October 2007 in Sports - 12 October 2007 (Friday)

12 October 2007 (Friday)

• American football
  • NCAA Division I FBS AP Top 25:
    • (16) Hawaiʻi 42, San Jose State 35 (OT)

• Baseball: 2007 MLB Postseason
  • 2007 American League Championship Series
    • Boston Red Sox 10, Cleveland Indians 3 — Josh Beckett gives up a first-inning homer to Travis Hafner, but settles down to give up only three more hits in 6 innings of work. In the meantime, the Bosox light up C. C. Sabathia for 8 runs in 4⅓ innings and win easily. Red Sox lead series 1–0.
  • 2007 National League Championship Series
    • Colorado Rockies 3, Arizona Diamondbacks 2 (11 innings), Rockies lead series 2–0
  • Non-playoff news:
    • An attorney for the firm representing MLB in its ongoing steroids investigation announces that former U.S. Senator George Mitchell will likely issue his report by the end of 2007. (AP via Yahoo!)
    • The Baltimore Orioles fire pitching coach Leo Mazzone, who in two seasons in Baltimore was unable to duplicate his enormous success from 1990 to 2005 in the same role with the Atlanta Braves. (AP via Yahoo!)

• Cricket
  • South African cricket team in Pakistan in 2007–08
    • 2nd Test- South Africa 357 & 305/4 (dec) drew Pakistan 206 & 316/4