October 2004 in Sports - October 20, 2004

October 20, 2004

• Baseball:
  • National League Championship Series, Game 6: The St. Louis Cardinals come back to beat the Houston Astros 6–4. Jim Edmonds drives in the winning runs with a walk-off home run in the bottom of the twelfth. This series is all tied up at 3–3 and the stage is set for a dramatic Game 7 in St. Louis on October 21. (ESPN)
  • American League Championship Series, Game 7: The Boston Red Sox defeat the New York Yankees, 10–3, going on to the World Series for the first time since 1986. The Red Sox won four games in a row, winning the series 4–3. They become the first team in Major League Baseball, and the third team in North American professional sports, to win a postseason series after trailing three games to none. (ESPN) (TheBostonChannel.com) (Reuters)
• Football: UEFA Champions League, Group Stage, Matchday 3
  • Group E: Panathinaikos 2 – 2 Arsenal
  • Group E: Rosenborg 1 – 2 PSV
  • Group F: AC Milan 1 – 0 FC Barcelona
  • Group F: Shakhtar Donetsk 3 – 0 Celtic
  • Group G: Anderlecht 1 – 2 Werder Bremen
  • Group G: Valencia 1 – 5 Inter Milan
  • Group H: Chelsea 2 – 0 CSKA Moscow
  • Group H: Paris Saint-Germain 2 – 0 FC Porto (UEFA.com)
• Women's boxing: Laila Ali denies rumors she will be fighting in Kinshasa, DR Congo on October 30, the 30th anniversary of her father's legendary fight against George Foreman in the same city. (ESPN)