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Oct072009
Wednesday Sports Roundup
Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 11:01AM
The Major League Baseball postseason kicks off this afternoon when the National League East Champion Philadelphia Phillies host the NL Wild Card Champion Colorado Rockies. The series marks a rematch of the 2007 Divisional Series which the Rockies swept 3-0 en route to a World Series appearence. The Phillies will send mid-season acquisition Cliff Lee to the hill in Game 1, while the Rockies will counter with 15-game winner Ubaldo Jimenez.
Two other playoff series' begin today as well when the NL West Champion Los Angeles Dodgers play host to the NL Central Champion St. Louis Cardinals, and the team with the best record in all of baseball, the American League East Champion New York Yankees, welcome the miraculous Minnesota Twins to Yankee Stadium. The AL Central Division-winning Twins, who trailed the Detroit Tigers by as many as 5 games just a few weeks ago, won 16 of their final 19 regular season games to force a one-game playoff with Detroit for the division crown. The Twins took that tiebraker in stunning fashion last night, winning 6-5 in 12 innings. Their amazing journey continues as they now travel to the Bronx for Game 1, where they will send rookie Brandon Duensing to the mound against Yankees ace C.C. Sabathia...
Elsewhere, a pair of NFL wide receivers will soon be making debuts in new cities. The Cleveland Browns have agreed to trade troubled wideout Braylon Edwards to the New York Jets for a pair of players, while in San Francisco rookie Michael Crabtree, a first-round pick who has held out since being drafted 10th overall this past April, has reportedly agreed to a six-year deal with the 49ers. Crabtree is expected to report to his team's training facility today...
And in hockey, the Philadelphia Flyers took advantage of nine Washington Capitals penalties to beat the Caps 6-5 in overtime Tuesday night. In a matchup that featured stars on both teams, the home-team Flyers overcame a 5-4 deficit in the game's late stages as Scott Hartnell scored with less than 5 minutes to play in the 3rd period to even the score. In the extra frame, Flyers' winger Daniel Briere scored on a rebound in front of Capitals goaltender Jose Theodore with just over a minute to play for the sudden death win. Captain Mike Richards scored three goals and Matt Carle added four assists for the Flyers who improved to 3-0 on the young season. Nicklas Backstrom and Alex Ovechkin had three points apiece for Washington, which fell to 2-0-1.
Two other playoff series' begin today as well when the NL West Champion Los Angeles Dodgers play host to the NL Central Champion St. Louis Cardinals, and the team with the best record in all of baseball, the American League East Champion New York Yankees, welcome the miraculous Minnesota Twins to Yankee Stadium. The AL Central Division-winning Twins, who trailed the Detroit Tigers by as many as 5 games just a few weeks ago, won 16 of their final 19 regular season games to force a one-game playoff with Detroit for the division crown. The Twins took that tiebraker in stunning fashion last night, winning 6-5 in 12 innings. Their amazing journey continues as they now travel to the Bronx for Game 1, where they will send rookie Brandon Duensing to the mound against Yankees ace C.C. Sabathia...
Elsewhere, a pair of NFL wide receivers will soon be making debuts in new cities. The Cleveland Browns have agreed to trade troubled wideout Braylon Edwards to the New York Jets for a pair of players, while in San Francisco rookie Michael Crabtree, a first-round pick who has held out since being drafted 10th overall this past April, has reportedly agreed to a six-year deal with the 49ers. Crabtree is expected to report to his team's training facility today...
And in hockey, the Philadelphia Flyers took advantage of nine Washington Capitals penalties to beat the Caps 6-5 in overtime Tuesday night. In a matchup that featured stars on both teams, the home-team Flyers overcame a 5-4 deficit in the game's late stages as Scott Hartnell scored with less than 5 minutes to play in the 3rd period to even the score. In the extra frame, Flyers' winger Daniel Briere scored on a rebound in front of Capitals goaltender Jose Theodore with just over a minute to play for the sudden death win. Captain Mike Richards scored three goals and Matt Carle added four assists for the Flyers who improved to 3-0 on the young season. Nicklas Backstrom and Alex Ovechkin had three points apiece for Washington, which fell to 2-0-1.
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