By Pro Sports Outlook, The Front Office for Fans
Oct 05, 2019

October 5th, 2019 was highlighted by Didi Gregorius putting New York’s Game 2 against the Twins out of reach with an earth-shattering Grand Slam, Gerrit Cole’s historic post-season start, and Masahiro Tanaka continuing his October brilliance with another huge display in his dominant post-season campaign. Check out the Best in Sports from 10/5.

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.

The Cole Train was electric

What a play by Ji-Man Choi

Bregman’s 1st Playoff HR of 2019

Carlos Correa with premium defense

AD’s preseason debut in LA

Didi puts the Yanks up BIG

Most improbable completions since ’17

Maxx Crosby made his presence known

HBD to the best TE in the game

PFF: Top 5 Patriots Through 1st Qtr of ’19

The history of GB-DAL runs deep

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MLB

5:07 PM: Minnesota Twins (AL#3) vs. New York Yankees (AL#2) [ALDS Game 2 | NYY 1-0]

9:07 PM: Tampa Bay Rays (AL#5) vs. Houston Astros (NL#1) [ALDS Game 2 | HOU 1-0]

*All game times listed are in Eastern Standard Time (EST)*

[Player of the Day] SP Gerrit Cole, HOU (v.TB): 7.2 IP, 0 ER, 3 H, 15 K, 1 BB, W; T-3rd most Ks in Playoff history

SS Didi Gregorius, NYY (v.MIN): 2-3, 4 RBI, 1 R, 1 BB, incl. 3rd inning Grand Slam

SP Masahiro Tanaka, NYY (v.MIN): 5 IP, 1 ER, 3 H, 7 K, 1 BB, W

3B Alex Bregman, HOU (v.TB): 2-4, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 2 R

OF Aaron Judge, NYY (v.MIN): 2-3, 1 R, 2 BB

MLB: RP Zack Littell, Minnesota Twins (turns 24)

MLB: OF Victor Reyes, Detroit Tigers (25)

NBA: C Cody Zeller, Charlotte Hornets (27)

NFL: TE Travis Kelce, Kansas City Chiefs (30)

MLB: SP Tanner Roark, Oakland Athletics (33)

NBA: SG Grant Hill, Hall of Fame (47)

2004: A 6x NBA Champion, SF Scottie Pippen announced his retirement from the NBA after one last season with the Chicago Bulls

2003: Kansas City Chiefs WR Dante Hall scored a game-winning kick return TD, his 4th consecutive game with a return TD, an NFL record

2003: The Chicago Cubs secured their very 1st playoff series victory since the 1908 World Series, defeating the Atlanta Braves in 5 games

2002: The Los Angeles Angels defeated the New York Yankees in Game 4 of the ALDS for their first playoff series victory in franchise history

2001: San Francisco Giants OF Barry Bonds hit his 71st and 72nd home runs of the season, breaking Mark McGwire’s single season record

2001: San Diego Padres OF Rickey Henderson scored his 2,246th career run, breaking Ty Cobb’s all-time career record

2001: Beating the Flordia Marlins 20-3 to clinch the NL East title, the Atlanta Braves became the 1st team in professional sports history to win their division in 10 consecutive seasons

2001: With their 115th win of the season, the Seattle Mariners broke the MLB single-season wins record set by the 1998 Yankees; they would finish 116-46 

1993: The Charlotte Hornets signed PF Larry Johnson to the most lucrative deal in NBA history (at the time), a 12-year, $84 million contract

1986: Los Angeles Rams RB Eric Dickerson set an OT record with a game-winning 42-yard TD run to defeat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

1970: An odd occurrence, both the ALCS and NLCS ended on the same day with the same score (3-0) as the Baltimore Orioles and Cincinnati Reds advanced to the World Series over the Minnesota Twins and Pittsburgh Pirates

1950: To assign players from the defunct Chicago Stags franchise, the NBA had teams randomly draw lots from a hat; the Boston Celtics lucked into 6x NBA Champion PG Bob Cousy

1922: Game 2 of the World Series between the New York Giants and New York Yankees ended in a controversial 2-2 tie after 10 innings; Giants would win 4-0-1

1915: Detroit Tigers OF Ty Cobb recorded his 96th stolen base of the season, a record that stood until 1962 (Maury Wills)

1912: The Boston Red Sox won their 105th game of the season, an AL record that would stand until the 1927 New York Yankees (110)

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