Oct. 14
Today in sports history
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1905: Christy Mathewson pitched his third shutout of the World Series as the New York Giants defeated the Philadelphia Athletics 2-0 to win the championship in five games. Mathewson allowed no runs in 27 innings during the Series.
1906: The “Hitless Wonders” Chicago White Sox defeated the heavily favored Chicago Cubs to win the World Series in six games.
1908: The Chicago Cubs defeated the Detroit Tigers 2-0 behind Orval Overall’s three-hit shutout to win their second consecutive World Series championship. The Cubs did not win another World Series for 108 years.
1929: The Philadelphia Athletics scored three runs in the bottom of the ninth inning, capped by Bing Miller’s walk-off double, to beat the Chicago Cubs 3-2 and win the World Series in five games.
1964: American Billy Mills stunned world-record holder Ron Clarke and the Olympic field to win the 10,000 meters at the Tokyo Games in an Olympic-record 28:24.4, becoming the first U.S. runner to win the event.
1968: Jim Hines of the United States won the Olympic 100-meter final in Mexico City in a world-record 9.95 seconds, becoming the first man officially timed under 10 seconds with fully automatic timing.
1976: Chris Chambliss hit a walk-off home run in the ninth inning of Game 5 of the American League Championship Series, giving the New York Yankees a 7-6 victory over Kansas City and their first AL pennant since 1964.
1979: Edmonton’s Wayne Gretzky scored his first NHL goal, beating Vancouver goalie Glen Hanlon.
1979: The Philadelphia Flyers defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs to begin a 35-game unbeaten streak, the longest in NHL history. Philadelphia went 25-0-10 before losing Jan. 7, 1980.
1985: Ozzie Smith hit the first left-handed home run of his career, a ninth-inning walk-off shot that gave the St. Louis Cardinals a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 5 of the NL Championship Series.
1987: Wayne Gretzky scored his 545th NHL goal in Edmonton’s loss to Calgary, passing Maurice Richard on the league’s career goals list.
1990: Joe Montana set a San Francisco 49ers franchise-record with six touchdown passes and passed for 476 yards in a 45-35 victory over the Atlanta Falcons. Jerry Rice caught five touchdown passes, tying an NFL record at the time.
1991: New York Rangers forward Mike Gartner scored his 500th NHL goal in a 5-3 loss to Washington, becoming the 16th player in league history to reach the milestone.
1992: Francisco Cabrera’s two-out, two-run single in the bottom of the ninth inning scored Sid Bream from second base with the winning run as the Atlanta Braves defeated Pittsburgh 3-2 in Game 7 of the NL Championship Series and advanced to the World Series.
2002: Toronto Maple Leafs captain Mats Sundin scored his 400th NHL goal, becoming the first Swedish-born player to reach the milestone.
2006: Magglio Ordóñez hit a three-run, walk-off home run in the ninth inning to give the Detroit Tigers a 6-3 victory over Oakland, complete an AL Championship Series sweep and send Detroit to its first World Series since 1984.
2006: Mike Sillinger became the first player in NHL history to score a goal for 12 different teams when he scored for the New York Islanders.
2015: José Bautista hit a go-ahead three-run homer and punctuated it with his famous bat flip as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Texas Rangers 6-3 in Game 5 of the AL Division Series, completing a comeback from a 2-0 series deficit and advancing to their first ALCS since 1993.
2021: The Seattle Kraken defeated the Nashville Predators 4-3 for the first victory in franchise history.
— USA TODAY Network
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