October 2004 in Sports - October 10, 2004

October 10, 2004

• Formula One: In a dominating performance, Michael Schumacher wins his 13th race of the season at the Japanese Grand Prix. His brother Ralf holds off Jenson Button for second. (BBC)
• Baseball:
  • National League Division Series:
    • The Atlanta Braves even their series with the Houston Astros at two games apiece, ending the Astros' 19-game home winning streak with a 6–5 win. Rafael Furcal scores the winning run in the ninth on a single from J. D. Drew. (ESPN)
    • The St. Louis Cardinals win their series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, 3 games to 1, with a 6–2 win. Albert Pujols breaks open a 2–2 game with a three-run homer in the fourth inning. (ESPN)
  • New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera returns to Panama City, Panama after two relatives of his wife were electrocuted while cleaning the swimming pool at his home there. (ESPN)
  • 1996 National League Most Valuable Player Ken Caminiti dies of a heart attack at age 41. (KGTV via Yahoo!)
• National Football League Week 5:
  • The New England Patriots set a record for the number of consecutive NFL games ever won, at 19, after beating the Miami Dolphins 24–10.
  • The Seattle Seahawks take their first loss of the season, against the St. Louis Rams. St. Louis scores 17 points in the final six minutes of regulation to tie the Seahawks, and go on to beat the Seahawks 33–27 in overtime.
  • The Atlanta Falcons also take their first loss, to the Detroit Lions. The San Francisco 49ers get their first win by beating the Arizona Cardinals in overtime.
• Marathon: Eurasia Marathon: David Kiptanui, (26) from Kenya wins in 2:18:19 before Konstantin Permitin (Константин Пермитин), (36) of Russia (2:18:25) and Yuriy Hychun, (27) from Ukraine (2:18:35). In the women's category, Russian Svetlana Demidenko (Светлана Демиденко), (28) wins in 2:36:44 before her compatriots Zhanna Malkova (Жанна Малкова), (36) in 2:39:36 and Olga Glok (Ольга Глок), (21) in 2:42:45. (Istanbul Marathon)
• WNBA: The Seattle Storm even their best-of-three championship series with the Connecticut Sun at one game apiece, winning 67–65. The Sun's Nykesha Sales sets a WNBA Finals record with 32 points, but misses a three-pointer at the buzzer that would have won the game. Betty Lennox leads the Storm with 27 points; Lauren Jackson racks up a double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds. (ESPN)
• Football:
  • FIFA World Cup South American Qualifying
    • Ecuador 2 – 0 Chile
  • FIFA World Cup African Qualifying
    • Guinea 1 – 1 Morocco
    • Uganda 0 – 1 South Africa
    • Togo 1 – 0 Mali
    • Benin 0 – 1 Côte d'Ivoire
    • Liberia 0 – 1 Senegal
    • Angola 1 – 0 Zimbabwe
    • Congo 2 – 3 Zambia
    • Ghana 0 – 0 Congo DR
  • FIFA World Cup North / Central American & Caribbean Qualifying
    • St Vincent & the Grenadines 0 – 1 Mexico
    • Trinidad and Tobago 5 – 1 Saint Kitts and Nevis (FIFAWorldCup.Yahoo.com)