10/4/2011- MLB Postseason, Bellator 52 results, UFC on Versus 6 results, NY Giants def Arizona, Baltimore def NY Jets, more

Hey everyone. This is the 1st blog of October, and that means the weather has shifted from warm to cold and the leaves turn from green to red/yellow/brown. What remains the same is that football is still going on, and postseason baseball is currently in progress. Here are all the info that occured over the weekend.

MLB
The last day of September was the 1st day of MLB Postseason and the ALDS was underway. The early game had Rays shutting out the Rangers and the Yankees and Tigers tied at 1 run. The bad news was that a heavy downpour occured in the Bronx which lead to the Friday game being postponed to the following night in which they won with 9 runs. Robinson Cano's grand slam and Ivan Nova's pitching contributed to the victory. In the NLDS, the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks 2 games in a row, while the Phillies are tied with the Cardinals 1-1. To sum it all up, the ALDS have their 2 series lead by both Detroit and Texas by 2-1, while the NLDS has Milwaukee leading the series 2-0 and Phillies/Cardinals tied. Here is the schedule for the upcoming games:

ALDS (Yankees/Tigers)

• Oct 3: Yankees@Tigers  Game 3 8:30 PM- Detroit leads 2-1
• Oct 4: Yankees@Tigers  Game 4 8:30 PM
• Oct 5: Tigers@Yankees  Game 5 8:30 PM*

ALDS (Rays/Rangers)

• Oct 3: Rangers@Rays Game 3 5 PM- Texas leads 2-1
• Oct 4: Rangers@Rays Game 4 2 PM
• Oct 5: Rays@Rangers Game 5 5 PM*

NLDS (Phillies/Cardinals)

• Oct 4: Phillies@Cardinals Game 3 5 PM
• Oct 5: Phillies@Cardinals Game 4 6 PM
• Oct 7: Cardinals@Phillies Game 5 8:30 PM*

NLDS (Brewers/Diamondbacks)

• Oct 4: Brewers@Diamondbacks Game 3 9:30 PM**
• Oct 5: Brewers@Diamondbacks Game 4 9:30 PM*
• Oct 7: Diamondbacks@Brewers Game 5 5 PM*

*= if necessary
**= Will air on TNT

• All games are in Eastern Time Zone and, with the exception of Game 3 between Milwaukee and Arizona, are scheduled to air on TBS.

NFL
2 days ago was a good week for the Giants and a bad week for the Jets as the Giants won a game twice in a row while the Jets lost twice in a row. Although the Giants were trailing against Arizona, they pulled off a victory in the end.

For the Jets, I knew it was going to be a loss as defeating the Ravens is slim to none. Unlike last time where they met, the Jets offense was humiliated by Ravens defense. Mark Sanchez lost control of the ball and threw an interception which costed the Jets a victory.



Congratulations on the Giants victory, but wake me up when the Jets get a victory as they have lost all momentum going to New England.

College Football
This weekend was a historic one for the Oklahoma Sooners as they defeated Ball State in a blowout of 62-6. I consider this the greatest game I never saw since it was a PPV game (and of course I was watching the ALDS). Here are the highlights from that game:



Another notable moment that occured was when Rutgers defeated Syracuse in 2 overtimes at the Carrier Dome. I saw a little bit of the game on SNY, but Syracuse was in the lead and I thought it was over for Rutgers. I was proven wrong, and the final score was 19-16. In other areas, Notre Dame achieved a victory against Purdue 38-10 and Kean got a victory against TCNJ 7-6.

Bellator

Bellator 52 took place on Saturday night and is now in the books for the Heavyweight Quarterfinals. Here are the results:

• Ron Sparks def. Mark Holata via KO at Round 1
• Eric Prindle def Abe Wagner via unanimous decision
• Blagoi Ivanov def Zak Jensen via technical submission at Round 2
• Mike Hayes def Neil Grove via split decision

Here are the highlights for the event:

UFC 

UFC also had an event on Versus this past Saturday as the Bantamweight Championship was on the line. Here are the results:

• Matt Wiman def Mac Danzig via unanimous decision
• Anthony Johnson def Charlie Brenneman via TKO at Round 1
• Stefan Struve def Pat Barry via submission at Round 2
• Dominick Cruz def Demetrious Johnson via unanimous decision to retain the UFC Bantamweight Championship

WWE

This past Sunday was a pay per view called WWE Hell in A Cell in which 2 matches were Hell in a Cell matches. Here are the results:

• Sheamus def Christian
• Sin Cara (Good) def Sin Cara (Evil)
• Air Boom (Evan Bourne & Kofi Kingston def Dolph Ziggler and Jack Swagger to retain the WWE Tag Team Championship
• Mark Henry def Randy Orton in Hell in a Cell to retain the World Heavyweight Championship
• Cody Rhodes def John Morrison to retain the Intercontinental Championship
• Beth Phoenix def Kelly Kelly to become the NEW Divas Champion
• Alberto Del Rio def John Cena and CM Punk in a triple threat Hell in a Cell to become the NEW WWE Champion

Although I didn't see the PPV, I heard that Jim Ross was at the broadcast booth filling in for Jerry Lawler. I will give the review of Raw on Friday.

Have a good week.