Oct. 13
Today in sports history
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1903: Bill Dinneen pitched a four-hit shutout as the Boston Americans defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates in Game 8 to win the first modern World Series, five games to three.
1914: The “Miracle Braves” completed one of baseball’s greatest upsets, defeating the heavily favored Philadelphia Athletics to sweep the World Series in four games.
1921: The New York Giants beat the New York Yankees 1-0 to win the first Subway Series and claim the World Series, five games to three. It was the final World Series played under the best-of-nine format.
1960: Bill Mazeroski led off the bottom of the ninth inning with a home run to give the Pittsburgh Pirates a 10-9 victory over the New York Yankees in Game 7 of the World Series, the only walk-off home run in a World Series Game 7.
1963: Mickey Wright captured the LPGA Championship, winning her fourth title in the event.
1963: The United States defeated Great Britain 23-9 to win the Ryder Cup in Atlanta.
1967: The American Basketball Association opened play when the Oakland Oaks defeated the Anaheim Amigos. The new league introduced the red, white and blue basketball and the 3-point shot.
1967: The Seattle SuperSonics played their first NBA game, falling 144-116 to the San Francisco Warriors. The game marked the debut of a franchise that would later become the Oklahoma City Thunder.
1970: Baltimore Orioles pitcher Dave McNally became the first pitcher to hit a grand slam in a World Series game, connecting in a 9-3 Game 3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.
1971: The Pittsburgh Pirates hosted the first night game in World Series history, defeating the Baltimore Orioles 4-3 in Game 4 at Three Rivers Stadium to even the series.
1979: Edmonton Oilers rookie Mark Messier scored his first NHL goal with 2:24 remaining to earn a 3-3 tie with the Detroit Red Wings in Edmonton’s first NHL home game at Northlands Coliseum.
1979: Gordie Howe, at age 51, scored his first NHL goal in eight years for the Hartford Whalers against the Pittsburgh Penguins.
1989: The Dallas Cowboys traded Herschel Walker to the Minnesota Vikings in a transaction that ultimately involved 18 players or draft picks. The deal became the largest trade in NFL history and provided Dallas with assets that helped build its 1990s championship teams.
1993: The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim earned the first victory in franchise history, defeating the Edmonton Oilers 4-3 in the third game of their inaugural NHL season.
1996: New York Jets kicker Nick Lowery converted his 374th career field goal, breaking the NFL record for most field goals made.
1996: Damon Hill won the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka and secured the Formula 1 world drivers’ championship, joining his father, two-time champion Graham Hill, as a world champion.
1996: The New York Yankees defeated the Baltimore Orioles in Game 5 of the American League Championship Series to advance to their first World Series since 1981.
2001: Derek Jeter made his celebrated “flip play,” relaying an errant throw to catcher Jorge Posada to retire Jeremy Giambi at home plate and preserve the New York Yankees’ 1-0 lead in an elimination-game victory over the Oakland Athletics in the AL Division Series.
2002: The Anaheim Angels defeated the Minnesota Twins 13-5 to win the American League Championship Series and advance to the first World Series appearance in franchise history.
2007: Kentucky defeated No. 1 LSU 43-37 in three overtimes at Lexington, earning the Wildcats’ first victory over a No. 1-ranked team since 1964.
2013: David Ortiz hit an eighth-inning grand slam to erase a 5-1 deficit, and the Boston Red Sox went on to defeat the Detroit Tigers 6-5 in Game 2 of the AL Championship Series; Ortiz’s blast was the first game-tying postseason grand slam hit in the eighth inning or later.
2015: The Chicago Cubs defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 6-4 in Game 4 of the NL Division Series, clinching a postseason series at Wrigley Field for the first time in the ballpark’s history.
2019: Lamar Jackson became the first NFL player to pass for more than 200 yards and rush for more than 150 yards in a regular-season game, throwing for 236 and running for 152 in the Baltimore Ravens’ 23-17 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals.
2019: Brigid Kosgei won the Chicago Marathon in 2:14:04, shattering Paula Radcliffe’s women’s marathon world record by 81 seconds.
2019: Simone Biles won gold medals on balance beam and floor exercise at the World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, raising her career record total to 25 World Championship medals, the most by any gymnast in history.
2019: Valtteri Bottas won the Japanese Grand Prix as Mercedes clinched its sixth consecutive Formula 1 constructors’ championship, matching Ferrari’s record streak and assuring Mercedes of an unprecedented sixth consecutive sweep of the drivers’ and constructors’ titles.
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