2008 MLB Highlights June 6-7

Friday-Saturday, June 6-7, 2008

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Phils in Atlanta there’s Brian mccan against Jamie Moyer one- nothing Phils bottom six two run Jackson 12th of the year for mccan and the Braves lead two to one bottom seven base is loaded Jeff franor to left but right at Pat burrow you know Escobar tags up he is easily out Phillies keep it a one run deficit top of the ninth two outs ah ball game over for the Phillies Chris coast and grown men catching routine popups normally good but Kelly Johnson bless his heart he must be the sickest man in America Ty run scores he does get Pedro Feliz but watch it again Bobby Cox can’t believe it second baseman have the smallest gloves on the field they got to use two hands Johnson said have hit the palm of his glove and popped out it’s a fair ball and the Phillies tie the game top of the 10 Shane Victorino the one place you don’t want to miss to a little guy down and in he RS it to right one hops the wall so taguchi scores and Shane Victorino drives in the go-ahead Run Phils make it 4-2 bottom 10 one run scores make it 4-3 here comes the tieing run but Shane Victorino from center field in the air Coast with the tag Alonso Marquez the Umpire Nails the call he’s right there and he is out and the Phils winner winner bucket of chicken dinner they beat the bravs Reds in the Marlins K griffy Jr sitting on 599 career home runs in counting Junior with just two homers in his last 130 ABS coming in top one two outs griffy on second Brandon Phillips singling to right griffy trying to score Jeremy Herm to Matt trainer and Junior is meet Marlins get out of the inning top four they’re loaded for Jay Bruce he singles to left Edwin andaron come on home and the Reds have a 4-2 lead next batter bags full for junior he pops out Dan ugler gets under it griffy two for three with two walks top five with Runners on first and second two out pitcher Johnny quto singling up the middle Joey VTO scores quto with his first career Major League hit Cincinnati up 5-2 two batters later with two aboard it’s that Bruce kid again three for four he’s batting 463 in 11 games this season quo improving to 5- one at home this season as bat than about the team keep an eye on that how will the Red Sox respond after the confrontation and the brawl there’s crisp leading off in playing Center hosting the worst team in baseball the Seattle Mariners Baro cologne no one there at second as Adrien Beltre grounds back to colog Jose Lopez scores Ms up one nothing JD Drew batting third look out Felix Hernandez just over the head Hernandez would pitch well six Innings no earned bottom two Red Sox down two nothing crisp did he go did he go Joe West he went still one- nothing Seattle top of the third cologne again looking to pick off eow Dustin booya whiffs on the catch three errors for the Red Sox and they lose eight nothing Diamondbacks Pirates Brandon web getting to become baseball’s first 11 game winner bottom two Deb backs up one to nothing Adam L Ro grounding one to the right side well web stumbling but gets to the ball flips it to First with his glove for the out that’s a top play nominee Webb forcing ground outs all night long bottom five web getting Xavier na to ground out to Chad Tracy at first for out number one your next batter lar Ro it’s a ground out to Steven drew two gon Webb 14 of his 21 outs the ground out variety two batters later Jack Wilson grounding out to Second inning over and Genny Malin on hand watching webs Jam he looks tired top six web at the dish singling the center Webb is 4-0 career against the Pirates Diamondbacks win three to one web seven Innings of three hit ball just one earned and that RBI Cubs haven’t won a World Series in 100 years this year shaping up to be one of their best chances good hitting good pitching Good Karma best record in baseball they’ve won 10 of 11 rooki Coda double play Fuki out it was he out let’s watch it again Jeff pivots and oh he was clearly safe by a lot knee bending a lot Cotto is pumped bottom five here’s Jeff Kent oh that looks way down and way in Marty Foster says no oh boy he said the magic word oh another magic word Kent gone Marty Foster ejection squeeze oh Joe Tori that’ll make him feel good the rest of the year Denny ardois lays down the suicide squeeze James Looney scores and how about Coda he goes the distance 11 strikeouts no walks shuts out the Cubbies angels and the A’s John lackey’s Al best Halos putting their five game win streak on the line Lackey 12 and three career against Oakland bottom one with one on and one out he gets Jack C swinging bottom two Lackey jam and Mark Ellis for second strikeout Lackey seven Innings one earn five strikeouts top three two on two out Vladimir Guerrero back in the lineup gets the blooper to drop in right field hoe Kendrick come on home grow two for four with that RBI two nothing Halos bottom nine it’s Francisco Rodriguez looking to nail down his 22nd straight save krck getting Mark Ellis to pop out to Brandon wood krot with his League best 25th save in 30 Games Halos win again they get six in a row 3-1 the finals first place white socks home to the twins who are 29th in runs scored but only two and a half out of first Nick Blackburn remember last time he pitched last Sunday Bobby Abu with the liner off the face only a bruised nose little upper lip cut but other than that he was okay how would he respond his next outing bottom five AJ pinski down the line cedy Ramirez score white socks up 5 to three Blackburn went four Innings seven earn Here Comes Juan ring if you leave don’t leave now what Andy mcclusky was to OMD Carlos Quenton is to the white socks another home run is 16th Joe cedy hit two home runs hey since Aussie gan’s tie R they’ve won four in a row and they’re hit great games haven’t won seven in a row since May of’ 05 top of the fifth kick me out a winner Bobby Russell Bron in Colorado breakes that one to right home run robado menz had retired 12 12 in a row prior to that and then you go back Jack do it again JJ hottie fourth Homer of the Year Brewers up 3-1 bottom eight Brewers up for to Gom Mota facing Garrett Atkins Atkins to Right Center Gabe kler great effort can’t make the play two- run score in the Atkins triple we’re tied at four Moda blows a three-run lead he would leave the game next bider Brad hop first game back from the DL two run Jack Rockies win six to four brother brother brother Mets Padres in San dieago Bases Loaded for David Wright top of the six no score wolf against Santana right deep to left Center this could be a few runs well only one sacrifice fly great catch Scott Harrison he went a long way Mets up one- nothing bottom six Padre’s down one got to come back great chance first and third nobody out Edgar Gonzales what are you doing the ball hits him he’s automatically out what does a good younger brother do oh Adrien Gonzalez next batter picks up for his younger bro Adrien base hit to left Center ties a game at one and then next batter the coups Kevin kman off up the middle it goes the Padre’s beat Santana and the Mets again two to one Mets at 530 and 30 Cardinals and the Astros Tony L’s crew just three and a half back of Major’s best Chicago at the start of the day bottom four two on nobody out Carlos Lee ground ball to short Cesar is CIS throws the ball away Darren urad come on home Lance Brookman but he’s digging for home and he’s safe check it out is tourist simply wild getting away from second baseman Adam Kennedy Astros up four to nothing next batter Jeff blun grounding to Albert Pool he’s going to throw home yader Molina can’t come up with the baseball Brian Mohler approves a 3 and0 against the Cardinals Astros win 6 to one rub off on the tiger possibly the two most disappointing teams in baseball this year Indians and tigers Justin Verlander not much run support this year top of the fourth no score Casey Blake that’s a double Garo caral to score two nothing in Cleveland then Here Comes Franklin he pulls one to left David deluchi scores for Lander had a season High eight strikeouts in the game a strikeout rate down this year in the end Joe barowski with the save and the Indians win 4-2 in Detroit Wells and the Yankees New York swinging to win a third straight behind Daryl rasner yanes 27 and three at home against the Royals since 2000 top five were scoreless runner at third David de Jesus base hit to right M scores from third and Kansas City has a one- nothing lead top six Runners at the corners martien grounding into the 463 DP Jose Gan though scoring from third Royals are up two to nothing bottom seven that’s the count runner on second mky Cabrera singles to right Robinson Canó come on home and the Yankees pull within a run bottom eight with two on and two outs full count Ron mayhe facing Jason giami who was the walk-off hero Thursday and giami check swing umpire Ed monu says he struck out Royals win two to one Rangers have put up at least eight runs their last six games but they’re going against the American League pitcher of the Month in May look at Scott Casmir no Ray pitchers over one six in a row David Murphy slow roller Casmir got a cover got it cover got it cover did he cover in time no and slipped on the bag little concerned here hammies knees ankles okay okay Casmir back on track salta lakia looking Milton Bradley swinging sente Padilla on the mound for the Rangers back from a personal leave top of the six same score BJ Upton if this game wasn’t where Tampa that ball would have got off the catwalk you got it but not in Texas home run up in his fourth of the Year back to Casmir he becomes the first R pitcher to in six consecutive starts Evan Longoria also homers in this game and the Rays win Allstar pitcher to be Tim linum on the hill in Washington for the giants look at him on the road this year 5-0 coming in look at that yaker to Cory Casto seven Innings 5Ks one earned for linum he pitches well again Jose Castillo gives him some support already had some five nothing make it8 nothing Jose Castillo and bottom four Christian Guzman leading off lindum getting good defensive help from Aaron Rowan slaps one to Center and that is makes a nice play lindum and the Giants easy winners over the Nets 10 to one all right number 10 sports cers top 10 place number 10 motorcycle race in the aisle of man in the Irish sea John mcginness and Cameron Donald running first in second mcginness wins the 101st aisle of man Mountain Road Race gu’s going in excess of 200 mph that was very fast wow MLS soccer s Nasi centering feed Adam Chrisman the header with the goal the revolution win two to one number eight twins White Soxs Alexi Casia another short Orlando Cabrera barehanding gets the Speedy Casia at first Cabrera making things look mighty easy remember Aussie Gan going all volcanic on his uh white socks they haven’t lost since he’s done that getting good offense getting good defense Paul canero Providence for Island how about number six ground ball into right field that’s a base hit charging her griffy round third they’re going to send him here comes herm’s throw Traders tag he got him Reds did get the victory 11 to three though number five game of the night base is full of Phillies in the top of the seventh they’re down by one and what a great defensive play you know Escobar Kelly Johnson author Chris Coast can’t get it done there but in the end they would number four French Open semifinals match point for Rafael Nadal the Dirt Devil oh telling Novak jokovic what to do with that lob it is Nadal and Roger Federer in Sunday’s final final major golf event before the US Open next week in San dieago first two rounds of the US Open on ESPN St Jude classic Charles how III H would you like to mow my long I don’t believe it number two twins down to their last out Michael Kad shallow fly down the right field line gerain die diving and catching tremendous effort wh Sox win 10 to six best defensive play of the night though is number one Shane Victorino with the arm from Heaven on and L back up the middle it’s the base CER field one run is home around third is brono and the throw is the pl the game is over six Areno down at the plate and the Phillies have won history made Saturday night in San Diego Mets and Padres bottom 10 tied at one Scott Haron facing Pedro Feliciano as you see the Padres have won three straight two to1 games you can make it four after this walk-off Homer by Harriston pods win 2 to one in extra innings for the fourth straight game and in doing so they are the first team in major league history to win four straight games by a score of 2 to1 the Cubs were on the losing end Wednesday and the Mets yikes hard luck losers now three straight nights in San Diego Royals Yankees at the stadium grab your Abacus this game featuring some crazy totals Andy pedet crew in danger of dropping to straight to the Royals at home for the first time since 99 top seven tight at six they’re loaded for Jose Gan and he unloads on the P offering Grand Slam second Homer of the game fourth career slam first in September of 2002 Gan with seven RBI in the game Kansas City up 10-6 pett only given up 10 runs once in his career against Texas in 96 bottom seven with one aboard Alex Rodriguez with a ginormous get back to left the 90° heat helping the ball fly a-rod’s ninth of the Season Yankees down 10 and eight bottom eight with two aboard Johnny Damon oh it’s Johnny good time singling to left that’ll score two we’re tied at 10 Damon five for five on the day at that juncture to the ninth mariana rivera coming in still tied of 10 first batter Rivera faces first pitch gone David de Jesus with his first career ninth inning shots fifth of the Year Royals up 1110 bottom nine por abusing the waim Soria offering pada second of the Season we’re tied at 11 three batters later Two on Two Out Damon why not his first career six hit game is the difference he drives in four and the Yankees win in dramatic fashion 12- 11 for the 20th time this season the Yankees are at the 500 Mark Kansas City now 4 and 28 at Yankee Stadium since 2000 the Yankees become the first first team in the last 50 years to have its starting pitcher allow 10 plus earned at home but still come away with the victory quad a day for the Yankees left fielder Johnny Damon is the third Yankee in team history to have six hits in a game and the first to accomplish this at Yankee Stadium Damon also becomes the fourth Major League player in the last 50 years to go six for six with a walk-off hit to win the whole darn [Music] thing Angels have won six great they’ve opened up a 4 and 1 half game lead in the west over the A’s Greg Smith pitching for the A’s his first pitch of the game well that’s not how you want to start a ball game unless you’re meerus tus second career leadoff Homer and is second in his many nights one- nothing Angels John Garland throw what you know Season High 8ks gets Jack cust seven Innings of work for Garland in the ninth let’s bring on Francisco Rodriguez who is looking for his 23rd straight save in his many chances uhoh there’s cus cutting the lead to 5 to3 on his 11th Tater of the Season later in the ninth Runners on the corners two outs krod gets Carlos Gonzalez swinging to end it and the Angels win 5-3 the Halos have won seven straight games for the first time since July of 2006 the last five have come on the row ad so the Angels improved their Major League leading road record to 211 back to krod he has saved the last five Angel wins and breaks his own team record with his 23rd straight runner at second oh he gets a lot of it right there but just not all of it warning track power Cody Ross there to collect it griffy stuck on 599 top eight tied at five 02 count Javier Valentine that’s a strike out but the ball gets away from catcher Matt trainer so Valentin is at first that extends the inning two batters later Runners on the corner Jerry Harriston Jr little n handling Ramirez barehand throw can’t get Harrison Run scores 65 Cincinnati 76 Reds in the ninth Koko Cordo in for the save opportunity and Cody Ross first career walk-off Homer and the Marlins win 8 to7 Ross is 11th of the Season Phillies and the Braves after Friday night’s dramatic Extra Innings win the NL East leaders looking for another W against Chipper Jones and Company bottom six with one aboard it’s that chipper fella taking Kyle Kendrick for a ride his 15th Homer of the Season Chipper’s only hit still betting 420 we’re tied at two bottom seven Kelly Johnson grounds one to the hole on the right side Chase Utley the great diving stop throws to JC Romero gets the out at first the major home run leader getting defensive gorgeous top eight with one aboard it’s Utley to right Shane Victorino you know he’s got some Wheels he’s going to score Utley with his second triple of the season and the Phillies are up 3-2 top n with two on NL MVP Jimmy Rollins with his fourth of the season this off Jeff Bennett Philly with three homers Saturday in the 62 win Cubs Dodgers Carlos zambano with a shot to win an eighth straight decision for his Major’s best Chicago Club bottom four Russell Martin bun staying fair for the infield single but zimano tries to well help it get a little foul it’s a foot wedge yeah the Run didn’t score Z brono not so slightly kicking to help the cause bottom seven Dodgers down three to2 with a runner on second Andre Ethier SS a ground ball to third Aras Ramirez makes a sliding stop but his throw is in the dirt Ethier safe at first Juan Pierre scores Ramirez with the air will tie to three inning continues Two on Two Out Matt Kemp is out of the park first three run shot this season fifth home run on the year Z brono Furious he starts kicking again this time it’s the gator egg cooler taking that Z brono with the loss Mariners handled the Red Sox on Friday Manny Ramirez back of the starting lineup after sitting out the night before bottom of the first facing Miguel Batista and that is a two-run blast over the monster and then check out the Hustle by this guy who is this guy by the way in the parking garage Ramirez is 14th of the Season his five fifth home run in the last seven game there’s Kevin ukus congrat Ting man how many home runs did Manny hit on that one swing that guy had all sorts of baseballs there bottom four tied at two Alex cor smokes it to left Center R La bz bobbles it out there Brandon Moss scores 3-2 Red Sox JD drew a double shy of the cycle including this Homer Red Sox win 11 to3 Tim Wakefield first win over Seattle since 97 the baseball twins in White Sox White Sox 4-0 since Azie Gan rant last Sunday second inning no score Paul kerko szz it to Center what the Carlos Gomez just lost it I guess and that’s Ker’s first triple since May 16th 2000 three batters later it’s Joe cedy that ball H Deep in the left field stetch stetch he’s back looks up you can put it on the ball White Sox hit for the cycle in the second inning they go up 4 nothing it’s cedy again in the eight two homers Friday two homers Saturday just the third white sock player to do that in two straight games they win 11 to2 look at what happened in the second inning Frank calado at the plate fouls one down the third Baseline that’s that’s the ball girls ball right there and oh boy a bless her heart I’d like to get a tail of the tape here on the fan and the ball girl get on in there slim both escaped injury as the ball girl hey you know she’s a she’s a competitor laughing it off that’s good sign bottom seven now another foul ball to the same ball girl this time everyone stays in their seats nice nice play the same fan that fell on her is begging for the ball oh but he’s denied but that’s okay he’s got a barb wire tat so it’s a win-win bottom nine Rangers down 54 Milton Bradley off the pitcher Dan wheeler grounds out Rays hold on to win 5 to four oh that fancy animation means it is time for Saturday’s top plays we start with number 10 Royals Yankees at the stadium home played umpire Jerry Lane gets his Bell rung on the foul tip hor pada alertly grabbing Lane before he falls down that’s a very helpful catcher there Lane would leave the game with a concussion could have been worse without bada’s help at number nine it’s the Czech Republic in Switzerland vaku Fair coach with the finish and the Czech Republic with a one- nil win over Switzerland number eight College Baseball Super Regional Cal State buerton Stanford Drew storing gets Joel weeks to ground into the Game ending double play Stanford the first team to advance to the College World Series with the 85 win by number seven Royals and Yankees tied at five Derek Jeter Fly ball to right mky Cabrera going to tag from third but look at the throw by Dean it’s an absolute pill but the Royals eventually lose on a walk-off by Johnny Davis rocking five out of further trouble the That Awkward pause brought to you back number six Braves Phillies Kelly Johnson ripping the hole but Chase Utley is there great get by Utley also has 21 home runs on the season and his Phillies win again 6 to2 he’s pretty good gray and Rangers and Kinsler tough catch unfortunately he was taken out by the guy with the bwire tattoo in the next inning very unfortunate you mean this guy number four Ray Rangers foul ball towards third ball girl field grounder and then hello fan from the stands she hangs on to the baseball though good for her tremendous effort from the ball girl and his friends will never let him live that down no probably won’t at number three MLS DC United Chicago Fire goalkeeper John Bush two great saves but the fire lose two to one on a stoppage time goal Number Two Reds Marlins backhanded bounced up as Phillips what a play Brandon Phillips makes a go glove play from second he takes care of not one not two but all three outs but here with the best play from Saturday College Baseball Super Regional UC see Irvine LSU LSU’s Leon Landry the gangster of glove a catch to rob the home