October 2005 in Sports - 19 October 2005

19 October 2005

• Hurricane Wilma affecting sports:
  • The scheduled game between Georgia Tech and (AP) sixth-ranked Miami (FL) on Saturday (October 22) has been postponed. The game will now be played on November 19, forcing a game originally scheduled for ESPN between Miami and Wake Forest from the original date of November 17 to November 12. ESPN has not announced a replacement game for November 17, and ABC, which was to have broadcast the game regionally, will replace it with the Michigan–Iowa contest except on the west coast. Also, twentieth-ranked West Virginia and South Florida will play their game on December 3 instead of Saturday, while the Tulane–Central Florida game was advanced one day in Orlando, Florida to Friday (October 21). It is the ninth game to be affected for the Green Wave because of hurricanes this year.
• Major League Baseball (Non-postseason news)
  • Joe Girardi was named the new manager of the Florida Marlins, signing a three-year contract.
  • Long-time Atlanta Braves pitching coach Leo Mazzone was named the new pitching coach of the Baltimore Orioles.
• Major League Baseball playoffs
  • 2005 National League Championship Series Game 6
    • Houston Astros 5, St. Louis Cardinals 1.
      • WP: Roy Oswalt. LP: Mark Mulder. HR: Hou — Jason Lane; StL — none. Jason Lane's fourth inning home run and Series MVP Roy Oswalt's seven strong innings of pitching led the Astros to the Fall Classic for the first time in their forty-four year history. The game also served as the swan song for Busch Stadium after 39¾ seasons. Astros win series, 4–2.
• Football (soccer): UEFA Champions League 2005-06, group stage, matchday 3:
  • Group E: Fenerbahçe 3–3 Schalke 04
  • Group E: A.C. Milan 0–0 PSV
  • Group F: Real Madrid 4–1 Rosenborg
  • Group F: Lyon 2–1 Olympiakos
  • Group G: Anderlecht 0–1 Liverpool
  • Group G: Chelsea 4–0 Real Betis
  • Group H: Porto 2–0 Internazionale
  • Group H: Rangers 0–0 Artmedia Bratislava
• See also UEFA Champions League 2005-06.
• Football (soccer): UEFA Cup 2005-06, group stage, matchday 1:
  • Group B: Lokomotiv Moscow 0–1 Espanyol
• See also UEFA Cup 2005-06.