October 2005 in Sports - 4 October 2005

4 October 2005

• Arena Football: Kansas City, Missouri is granted a franchise for the 2006 season as the replacement for the New Orleans VooDoo. (ArenaFootball.com)
• Major League Baseball (Non post-season news):
  • John Hart resigns as the general manager of the Texas Rangers. John Daniels, at the age of 28 years old, is named his replacement, becoming the youngest general manager in any sport.
  • Jim Leyland signs a three-year contract to become manager of the Detroit Tigers, one day after Alan Trammell was fired.
• Major League Baseball playoffs
  • 2005 National League Division Series
    • St. Louis Cardinals 8, San Diego Padres 5
      • WP: Chris Carpenter. LP: Jake Peavy. HRs: SD — Eric Young (pinch-hit); StL — Jim Edmonds, Reggie Sanders (grand slam). The Cardinals took an 8–0 lead after five innings and never looked back. Sanders' six RBIs are an NLDS record. NOTE: Peavy was lost for the season with a fractured rib that he suffered a week earlier after the Padres clinched the NL West in a post-game celebration;.Cardinals lead series, 1–0.
  • 2005 American League Division Series
    • Chicago White Sox 14, Boston Red Sox 2
      • WP: José Contreras. LP: Matt Clement. HRs: Bos — none; ChW — A.J. Pierzynski (2), Paul Konerko, Juan Uribe, Scott Podsednik. The Sox had five runs in the first inning and never looked back. This was the first post-season win in Chicago since the 1959 World Series. White Sox lead series, 1–0.
    • New York Yankees 4, Los Angeles Angels 2
      • WP: Mike Mussina. LP: Bartolo Colón. SV: Mariano Rivera. HRs: NYY — none; LAA — Bengie Molina. Robinson Canó's bases loaded double in the first inning was all the Bronx Bombers needed to win. Yankees lead series, 1–0.
• Cricket:
  • Irani Trophy, India: Defending Ranji Trophy champions Railways complete a nine-wicket win on the fourth day of their match with Rest of India thanks to the all-round efforts of Murali Kartik. Kartik made 96 in a first-innings 151-run stand with Yere Goud to help his team to a lead of 78 on first innings, and then took three for 28 to help bowl the Rest out for 137. Amit Pagnis then hit 33 as Railways eased to the target for the loss of one wicket in an hour. (Cricinfo)