September 2006 in Sports - 29 September 2006 (Friday)

29 September 2006 (Friday)

• Major League Baseball playoff races:
  • American League:
    • Kansas City Royals 9, Detroit Tigers 7 (11 innings)
    • Chicago White Sox 4, Minnesota Twins 3: The Twins and Tigers remain tied for the Central and wild card.
    • New York Yankees 7, Toronto Blue Jays 2: The Yankees' win, combined with the losses by Detroit and Minnesota, guarantees them home field advantage throughout the playoffs.
  • National League:
    • Atlanta Braves 4, Houston Astros 1
    • Philadelphia Phillies 14 Florida Marlins 2: The Phillies win to avoid elimination in the wild-card race.
    • Cincinnati Reds 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 2: The Reds win to keep their playoff hopes alive.
    • St. Louis Cardinals 10, Milwaukee Brewers 5: The Cards increase their lead to 1½ games.
    • Arizona Diamondbacks 3, San Diego Padres 1: A win by the Padres would have ensured a playoff berth, but they instead drop into a tie with the Dodgers.
    • Los Angeles Dodgers 4, San Francisco Giants 3: The Dodgers score two in the top of the ninth and hold on for the win.

• World Chess Championship
  • A dispute leads to Vladimir Kramnik refusing to play the 5th game. The game is awarded to Veselin Topalov. Kramnik now leads 3 – 2, but the future of the match is now in doubt.

• American football: NCAA Division I-A Top 25:
  • (23) Rutgers 22, South Florida 20: The Scarlet Knights' first stay in the national rankings since 1976 nearly ended here, as they had to overcome a halftime deficit and stop a Bulls two-point conversion attempt with 15 seconds left that would have tied the game.