at Shea Stadium. Cycling 2004 UCI Road World Championships Men's road race: (1) Óscar Freire , (2) Erik Zabel , (3) Luca Paolini Rugby league: The Canterbury Bulldogs defeat the Sydney Roosters 16 to 13 to win their first NRL championship. October 2, 2004 (Saturday) Baseball: The Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the San Francisco Giants 7–3 on a walk-off grand slam from Steve Finley. The Anaheim Angels defeat the Oakland Athletics 5–4. The Dodgers and Anaheim clinched the NL West and AL West division titles, respectively. The Athletics were eliminated from playoff contention. Boxing: in what some experts are already calling the fight of the year, Félix Trinidad rises from a knockdown in round three and drops Ricardo Mayorga three times in round eight to score an eighth round knockout. (Boxing Central) (See: Trinidad versus Mayorga) Former WBO world Heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko also recovers from a knockdown, to defeat DaVarrill Williamson by a fifth round technical decision. Cycling 2004 UCI Road World Championships Women's road race: (1) Judith Arndt , (2) Tatiana Guderzo , (3) Anita Valen October 1, 2004 (Friday) Baseball: Ichiro Suzuki sets the major league record for base hits in a season, breaking George Sisler's 84-year-old record of 257 base hits. Yahoo! Sports Sports magazines: Sports Illustrated releases its 50th anniversary issue. Basketball: DeMya Walker of the Sacramento Monarchs sinks a shot as time run out in overtime, to lift the Monarchs to a 74–72 win and a 1–0 lead over the Seattle Storm, in their WNBA western conference finals series. Walker's shot seemed to have gotten stuck on the back of the rim, then the ball moved slightly and went into the basket as time had expired.(WNBA) Cycling 2004 UCI Road World Championships Junior women's road race: (1) Marianne Vos , (2) Marta Bastianelli , (3) Ellen van Dijk References 10