
  • WNBA Finals: The Seattle Storm defeat the Connecticut Sun 74–60 behind 23 points from Betty Lennox. The Storm won the best-of-three series 2–1, and Lennox was named Finals Most Valuable Player. Storm coach Anne Donovan becomes the first woman to coach a WNBA champion. (ESPN)

• Football:
  • FIFA World Cup South American Qualifying
    • Bolivia 0 – 0 Uruguay
  • FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifying
    • Indonesia 1 – 3 Saudi Arabia (FIFAWorldCup.Yahoo.com)