October 2004 in Sports - October 13, 2004

October 13, 2004

• Baseball:
  • American League Championship Series, Game 2: The New York Yankees take a 2–0 lead over the Boston Red Sox. In a 3–1 win, Jon Lieber outpitches Red Sox star Pedro Martínez. John Olerud hits a two-run homer for the Yankees. (ESPN)
  • National League Championship Series, Game 1: In the series opener, the St. Louis Cardinals break open a 4–4 game with six runs in the bottom of the sixth inning, and hold on for a 10–7 win over the Houston Astros. (ESPN)
• Football:
  • FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifying
    • Qatar 2 – 3 Iran
    • Thailand 3 – 0 United Arab Emirates
    • Singapore 2 – 0 India
    • Hong Kong 2 – 0 Malaysia
    • Tajikistan 2 – 1 Kyrgyzstan
    • Kuwait 1 – 0 China PR
    • Oman 0 – 1 Japan
    • Maldives 3 – 0 Vietnam
    • North Korea 2 – 1 Yemen
    • Iraq 1 – 2 Uzbekistan
    • Laos 2 – 3 Jordan
    • Syria 2 – 2 Bahrain
    • Lebanon 1 – 1 South Korea
    • Uzbekistan, Japan, North Korea, and Saudi Arabia clinch first place in their group, and advance to Stage 3.
  • FIFA World Cup European Qualifying
    • Italy 4 – 3 Belarus
    • Netherlands 3 – 1 Finland
    • Luxembourg 0 – 4 Liechtenstein
    • Armenia 0 – 3 Czech Republic
    • Moldova 1 – 1 Scotland
    • Lithuania 0 – 0 Spain
    • Serbia and Montenegro 5 – 0 San Marino
    • Cyprus 0 – 2 France
    • Azerbaijan 0 – 1 England
    • Portugal 7 – 1 Russia
    • Latvia 2 – 2 Estonia
    • Kazakhstan 0 – 1 Albania
    • Iceland 1 – 4 Sweden
    • Bulgaria 4 – 1 Malta
    • Andorra 1 – 0 Macedonia
    • Ukraine 2 – 0 Georgia
    • Norway 3 – 0 Slovenia
    • Republic of Ireland 2 – 0 Faroe Islands
    • Denmark 1 – 1 Turkey
    • Wales 2 – 3 Poland
    • Northern Ireland 3 – 3 Austria
  • FIFA World Cup South American Qualifying
    • Paraguay 1 – 1 Peru
    • Chile 0 – 0 Argentina
    • Brazil 0 – 0 Colombia
  • FIFA World Cup CONCACAF Qualifying
    • Guatemala 1 – 0 Honduras
    • Mexico 3 – 0 Trinidad and Tobago
    • St. Kitts and Nevis 0 – 3 St. Vincent / Grenadines
    • Canada 1 – 3 Costa Rica
    • Jamaica 0 – 0 El Salvador
    • USA 6 – 0 Panama
    • United States, Guatemala and Mexico clinch places in the final stage of qualifying.
    • (FIFAWorldCup.Yahoo.com)