September 2005 in Sports - 27 September 2005

27 September 2005

• Major League Baseball playoff races:
  • American League
    • Boston Red Sox 3, Toronto Blue Jays 1 (Game one of a day-night doubleheader)
    • Toronto Blue Jays 7, Boston Red Sox 5 (Game two of day-night doubleheader)
    • Baltimore Orioles 17, New York Yankees 9
      • Red Sox, Yankees tied again for AL East lead.
    • Detroit Tigers 3, Chicago White Sox 2
    • Tampa Bay Devil Rays 5, Cleveland Indians 4
      • Neither the Chisox or the Tribe gained ground in the AL Central.
    • Los Angeles Angels 4, Oakland Athletics 3
      • Angels clinch the AL West championship.
  • National League
    • Washington Nationals 11, Florida Marlins 1
      • Marlins eliminated from post-season with loss.
    • New York Mets 3, Philadelphia Phillies 2
      • The Phillies' loss gives the NL East to the Atlanta Braves, their 14th straight division title. The Braves defeated the Colorado Rockies, 12–3.
    • Houston Astros 3, St. Louis Cardinals 1
      • Astros extend NL Wild Card lead to 2.5 games over Philadelphia; their magic number to clinch the NL Wild Card is three.
    • San Diego Padres 9, San Francisco Giants 6
      • Padres reduce their magic number for clinching the NL West to two; Barry Bonds hits his 708th career home run in the first inning.
• Football (soccer): UEFA Champions League 2005-06, group stage, matchday 2:
  • Group A: Bayern Munich 1 – 0 Club Brugge
  • Group A: Juventus 3 – 0 Rapid Vienna
  • Group B: Ajax 1 – 2 Arsenal
  • Group B: FC Thun 1 – 0 Sparta Prague
    • The Swiss underdogs win with an 89th minute goal
  • Group C: Barcelona 4 – 1 Udinese
    • A hat trick by Ronaldinho
  • Group C: Panathinaikos 2 – 1 Werder Bremen
  • Group D: Lille 0 – 0 Villarreal
  • Group D: Manchester United 2 – 1 Benfica
    • Ruud van Nistelrooy's 47th Champions League goal takes him to 3rd place in the all-time list, behind Alfredo Di Stéfano and Raúl.
• See also UEFA Champions League 2005-06.
• NFL:
  • The New York Jets sign 41-year-old quarterback Vinny Testaverde after they announce both of their top two QBs, Chad Pennington and Jay Fiedler, will miss the rest of the season with shoulder injuries. (SI/AP)
  • The New England Patriots place safety Rodney Harrison on the injured reserve list, ending his season. Harrison tore three ligaments in his left knee during Sunday's game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. (SI/AP)