August 2005 in Sports - 31 August 2005

31 August 2005

• Baseball: Jeremy Hermida of the Florida Marlins becomes the second player in Major League Baseball history to hit a grand slam in his first major league at bat. It had only previously been done in 1899 by pitcher Bill Duggleby. The Marlins nonetheless lose 10–5 to the St. Louis Cardinals.
• Cricket
  • Videocon Tri-Series: New Zealand (238, Styris 63, Astle 61; Blignaut 4–46; Ewing 3–31) beat Zimbabwe (211, Blignaut 50; Bond 4–17) by 27 runs. New Zealand qualify for the final. (Cricinfo)
  • Bangladeshi tour of Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka (269 for 9, Tharanga 60, Jayawardene 50) beat Bangladesh (181 for 9, Maharoof 3–29) by 88 runs. (Cricinfo)