Fall 2021 Day 04:
Results from Monday 18 October.
MLB:
Boston Red Sox host, defeat Houston Astros 12-runs-3

Streakiness:
Trailing a best-of-7 MLB playoff series 2-games-1, the Houston Astros sport a perfect 0-4 series record. Both the Houston Astros and the Boston Red Sox bring three-Game 4 winning streaks in best-of-7 MLB series play into 2021 ALCS Game 4. Trailing a best-of-7 MLB playoff series 2-games-nil, the Los Angeles Dodgers have an active five-Game 3 winning streak.

Quarter of Three Digits in Three:
The 25 total runs plated by the Boston Red Sox in 2021 ALCS Games 1-3 are the most by one team in the first three games of a best-of-7 MLB playoff series (any round) since the 2007 World Series, in which the Red Sox also scored 25 runs in the first three games (against the Colorado Rockies, en route to a Red Sox sweep). The 25 total runs plated by the Boston Red Sox in 2021 ALCS Games 1-3 are the most by one team in the first three games of a best-of-7 MLB Semifinals series since the 2004 ALCS, in which the New York Yankees scored an MLB-most 32 runs in the first three games against the Red Sox (before the Red Sox would rally to win Games 4-7 and the series in a hitherto-unprecedented MLB comeback from a 3-games-nil best-of-7 playoff series deficit).

Forty-Sixth Victor, Familiar Victim:
Game 2 of the 2021 National League Championship Series becomes the 46th best-of-7 MLB playoff game won by the home team in the bottom of the ninth inning, and the 2021 NLCS becomes the first best-of-7 MLB playoff series in which a home team has won consecutive games in the bottom of the ninth inning. The hapless Los Angeles Dodgers are the visiting victims in the last three best-of-7 MLB playoff games in which the home team won the game in the bottom of the ninth inning.

Fall 2021 Ouster Board:
start (in Houston [nominal]): 10/15, 8:09pmEDT

Spring 2021 Ouster Board:
start (in Washington NHL): 5/15, 7:25pmEDT
--- Preliminary round ---
St. Louis NHL: 5/23, 7:45pmEDT
Washington NHL: 5/23, 9:43pmEDT
Edmonton NHL: 5/25, 2:05amEDT
Pittsburgh NHL: 5/26, 9:14pmEDT
Florida NHL: 5/26, 10:33pmEDT
Nashville NHL: 5/28, 12:31amEDT
Minnesota NHL: 5/28, 11:47pmEDT
Miami NBA: 5/29, 3:51pmEDT
Toronto NHL: 5/31, 9:32pmEDT
Boston NBA: 6/1, 10:08pmEDT
Washington NBA: 6/2, 9:45pmEDT
New York NBA: 6/2, 10:07pmEDT
Memphis NBA: 6/2, 11:55pmEDT
Portland NBA: 6/3, 10:35pmEDT
Los Angeles Lakers NBA: 6/4, 1:16amEDT
Dallas NBA: 6/6, 6:16pmEDT
--- Quarterfinals round ---
Winnipeg (II) NHL: 6/7, 10:52pmEDT
Carolina NHL: 6/8, 9:04pmEDT
Boston NHL: 6/9, 10:01pmEDT
Colorado NHL: 6/10, 11:43pmEDT
Denver NBA: 6/13, 10:37pmEDT
Utah NBA: 6/19, 12:42amEDT
Brooklyn NBA: 6/19, 11:27pmEDT
Philadelphia NBA: 6/20, 10:37pmEDT
--- Semifinals round ---
Vegas NHL: 6/24, 11:05pmEDT
New York Islanders NHL (NHL Bronze): 6/25, 10:27pmEDT
Los Angeles Clippers NBA: 6/30, 11:46pmEDT
Atlanta NBA (NBA Bronze): 7/3, 10:55pmEDT
--- Finals round ---
Montreal NHL (NHL Silver): 7/7, 10:51pmEDT
Phoenix NBA (NBA Silver): 7/20, 11:43pmEDT
--- Champions ---
Tampa Bay NHL (NHL Gold): 7/7, 10:51pmEDT
Milwaukee NBA (NBA Gold): 7/20, 11:43pmEDT

In-Game Comeback of Spring 2021:
On Friday 18 June, the Los Angeles Clippers trailed the visiting Utah Jazz by 22 points after two quarters, but rallied to win their NBA Quarterfinals Game 6 (and their series). In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff games beginning in 1947, home teams down 22 points after two quarters had a game record of only 0-6 (.000) - the Los Angeles Clippers thus achieve the reigning best in-game comeback of the Spring 2021 playoff season thus far, as the 22-point halftime deficit surmounted by the Clippers becomes the largest best-of-7 NBA playoff game halftime deficit ever surmounted by a home team for a game victory in the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff games since 1947.

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