id="25_September_2007"> </div id> 25 September 2007 (Tuesday) Major League Baseball playoff races: American League: Boston Red Sox 7, Oakland Athletics 3 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 7, New York Yankees 6, 10 innings Detroit Tigers 8, Minnesota Twins 0 Tampa Bay catcher Dioner Navarro's walk-off home run gives the Red Sox a 3-game lead in the AL East and keeps the Tigers mathematically alive for a wild-card spot. National League: Washington Nationals 10, New York Mets 9 Atlanta Braves 10, Philadelphia Phillies 6 The Mets remain 2 games ahead of the Phillies in the NL East. With the Padres and the Rockies both winning, the Phillies are now tied with the Rockies at a game back in the wild card race. Florida Marlins 4, Chicago Cubs 2 Milwaukee Brewers 9, St. Louis Cardinals 1 The Brewers close to within 2 games of the Cubs in the NL Central. Also, the Brewers' Prince Fielder becomes the youngest player ever to hit 50 homers in a season, and also joins his father Cecil as the only father-and-son duo to do so. Pittsburgh Pirates 6, Arizona Diamondbacks 5 The D-backs give the teams chasing them in the NL West a chance to close the gap. San Diego Padres 6, San Francisco Giants 4 The Padres claw back in the top of the 9th to beat the Giants, keeping their one-game lead in the wild card race intact. Colorado Rockies 9, Los Angeles Dodgers 7 The streaking Rockies win their 9th straight, tying a franchise record. They are now tied with the Phillies at one game back in the wild card race. American football: A grand jury in Surry County, Virginia indicts Michael Vick and three co-defendants on state charges related to a dog fighting ring operated on a Vick-owned property in the county. (AP via ESPN.com) Rugby union: 2007 Rugby World Cup in France Pool B: 12–12 at Bordeaux Pool C: 14–10 at Toulouse <div id="24_September_2007"> </div id> 24 September 2007 (Monday) Major League Baseball playoff races: American League: Minnesota Twins 2, Detroit Tigers 0 The Twins leave the Tigers on the brink of elimination from the wild-card race. Toronto Blue Jays 4, New York Yankees 1 The Yankees drop to 2 games behind the idle Boston Red Sox in the AL East, but the Twins' victory now means that a Yanks win or a Tigers loss puts the Bronx Bombers in the postseason.