Todays Sporting News – 30 September 2025

• Bafana Bafana’s hopes of qualifying for the 2026 soccer World Cup took a knock after they were docked three points by Fifa for fielding an ineligible player in a qualifier.
• The French Open says it will persist with its use of line judges, as opposed to automated line-calling. It’s the only Grand Slam that is yet to adopt the technology.
• Tourism brand Visit Rwanda has added US sports teams Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Clippers to its sports sponsorship portfolio, which also includes Arsenal, Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain.
• Football – Jarrod Bowen cancelled out Michael Keane’s opener to secure West Ham a 1-1 draw with Everton in Nuno Espírito Santo’s first game as the Hammers’ manager. Nuno called the result “a very small step forward”.
• Rugby – The 2025 Rugby World Cup was “the greatest of all time”, according to the head of World Rugby, Alan Gilpin, who said the men’s tournament could learn a lot from the way the women “showcased the best of our sport”. England became world champions on Saturday after beating Canada 33-13.
• Cricket – Chris Woakes has announced his retirement from international cricket, bringing to a close a near 15-year England career that delivered two World Cup wins and an abundance of memories in the Test arena.
• South Africa’s Tazmin Brits has backed teenage star Karabo Meso to put the rest of the world on notice at the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025. The 18-year-old wicketkeeper is hotly tipped to make her major tournament debut after being named in Mandla Mashimbyi’s 15-strong squad.
• 6.1 million: The estimated number of Australians who watched Sunday’s AFL Grand Final, making it the most-watched program of 2025 and the biggest TV audience for an AFL Grand Final since 2016.
• FIFA has sanctioned El Salvador’s football federation for racist and discriminatory fan behaviour during a World Cup qualifying match held earlier this month against Suriname.
• Nepal’s men’s cricket team has defeated the West Indies by a record 90 runs to clinch their Twenty20 series with a match to spare.
• Former AFL player Mitch Brown has responded to an Instagram story from Geelong Cats player Bailey Smith posted during ‘Mad Monday’ celebrations. In the story, Smith posed alongside captain Patrick Dangerfield, with a caption referencing the 2005 film ‘Brokeback Mountain’, which depicts a gay love story. Brown said: “Losing a grand final doesn’t make you gay”.
• Team Europe has won one of golf’s most prestigious team competitions, beating the United States 15-13 in a dramatic finish at New York’s Bethpage Black golf course. The victory marks Europe’s 11th win in the last 15 Ryder Cups, but was overshadowed by hostile fan behaviour that included beer thrown at players’ families.
• Electronic Arts, the US video game giant behind “Madden NFL” and “EA Sports FC,” announced yesterday it will be taken private in a $55B all-cash deal with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and two American private equity firms. The transaction is set to be the largest-ever private equity-funded buyout.
• WNBA semifinal between the Indiana Fever and Las Vegas Aces (9:30 pm ET, ESPN2) to decide who faces the Phoenix Mercury in the finals.
• MLB playoffs wild card series kicks off tonight; see complete schedule.
• The World Rugby Council has approved Benin’s application for Associate Member status at it’s meeting in London on 23 September. The move takes the number of full and associate members of World Rugby to 134.
• Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus made four changes to the match-23 for Saturday’s Castle Lager Rugby Championship decider against the Pumas at the Allianz Stadium, Twickenham in London, which will see the return of Ox Nche to the starting team, as well as Grant Williams, Jesse Kriel and Bongi Mbonambi on the bench.
• Silver Ferns continued their dominance over the SPAR Proteas as they recorded their 38th win with a 70 – 58 in the history of the two teams. They take a 2-0 lead in a three-match series with one more game left.
• Great Britain has won gold, silver and two bronze medals during the first weekend at the World Para Athletics Championships.
• England have been celebrating with fans in London after they beat Canada 33-13 on Saturday to win the Rugby World Cup.
• By the narrowest of margins, Chris Lewis and his Qubit team won the 2025 IC37 North American Championship on September 26-28 in Newport RI. After seven races, Lewis’ team finished a single point ahead of a trio of teams tied on points for second. With the tiebreakers applied, Patrick Shanahan and Wes Bright’s Bronco team took second and Steve Liebel’s New Wave crew finished third.
• Mike Ingham posted all top four scores to win the 2025 ISCA (Sunfish) US Masters Championship held September 26-28 in Mooresville, NC. Among the 59 competitors, Ingham was also the top Grand Master (60-69) in the five-race series on Lake Norman, with Chris Carroll in second as the top Master (50-59).
• United States SailGP Team driver Taylor Canfield teamed up with Laura Grondin (USA) at the 2025 Melges 24 World Championship on September 23-27 in Trieste, Italy.
• The 2025 Lightning North American Championship attracted 50 teams for the 4-race series on September 25-27 in Wrightsville Beach, NC. Consistency was hard to come by, but John Newell’s team of Owen MacDonald and Sarah Costich bled the least to win by 12 points over Jody Starck in second with Felipe Roples four points back in third.
• The 52 SUPER SEASON 2025 season came to a close on September 22-27 in Porto Cervo, Sardinia. While Takashi Okura’s Sled (USA) won the fifth and final regatta, it was the American Magic Quantum Racing (USA) which took the season championship.
• Twenty-nine teams competed in the 2025 J/70 Corinthian World Championship held September 24-27 in Marblehead, MA. After winning four of the nine races, Alec Cutler and his Hedgehog team won the second edition for this title.
• After two days of frustratingly light winds, the TF35 Crans Grand Prix concluded today with four high-speed foiling races.
• Light airs and glorious sunshine dominated play on this first day of competition in the 27th edition of Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez.
• Saturday 27th September saw the annual Netley SC RS200 club championships with 9 teams taking part. Sadly due to other events and illness, numbers were slightly down on last year.
• The latest episode of Racing on the Edge, SailGP’s acclaimed behind-the-scenes docuseries, launches today with “Breaking Point: The Sassnitz Miracle”.
• Wind is everything in sailboat racing. So, it was knowing how to manage Mother Nature’s whisper of breath on Saturday at the 2025 Philadelphia Cup Regatta which proved the secret to success for the event’s class winners.
• A good 10-15 kts sailing breeze from the south greeted the four BODs (no Redwings today) who ventured out on Saturday, for the final weekend of 2025’s keelboat racing.
• Harvard Sailing finished its fourth week of the fall this past weekend by competing at five regattas up and down the east coast.
• After a thumping 35-0 win over defending champions Leinster last Friday, the Stormers are eager to build on their opening-round momentum when they host the Ospreys at Cape Town Stadium on Friday.
• Rassie Erasmus says the Springboks can’t afford to let emotion dictate selection as Siya Kolisi closes in on his 100th Test appearance.
• All Blacks coach Scott Robertson has challenged his team to find greater consistency when they face the Wallabies in a crunch Rugby Championship decider at a sold-out Perth Stadium on Saturday.
• The Wallabies are dead-set on a positive response as they welcome the All Blacks to Perth for their crunch Rugby Championship encounter.
• Rassie Erasmus has laughed off Cheslin Kolbe’s bizarre blunder against Argentina in Durban. The Springbok wing gifted Los Pumas a try when, after dotting the ball down for a goal-line dropout, he unexpectedly drop-kicked it straight into play.
• Eddie Jones insists World Rugby is deliberately trying to reduce the influence of the scrum after watching the Springboks’ demolition of Argentina in Durban. The set piece has long been a cornerstone of the Boks’ success, playing a pivotal role in their back-to-back World Cup triumphs.
• Highlanders coach Jamie Joseph has been confirmed as head coach of the All Blacks XV for the next two years. Joseph, who was overlooked for the All Blacks job in favour of Scott Robertson before last year’s World Cup, returned home after a successful spell with Japan to take up a director of rugby role at the Highlanders.
• The Stormers – still flying high from their 35-0 lashing of defending champions Leinster – could have extra options available for Friday’s Vodacom URC clash against the Ospreys at Cape Town Stadium.
• Stormers lock Adre Smith says his aspirations to reach the Springbok squad is fuelling his fire in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship.
• The Springboks have been boosted by the return of a champion lock ahead of Saturday’s Rugby Championship clash with Argentina at Twickenham. Lood de Jager comes in as cover for Franco Mostert, who stayed behind in South Africa following a family bereavement.
• Wing Louis Rees-Zammit is ready to step straight back into the Wales squad this autumn, according to former Wales international Alex Cuthbert.
• Ulster scrum-half Nathan Doak says the side want to give Edinburgh a “right performance” on Friday night after their heavy defeat at the Hive Stadium last season.
• Star full-back Ellie Kildunne leaves coach John Mitchell with a personal and permanent memento of their Rugby World Cup-winning campaign.
• Exeter boss Rob Baxter says he was impressed by his side’s second-half response as they earned a 33-33 Prem Rugby draw at Northampton.
• After beating Canada to lift the Women’s World Cup in front of a record crowd, England celebrated at Battersea Power Station as they aim to inspire “future Red Roses”.
• England’s World Cup-winning head coach John Mitchell is named World Rugby coach of the year.
• New Zealand prop Tamaiti Williams has returned to the city where he grew up, greeted by a contingent of family and friends, but says Perth will be all business as the All Blacks chase a statement win over Australia and another piece of silverware.
• The ‘sold out’ sign has hung over Optus Stadium for the last two weeks and Billy Pollard is feeling the love in Perth.
• Work is advanced for a second Chilean professional rugby team and it could enter Super Rugby Americas in 2027.
• Super Rugby Americas (SRA) will be bigger in 2026. The South American professional league is growing with Argentina set for a fourth franchise. The new SRA franchise will represent the Litoral region of Argentina; specifically the rugby unions of Rosario, Santa Fe and Entre Rios. Rosario will be the regular home of the team but not the exclusive location for home matches.
• Chile’s history-making win over Samoa in Viña del Mar achieved three things: (a) Chile qualified for Rugby World Cup 2027, (b) Samoa was sent to repechage and (c) only one spot now remains for Australia 2027. With this in mind attention moves from Viña del Mar to two other South American cities for the upcoming repechage battle between Brazil and Paraguay.
• Max Verstappen added another note to his impressive motorsport CV by winning on his GT3 race debut at the Nurburgring Nordschleife last weekend, as the Dutchman continues to explore endurance competition.
• Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has touched on the conversations he held with Max Verstappen and the four-time World Champion’s manager over the summer, saying they were on “a personal level”.
• Lewis Hamilton has announced the passing of his dog, Roscoe, following a health battle.
• Alan Permane believes that Yuki Tsunoda’s skills as a driver – including his feedback and work outside of the car as well as in it – are “really in line with the top drivers”, something that the team boss admits came as a “nice surprise” having never worked with Tsunoda previously.
• Fernando Alonso believes that future success is “more or less guaranteed” for Aston Martin in F1’s new era, but admits that his “only question mark” is over when this will happen and whether he will still be driving for the team at that point.
• Meldonium use has led to significant bans for several prominent athletes.
• Ollie Watkins ends a goal drought and Unai Emery ends a league victory drought. For Villa, there is hope that they might just have found a way out of their slump.
• Aston Villa boss Unai Emery says his side are “progressively getting better” after picking up their first win of the season with a 3-1 victory against Fulham.
• North Korea lags behind most of the rest of the world in several areas. But the hermit state has had an outsized impact on international women’s football.
• The Sharjah Cricket Stadium is set to host the third and final T20I between Nepal and West Indies on Tuesday, with contrasting motivations driving the two sides.
• West Indies‘ Test preparations have taken a significant hit with Alzarri Joseph ruled out of the upcoming two-match Test series against India starting October 1 in Ahmedabad due to a recurrence of a lower-back injury.
• Australian superstar all-rounder Glenn Maxwell has been ruled out of the three-match T20I series against New Zealand after suffering a fractured wrist, in what is a huge blow for Australia. The injury occurred during a net session at Mount Maunganui, forcing the 36-year-old to return home immediately.
• Pakistan have unveiled their 18-player squad for the highly anticipated home Test series against South Africa, set to begin on October 12 in Lahore. Shan Masood will continue to lead the side, marking the start of Pakistan’s ICC World Test Championship 2025-27 campaign.
• ndia Women and Sri Lanka Women will open their campaigns in the ICC Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati on September 30. This opening match marks a significant moment as both teams are co-hosting the tournament.
• India will shift focus from white-ball action to the longest format as they prepare to host West Indies in a two-match Test series starting October 2 at the iconic Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
• The Saudi Arabian Cricket Federation (SACF) has sanctioned the ILT20 as an official men and women’s competition.
• Marnus Labuschagne will captain Queensland as he continues his push for a Test recall to face England.
• The Oregon State women’s golf team jumped out to a four-stroke lead on its home course at the Molly Collegiate Invitational on Monday.
• The San Diego State women’s golf team finished the first day of The Molly Collegiate Invitational at Trysting Tree Golf Club in Corvallis, Ore. Monday. After two rounds, the Aztecs are in sixth place and are led by Kylie Phi who is tied for 11th place.
• Tournament debutants New Caledonia have been handed a harsh introduction to the FIFA U-20 World Cup, falling 9-1 to the United States in their Group E opener in Rancagua, Chile.
• A Hospital Cup and NRC title-winning alumnus, McDermott has become known for his effective utilisation off the bench for the Wallabies under Dave Rennie, Eddie Jones, and Joe Schmidt – with pundits calling for him to be the starting halfback.
• Maine women’s soccer will host Bryant on Thursday night in the first-ever collegiate contest at the New Balance Soccer Complex.
• The University of Denver hockey team ranked No. 4 in the nation in the USA Hockey 2025-26 preseason poll that was released on Monday.
• The New Jersey Athletic Conference announced its field hockey weekly honors for the week ending Sept. 28.
• Alana Poole , a member of the field hockey team, made her first two starts of the season and backstopped Drexel to victories over Maine and Hofstra.
• The Belmont women’s golf team is in seventh place after day one of the Butler Fall Invitational held Monday at Highland Country Club in Indianapolis.
• The Samford men’s golf team won the Carolina Cup, played Sunday and Monday at the Carolina Country Club.
• Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, played a pivotal role in Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund’s record-breaking buyout deal for video game maker Electronic Arts.
• The MLB Playoffs begin on September 30th and culminate in the World Series between 24th October and November 1st.
• The ATP Tour continues with the Shanghai Masters at the Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena in Shanghai between 1st and 12th. Jannik Sinner will look to defend his title and become just the third player to win in back-to-back years at this Masters 1000-level tournament. However, the field is full of the Italian’s usual foes – Carlos Alcaraz, Alexander Zverev, and four-time champion Novak Djokovic. Furthermore, six spots remain in the season-ending ATP Finals, meaning there is plenty to play for. Elsewhere, the WTA Tour’s China Open continues until 5th, before the tour heads to the Wuhan Open between 6th and 12th. Back on the ATP Tour, the Paris Masters takes place between 27th and November 2nd.
• An excellent month in the Women’s Super League is headlined by Manchester United Women hosting Chelsea Women at the Leigh Sports Village on 3rd. Manchester United enter the month just two points behind Chelsea after starting the season with three wins and a draw. Chelsea hold a slim lead at the top of the table thanks to a perfect start of four wins. This match will also be a fascinating battle between the league’s joint top scorers – United’s Melvine Malard and Chelsea’s Aggie Beever-Jones. Elsewhere, Arsenal face surprise Premier League contenders Crystal Palace on 26th, and the Semifinals of the Women’s Nations League take place on 24th and 28th.
• The WNBA Finals take place between 3rd and 17th. The Phoenix Mercury will face either the Las Vegas Aces or the Indiana Fever. Will the new-look Mercury complete their overhaul with the franchise’s first title since 2014? Have the Las Vegas Aces found their form just in time for MVP A’ja Wilson to lead them to a third title in four years? Or will the Indiana Fever, despite having superstar Caitlin Clark sidelined with injury, find a way to win their first title since 2012?
• The Rugby Championship concludes on 4th, with Australia hosting New Zealand in Perth and Argentina taking on South Africa in London. South Africa lead the standings by a single point, but will have to ensure they get the job done against Argentina if they want to defend their title. Meanwhile, New Zealand need to beat Australia and hope for a favourable result from the other match if they want to reclaim the title for the first time since 2023. Australia could even win the title for the first time since 2015, if results go their way. Elsewhere, this month’s PREM Rugby action features a rematch of the 2024 Final between Leicester and Bath on 18th. Also on 18th, Pau host Toulouse in a clash at the top of the Top 14 table.
• The SailGP season continues with the Spain SailGP in Cádiz on 4th and 5th. After a pair of thrilling events last month, the race for a spot in November’s Grand Final is quickly coming into focus. Australia hold a one-point lead over Great Britain at the top of the standings. New Zealand sit in third, two points off Great Britain, and defending SailGP champions Spain are fourth, three points behind New Zealand. With only three teams qualifying for the Grand Final, expect some highly competitive racing.
• A new NHL season begins in the United States and Canada on 7th, with the Florida Panthers hosting the Chicago Blackhawks in the opening game. Will the Panthers become the first team to three-peat since the legendary New York Islanders team of the early 1980s? Can the Edmonton Oilers finally lift the Stanley Cup, after losing in the Final on the last two occasions? Or will another team dethrone the recent status quo of the league? Keep an eye on the Carolina Hurricanes and Colorado Avalanche in particular, as teams that could be in the running for the title.
• The Super League Grand Final takes place at Old Trafford in Manchester on 11th, with the Semifinals taking place on 3rd and 4th. Can Hull KR cap off their historic season with their first league title since 1985? After just falling short of catching Hull in the regular season, can Wigan rally to defend their title? Can Leigh, just three years removed from the Championship, score a monumental upset? Or will it be St Helens who prevail for the fifth time since 2019? Elsewhere, the
• The Formula 1 United States Grand Prix takes place at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin on 19th. Entering the month, Oscar Piastri has opened up a 25-point gap over his teammate Lando Norris at the top of the standings. However, back-to-back race wins in September has suddenly thrust Max Verstappen back into the title conversation. October is a busy month for racing, with races in Singapore on 5th and Mexico on 26th also on the calendar. Elsewhere, the MotoGP season also has three races this month – Indonesia on 5th, Australia on 19th, and Malaysia on 26th.
• The NBA season gets underway on 21st. The defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder host the Houston Rockets in the opening game. Can the Thunder remain in control of the Western Conference?
• The UEFA Champions League continues across Europe, with matches on 1st, 21st, and 22nd. Be sure you don’t miss the titanic clash between Real Madrid and Juventus at the Bernabeu on 22nd. Both clubs have high expectations for Europe and this should be a thrilling clash. Barcelona hosting defending champions, PSG, on 1st is another exciting game this month. Bayern Munich host Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga on 18th, and FIFA World Cup Qualifiers take place throughout the month.
• UFC 321 takes place at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi on 25th. Tom Aspinall will look to defend his men’s Heavyweight belt, and truly cement himself as Jon Jones’ successor in the division, against Ciryl Gane. Meanwhile, Virna Jandiroba faces off against Mackenzie Dern in a fight for the vacant women’s Strawweight belt. Earlier in the month, UFC 320 takes place on 4th, with a men’s Light Heavyweight title fight rematch between Magomed Ankalaev and Alex Pereira headlining the event.
• England face Australia in three Rugby League Test matches between 25th and 8th November. The first match will take place at Wembley on 25th. The series marks the first time since 2003 that the Rugby League Ashes have been contested. Australia has won every Test series since 1973 and Great Britain (now represented by just England) have not won a home series since 1959. However, can England make history, ahead of next year’s World Cup, and spring the upset?
• England face Australia in three Rugby League Test matches between 25th and 8th November. The first match will take place at Wembley on 25th. The series marks the first time since 2003 that the Rugby League Ashes have been contested. Australia has won every Test series since 1973 and Great Britain (now represented by just England) have not won a home series since 1959. However, can England make history, ahead of next year’s World Cup, and spring the upset?
• The 2025 Street Lines Skate Tournament turned Pretoria’s legendary Thrashers Skatepark into the heart of African skateboarding this past weekend, as over 80 of the continent’s top athletes went head-to-head in the Junior, Women’s, and Men’s divisions. Presented by LW Mag and Dragon Energy Drink, in association with Converse Cons, Garmin, Monster Products, Dickies, and Insta360, the event delivered an action-packed showcase of style and skill.
• Cape St Francis – The country’s top junior surfers have started converging on Seal Point, Cape St Francis, for the final stop of the 2025 Rip Curl GromSearch Series. The event is scheduled from Friday, 3 October to Sunday, 5 October.

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY:

1939 — Fordham participates in the world’s first televised American football game. In front of the sport’s first live TV audience, the Rams defeats Waynesburg College, 34-7.

1984 — The Los Angeles Rams set an NFL record with three safeties in a 33-12 victory over the New York Giants. Two of the safeties are on blocked punts in the end zone.

1995 — Prairie View A&M sets the college football record for consecutive losses with a 64-0 loss to Grambling State. It is the team’s 51st straight defeat, an NCAA record for any level.

2007 — Osi Umenyiora has six of the New York Giants’ NFL record-tying 12 sacks in a 16-3 victory over Philadelphia.

2007 — Detroit scores an NFL-record, 34 points in the fourth quarter of a 37-27 victory over Chicago. The Lions combine with Bears for 48 points — also a league record.

2007 — Brett Favre passes Dan Marino to become the NFL leader in career touchdown passes, throwing Nos. 421 and 422 in Green Bay’s 23-16 victory over Minnesota.

2007 — Germany defeats Brazil 2-0 in the final of the FIFA Women’s World Cup held in Shanghai, China.

2012 — New England beats Buffalo 52-28 to become the first team since the 1950 New York Giants (48 points) to score at least 45 second-half points in a game in which it trailed at halftime (14-7). The Patriots become the second team in NFL history with a 300-yard passer (Tom Brady, 340 Yards), two 100-yard rushers (Brandon Bolden, 137 and Steven Ridley, 106) and two 100-yard receivers (Wes Welker, 129 and Rob Gronkowski, 104). The only other team to accomplish the feat was the 2008 Packers on December 28.

2015 — The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agrees that the NCAA’s use of college athletes’ names, images and likenesses in video games and TV broadcasts violate antitrust laws but strikes down a plan to allow schools to pay players up to $5,000.

2017 — Troy’s defense forces four turnovers and the surging Trojans upset No. 25 LSU 24-21. Troy is the first team from outside the Southeastern Conference to win in LSU’s Death Valley since UAB in 2000.

2018 — The Ryder Cup is won by Europe 17½-10½ at Le Golf National in Saint-Quentin-En-Yvelines, France. The home team secures the victory when Phil Mickelson knocks one in the water at the par-3 16th hole, conceding his match to Francesco Molinari right on the tee box. Molinari becomes the first European player to go 5-0 in the competition since the current format was adapted in 1979. Tiger Woods loses all four of his matches, capped by a 2-and-1 loss to 23-year-old Jon Rahm of Spain, the youngest player in the event.

2018 — Brittney Griner scores 15 points to help the United States beat Australia 73-56 and win the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup.

TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY:

1904 — Doc White of the Chicago White Sox pitched his fifth shutout in eighteen days, a 4-0 win over the New York Yankees.

1915 — The Boston Red Sox clinched the American League pennant when St. Louis beat Detroit 8-2, giving Boston a 2 1/2-game margin.

1916 — New York’s Rube Benton pitched a 4-0 one-hitter over the Boston Braves to give the Giants their record 26th straight win in the first game of a doubleheader.

1927 — Babe Ruth hit his 60th home run of the season in the eighth inning off Tom Zachary to lead the New York Yankees to a 4-2 victory over the Washington Senators.

1934 — Dizzy Dean beat the Cincinnati Reds, 9-0, for his 30th victory of the year as the St. Louis Cardinals clinched the NL pennant.

1934 — New York’s Babe Ruth played his final game as a Yankee, going 0 for 3 with a walk, in a 5-3 loss to the Washington Senators at Griffith Stadium.

1945 — Hank Greenberg’s grand slam in the top of the ninth inning gave the Detroit Tigers a 6-3 win over the St. Louis Browns and the American League pennant on the last day of the season.

1947 — In the first televised World Series, the New York Yankees beat the Brooklyn Dodgers, 5-3, in the opening game.

1951 — Jackie Robinson homered in the 14th inning to give the Brooklyn Dodgers a 9-8 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies, tying the New York Giants for first place in the National League and forcing a playoff.

1962 — Willie Mays homered to give the San Francisco Giants a 2-1 victory over the Houston Colt 45s in the season’s final day. That, coupled with the Dodgers’ 1-0 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals, forced a playoff for the NL pennant.

1972 — Roberto Clemente doubled off Jon Matlack during Pittsburgh’s 5-0 victory over the New York Mets. The hit was the 3,000th and last for the Pirates star, who was killed in a plane crash during the offseason.

1984 — Mike Witt of the Angels tossed 97 pitches in a perfect game against the Texas Rangers, winning 1-0.

1988 — Dave Stieb of the Toronto Blue Jays lost a no-hit bid with two outs in the ninth for the second consecutive start and finished with a 4-0 one-hitter over the Baltimore Orioles.

1992 — George Brett became the 18th player to get 3,000 hits in the Kansas City Royals’ 4-0 win over the Angels at Anaheim. Brett went 4-for-5 and got the milestone with a single in the seventh off rookie reliever Tim Fortugno.

2007 — The New York Mets missed the playoffs when Tom Glavine was tagged for seven runs during the first inning of a season-ending 8-1 loss to Florida. No major league team had owned a lead of seven games or more with 17 to play and failed to finish in first place. New York, which had that margin on Sept. 12, matched the largest lead blown in September.

2014 — The Kansas City Royals overcame a 7-3 lead to force extra innings and outlasted Oakland 9-8 in 12 innings in the AL wild-card playoff. This was the first wild card game to go extra innings.

2017 — Detroit’s Andrew Romine became the fifth player in baseball history to play all nine positions in one game, helping the Tigers to a 3-2 win over Minnesota.

2022 — Pinch-hitting for Luis Torrens with two out in the 9th, Cal Raleigh blasts a 406-foot homer against Domingo Acevedo to give Seattle a 2-1 win over Oakland and clinch a postseason spot for the first time since 2001, the longest active drought in the majors.

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