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What Happened in Sports: October 10, 2021
See what happened in sports on October 10, 2021 ft. Boston's ALDS Game 3 extra-inns walk-off win, Josh Allen's statement in KC, records, & more!
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October 10th, 2021 was highlighted by the Boston Red Sox hitting a walk-off HR in the 13th inning to defeat Tampa Bay during ALDS Game 3 while Tim Anderson made MLB history with his hitting prowess (16 Hits over six postseason games). Josh Allen and the Bills potentially took the AFC crown from Patrick Mahomes’ Chiefs as Buffalo blew them out in Kansas City with some turnover assistance from the rainstorm and numerous amounts of bad calls on both sides of the Sunday Night Football matchup.
NFL week 5 featured an all-time awful week for Kickers, Justin Herbert led the Chargers’ shootout victory over Cleveland, and the Detroit Lions suffered another heart-breaking loss in 2021 (now 0-5). Antonio Brown became the fastest ever to reach 900 career receptions while DeAndre Hopkins now has the most career REC by a player under age-30 during Trey Lance’s NFL starting debut. Davis Mills had one of the greatest rookie performances ever against Bill Belichick’s Patriots and Derrick Henry’s on a record-breaking 40-game stretch.
See what happened in sports on October 10th last year, headlined by NFL prospects shining in Week 6 of CFB including Sam Ehlinger‘s exciting 4OT battle vs. Oklahoma and the Travis Etienne/Trevor Lawrence duo dominating #7 ranked Miami as well as what happened in sports on October 10th, 2019 ft. Tom Brady surpassing Peyton Manning for second place on the NFL’s All-Time passing yards list.
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1:00 PM: New Orleans Saints (2-2) vs. Washington Football Team (2-2)
1:00 PM: Green Bay Packers (3-1) vs. Cincinnati Bengals (3-1)
4:05 PM: Cleveland Browns (3-1) vs. Los Angeles Chargers (3-1)
4:25 PM: San Francisco 49ers (2-2) vs. Arizona Cardinals (4-0)
4:07 PM: #1 Tampa Bay Rays vs. #4 Boston Red Sox [Series tied 1-1]
8:07 PM: #2 Houston Astros vs. #3 Chicago White Sox [HOU leads 2-0]
NFL: WR Denzel Mims, New York Jets (turns 24)
NFL: WR Courtland Sutton, Denver Broncos (26)
MLB: RP David Bednar, Pittsburgh Pirates (27)
NFL: WR Marquez Valdes-Scantling, Green Bay Packers (27)
MLB: 2B Garrett Hampson, Colorado Rockies (27)
MLB: OF Lourdes Gurriel Jr., Toronto Blue Jays (28)
NBA: G Michael Carter-Williams, Orlando Magic (30)
NFL: CB Darqueze Dennard, Arizona Cardinals (30)
MLB: 2B Kolten Wong, Milwaukee Brewers (31)
MLB: RP Jeurys Familia, New York Mets (32)
NFL: DT Linval Joseph, Los Angeles Chargers (33)
MLB: OF Andrew McCutchen, Philadelphia Phillies (35)
MLB: SS Troy Tulowitzki, Retired after 2019 (37)
NFL: QB Brett Favre, Hall of Fame (52)
2019: Tom Brady passed Peyton Manning for the 2nd most passing yards of all-time, trailing only Drew Brees who’s also an active QB
2011: Texas Rangers DH Nelson Cruz hit the 1st walk-off grand slam in MLB postseason history against the Detroit Tigers in ALCS Game 2. Texas came 1 out from winning the World Series that year but Cruz misplayed a David Freese pop fly in WS Game 6
1982: Milwaukee Brewers earned their very 1st trip to the World Series after successfully coming back from a 2-0 ALCS deficit, defeating the Los Angeles Angels in 5 games
1980: One year removed from 3 consecutive ALCS defeats to the New York Yankees (1976-1978), the Kansas City Royals swept their nemesis to advance to the World Series for the 1st time in franchise history
1977: QB “Broadway” Joe Namath, now with the Los Angeles Rams, tossed 4 interceptions in what would be the last game of his iconic NFL career — a 24-23 loss to the Chicago Bears
1968: St. Louis Cardinals SP Bob Gibson recorded the most strikeouts (35) during 1 World Series in MLB history, doing so over 3 appearances against the Detroit Tigers but St. Louis lost that Game 7 to Detroit 4-1
1956: In the 7th and final time the New York Yankees and Brooklyn Dodgers met in the World Series, Yankees C Yogi Berra hit 2 Home Runs en route to a 9-0 Game 7 victory
1937: With a game-winning single to defeat the New York Giants in 5 games, New York Yankees SP Lefty Gomez set a World Series record with his 5th win without a loss
1924: Washington Senators won their very 1st and only World Series with a 4-3 victory over the New York Giants in 12 innings
1923: New York Yankees and New York Giants became the 1st pair of teams to meet in the World Series in 3 consecutive seasons (1st to be played at Yankee Stadium). No 2 teams have met in 3 straight World Series’ since
1920: Chicago (now Arizona) Cardinals played their very 1st AFPA (NFL) game, a 0-0 tie with the Chicago Tigers
1920: Cleveland Indians OF Elmer Smith hit the very 1st Grand Slam in World Series history against the Brooklyn Robins.
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