Tuesday 24 November 2015 23:53, UK
Curtis Nelson's late equaliser kept leaders Plymouth two points clear at the top of Sky Bet League 2 following a 1-1 home draw against Leyton Orient on Tuesday evening.
Plymouth looked to be heading for back-to-back home defeats after losing to Devon rivals Exeter on Saturday, but defender Nelson pounced on a rebound to slam home in the 81st minute.
Jay Simpson had fired home his 14th goal of the season in the fourth minute to give Orient a half-time lead before being forced off injured.
Oxford also dropped two points at home but stay second thanks to substitute striker Patrick Hoban's 72nd-minute equaliser in a 1-1 home draw against Newport, who had led at half-time through Lenell John-Lewis.
Northampton moved level on points with Oxford after securing a third straight league win, beating Crawley 2-1 despite having defender Brendan Moloney sent off.
Joel Byram slammed home a rebound after Crawley goalkeeper Darryl Flahavan had saved Marc Richards' sixth-minute penalty, awarded for Lewis Young's foul on Lawson D'Ath.
John-Joe O'Toole curled home a 20th-minute second for the Cobblers, while Simon Walton converted a 61st-minute penalty for Crawley after Moloney's challenge on Rhys Murphy, for which he was shown a straight red card.
Accrington's home game against Hartlepool was postponed due to heavy rain and Portsmouth climbed above them into fourth spot as Marc McNulty fired a hat-trick in a 6-0 thrashing of 10-man York.
York midfielder Jonathan Greening was shown a straight red card for his tackle on Michael Doyle at the end of a goalless first period before Portsmouth struck three times in 10 second-half minutes.
Ben Davies (50) opened the scoring and McNulty struck in the 52nd, 60th and 71st minutes. Ben Tollitt and Conor Chaplin were also on target.
Exeter followed up Saturday's derby win at Plymouth with a 2-0 victory at Mansfield thanks to first-half goals from Joel Grant and Lee Holmes.
Jamie Cureton's solitary 80th-minute strike gave Dagenham & Redbridge a 1-0 win at AFC Wimbledon.
Carlisle twice hit back from behind to register a thrilling 4-3 win at Luton.
Carlisle forward Charlie Wyke equalised on the stroke of half-time after Jack Marriott had given Luton a fourth-minute lead.
Luton regained the lead through Josh McQuoid's header soon after the restart and Danny Green struck from close range to make it 3-1 in the 57th minute.
But the Cumbrians responded again with goals from Alex Gilliead (66), Jabo Ibehre (79) and Derek Asamoah (80).
Luke O'Nien scored the only goal in the 70th minute to seal a 1-0 win for Wycombe at Yeovil, while Stevenage won 2-1 at Bristol Rovers.
Matty Taylor cancelled out Ben Kennedy's early opener for Stevenage, but Chris Whelpdale swept the visitors back into the lead on the hour-mark.
Morecambe went down 4-2 at home to Cambridge, who scored all their goals inside 48 minutes.
Lee Molyneux cancelled out Leon Legge's 12th-minute header for Cambridge, but the visitors struck twice in as many minutes before half-time through Clayton Donaldson and Cameron Gayle.
Ben Williamson curled home the U's fourth in the 48th minute before Peter Murphy pulled one back.
Notts County defender Mike Edwards struck twice as his side beat Barnet 4-2.
Edwards (2), Jon Stead and Alan Sheehan were on target, while Aaron Mclean and Luke Gambin replied for the visitors.
