September 2008 in Sports - 23 September 2008 (Thursday)

23 September 2008 (Thursday)

• Baseball:
  • Major League Baseball playoff races:
    • American League:
      • Boston Red Sox 5, Cleveland Indians 4
        • The Bosox clinch a playoff berth, and officially end the New York Yankees' run of 13 straight postseason appearances.
      • Tampa Bay Rays 5, Baltimore Orioles 2 (Game 1)
      • Tampa Bay Rays 7, Baltimore Orioles 5 (Game 2)
        • The Rays' first doubleheader sweep in their history, capped off by a six-run eighth inning in Game 2, reduces their magic number for the AL East title to 2.
      • Minnesota Twins 9, Chicago White Sox 3
        • The Twins win the first of a key 3-game series at the Metrodome and close to within 1½ games of the Chisox.
    • National League:
      • Atlanta Braves 3, Philadelphia Phillies 2
        • The Phillies' magic number for the NL East crown remains at 4.
      • New York Mets 6, Chicago Cubs 2
      • Milwaukee Brewers 7, Pittsburgh Pirates 5
        • Prince Fielder's walk-off home run keeps the Brew Crew 1 game back of the Mets for the NL wild card.
      • St. Louis Cardinals 7, Arizona Diamondbacks 4
      • Los Angeles Dodgers 10, San Diego Padres 1
        • The Dodgers reduce their magic number in the NL West to 3 with the win and the D-Backs' loss.

• Cycling:
  • 2008 UCI Road World Championships in Varese, Italy:
    • Men's Under-23 Time Trial:
      Adriano Malori (2) Patrick Gretsch (3) Cameron Meyer