TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY OCTOBER 7

2005  White Sox sweep Boston in ALDS with a 5-3 win

2005  Angels get 19 hits and beat NYY 11-7

2003  Florida’s Mike Lowell hits a pinch hit HR in the 11^th inning to beat Cubs 9-8 – teams had 7 HRs in the game  (NLCS record)

2001  Ugly day in the NFL as teams combine for 57 turnovers – 9 of them came in the Giants win over Washington

2001  Rickey Henderson gets his 3,000^th hit – it is also Tony Gwynn’s final game – Gwynn - .338 hitter, won 8 batting titles including .394 in 1994

2001  Barry Bonds hits his 73rd HR of the season

1995  Edgar Martinez of Seattle hits a grand slam and drives in 7 runs to win game 4 of the ALCS

1987  Scottie Pippen makes his NBA debut with the Chicago Bulls

1984  Walter Payton passes Jim Brown as the NFL’s career rushing leader

1984  Denver Beats Lions 28-7 as Detroit QBs combine for 7 interceptions and team has 10 total

1975  Red Sox beat Oakland to win AL pennant

1961  Roger Maris hits a 9^th inning HR to give the NYY a 2-1 win over Cincinnati in game 3 of the World Series

1952  NYY win the World Series for the 4^th consecutive year

1950  NYY win their 13^th World Series

1916  Georgia Tech’s football team beats Cumberland College 222-0 – Tech carried the ball for 978 yards