October 2004 in Sports - October 8, 2004

October 8, 2004

• Baseball: American League Division Series
  • The Boston Red Sox complete a three-game sweep of the Anaheim Angels. The Red Sox take a 6–1 lead after six innings, but the Angels even the game with five runs in the seventh, punctuated by a grand slam from Vladimir Guerrero. The game goes into extra innings; in the bottom of the 10th inning, David Ortiz hits a two-run walk-off home run to win the game 8–6, ending the series. (ESPN)
  • The New York Yankees take a 2–1 lead in their series against the Minnesota Twins with an 8–4 win. The Yankees erase an early 1–0 Twins lead with three runs on four consecutive two-out singles in the second inning, and later add home runs from Bernie Williams and Hideki Matsui. Kevin Brown pitches six innings for the win. (ESPN)
• NFL: The league announces that Jamal Lewis, who pleaded guilty yesterday to trying to set up a cocaine deal in 2000, will be suspended for two games without pay, and in addition will be fined two weeks' salary. This action will cost Lewis approximately US$760,000. (ESPN)
• WNBA:
  • In the first game of the best-of-three championship series, the Connecticut Sun beat the Seattle Storm 68–64. Sun rookie Lindsay Whalen barely misses a double-double, scoring 11 points and dishing out nine assists. Katie Douglas leads the Sun with 18 points. The Storm are led by Betty Lennox with 17 points and Lauren Jackson with 16. (ESPN)
  • Los Angeles Sparks center Lisa Leslie is named the league's MVP for the second time. (ESPN) The All-WNBA team is also named; Leslie is joined on the first team by:
    • Lauren Jackson, Seattle Storm
    • Tina Thompson, Houston Comets
    • Sue Bird, Seattle Storm
    • Diana Taurasi, Phoenix Mercury
• Football:
  • FIFA World Cup African Qualifying
    • Libya 2 – 1 Egypt (FIFAWorldCup.Yahoo.com)