Russa in 1996, and La Russa's contract is expiring. (AP via Yahoo!) <div id="2_October_2007"> </div id> 2 October 2007 (Tuesday) College football: Memphis 24, Marshall 21. Playing with heavy hearts following the murder of reserve defensive end Taylor Bradford, the Tigers win in this Conference USA matchup at home. Major League Baseball Awards Carlos Peña of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and Dmitri Young of the Washington Nationals are awarded the MLB Comeback Player of the Year Award for the American League and National League, respectively. Cricket Australian cricket team in India in 2007–08 2nd ODI: 306/6 (50 ov.) beat 222 (47.3 ov.) by 84 runs at Kochi in second of seven match series. South African cricket team in Pakistan in 2007–08 1st Test-2nd Day: 450 lead 127/5 (40 ov.) by 323 runs <div id="1_October_2007"> </div id> 1 October 2007 (Monday) Major League Baseball Postseason One-game playoff for the National League Wild Card: Colorado Rockies 9, San Diego Padres 8 (13 innings) After a 2-run Scott Hairston home run in the top half of the 13th puts the Padres up 8–6, Matt Holliday ties the score with a triple and scores the winning run on a sacrifice fly to clinch the Rockies' second playoff appearance. Since one-game playoff stats count toward regular season statistics, Matt Holliday clinches the National League RBI title (137). He had already clinched the batting average title (.340). "Rally Monday" was held in the seven playoff cities, as well as San Diego and Denver, for fans to show their support to the teams entering the Division Series this week. American football National Football League Week 4 New England Patriots 34, Cincinnati Bengals 13 Cricket English cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2007–08 1st ODI: 269/7 (50 ov.) beat 150 (34.5 ov.) by 119 runs References 10