October 2005 in Sports - 23 October 2005

23 October 2005

• Major League Baseball 2005 World Series Game 2
  • Chicago White Sox 7, Houston Astros 6
    • WP: Neal Cotts. LP: Brad Lidge. HRs: Hou — Morgan Ensberg; ChW — Paul Konerko (Grand slam), Scott Podsednik (Walk-off). The White Sox lived up to their motto for 2005 "Win. Or Die Trying" by fighting back twice. Down 4–2, after Jermaine Dye was ruled by home plate umpire Jeff Nelson to have been hit by a pitch, Paul Konerko hit a grand slam to put the White Sox ahead. However, when closer Bobby Jenks gave up a game-tying two-run pinch hit single by José Vizcaíno in the top half of the ninth, Scott Podsednik hit a one-out walk-off homer off Brad Lidge in the bottom half to give the South Siders the win. Konerko's slam was the eighteenth in Fall Classic history, while Podsednik's game-ending homer was the fourteenth in Series annals. White Sox lead series, 2–0.

• NFL Week 7
  • Detroit Lions 13, Cleveland Browns 10: Jeff Garcia, in his first start for the Lions, beat the team that released him during the off-season in Cleveland.
  • Minnesota Vikings 23, Green Bay Packers 20: Paul Edinger's 56-yard field goal with no time on the clock was the margin of victory for the embattled Vikings squad.
  • Indianapolis Colts 38, Houston Texans 20: Coach Tony Dungy won his 100th game as an NFL head coach between Tampa Bay and Indianapolis, the 34th in league history to reach that mark.
  • St. Louis Rams 28, New Orleans Saints 17
  • Pittsburgh Steelers 27, Cincinnati Bengals 13: A record crowd of 66,104 Cincinnatians were disappointed to see the Bengals lose to their divisional rivals.
  • Philadelphia Eagles 20, San Diego Chargers 17: Rookie Matt Ware's 65-yard return of blocked field goal by San Diego's Nate Kaeding and Darwin Walker's late fumble recovery allowed the Eagles to escape at home. LaDainian Tomlinson was held to seven yards on seventeen carries and did not score, ending his NFL record-tying 18-game streak of scoring at least one touchdown. Terrell Owens caught his 100th touchdown pass, the sixth player in NFL history to do so.
  • Washington Redskins 52, San Francisco 49ers 17: The Redskins scored the most points since a 1991 game against the Atlanta Falcons in routing the hapless Niners in Landover, Maryland.
  • Seattle Seahawks 13, Dallas Cowboys 10:Ryan Hannan's eight-yard TD catch from Matt Hasselbeck, and Josh Brown's 50-yard field goal after a Jordan Babineaux interception gave the Seahawks a comeback win against America's Team.
  • Chicago Bears 10, Baltimore Ravens 6
  • Oakland Raiders 38, Buffalo Bills 17
  • New York Giants 24, Denver Broncos 23: Amani Toomer's two yard TD catch from Eli Manning was the difference with five seconds left and the G-Men ended the Broncos' winning streak at five games.
  • Arizona Cardinals 20, Tennessee Titans 10

Bye Week: Carolina Panthers, Jacksonville Jaguars, New England Patriots, Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

• NASCAR 2005 Chase for the NEXTEL Cup: Jeff Gordon sweeps the 2005 races at Martinsville Speedway by winning the Subway 500. NASCAR.com
• Champ Car World Series: Sébastien Bourdais wins the Lexmark Indy 300 in Surfers Paradise, Queensland. By just starting the race, Bourdais clinches his second-straight Champ Car title, the first time Newman-Haas Racing has ever won two straight Champ Car titles.

• Soccer: MLS Cup 2005 Playoffs: Conference semifinals
  • Los Angeles Galaxy 3, San Jose Earthquakes 1
    • The Galaxy's Landon Donovan scores twice — both goals coming late in each half — and Herculez Gomez adds another goal for the rout. For the Supporters' Shield-winning Quakes, it's just their second loss in all competitions since mid-July, both to the Galaxy. In July, L.A. beat San Jose in the quarters of the U.S. Open Cup.

• Cricket: South Africa fight back to chase down New Zealand's total of 249 for 8 in the first ODI of the 5-match series at Goodyear Park. Craig McMillan top-scored in New Zealand's innings with 66, while André Nel got two wickets in the last six overs to end with three for 42. Wickets from Nathan Astle and Shane Bond set South Africa back to 117 for 5 after 28.4 overs, but 73 from Justin Kemp and three runs from Nicky Boje in the last over saw them across the line to win by two wickets. (Cricinfo)