September 2007 in Sports - 24 September 2007 (Monday)

24 September 2007 (Monday)

• Major League Baseball playoff races:
  • American League:
    • Minnesota Twins 2, Detroit Tigers 0
      • The Twins leave the Tigers on the brink of elimination from the wild-card race.
    • Toronto Blue Jays 4, New York Yankees 1
      • The Yankees drop to 2 games behind the idle Boston Red Sox in the AL East, but the Twins' victory now means that a Yanks win or a Tigers loss puts the Bronx Bombers in the postseason.
  • National League:
    • Washington Nationals 13, New York Mets 4
      • The Mets' lead over the idle Philadelphia Phillies in the NL East drops to 2 games.
    • Milwaukee Brewers 13, St. Louis Cardinals 5
      • The Brewers close to within 3 games of the idle Chicago Cubs in the NL Central.
    • San Francisco Giants 9, San Diego Padres 4
      • The Padres drop into a tie for the wild-card lead with Philadelphia.

• American football:
  • College football polls:
    • USC and LSU remain 1–2 in both the AP and Coaches polls. The identities of the top nine teams in both polls remain the same, with minor shuffling below the top two. Other highlights:
    • After defeating Arkansas, Kentucky reach #14 AP/#15 Coaches, their highest ranking since 1977.
    • Cincinnati is ranked for the first time since 1976.
    • Arizona State becomes the fourth school that first-year coach Dennis Erickson has guided into the polls. Only Lou Holtz (five) has led more schools into the rankings.
  • National Football League Week 3:
    • Tennessee Titans 31, New Orleans Saints 14
      • Last year's NFC runner-up falls to 0–3, with Drew Brees throwing four interceptions, one of which was returned for a touchdown, and losing a fumble. Vince Young throws two TD passes for the Titans.

• Cricket
  • 2007 ICC World Twenty20 Final
    • India 157/5 (20 ov.) beat Pakistan 152 all out (19.3 ov.) by 5 runs