By Pro Sports Outlook, The Front Office for Fans
Oct 22, 2019

October 22nd, 2019 was highlighted by Juan Soto hitting a mammoth shot against one of the best pitchers in baseball Gerrit Cole during Game 1 of the World Series, Kawhi Leonard and the Clippers taking down LeBron James’ Lakers in Los Angeles, and the Raptors’ first game since defending their championship by pulling off a win in overtime against the Zion-less Pelicans in a great NBA Opening Night. Check out the Best in Sports from 10/22.

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.

Top plays down the stretch

Kawhi went off in his LAC debut

Pat Bev’s hustle is a major factor

Danny Green went off in the 3rd Qtr

Signature King James chase down

LeBron SLAMS it down

Kawhi went off in the 2nd Qtr

We’ve seen this from Kawhi before

Danny Greenlight came to play

Lou Will nutmegged JaVale

AD gets 1st bucket as a Laker

LBJ getting buckets early

Nats get 1st World Series game W

Springer doesn’t hustle on 2B

Springer Dinger makes things close

Correa stops the bleeding w/ diving catch

Juan Soto adds 2 more RBIs in G1

Powell had a chance to win it

Gasol tough AND-1 & VanVleet dagger

VanVleet sets career-high w/ clutch 3

Josh Hart knocked down the big 3

Ingram & Lonzo get their 1st NOP pts

Lonzo w/ the flick of the wrist assist

Eaton drives in the go ahead run

Soto BLASTS one to the train tracks

Z-Man hits the Nats 1st WS HR ever

Gurriel gets things going in the WS

The rise of the King

Top 50 plays of the Preseason

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MLB World Series

8:08 PM: Washington Nationals (NL#4) vs. Houston Astros (AL#1) [World Series Game 1]

NBA Opening Night

8:00 PM: New Orleans Pelicans vs. Toronto Raptors 

10:30 PM: Los Angeles Lakers vs. Los Angeles Clippers

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

MLB

[Player of the Day] OF Juan Soto, WAS (@HOU): 3-4, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 SB; 2ND youngest w/ 3 RBI in WS

OF George Springer, HOU (v.WAS): 2-3, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 2 R, 1 2B, 2 BB

1B Yuli Gurriel, HOU (v.WAS): 2-5, 2 RBI

NBA

G Fred VanVleet, TOR (v.NOP): 34 PTS (12-18), 7 AST, 5 REB, 2 STL

PF Pascal Siakam, TOR (v.NOP): 34 PTS (11-26), 18 REB, 5 AST, 4 TOV

SG Danny Green, LAL (v.LAC): 28 PTS (10-14; 7-9 3P), 7 REB, 0 AST, 2 STL

SF Kawhi Leonard, LAC (@LAL): 30 PTS (10-19), 6 REB, 5 AST, 2 STL, 6 TOV

NFL: DE Jonathan Bullard, Arizona Cardinals (turns 26)

NFL: DL Muhammad Wilkerson, Free Agent (30)

MLB: 2B Robinson Cano, New York Mets (37)

MLB: RP Darren O’Day, Atlanta Braves (37)

MLB: OF Ichiro Suzuki, Retired in 2019 (46)

MLB: 1B Jimmie Foxx, Hall of Fame (112)

2011: St. Louis Cardinals 1B Albert Pujols became just the 3rd player in MLB history to hit 3 HRs in a single World Series game

2000: Cincinnati Bengals RB Corey Dillon broke the NFL single-game rushing record with 278 yards in addition to 2 touchdowns in their 31-21 win over the Broncos

1996: The New York Yankees tied an MLB record with their 6th consecutive postseason road win as Bernie Williams hit his record-tying 7th home run of the 1996 postseason

1976: Phoenix Suns SGs Tom and Dick Van Arsdale became the very 1st set of twins to play for the same NBA team

1950: Defeating the Baltimore Colts 70-27 — the 3rd-highest scoring game in NFL history at the time — the Los Angeles Rams would drop 65 the following week to become the 1st team in NFL history to score 60+ twice in a season

1939: NBC broadcast the very 1st televised professional football game: the Brooklyn Dodgers’ 23-14 defeat of the Philadelphia Eagles

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