By Pro Sports Outlook, The Front Office for Fans
Oct 13, 2019

October 13th, 2019 was highlighted by Carlos Correa hitting a walk-off home run in Game 2 of the ALCS, Deshaun Watson outshining Patrick Mahomes in a bright young Quarterback dual, and a vicious showing from Kirk Cousins and Stefon Diggs further establishing a special connection. Check out the Best in Sports from 10/13.

This daily sports article includes real headlines only (no clickbait rumors), all of the top highlights, interesting facts from around the NFL, NBA, & MLB, the main games to watch, significant birthdays, and a quick recap of notable events on this day in sports history.

CORREA WALK-OFF IN EXTRAS

Urshela has hops at the hot corner

Correa nails him at the plate to keep it 2-2

Springer Dinger to tie it up

Aaron Judge got all of this 1

Correa got things started w/ RBI 2B

Byard got the INT off the WRs back

Amazing grab by Sherfield

Longest play of NFL season so far

Chiefs CB with the 1-handed INT on D-Hop

Trifecta for Diggs in style

Hurdle gone wrong

Stefon Diggs drop leads to INT

OBJ with an amazing grab

Miles Sanders 1st career TD

Kirk Cousins finds Diggs for deep TDs

Bengals cribbed opening kickoff

C-Mac the international tackle breaker

Welcome back, Tyreek Hill

The unquestioned GOAT

The flip is still legendary

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MLB

[Player of the Day] SS Carlos Correa, HOU (v.NYY): 2-5, HR, 2 RBI, 1 R incl. walk-off HR in 11th inning

OF Aaron Judge, NYY (@HOU): 1-4, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 R, 1 BB

SP Justin Verlander, HOU (v.NYY): 6.2 IP, 2 ER, 5 H, 7 K, 2 BB, ND

NFL

WR Stefon Diggs, MIN (v.PHI): 7 REC, 167 YDS, 3 TD; 2 RSH, 18 YDS

DL Aaron Donald, LAR (@SF): 7 TKL, 2 SK, 1 FF                                                                   

QB Kyler Murray, ARZ (v.ATL): 27-37, 340 YDS, 3 TD, 0 INT; 11 RSH, 32 YDS

NBA: C Jermaine O’Neal, Retired in 2014 (turns 41)

NBA: SF Paul Pierce, Retired in 2017 (42)

NFL: S Brian Dawkins, Hall of Fame (46)

MLB: RP Trevor Hoffman, Hall of Fame (52)

NFL: WR Jerry Rice, Hall of Fame (57)

NBA: HC Doc Rivers, Los Angeles Clippers (58)

MLB: 3B Eddie Matthews, Hall of Fame (88)

2002: Defeating the Minnesota Twins in 5 games, the Anaheim Angels advanced to their very 1st World Series in franchise history

2001: New York Yankees SS Derek Jeter made his iconic run-saving “Flip”, nailing DH Jeremy Giambi at home plate that helped defeat the Oakland Athletics in Game 3 of the ALDS

1996: With a 6-4 victory over the Baltimore Orioles, the New York Yankees won their 34th AL Pennant and advanced to the World Series for the 1st time since 1981

1996: New York Jets K Nick Lowrey broke Jan Stenerud’s career record of 373 field goals made in a loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars

1995: For the first time in its history, the NBA cancelled regular season games due to a work stoppage

1991: Toronto Blue Jays MGR Cito Gaston became the very 1st manager to be ejected during a playoff game in MLB history — a series-deciding loss to the Minnesota Twins, no less

1985: New York Giants QB Phil Simms threw for 513 yards on an NFL-record 62 pass attempts while the team picked up a record 34 first downs in a 33-30 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals

1985: Dallas Cowboys RB Tony Dorsett became just the 6th player in NFL history to reach 10,000 career rushing yards

1970: Baltimore Orioles SP Dave McNally became the 1st and only pitcher to ever hit a grand slam in the World Series

1967: The American Basketball Association (ABA) began play, introducing the 3-point line and a red-white-and-blue ball

1967: The Seattle SuperSonics lost their NBA debut by nearly 30 points to the San Francisco Warriors

1961: Houston Oilers QB Jacky Lee set an AFL record with 457 passing yards along with 2 TDs in a 31-31 tie with the Boston Patriots; would be broken 2 weeks later by George Blanda, but remains the 2nd-most passing yards in AFL history 

1914: The Boston Braves completed the very 1st sweep in World Series history with a 3-1 victory over the Philadelphia Athletics

1903: The Boston Americans (Red Sox) defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates in the very 1st modern World Series

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