September 2008 in Sports - 20 September 2008 (Saturday)

20 September 2008 (Saturday)

• American college football:
  • NCAA AP Top 10:
    • (3) Georgia 27, Arizona State 10
    • (4) Florida 30, Tennessee 6
    • (5) Missouri 42, Buffalo 21
    • (6) LSU 26, (10) Auburn 21
    • (7) Texas 52, Rice 10
    • (9) Alabama 49, Arkansas 14
  • Other games:
    • North Carolina State 30, (15) East Carolina 24 (OT)
    • Boise State 37, (17) Oregon 32
    • (18) Wake Forest 12, (24) Florida State 3

• Australian rules football:
  • AFL finals series:
    • Preliminary Final 2 at Melbourne:
      Hawthorn 18.10 (118) – 9.10 (64) St Kilda

• Baseball:
  • Major League Baseball playoff races:
    • American League:
      • Tampa Bay Rays 7, Minnesota Twins 2
        • The Rays clinch their first playoff appearance in franchise history.
      • Toronto Blue Jays 6, Boston Red Sox 3
        • The Red Sox fall 2½ games behind Tampa Bay in the American League East.
      • Kansas City Royals 5, Chicago White Sox 2
        • The White Sox keep a 2½-game lead over Minnesota in the AL Central.
    • National League:
      • Atlanta Braves 4, New York Mets 2
      • Philadelphia Phillies 3, Florida Marlins 2
        • The Phillies take a half-game lead in the NL East.
      • Chicago Cubs 5, St. Louis Cardinals 4
        • The Cubs clinch their second-straight NL Central title. This is the first time that the Cubs have advanced to the postseason in consecutive years since 1908.
      • Cincinnati Reds 4, Milwaukee Brewers 3
        • The Brewers fall further behind in the wild-card race.
      • Arizona Diamondbacks 5, Colorado Rockies 3
      • Los Angeles Dodgers 10, San Francisco Giants 7
        • Two homers from Manny Ramírez lead the Dodgers to a win that reduces their magic number to 5.

• Golf:
  • Ryder Cup in Louisville, Kentucky:
    • After Saturday afternoon four-ball matches:
      United States 9 – 7 Europe

• Rugby league:
  • Super League playoffs:
    • Catalans Dragons 26 – 50 Wigan Warriors
      • Wigan blow open a tight game in Perpignan with six second-half tries.
  • NRL FInals series semifinal:
    • Brisbane Broncos 14 – 16 Melbourne Storm

• Tennis:
  • Davis Cup Semifinals, day 2:
    • Argentina 2–1 Russia in Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • Spain 2–1 United States in Madrid, Spain
  • Davis Cup World Group Play-offs, day 2:
    • Chile 2–1 Australia in Antofagasta, Chile
    • Great Britain 1–2 Austria in Wimbledon, London, Great Britain
    • Switzerland 3–0 Belgium in Lausanne, Switzerland
    • Croatia 2–1 Brazil in Zadar, Croatia
    • Israel 2–1 Peru in Ramat HaSharon, Israel
    • Netherlands 2–1 South Korea in Apeldoorn, Netherlands
    • Romania 2–1 India in Bucharest, Romania
    • Slovakia 0–3 Serbia in Bratislava, Slovakia