October 6, 1990: Colorado's Fifth Down

October 6, 1990: The University of Colorado win a football game that they shouldn't have, because they received a 5th down, and nobody noticed it at the time.

For those of you not familiar with American football: A team is allowed 4 downs, or plays, to move the ball 10 yards (about 9.14 meters) toward the goal line. If the offense moves the ball 10 yards in 4 attempts or fewer, it gains another 1st down, which restarts the process. If, after four attempts, the offense has neither scored nor gained 10 yards, the other team is given possession of the ball. This is called "turning the ball over on downs."

The goalposts are on the end line, ten yards behind the goal line. A field goal is worth three points, and attempting one requires the ball to be snapped seven yards behind the line of scrimmage. Therefore, a 50-yard field goal, pretty much the difference between an NFL-quality placekicker and less than that, would have to be kicked from the defensive team's 33-yard line.

If a team is within that, or closer, and is on 4th down, it usually tries the field goal. If the ball is between there and midfield, the 50-yard line, and 4 yards or less from the point where a 1st down would be gained, the team usually tries another play from scrimmage, a run or a pass. This is usually called "going for it." But if it's more than 4 yards, or if the offensive team is still in their half of the field, 99 percent of the time, their coach will punt the ball back to the other team, and trust their defense to hold the other team's offense.

Under normal circumstances -- for example, excluding penalties that can involve replaying a down -- no team is supposed to be allowed 5 attempts. But there have been times when a 5th down changed the outcome of a game. On November 16, 1940, Cornell University went into Dartmouth's College's Memorial Field in Hanover, New Hampshire with an 18-game winning streak. Cornell scored a late touchdown to win the game, 7-3. But after reviewing the game film, Cornell head coach Carl Snavely discovered that the officials had mistakenly given his team an extra down. He informed the NCAA, and forfeited the game, and Dartmouth were declared 3-0 winners.

On December 8, 1966, the Los Angeles Rams were penalized for holding as they attempted a winning drive against the Chicago Bears at the Los Angeles Coliseum. Holding is one of the penalties that results in a down being replayed, not lost. But the officials mistakenly changed the down marker from 1st to 2nd. Nobody noticed, the Rams went on to turn the ball over on downs, and lost, 17-16. The loss didn't change the NFL's Playoff race, so nothing was ever done about it.

In 1972, the University of Miami played Tulane at the Orange Bowl, and the officials mistakenly called Miami's offense back on the field after it had turned over on downs. Miami scored a touchdown on the next play, and won, 24-21. They did not forfeit.

So: On October 6, 1990, a Big Eight Conference game was played in front of 46,856 -- about 16,000 short of a sellout, due to rainy weather -- at Faurot Field in Columbia, Missouri, between the University of Missouri and the University of Colorado. Colorado came into the game ranked Number 12 in the country, with a record of 3-1-1, having lost to Illinois and tied Tennessee. Missouri were unranked, 2-2, and heavy underdogs.

Colorado's starting quarterback, Darian Hagan, was injured, so backup quarterback Charles Johnson started. The game went back and forth, until, with 3 minutes left, trailing 31-27, Colorado got the ball back. With 40 seconds left, they got a 1st down, just short of Missouri's goal line.

In college football, with less than 2 minutes remaining in each half, the clock is stopped when a 1st down is gained, long enough for the referees to move the markers showing the line of scrimmage and the spot where a 1st down can be gained, markers joined by a chain. This action, and also the gaining of a 1st down, are called "moving the chains." Once the markers are in place, the referee restarts the clock.

On 1st down and goal to go, Johnson spiked the ball to stop the clock. This was part of the problem: The rule allowing a quarterback to do this was brand-new, and this may have confused an official. Still, the down marker was correctly changed to read 2nd down.

Running back Eric Bieniemy ran up the middle, and was stopped just short of the goal line. It was now 3rd down, and Colorado called time out. But the officials did not change the down marker. At the time, officials were not required to carry handheld down markers.

It's also been alleged that the official in charge of the down marker was distracted by EMTs tending to a Missouri fan in the stands who had suffered a heart attack. (Unfortunately, he died. I don't have his name.)

So on what should have been 3rd down, every on-field indication was of 2nd down. The scoreboard operator saw this, and put a "2" up on the board. Again, Bienemy was stopped short. On the 3rd down that should have been 4th, Johnson spiked the ball again. If the correct down had always been listed, the 2nd spike would have been made instead of the 2nd Bienemy run.

So now when it should have been Missouri's ball, Colorado had a 4th down. Johnson took the ball on a quarterback keeper, and scored. Colorado led, 33-31.

It was only then that the officials realized their mistake. The broadcasters also noticed it. But the officials chose to let the touchdown count, and Colorado took a knee instead of trying an extra point, for fear of Missouri blocking it and returning it for 2 points. Colorado were allowed to win.

Amid calls to forfeit, head coach Bill McCartney, one of those evangelicals who was very selective about Christianity, refused, citing Missouri's failure to take care of their artificial turf in lousy weather. (He refused even after instant replays showed that Johnson had been stopped short of the goal line, and hadn't actually scored. To make matters worse, McCartney was a Missouri graduate.) Missouri appealed to the Big Eight Conference, but were denied. All the league did was suspend the officiating crew.

Colorado won the Big Eight title, rose to Number 1 in the rankings, and beat Notre Dame in the Orange Bowl. The Associated Press' (AP) poll, of sportswriters, named them the National Champions, despite the fact that they had a tie, a legitimate loss, and a win that should have been a legitimate loss.

The poll conducted by United Press International (UPI) was of the coaches, and their choice for the final Number 1 was Georgia Tech, 11-0-1, the only blemish on their record a tie against North Carolina. Perhaps it was because they were Champions of the Atlantic Coast Conference, not one of the biggest leagues, that led the AP writers to choose Colorado over them.

And without a playoff, or even the Bowl Championship Series, teams that won their leagues were locked into certain bowls: The Big Ten and Pacific-Ten into the Rose, the Big Eight into the Orange, the Southeastern Conference into the Sugar, the Southwest Conference into the Cotton, and the aforementioned ACC into the Citrus. So unless the Rose had Number 1 vs. Number 2, or 1 of the top 2 was the titlist in the Big Eight, the SEC or the SWC, and the other was an independent like Notre Dame and Miami then were, we weren't going to get a definitive National Champion, even if both polls agreed.

And they frequently didn't. Here are the times when that happened, with the AP choice (which began in 1936) listed 1st, the UPI choice (which began in 1950) 2nd:

* 1954: Ohio State and UCLA.

* 1957: Auburn and Ohio State.

* 1965: Alabama and Michigan State.

* 1970: Nebraska and Texas.

* 1973: Notre Dame and Alabama, even though Notre Dame beat Alabama in the Sugar Bowl.

* 1974: Oklahoma and Southern California (USC). UPI excluded teams on probation from its poll, thus disqualifying Oklahoma.

* 1978: Alabama and Southern California, even though USC beat Alabama in the regular season.

* 1990: Colorado and Georgia Tech.

* 1991: Miami and Washington.

* 1997: Michigan and Nebraska.

So this game, leading to a split final poll, and the following year's split final poll, may have changed the history of the sport. In 1992, the Bowl Coalition was created, and this was the first step toward the Playoff system we have now.

Charles Johnson, who scored the winning touchdown, became a receiver when he signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers. So did his successor as Colorado quarterback Kordell Stewart, who, because he was a "quarterback/runner/receiver," was nicknamed Slash. Johnson played for them from 1994 to 1998, the Philadelphia Eagles in 1999 and 2000, the New England Patriots in 2001 (where he won a Super Bowl), and the Buffalo Bills in 2002). He then became a high school administrator and coach, before dying on July 17, 2022, only 50 years old. No cause of death was determined

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October 6, 1990 was a Saturday. Among the other major college football games that day were these:

* Number 1 Notre Dame were upset by Stanford, 36-31 at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana. The Fighting Irish later lost to Penn State, but were still Number 5 when they played Colorado in the Orange Bowl. Had they won that game, they wouldn't have been awarded the National Championship -- then again, it's Notre Dame, so you never know -- but Colorado certainly wouldn't have, being 8-2-1.

* Number 2 Florida State were upset by Number 9 Miami, 31-22 at the Orange Bowl. Two weeks later, the Hurricanes lost to Notre Dame, blowing their chance. The same day, the Seminoles lost to Auburn, finishing theirs off.

* Number 3 Michigan beat Wisconsin, 41-3 at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin. The Wolverines then lost their next 2 games, to Michigan State and Iowa, blowing their chance.

* Number 4 Tennessee had the week off. They later blew their chance by losing to Alabama and Notre Dame.

* Number 5 Auburn beat Louisiana Tech, 16-14 at Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn, Alabama. But the Tigers blew their chance by losing 3 games the rest of the way.

* Number 7 Oklahoma beat in-State rival Oklahoma State, 31-17 at Lewis Field (now Boone Pickens Stadium) in Stillwater, Oklahoma. But the Sooners lost their next 3 games.

* Number 8 Nebraska beat Kansas State, 45-8 at KSU Stadium (now Bill Snyder Family Stadium) in Manhattan, Kansas. The next month, Colorado beat them to knock them out of the Big 8, and national, title picture.

* Number 10 Florida beat Louisiana State, 34-8 at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, Florida. The next week, the Gators lost to Tennessee.

* Texas, then unranked, beat Rice, 26-10 at Rice Stadium in Houston. They got up to Number 3 before losing to then-Number 4 Miami in the Cotton Bowl. And they'd already lost to Colorado on September 22. So even if they'd won the Cotton Bowl, they probably wouldn't have been ranked any higher than 3rd in the last poll.

Baseball's Playoffs were in progress. The National League Championship Series was on a travel day,  with the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Cincinnati Reds tied 1-1. The Reds went on to win the series in 6 games.

Game 1 of the American League Championship Series was played at Fenway Park in Boston. The Boston Red Sox led 1-0 after 6 innings, but the Oakland Athletics scored a run in the 7th, another in the 8th, and 7 in the 9th, to win, 9-1. They swept the series. They were heavily favored to win the World Series, but the Reds swept them in 4 straight.

The NBA season didn't start until November 2. But there were 10 NHL games that day:

* The New York Rangers lost to the Hartford Whalers, 5-4 at the Hartford Civic Center (now the XL Center).

* The New York Islanders lost to the Minnesota North Stars, 4-2 at the Metropolitan Sports Center in the Minneapolis suburb of Bloomington, Minnesota.

* The New Jersey Devils beat the Philadelphia Flyers, 3-1 at the Brendan Byrne Arena at the Meadowlands.

* The Montreal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres, 6-5 at the Montreaa Forum.

* The Boston Bruins beat the Quebec Nordiques, 7-1 at the Boston Garden.

* The Washington Capitals beat the Detroit Red Wings, 6-4 at the Capital Centre in the Washington suburb of Landover, Maryland.

* The Chicago Blackhawks beat the St. Louis Blues, 5-2 at the St. Louis Arena.

* On CBC's Hockey Night In Canada, The Calgary Flames beat the Toronto Maple Leafs, 4-1 at the Saddledome in Calgary.

* The Winnipeg Jets and the Edmonton Oilers played to a 3-3 tie at the Northlands Coliseum in Edmonton.

* And the Vancouver Canucks beat the Los Angeles Kings, 6-3 at The Forum outside Los Angeles in Inglewood, Califorrnia.

Also, in English soccer, Arsenal beat Norwich City, 2-0 at Arsenal Stadium, a.k.a. Highbury, in North London.

September 23, 1989: The Death of Sal Aunese

September 23, 1989: Sal Aunese dies of stomach cancer, less than 9 months after his last game as quarterback for the University of Colorado, under coach Bill McCartney. He was 21 years old.

Without him, wearing "SAL" patches on their uniforms, the Buffaloes won the Big Eight Conference title -- despite fans of rival Nebraska ruining their reputation for class by chanting, "Sal is dead, go Big Red" -- and going undefeated in the regular season, before losing the Orange Bowl, and thus the National Championship, to the University of Notre Dame.

The next year, they won the Big 8 again, partly thanks to an officials' goof allowing a 5th down to allow them a win over Missouri -- ironically, McCartney's alma mater -- and then got revenge, beating Notre Dame in the Orange Bowl, and winning one of the most controversial National Championships in college football history.

Also controversial is that, before he died, Aunese fathered a child with Kristi McCartney, the coach's daughter. This made the coach look like a hypocrite, because he was the founder of an evangelical Christian organization called Promise Keepers, yet he couldn't teach his own daughter, or his quarterback, his values. She would later have another child out of wedlock with another of her father's players, defensive end Shannon Clavelle. Bill left the Colorado job after the 1994 season, with a record of 93-55-5.

Kristi's sons also played football. Timothy Chase McCartney played for his uncle at a Boulder high school, and for his grandfather's former assistant, Les Miles, at Louisiana State. Like the father he never knew (he was 5 months old at the time Sal died), T.C. played quarterback and wore Number 8. He and played for 2 Southeastern Conference Championship teams and the 2007 National Champions at LSU. He became an assistant coach at Colorado, and has now moved into the professional ranks. Derek McCartney became a defensive end at Colorado, like his father.

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September 23, 1989 was a Saturday. The way things worked out, Colorado, then ranked Number 5 (or 6, or 7) in the country, had the week off. These other notable games were played that day:

* Number 1 Notre Dame beat Michigan State, 21-13 at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana.

* Number 2 Miami beat Missouri, 38-7 at Faurot Field in Columbia, Missouri.

* Number 3 Nebraska beat Minnesota, 48-0 at the Metrodome in Minneapolis. Losing a Number 2 vs. Number 3 game to Colorado cost Nebraska the Big Eight title, and they went to the Fiesta Bowl.

* Number 4 Auburn were idle. They lost 2 of their next 4 games, and were out of the running in the SEC.

* In what might have seemed like a preview of the Rose Bowl, even played at the stadium of the same name in the Los Angeles suburb of Pasadena, California, Number 5 Michigan beat Number 24 UCLA, 24-23. Michigan did go on to win the Big Ten Conference, and represent it in the Rose Bowl.

* As I said, Number 6 Colorado were idle. They won the Big 8, and went to the Orange Bowl, where they were beaten by Notre Dame.

* Number 7 Clemson beat Maryland, 31-7 at Memorial Stadium in Clemson, South Carolina.

* Number 8 Arkansas beat the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss), 24-17 at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson. Arkansas won the Southwest Conference title.

* Number 9 West Virginia beat Louisville, 30-21 at Cardinal Stadium in Louisville, Kentucky.

* Number 10 Syracuse were upset by Number 13 Pittsburgh, 30-23 at Pitt Stadium in Pittsburgh.

* Number 11 University of Washington were upset by Arizona, 20-17 at Arizona Stadium in Tucson.

* In another possible Rose Bowl preview, Number 12 University of Southern California beat Number 25 Ohio State, 42-3 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. USC did go on to win the Pacific-10 Conference title, and represent it in the Rose Bowl, where they beat Michigan.

* Number 14 Tennessee were idle. They won a share of the Southeastern Conference title, but because they lost to Alabama, they didn't go to the Sugar Bowl. Instead, they went to the Cotton Bowl, where they beat Arkansas.

* Number 15 Alabama beat Kentucky, 15-3 at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. 'Bama went on to finish in a 3-way tie for the Southeastern Conference title, and were awarded the SEC's bid to the Sugar Bowl. But they lost to Miami. Notre Dame's defeat of then-Number 1 Colorado vaulted then-Number 2 Miami to the National Championship.

* Rivalry: Number 18 North Carolina State beat North Carolina, 40-6 at Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina.

* Number 22 Oregon were upset by Stanford, 18-17 at Stanford Stadium in the San Francisco suburb of Palo Alto, California.

* In another possible Rose Bowl preview, the University of California beat Wisconsin, 20-14 at California Memorial Stadium in Berkeley.

* Florida State beat Tulane, 59-9 at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida. FSU rose as high as Number 5, and beat Nebraska in the Fiesta Bowl.

* Rivalry: Iowa beat Iowa State, 31-21 at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames, Iowa.

* Rivalry: The University of Cincinnati beat Miami University, 30-14 at Yager Stadium in Oxford, Ohio. It would turn out to be Cincy's only win of the season, going 1-9-1. Miami went 2-8-1.

Among the service academies, Army beat Wake Forest, 14-10 at Michie Stadium in West Point, New York; Air Force beat the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), 43-26 at Falcon Stadium in Colorado Springs, Colorado; but Navy lost to another military school, The Citadel, 14-10 at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland.

* Penn State beat Boston College, 7-3 at Beaver Stadium in State College, Pennsylvania.

* And New Jersey's team, Rutgers, beat Northwestern, 38-27 at Dyche Stadium outside Chicago in Evanston, Illinois.

These games were played in Major League Baseball:

* The New York Yankees lost to the Baltimore Orioles, 10-2 at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore. Eric Plunk only lasted 4 innings. Don Mattingly and Cal Ripken each went 0-for-3 with 2 walks.

* The New York Mets beat the Montreal Expos, 13-6 at Shea Stadium. Frank Viola was the winning pitcher. Gregg Jeffries, Tim Teufel and Mark Carreon hit home runs for the Mets. Ex-Met Hubie Brooks hit a home run for the Expos.

* The Cincinnati Reds beat the Atlanta Braves, 11-5 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium.

* The Cleveland Indians swept a doubleheader from the California Angels, 4-3 and 6-2 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium.

* The Boston Red Sox beat the Detroit Tigers, 6-1 at Tiger Stadium in Detroit.

* The Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 3-2 at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Mitch Webster singled Curt Wilkerson home with the winning run in the bottom of the 9th inning. Barry Bonds went 0-for-3 with a walk.

* The Milwaukee Brewers beat the Toronto Blue Jays, 4-1 at Milwaukee County Stadium. Robin Yount went 0-for-2 with 2 walks. Paul Molitor went 2-for-4 with a home run.

* The Minnesota Twins beat the Oakland Athletics, 5-3 at the Metrodome in Minneapolis. Rickey Henderson went 0-for-2 with 2 walks and a stolen base.

* The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Philadelphia Phillies, 11-5 at Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis.

* The Seattle Mariners beat the Kansas City Royals, 8-0 at Royals Stadium (now named Kauffman Stadium) in Kansas City. Rookie Ken Griffey Jr. went 1-for-4 with a walk and an RBI. George Brett went 0-for-4.

* The Texas Rangers beat the Chicago White Sox, 6-4 at Arlington Stadium in the Dallas suburb of Arlington, Texas.

* The San Diego Padres beat their arch-rivals, the Los Angeles Dodgers, 7-1 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. Calvin Schiraldi outpitched Fernando Valenzuela. Tony Gwynn did not play.

* And the San Francisco Giants beat the Houston Astros, 3-1 at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.

And in English soccer, Arsenal beat South London team Charlton Athletic, 1-0 at the Arsenal Stadium, a.k.a. Highbury, in North London.

August 30, 2003: Katie Hnida Makes Her Point(s)

August 30, 2003: The University of New Mexico football team beat Texas State, 72-8 at University Stadium in Albuquerque. Katie Hnida kicked 2 extra points, both in the 4th quarter with the game far out of doubt, becoming the 1st woman to score any points in an NCAA Division I-A (now Bowl Championship Series) game, and only the 3rd to do so in any NCAA-sanctioned game.

Katharine Anne Hnida (NIGH-da) was born on May 17, 1981 in Denver, and grew up in the nearby suburb of Littleton, Colorado. She became the placekicker for the football team at Chatfield High School, going 3-for-3 on field goals and 27-for-28 on extra point attempts. Rick Reilly wrote about her in Sports Illustrated. She was going to the University of Colorado, not just her home-State team but, at the time, one of the top college football programs. Things were going great.

Hnida became only the 2nd woman ever to suit up for NCAA Division I football games, the 1st in a Division I-A game, and the 1st in a bowl game, the 1999 Insight.com Bowl in Tucson, Arizona. But head coach Gary Barnett, who had revived the program at Northwestern University, never put her into a game. She left the program in 2000, after illness curtailed her ability to compete for a roster spot.

Barnett inherited her from previous head coach Rick Neuheisel, so it began to look like a classic case of a new coach thinking, "He wasn't my recruit, I don't believe in him, and I'm not playing him." If that had been the extent of it, that would have been bad enough.

That wasn't the extent of it. In 2004, knowing that Reilly lived in Littleton and had a friendly ear, Hnida went to him, and delivered the awful truth: There was a culture of toxic masculinity where women were terrorized. She was raped by a teammate, and gave Reilly several other instances of sexual harassment. Reilly dug deeper, and found several other women who reported being assaulted by members or recruits of the Colorado football team during this time.

Barnett denied the accusations. But other journalists dug, and found other improprieties in the Colorado program. At the end of the 2005 season, Barnett was forced to resign. In 2007, Colorado was put on probation. Barnett has never coached again. He runs a foundation, and has gone into broadcasting.

Hnida transferred to the University of New Mexico, and made their football team as a walk-on placekicker. With the Lobos losing the 2002 Las Vegas Bowl to UCLA, 27-13, head coach Rocky Long put her into the game to attempt an extra point. It was blocked.

On August 30, 2003, with New Mexico's win over Texas State established, Long put Hnida in to attempt 2 extra points. She successfully converted both of them, becoming the 1st woman to score in a Division I-A game. She got her degree in December 2004.

She has since made a living on the lecture tour, standing up for women in and out of sports. In 2010, she made a brief return to football, playing 3 games with the Fort Wayne FireHawks of the Continental Indoor Football League before a blood clot in her kicking leg forced her out.

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August 30, 2003 was a Saturday. Among the other college football games played that day were these:

* Number 1 Oklahoma beat North Texas, 37-3 at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman.

* In what looked at the time like a possible preview of the Rose Bowl, Number 2 Ohio State beat Number 17 Washington, 28-9 at Ohio Stadium in Columbus.

* Number 4 Michigan beat Central Michigan, 45-7 at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor.

* Number 6 Auburn was mildly upset by Number 8 Southern California, 23-0 at Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn, Alabama.

* Number 7 Kansas State beat Troy University, 41-5 at KSU Stadium (now Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium) in Manhattan, Kansas.

* In a rivalry game, Number 23 Colorado State were upset by Colorado, 42-35 at Invesco Field at Mile High (now Empower Field at Mile High) in Denver.

* In another rivalry game, Missouri beat Illinois, 22-15 at the Edward Jones Dome (now The Dome at America's Center) in St. Louis.

* Among the service academies, Navy beat Virginia Military Institute, 37-10 at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland; Air Force beat Wofford, 49-0 at Falcon Stadium in Colorado Springs; and Army opened their season the next week.

* Penn State beat Temple, 23-10 at Beaver Stadium in State College, Pennsylvania.

* Rutgers beat the University of Buffalo, 24-10 at the new Rutgers Stadium (now SHI Stadium) in Piscataway, New Jersey.

Three teams in the Top 10 played on other days:

* The preceding Thursday, August 28, Number 3 Miami beat Louisiana Tech, 48-9 at Independence Stadium in Shreveport, Louisiana.

* On the following Sunday, August 31, Number 5 Texas beat New Mexico State, 66-7 at Memorial Stadium in Austin.

* Also on Sunday, Number 9 Virginia Tech beat Central Florida, 49-28 at Lane Stadium in Blackburg, Virginia.

* There was also a notable rivalry game on Sunday, though neither team was ranked: Louisville beat Kentucky, 40-24 at Commonwealth Stadium (now Kroger Field) in Lexington.

And these Major League Baseball games were played:

* The New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox, 10-7 at Fenway Park in Boston. Andy Pettitte was the winning pitcher, while Pedro Martinez only lasted 4 innings. Jorge Posada hit 2 home runs, Nick Johnson went 4-for-5 with 4 RBIs, and Derek Jeter went 2-for-4.

* The New York Mets lost to the Philadelphia Phillies, 4-2 at Shea Stadium. Randy Wolf outpitched Tom Glavine. Jason Phillips hit a home run for the Mets.

* The Florida Marlins beat the Montreal Expos, 4-3 at Pro Player Stadium (now Hard Rock Stadium) in Miami Gardens, Florida.

* The Atlanta Braves beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 13-6 at PNC Park in Pittsburgh.

* The Toronto Blue Jays beat the Cleveland Indians, 9-3 at Jacobs Field (now Progressive Field) in Cleveland.

* The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Cincinnati Reds, 6-3 at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati.

* The Chicago White Sox beat the Detroit Tigers, 5-2 at Comerica Park in Detroit.

* The Milwaukee Brewers beat the Chicago Cubs, 9-5 at Wrigley Field in Chicago.

* The Minnesota Twins beat the Texas Rangers, 2-0 at The Ballpark (now Choctaw Stadium) in the Dallas suburb of Arlington, Texas. Johan Santana pitched 6 innings of 5-hit shutout ball, and 3 relievers completed the 6-hit shutout.

* The Houston Astros beat the San Diego Padres, 11-6 at Minute Maid Park (now Daikin Park) in Houston.

* The San Francisco Giants beat the Arizona Diamondbacks, 2-1 at Bank One Ballpark (now Chase Field) in Phoenix. Barry Bonds and Rich Aurilia hit home runs off Randy Johnson, who was outpitched by Jerome Williams.

* The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Colorado Rockies, 5-0 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. Four Dodger pitchers combined on a 4-hit shutout: Kazuhisa Ishii allowed 3 over 5 innings, Guillermo Mota pitched a perfect 6th and 7th (allowing him to be named as the winning pitcher), Tom Martin allowed a hit in the 8th, and Paul Shuey pitched a perfect 9th.

* The Oakland Athletics beat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 4-2 at the Oakland Coliseum (then named the Network Associates Coliseum).

* The Seattle Mariners beat the Baltimore Orioles, 13-1 at Safeco Field (now T-Mobile Park) in Seattle. The Mariners scored 10 runs in the 5th inning. Ichiro Suzuki went 0-for-3 with 2 walks.

* And the Kansas City Royals and the team then known as the Anaheim Angels were rained out at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City. The game was rescheduled for September 6, as part of a doubleheader, but was moved to the Angels' home, then named Edison International Field of Anaheim (now Angel Stadium of Anaheim). The Angels swept the doubleheader, 6-5 and 3-1.