September 2007 in Sports - 23 September 2007 (Sunday)

23 September 2007 (Sunday)

• Major League Baseball playoff races:
  • American League:
    • Cleveland Indians 6, Oakland Athletics 2
    • Detroit Tigers 7, Kansas City Royals 2
      • The Indians' win clinches the AL Central. The Tigers remain alive, barely, in the wild-card race.
    • Los Angeles Angels 7, Seattle Mariners 4
      • The Angels clinch the AL West.
    • Tampa Bay Devil Rays 5, Boston Red Sox 4
    • New York Yankees 7, Toronto Blue Jays 5
      • The Yankees move within 1½ games of Boston.
  • National League:
    • New York Mets 7, Florida Marlins 6, 11 innings
    • Washington Nationals 5, Philadelphia Phillies 3
      • The Phillies' loss in the last game at RFK Stadium puts them 2½ games behind the Mets in the NL East.
    • Atlanta Braves 7, Milwaukee Brewers 4
    • Chicago Cubs 8, Pittsburgh Pirates 0
      • The Cubs widen their lead in the NL Central to 3½ games over the slumping Brewers.
    • Los Angeles Dodgers 7, Arizona Diamondbacks 1
    • Colorado Rockies 7, San Diego Padres 3
      • The Rockies' eighth-straight win brings them within 4 games of Arizona in the NL West and 1½ games of San Diego in the wild-card chase. The game is the least of the Padres' losses, as left fielder Milton Bradley is lost for the season with a torn ACL suffered when his manager Bud Black spun him to the ground to keep him from confronting umpire Mike Winters.

• Auto racing:
  • NASCAR Chase for the NEXTEL Cup: Dodge Dealers 400 at Dover, Delaware

  (1) Carl Edwards (2) Greg Biffle (3) Dale Earnhardt, Jr.

• American football:
  • National Football League Week 3:
    • Philadelphia Eagles 56, Detroit Lions 21
      • The Eagles get their first win of the season, with Donovan McNabb throwing for 381 yards and four first-half touchdowns. Kevin Curtis was on the receiving end for 221 yards and three TDs, while Brian Westbrook had over 100 yards of both rushing and receiving and the other three Philly TDs.
    • New York Jets 31, Miami Dolphins 28
      • Chad Pennington comes back from injury to throw for two touchdowns and run for another; Jets kick returner Leon Washington returns a kickoff for another touchdown.
    • New England Patriots 38, Buffalo Bills 7
      • Tom Brady goes 22-for-28 for 291 yards and four touchdowns as the Pats roll again.
    • Baltimore Ravens 26, Arizona Cardinals 23
      • Replacing an ineffective Matt Leinart, Kurt Warner leads the Cardinals back from a 23–6 fourth-quarter deficit, but Matt Stover hits a 46-yard field goal to win the game for Baltimore.
    • Tampa Bay Buccaneers 24, St. Louis Rams 3
      • The Bucs hold St. Louis quarterback Marc Bulger to 116 yards and intercept him three times.
    • Pittsburgh Steelers 37, San Francisco 49ers 16
      • The 3–0 Steelers rush for 205 yards and score touchdowns on a kickoff and an interception return.
    • Indianapolis Colts 30, Houston Texans, 24
      • The Colts hold an injury-depleted Texan offense to 40 rushing yards and pick off Houston quarterback Matt Schaub twice in the third quarter.
    • Green Bay Packers 31, San Diego Chargers 24
      • Brett Favre throws three touchdown passes to put himself level with Dan Marino on the all-time NFL list for career TD passes, with 420.
    • Kansas City Chiefs 13, Minnesota Vikings 10
      • Damon Huard hits Chiefs receiver Dwayne Bowe with the game-winning 16-yard touchdown pass, while the Kansas City defense frustrates Vikings backup quarterback Kelly Holcomb.
    • Oakland Raiders 26, Cleveland Browns 24
      • A week after a timeout just before the snap nullified a game-winning Raiders field goal, Oakland coach Lane Kiffin uses the same strategy to nullify Phil Dawson's would-be successful attempt at a game-winning field goal. Raiders defensive tackle Tommy Kelly blocks the ensuing attempt.
    • Jacksonville Jaguars 23, Denver Broncos 14
      • Jacksonville's defense shuts down the Broncos' running game and ends the Broncos attempt at a comeback with an interception.
    • Seattle Seahawks 24, Cincinnati Bengals 21
      • Matt Hasselbeck throws for three touchdowns, including the game-winner to Nate Burleson with 1 minute left.
    • New York Giants 24, Washington Redskins 17
      • The Redskins get a first-down on New York's 1-yard line in the final minute, but a successful goal-line stand from the Giants defense seals the team's first win.
    • Carolina Panthers 27, Atlanta Falcons 20
      • Joey Harrington tallies 361 passing yards and two touchdowns for the Falcons, but Carolina wins thanks to a solid running game and three costly penalties against Falcons cornerback DeAngelo Hall.
    • Dallas Cowboys 34, Chicago Bears 10
      • The Cowboys, who go to 3–0 for the first time since 1999, blow open a tight game in the second half as Tony Romo finishes with 329 yards passing and two TDs.

• Basketball:
  • UAAP men's basketball first round at Quezon City.
    • Ateneo 69–64 UST
      • Ateneo advances to the semifinals.

• Cycling: 2007 Vuelta a España
  • Denis Menchov of Russia wins his second Vuelta a España by 3:31 over Spain's Carlos Sastre. Another Spaniard, Samuel Sánchez, takes the final spot on the podium.

• Football (soccer):
  • 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Quarterfinals in China
    • Norway 1–0 China PR, Wuhan
    • Brazil 3–2 Australia, Tianjin

• Rugby league: NRL Preliminary Final
  • Melbourne Storm 26–10 Parramatta Eels at Telstra Dome

• Rugby union: 2007 Rugby World Cup in France
  • Pool B: Australia 55–12 Fiji at Montpellier
  • Pool C: Scotland 0–40 New Zealand at Edinburgh, Scotland