utley and just beaten the padres. reynolds coming up with the big hit. he's the hero. all other teams. >> next on espnews, leaders >> next on espnews, a.l. west leaders clashing in los angeles. how the angels try to stop the streaking rangers. lance armstrong in position for a shot at a yellow jersey. how he made his move at the tour de france. >> a soccer star fills up a stadium and he didn't even play. an introduction rarely seen in sports. >> jeff fisher reflects on the steve mcnair that led his titans to a super bowl plus the latest into the investigation of his death.

welcome to espnews. helping you stay current with all the latest news, scores and highlights. alongside john, that's right, that's him. nomar returns to fenway. more on that in a moment. >> we begin in southern california where the angels and rangers began a three-game series with identical 45-35 records. tied for first in the a.l. west. >> rangers get josh hamilton back off the d.l. good news for them. top of the first, hamilton, base hit to right center. he would go two for four in the game. bottom of the second, two on for jeff mathis. right into the fake rocks. it's the angels. with a 3-2 lead. top of the fourth, 5-2 angels, hank blalock to center. but look at torii hunter. beautiful catch. bottom of the fifth now, 6-2

angels, looking to break it open. two on for vladimir guerrero. kevin millwood just didn't have it on this night. bobby abreu scores. gives up nine runs in five innings and the angels win 9-4. so with the win, the angels take a one-game lead in the american league west, two more games to go in this series between the first place angels and the second place rangers. >> nomar garciaparra returning to fenway park for the first time since he was traded in 2004. he was feeling the love. >> designated hitter number one. nomar. garciaparra. >> they still love him in beantown. top of the fourth, no score. runners at the corners with no outs. nomar, singling to left. jays on giambi scores, 1-0 ace, nomar, 2-4 with an rbi. a's win it 6-0. anderson, first rookie to shut out the red sox in fenway since

jim abbott in 1989. boston had their six-game home winning streak against nomar and the a's snapped the garciaparra on the emotions he was feeling monday night. >> i was trying not to try. i was getting choked up. these fans have made me feel just that way. since the day i put on that uniform. and, you know, they have given me such great memories and such great moments. they gave me another one today that i will never forget. >> i can't get off this high. the adrenaline, once it wears off i'll be sore. my body will be hurting after the adrenaline wears off. it's just a tribute to these wonderful people here that i can feel like this. >> among players with at least 1,000 at-bats at fenway, garciaparra's career batting average is six best all time. of the five ahead of him, four are hall of famers. >> yankees, blue jays, in the

new stadium, in the afternoon. ricky romero, good young left-handed pitcher for the blue jays. derek jeter appears to avoid the tag. gets thrown out. he asked for an explanation. he didn't like what he said. joe girardi comes out to support the captain. finger-pointing and bye-bye. >> foster runs a 7-4 game. we'll hear from jeter in a moment about the scenario. matsui, one-run game, next batter, penski, the winning run, but no theatrics on this day in the new yankees stadium. goes down, blue jays hold on to beat the yankees and they avoid getting swept in the four-game series. andy petitte gave up six runs, five hits, five walks and six plus. 12 of the 14 homers he's allowed this year have come at home. three at minnesota, three at anaheim leading up to the all-star break. back to the phantom tag at third, derek why, were you so

upset? >> did you argue because you knew you were safe? >> i was just baffled by the explanation. i was told i was out because the ball beat me and he didn't have to tag me, so i was unaware of that change in the rules. >> do you second-guess at all your decision? >> no, because i was safe. how about that. in that situation you try to be aggressive. i thought i could make it. unfortunate it didn't happen. but like i said, it wasn't the call that made me have a conversation, it was the explanation. >> he always knows what to say. he says the perfect thing every time. scott rolen, 23 game hitting streak for toronto, fourth longest in blue jay history. only five short of shawn green's club record set back in 1999. rolen batting .389 during his creek. .327 for the season. new details continue to emerge around the weekend shoulding deaths of former quarterback steve mcnair and his girlfriend. according to autopsy results three of the four gunshot wounds that killed mcnair were fired from more than three feet away.

the state medical examiner bruce levy says one of the gunshots to mcnair's temple was fired at close range. kazemi's own gunshot wound was a contact shot meaning the gun was touching her head when it was fired. police stay gun found at the scene was bought by kazemi less than two days before the two were shot to death. these are the new pictures of the couple obtained. the girl's nephew says it appeared -- she appeared confident the relationship would last. she said he was divorcing his wife and it would be finalized soon. >> head coach jeff fishers, first full season at the nfl head coach was in 1995, when the then houston oilers made steve mcnair the number three overall pick. fisher eased mcnair into lineup slowly giving him spot duty over his first two seasons before turning the team over to mcnair in 1997. 12 years later, on monday, he

talked about mcnair's life and death. here's bob holtzman. >> while the titans flag out front sagged at half-staff, an emotional jeff fisher sat quietly in his office search for the right words. when he took the podium, still not sure what to say. fisher chose to speak on behalf of his former quarterback. >> steve mcnair that i knew, would want me to say, sorry. decisions sometimes are not in the best interest. please forgive me. the steve mcnair that i knew would want me to celebrate my life. for what i did on the field. for what i did in the community. the kind of teammate that i was.

that's what steve, that i knew, would want me to safe. >> fibber and mcnair spent 11 seasons together, and nearly won a super bowl. on monday, fisher called mcnair one of the greatest competitors of all time and said hopes that's what people remember, not the details surrounding his death. >> we all have given the right to judge, and my hope is that steve will be remembered and also forgiven, but remembered for what he did and what he meant to this organization. >> we all make mistakes. we all wish we could go back on but i'm not here to dwell on that i'm here to celebrate the life of a dear friend and teammate. >> there will be a public memorial service for mcnair on thursday afternoon in suburban nashville. a private funeral is scheduled for saturday near mcnair's childhood home in mississippi. in nashville, bob holtzman, espnews.

>> thank you. when we return, more baseball here on espnews, a record-setting runs scored. >> how long the giants will be without the big unit. >> plus dwyane wade says he'll remain in miami on condition. also ahead, we've seen plenty of athletes get showered with adulation but not like this. adulation but not like this. >> (announcer) need a hand? a lift? a push? a pull?

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>> welcome back. reds and phillies, boy, did the phillies have a whole lot of

fun. first, victorino, three-run homer. two-run homer. later in the first, it's 7-0 phillies. cuerto is gone after 2/3 of an inning and nine earned runs. now herrera is in. 19th of the year. a 10-run first for the reds. and one in the second, one in the third, four in the fourth, and then six more in the eighth. powered by this four-run homer from jayson werth. second career grand slam. victorino's homer was his first in 25 games. he also scored five runs. he had a great box score line for those who are still into that. five at-bats, five runs, four hits, four rbis. five fives, four fours. >> you do it all year long. there will be times when you go to something and you don't get any hits but tonight we just kept plugging along.

bottom of the 80, still plugging along. every hit counts and every run counts. >> thanks for calling into espnews to talk about this big phillies win. 21-run margin of victory, third largest ever, biggest in 115 years. >> the giants began sunday by celebrating their pitching. two were named to the nl all-star team. by the end of the day celebration over the status turned into concern. the giants placing randy johnson on the 15-day dl list with a strained shoulder. even though johnson has won 303 career games he hasn't been what he used to be this season. his e.r.a. is over a run and a half higher than his career average entering the season. he's also striking out nearly three fewer batters per nine innings and winning with less

frequency. >> the johnsonless giants did have matt cain on the mound. a good thing. three-game set in san francisco. looking good. 6 2/3 innings, one earned run, five hits, five ks, 81, with a 2.16 e.r.a. in his last 12 starts. bottom of the fifth, bases juiced. sandaval, first career grand slam. two homers in his last three games. the giants end up winning 5-4. brian wilson gets his 22nd save. but just barely, making things interesting in the top of the ninth. >> nationals, rockies in denver, jayson marquis, what a story he's had this year. major league baseball's first 11-game winner. named to the all-star game for the first time this past weekend. the rockies win 1-0. houston got a six pitch save in the ninth. just the fifth time in franchise

history that colorado has won 1 s at home, three of them came last year. so it's marquis and the rockies winning 1-0 at home. >> in the past i was so worried about guys not scoring, you know, trying to make perfect pitches, get three outs with one pitch. this year, i told myself to bear down and focus on the hitter. and not let the game get out of hand. if one run scores, i know it's late in the game but it's still just a one-run game, so it's within reach. so i changed my focus to the hitter and good things have been happening. >> the man known as the machine will be counted on to pump out an assembly line worth of round trippers. pujols coming out for the home run derby joined by ryan howard, prince fielder, and adrian gonzalez. the four sluggers are the nl's first basemen for the game on july 14. sedgeway, monday now on espn, in

the 2009 state farm home run derby, you can see it live at 8:00 p.m. eastern. coverage begins at 7:00 p.m. eastern with an all-star edition of baseball tonight. you may not know this, but ronaldo is kind of a big deal. >> people know him. >> so big, in fact, some 80,000 people welcomed him to real madrid. the club committed the equivalent of $131 million just in transfer fees. >> i have to say thank you to all supporters. my boss, my friends, my teammates. because, you know, have i been here six years in the club, and i have friends there. the relationship with the old people there. but the people who understand my decision, and the people respect that, of course, it's a great challenge now, and other people know my dream is to play in madrid. but i'm going to miss many, many things in manchester.

you know, but this is the life. this is my new house. my new club, and i'm going to give 100% for this club. >> real madrid is no stranger to paying top dollar for talent. they are now responsible for the four largest transfer fees in soak history, including two in the last few months. >> to the nba, dwyane wade's future with the heat is predicated on the team returning to nba title contention. he can opt out of his heat deal after the upcoming nba season. he told espnews that simply getting to the playoffs is not enough. >> i've been lucky and blessed to have an opportunity to win a championship here in miami and once you taste success, you want to continue to keep getting it. i just want to make sure we build this program back to its winning ways, and, i'm 27, i'm in the midst of the prime of my career, so i look at may have and say, i've got a good window left, and i want to be put into a position to win.

if we do that, why i would want to leave these palm trees and the beautiful water you see behind me. that's what it's all about. >> since the heat won the 2006 nba title, things have not gone well. 2007, swept out of the first round. 2008, wade was hurt and they went 15-67. and then this past spring, again, they made the play justice but were bounced by the atlanta hawks in the first round. when we return, we have lance armstrong's ride in the tour de france. stage three on monday. >> and more troubling health concerns for a member of phil mickelson's family. that news is next.

>> more baseball, tigers and royals, lead shrinks to two games. game tied at 3-3, top of the ninth inning. deep and gone off fernando. solo jack. royals win by 6-4. looking at what the royals have done, they have won 4-3, bloomquist, 3-4 with a home run and three rbis. 1-3 with a home run as well. >> braves and cubs, derrek lee in the house. derrek lee out of the house. he's been red-hot of late. five homers in his last 16 -- in his last six games. five homers, 14 rbis in six

games for dee lee. a two-run homer in the first, 16th of the year. ramirez had missed two months with an injured shoulder. he went 0-4 but rookie randy wells, won. now two games over .500. mclouth, homered. >> lance armstrong, fined for arriving late to the pre-stage registration. blamed his tardiness on a visit from actor ben stiller. blame it on ben. >> third stage of the tour de france, i'm watching you, lance armstrong, staying with the back riding in the front end of the field. later in the stage, teammate signals armstrong to move forward. yeah, lance, come on up. armstrong, moves from 10th to third in the overall standings, at stage three.

makes a move mid race, the final sprint. cavendish beats everyone to the finish line. >> i prefer to stay out of the drama of who is the leader of the team. have i won it seven times. i think i deserve a little bit of credit but alberto is great rider, too, and we've got to go on with two leaders but that doesn't mean you can't take advantage of opportunities like today. >> race leader cancellara, third day in a row, the swiss rider extends his lead and is head of columbia required tony martin of germany by 33 seconds and armstrong by 40. >> phil mickelson's mother, mary, has been diagnosed with breast cancer. less than two months after mickelson's wife amy was diagnosed with the same disease. tina mickelson, phil sister,

told the san diego union tribune that her mother was diagnosed a week ago and will have surgery this friday. amy mickelson had surgery at the same hospital last wednesday. >> got our first glimpse of the third overall pick in june's nba draft. james harden out of arizo >> stilt to come, the angels and rangers, who took sole possession of first place on monday night. fisher opens up about his former quarterback. quarterback. ooooohhhh. i'm not beth.

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>> how to stay current on espnews, nascar asks a federal judge on non-reverse the ruling that lifted driver jeremy mayfield's indefinite suspension for failing a random drug test. mayfield was suspended may 9 for a positive drug test and nascar has identified the substance as methamphetamine. >> serena williams appeared with david letterman just two days after beating her sister in the wimbledon final. she joked with david letterman about all the grunting in tennis. >> when i was younger growing up i used to watch monica sells and she's like the first person that i know that used to grunt really loud and hard. that's kind of how i modeled my grunt after. and then, i guess if i play golf, i grunt. if i'm playing soccer and i kick the ball, i grunt.

so, you know -- >> what about at breakfast? [grunt] >> how about some more eggs? [grunt] >> with fantasy information for tuesday's game, here's christopher harris. >> i'm christopher harris with your fantasy news. let's look at a few starting pitchers that will be throwing on tuesday. remember to get bedard active because he's coming off the dl against his old team, orioles. he dominated in a start last year and supposedly looked great. in his final bullpen tune-up. jordan zimmermann of the nationals just keeps rolling on. use him in colorado against the rockies. he's got ground ball stuff plus allowed two runs or fewer in his past five starts in. that span he's got a 2.12 e.r.a. despite which he's unowned in 90% of espn leagues. finally, if you're streaming pitchers in a deeper league it

might be time to start writing ja hap. he's struck 13. he gets the reds on tuesday. espn.com has the best fantasy announcers. check us out and do better in your league. >> beats san diego 6-5. mark reynolds, the walk-off rbi in the bottom of the ninth inning. >> washburn, ninth complete game and fourth shutout of his career, the seventh pitcher in the last five years to throw a complete game shutout allowing one hit and no walks. the first pitcher to do that this season. >> home run hits on monday, washburn, an early rbi? that game. kinsler hits his 20th of the year but the rangers would paul to the angels and the phillies going nuts against the mets.

utley and just beaten the padres. reynolds coming up with the big hit. he's the hero. all other teams. >> next on espnews, leaders >> next on espnews, a.l. west leaders clashing in los angeles. how the angels try to stop the streaking rangers. lance armstrong in position for a shot at a yellow jersey. how he made his move at the tour de france. >> a soccer star fills up a stadium and he didn't even play. an introduction rarely seen in sports. >> jeff fisher reflects on the steve mcnair that led his titans to a super bowl plus the latest into the investigation of his death.

welcome to espnews. helping you stay current with all the latest news, scores and highlights. alongside john, that's right, that's him. nomar returns to fenway. more on that in a moment. >> we begin in southern california where the angels and rangers began a three-game series with identical 45-35 records. tied for first in the a.l. west. >> rangers get josh hamilton back off the d.l. good news for them. top of the first, hamilton, base hit to right center. he would go two for four in the game. bottom of the second, two on for jeff mathis. right into the fake rocks. it's the angels. with a 3-2 lead. top of the fourth, 5-2 angels, hank blalock to center. but look at torii hunter. beautiful catch. bottom of the fifth now, 6-2

angels, looking to break it open. two on for vladimir guerrero. kevin millwood just didn't have it on this night. bobby abreu scores. gives up nine runs in five innings and the angels win 9-4. so with the win, the angels take a one-game lead in the american league west, two more games to go in this series between the first place angels and the second place rangers. >> nomar garciaparra returning to fenway park for the first time since he was traded in 2004. he was feeling the love. >> designated hitter number one. nomar. garciaparra. >> they still love him in beantown. top of the fourth, no score. runners at the corners with no outs. nomar, singling to left. jays on giambi scores, 1-0 ace, nomar, 2-4 with an rbi. a's win it 6-0. anderson, first rookie to shut out the red sox in fenway since

jim abbott in 1989. boston had their six-game home winning streak against nomar and the a's snapped the garciaparra on the emotions he was feeling monday night. >> i was trying not to try. i was getting choked up. these fans have made me feel just that way. since the day i put on that uniform. and, you know, they have given me such great memories and such great moments. they gave me another one today that i will never forget. >> i can't get off this high. the adrenaline, once it wears off i'll be sore. my body will be hurting after the adrenaline wears off. it's just a tribute to these wonderful people here that i can feel like this. >> among players with at least 1,000 at-bats at fenway, garciaparra's career batting average is six best all time. of the five ahead of him, four are hall of famers. >> yankees, blue jays, in the

new stadium, in the afternoon. ricky romero, good young left-handed pitcher for the blue jays. derek jeter appears to avoid the tag. gets thrown out. he asked for an explanation. he didn't like what he said. joe girardi comes out to support the captain. finger-pointing and bye-bye. >> foster runs a 7-4 game. we'll hear from jeter in a moment about the scenario. matsui, one-run game, next batter, penski, the winning run, but no theatrics on this day in the new yankees stadium. goes down, blue jays hold on to beat the yankees and they avoid getting swept in the four-game series. andy petitte gave up six runs, five hits, five walks and six plus. 12 of the 14 homers he's allowed this year have come at home. three at minnesota, three at anaheim leading up to the all-star break. back to the phantom tag at third, derek why, were you so

upset? >> did you argue because you knew you were safe? >> i was just baffled by the explanation. i was told i was out because the ball beat me and he didn't have to tag me, so i was unaware of that change in the rules. >> do you second-guess at all your decision? >> no, because i was safe. how about that. in that situation you try to be aggressive. i thought i could make it. unfortunate it didn't happen. but like i said, it wasn't the call that made me have a conversation, it was the explanation. >> he always knows what to say. he says the perfect thing every time. scott rolen, 23 game hitting streak for toronto, fourth longest in blue jay history. only five short of shawn green's club record set back in 1999. rolen batting .389 during his creek. .327 for the season. new details continue to emerge around the weekend shoulding deaths of former quarterback steve mcnair and his girlfriend. according to autopsy results three of the four gunshot wounds that killed mcnair were fired from more than three feet away.

the state medical examiner bruce levy says one of the gunshots to mcnair's temple was fired at close range. kazemi's own gunshot wound was a contact shot meaning the gun was touching her head when it was fired. police stay gun found at the scene was bought by kazemi less than two days before the two were shot to death. these are the new pictures of the couple obtained. the girl's nephew says it appeared -- she appeared confident the relationship would last. she said he was divorcing his wife and it would be finalized soon. >> head coach jeff fishers, first full season at the nfl head coach was in 1995, when the then houston oilers made steve mcnair the number three overall pick. fisher eased mcnair into lineup slowly giving him spot duty over his first two seasons before turning the team over to mcnair in 1997. 12 years later, on monday, he

talked about mcnair's life and death. here's bob holtzman. >> while the titans flag out front sagged at half-staff, an emotional jeff fisher sat quietly in his office search for the right words. when he took the podium, still not sure what to say. fisher chose to speak on behalf of his former quarterback. >> steve mcnair that i knew, would want me to say, sorry. decisions sometimes are not in the best interest. please forgive me. the steve mcnair that i knew would want me to celebrate my life. for what i did on the field. for what i did in the community. the kind of teammate that i was.

that's what steve, that i knew, would want me to safe. >> fibber and mcnair spent 11 seasons together, and nearly won a super bowl. on monday, fisher called mcnair one of the greatest competitors of all time and said hopes that's what people remember, not the details surrounding his death. >> we all have given the right to judge, and my hope is that steve will be remembered and also forgiven, but remembered for what he did and what he meant to this organization. >> we all make mistakes. we all wish we could go back on but i'm not here to dwell on that i'm here to celebrate the life of a dear friend and teammate. >> there will be a public memorial service for mcnair on thursday afternoon in suburban nashville. a private funeral is scheduled for saturday near mcnair's childhood home in mississippi. in nashville, bob holtzman, espnews.

>> thank you. when we return, more baseball here on espnews, a record-setting runs scored. >> how long the giants will be without the big unit. >> plus dwyane wade says he'll remain in miami on condition. also ahead, we've seen plenty of athletes get showered with adulation but not like this. >>

>> welcome back. reds and phillies, boy, did the phillies have a whole lot of

fun. first, victorino, three-run homer. two-run homer. later in the first, it's 7-0 phillies. cuerto is gone after 2/3 of an inning and nine earned runs. now herrera is in. 19th of the year. a 10-run first for the reds. and one in the second, one in the third, four in the fourth, and then six more in the eighth. powered by this four-run homer from jayson werth. second career grand slam. victorino's homer was his first in 25 games. he also scored five runs. he had a great box score line for those who are still into that. five at-bats, five runs, four hits, four rbis. five fives, four fours. >> you do it all year long. there will be times when you go to something and you don't get any hits but tonight we just kept plugging along.

bottom of the 80, still plugging along. every hit counts and every run counts. >> thanks for calling into espnews to talk about this big phillies win. 21-run margin of victory, third largest ever, biggest in 115 years. >> the giants began sunday by celebrating their pitching. two were named to the nl all-star team. by the end of the day celebration over the status turned into concern. the giants placing randy johnson on the 15-day dl list with a strained shoulder. even though johnson has won 303 career games he hasn't been what he used to be this season. his e.r.a. is over a run and a half higher than his career average entering the season. he's also striking out nearly three fewer batters per nine innings and winning with less

frequency. >> the johnsonless giants did have matt cain on the mound. a good thing. three-game set in san francisco. looking good. 6 2/3 innings, one earned run, five hits, five ks, 81, with a 2.16 e.r.a. in his last 12 starts. bottom of the fifth, bases juiced. sandaval, first career grand slam. two homers in his last three games. the giants end up winning 5-4. brian wilson gets his 22nd save. but just barely, making things interesting in the top of the ninth. >> nationals, rockies in denver, jayson marquis, what a story he's had this year. major league baseball's first 11-game winner. named to the all-star game for the first time this past weekend. the rockies win 1-0. houston got a six pitch save in the ninth. just the fifth time in franchise

history that colorado has won 1 s at home, three of them came last year. so it's marquis and the rockies winning 1-0 at home. >> in the past i was so worried about guys not scoring, you know, trying to make perfect pitches, get three outs with one pitch. this year, i told myself to bear down and focus on the hitter. and not let the game get out of hand. if one run scores, i know it's late in the game but it's still just a one-run game, so it's within reach. so i changed my focus to the hitter and good things have been happening. >> the man known as the machine will be counted on to pump out an assembly line worth of round trippers. pujols coming out for the home run derby joined by ryan howard, prince fielder, and adrian gonzalez. the four sluggers are the nl's first basemen for the game on july 14. sedgeway, monday now on espn, in

the 2009 state farm home run derby, you can see it live at 8:00 p.m. eastern. coverage begins at 7:00 p.m. eastern with an all-star edition of baseball tonight. you may not know this, but ronaldo is kind of a big deal. >> people know him. >> so big, in fact, some 80,000 people welcomed him to real madrid. the club committed the equivalent of $131 million just in transfer fees. >> i have to say thank you to all supporters. my boss, my friends, my teammates. because, you know, have i been here six years in the club, and i have friends there. the relationship with the old people there. but the people who understand my decision, and the people respect that, of course, it's a great challenge now, and other people know my dream is to play in madrid. but i'm going to miss many, many things in manchester.

you know, but this is the life. this is my new house. my new club, and i'm going to give 100% for this club. >> real madrid is no stranger to paying top dollar for talent. they are now responsible for the four largest transfer fees in soak history, including two in the last few months. >> to the nba, dwyane wade's future with the heat is predicated on the team returning to nba title contention. he can opt out of his heat deal after the upcoming nba season. he told espnews that simply getting to the playoffs is not enough. >> i've been lucky and blessed to have an opportunity to win a championship here in miami and once you taste success, you want to continue to keep getting it. i just want to make sure we build this program back to its winning ways, and, i'm 27, i'm in the midst of the prime of my career, so i look at may have and say, i've got a good window left, and i want to be put into a position to win.

if we do that, why i would want to leave these palm trees and the beautiful water you see behind me. that's what it's all about. >> since the heat won the 2006 nba title, things have not gone well. 2007, swept out of the first round. 2008, wade was hurt and they went 15-67. and then this past spring, again, they made the play justice but were bounced by the atlanta hawks in the first round. when we return, we have lance armstrong's ride in the tour de france. stage three on monday. >> and more troubling health concerns for a member of phil mickelson's family. that news is next.

>> more baseball, tigers and royals, lead shrinks to two games. game tied at 3-3, top of the ninth inning. deep and gone off fernando. solo jack. royals win by 6-4. looking at what the royals have done, they have won 4-3, bloomquist, 3-4 with a home run and three rbis. 1-3 with a home run as well. >> braves and cubs, derrek lee in the house. derrek lee out of the house. he's been red-hot of late. five homers in his last 16 -- in his last six games. five homers, 14 rbis in six

games for dee lee. a two-run homer in the first, 16th of the year. ramirez had missed two months with an injured shoulder. he went 0-4 but rookie randy wells, won. now two games over .500. mclouth, homered. >> lance armstrong, fined for arriving late to the pre-stage registration. blamed his tardiness on a visit from actor ben stiller. blame it on ben. >> third stage of the tour de france, i'm watching you, lance armstrong, staying with the back riding in the front end of the field. later in the stage, teammate signals armstrong to move forward. yeah, lance, come on up. armstrong, moves from 10th to third in the overall standings, at stage three.

makes a move mid race, the final sprint. cavendish beats everyone to the finish line. >> i prefer to stay out of the drama of who is the leader of the team. have i won it seven times. i think i deserve a little bit of credit but alberto is great rider, too, and we've got to go on with two leaders but that doesn't mean you can't take advantage of opportunities like today. >> race leader cancellara, third day in a row, the swiss rider extends his lead and is head of columbia required tony martin of germany by 33 seconds and armstrong by 40. >> phil mickelson's mother, mary, has been diagnosed with breast cancer. less than two months after mickelson's wife amy was diagnosed with the same disease. tina mickelson, phil sister,

told the san diego union tribune that her mother was diagnosed a week ago and will have surgery this friday. amy mickelson had surgery at the same hospital last wednesday. >> got our first glimpse of the third overall pick in june's nba draft. james harden out of arizo >> stilt to come, the angels and rangers, who took sole possession of first place on monday night. fisher opens up about his former quarterback. quarterback. more cash over here!

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>> how to stay current on espnews, nascar asks a federal judge on non-reverse the ruling that lifted driver jeremy mayfield's indefinite suspension for failing a random drug test. mayfield was suspended may 9 for a positive drug test and nascar has identified the substance as methamphetamine. >> serena williams appeared with david letterman just two days after beating her sister in the wimbledon final. she joked with david letterman about all the grunting in tennis. >> when i was younger growing up i used to watch monica sells and she's like the first person that i know that used to grunt really loud and hard. that's kind of how i modeled my grunt after. and then, i guess if i play golf, i grunt. if i'm playing soccer and i kick the ball, i grunt.

so, you know -- >> what about at breakfast? [grunt] >> how about some more eggs? [grunt] >> with fantasy information for tuesday's game, here's christopher harris. >> i'm christopher harris with your fantasy news. let's look at a few starting pitchers that will be throwing on tuesday. remember to get bedard active because he's coming off the dl against his old team, orioles. he dominated in a start last year and supposedly looked great. in his final bullpen tune-up. jordan zimmermann of the nationals just keeps rolling on. use him in colorado against the rockies. he's got ground ball stuff plus allowed two runs or fewer in his past five starts in. that span he's got a 2.12 e.r.a. despite which he's unowned in 90% of espn leagues. finally, if you're streaming pitchers in a deeper league it

might be time to start writing ja hap. he's struck 13. he gets the reds on tuesday. espn.com has the best fantasy announcers. check us out and do better in your league. >> beats san diego 6-5. mark reynolds, the walk-off rbi in the bottom of the ninth inning. >> washburn, ninth complete game and fourth shutout of his career, the seventh pitcher in the last five years to throw a complete game shutout allowing one hit and no walks. the first pitcher to do that this season. >> home run hits on monday, washburn, an early rbi? that game. kinsler hits his 20th of the year but the rangers would paul to the angels and the phillies going nuts against the mets.

utley and just beaten the padres. reynolds coming up with the big hit. he's the hero. all other teams. >> next on espnews, leaders >> next on espnews, a.l. west leaders clashing in los angeles. how the angels try to stop the streaking rangers. lance armstrong in position for a shot at a yellow jersey. how he made his move at the tour de france. >> a soccer star fills up a stadium and he didn't even play. an introduction rarely seen in sports. >> jeff fisher reflects on the steve mcnair that led his titans to a super bowl plus the latest into the investigation of his death.

welcome to espnews. helping you stay current with all the latest news, scores and highlights. alongside john, that's right, that's him. nomar returns to fenway. more on that in a moment. >> we begin in southern california where the angels and rangers began a three-game series with identical 45-35 records. tied for first in the a.l. west. >> rangers get josh hamilton back off the d.l. good news for them. top of the first, hamilton, base hit to right center. he would go two for four in the game. bottom of the second, two on for jeff mathis. right into the fake rocks. it's the angels. with a 3-2 lead. top of the fourth, 5-2 angels, hank blalock to center. but look at torii hunter. beautiful catch. bottom of the fifth now, 6-2

angels, looking to break it open. two on for vladimir guerrero. kevin millwood just didn't have it on this night. bobby abreu scores. gives up nine runs in five innings and the angels win 9-4. so with the win, the angels take a one-game lead in the american league west, two more games to go in this series between the first place angels and the second place rangers. >> nomar garciaparra returning to fenway park for the first time since he was traded in 2004. he was feeling the love. >> designated hitter number one. nomar. garciaparra. >> they still love him in beantown. top of the fourth, no score. runners at the corners with no outs. nomar, singling to left. jays on giambi scores, 1-0 ace, nomar, 2-4 with an rbi. a's win it 6-0. anderson, first rookie to shut out the red sox in fenway since

jim abbott in 1989. boston had their six-game home winning streak against nomar and the a's snapped the garciaparra on the emotions he was feeling monday night. >> i was trying not to try. i was getting choked up. these fans have made me feel just that way. since the day i put on that uniform. and, you know, they have given me such great memories and such great moments. they gave me another one today that i will never forget. >> i can't get off this high. the adrenaline, once it wears off i'll be sore. my body will be hurting after the adrenaline wears off. it's just a tribute to these wonderful people here that i can feel like this. >> among players with at least 1,000 at-bats at fenway, garciaparra's career batting average is six best all time. of the five ahead of him, four are hall of famers. >> yankees, blue jays, in the

new stadium, in the afternoon. ricky romero, good young left-handed pitcher for the blue jays. derek jeter appears to avoid the tag. gets thrown out. he asked for an explanation. he didn't like what he said. joe girardi comes out to support the captain. finger-pointing and bye-bye. >> foster runs a 7-4 game. we'll hear from jeter in a moment about the scenario. matsui, one-run game, next batter, penski, the winning run, but no theatrics on this day in the new yankees stadium. goes down, blue jays hold on to beat the yankees and they avoid getting swept in the four-game series. andy petitte gave up six runs, five hits, five walks and six plus. 12 of the 14 homers he's allowed this year have come at home. three at minnesota, three at anaheim leading up to the all-star break. back to the phantom tag at third, derek why, were you so

upset? >> did you argue because you knew you were safe? >> i was just baffled by the explanation. i was told i was out because the ball beat me and he didn't have to tag me, so i was unaware of that change in the rules. >> do you second-guess at all your decision? >> no, because i was safe. how about that. in that situation you try to be aggressive. i thought i could make it. unfortunate it didn't happen. but like i said, it wasn't the call that made me have a conversation, it was the explanation. >> he always knows what to say. he says the perfect thing every time. scott rolen, 23 game hitting streak for toronto, fourth longest in blue jay history. only five short of shawn green's club record set back in 1999. rolen batting .389 during his creek. .327 for the season. new details continue to emerge around the weekend shoulding deaths of former quarterback steve mcnair and his girlfriend. according to autopsy results three of the four gunshot wounds that killed mcnair were fired from more than three feet away.

the state medical examiner bruce levy says one of the gunshots to mcnair's temple was fired at close range. kazemi's own gunshot wound was a contact shot meaning the gun was touching her head when it was fired. police stay gun found at the scene was bought by kazemi less than two days before the two were shot to death. these are the new pictures of the couple obtained. the girl's nephew says it appeared -- she appeared confident the relationship would last. she said he was divorcing his wife and it would be finalized soon. >> head coach jeff fishers, first full season at the nfl head coach was in 1995, when the then houston oilers made steve mcnair the number three overall pick. fisher eased mcnair into lineup slowly giving him spot duty over his first two seasons before turning the team over to mcnair in 1997. 12 years later, on monday, he

talked about mcnair's life and death. here's bob holtzman. >> while the titans flag out front sagged at half-staff, an emotional jeff fisher sat quietly in his office search for the right words. when he took the podium, still not sure what to say. fisher chose to speak on behalf of his former quarterback. >> steve mcnair that i knew, would want me to say, sorry. decisions sometimes are not in the best interest. please forgive me. the steve mcnair that i knew would want me to celebrate my life. for what i did on the field. for what i did in the community. the kind of teammate that i was.

that's what steve, that i knew, would want me to safe. >> fibber and mcnair spent 11 seasons together, and nearly won a super bowl. on monday, fisher called mcnair one of the greatest competitors of all time and said hopes that's what people remember, not the details surrounding his death. >> we all have given the right to judge, and my hope is that steve will be remembered and also forgiven, but remembered for what he did and what he meant to this organization. >> we all make mistakes. we all wish we could go back on but i'm not here to dwell on that i'm here to celebrate the life of a dear friend and teammate. >> there will be a public memorial service for mcnair on thursday afternoon in suburban nashville. a private funeral is scheduled for saturday near mcnair's childhood home in mississippi. in nashville, bob holtzman, espnews.

>> thank you. when we return, more baseball here on espnews, a record-setting runs scored. >> how long the giants will be without the big unit. >> plus dwyane wade says he'll remain in miami on condition. also ahead, we've seen plenty of athletes get showered with adulation but not like this. you hold this? "huh, that's weird. i'm marty." (announcer) calling all captains. drink responsibly.

>> welcome back. reds and phillies, boy, did the phillies have a whole lot of

fun. first, victorino, three-run homer. two-run homer. later in the first, it's 7-0 phillies. cuerto is gone after 2/3 of an inning and nine earned runs. now herrera is in. 19th of the year. a 10-run first for the reds. and one in the second, one in the third, four in the fourth, and then six more in the eighth. powered by this four-run homer from jayson werth. second career grand slam. victorino's homer was his first in 25 games. he also scored five runs. he had a great box score line for those who are still into that. five at-bats, five runs, four hits, four rbis. five fives, four fours. >> you do it all year long. there will be times when you go to something and you don't get any hits but tonight we just kept plugging along.

bottom of the 80, still plugging along. every hit counts and every run counts. >> thanks for calling into espnews to talk about this big phillies win. 21-run margin of victory, third largest ever, biggest in 115 years. >> the giants began sunday by celebrating their pitching. two were named to the nl all-star team. by the end of the day celebration over the status turned into concern. the giants placing randy johnson on the 15-day dl list with a strained shoulder. even though johnson has won 303 career games he hasn't been what he used to be this season. his e.r.a. is over a run and a half higher than his career average entering the season. he's also striking out nearly three fewer batters per nine innings and winning with less

frequency. >> the johnsonless giants did have matt cain on the mound. a good thing. three-game set in san francisco. looking good. 6 2/3 innings, one earned run, five hits, five ks, 81, with a 2.16 e.r.a. in his last 12 starts. bottom of the fifth, bases juiced. sandaval, first career grand slam. two homers in his last three games. the giants end up winning 5-4. brian wilson gets his 22nd save. but just barely, making things interesting in the top of the ninth. >> nationals, rockies in denver, jayson marquis, what a story he's had this year. major league baseball's first 11-game winner. named to the all-star game for the first time this past weekend. the rockies win 1-0. houston got a six pitch save in the ninth. just the fifth time in franchise

history that colorado has won 1 s at home, three of them came last year. so it's marquis and the rockies winning 1-0 at home. >> in the past i was so worried about guys not scoring, you know, trying to make perfect pitches, get three outs with one pitch. this year, i told myself to bear down and focus on the hitter. and not let the game get out of hand. if one run scores, i know it's late in the game but it's still just a one-run game, so it's within reach. so i changed my focus to the hitter and good things have been happening. >> the man known as the machine will be counted on to pump out an assembly line worth of round trippers. pujols coming out for the home run derby joined by ryan howard, prince fielder, and adrian gonzalez. the four sluggers are the nl's first basemen for the game on july 14. sedgeway, monday now on espn, in

the 2009 state farm home run derby, you can see it live at 8:00 p.m. eastern. coverage begins at 7:00 p.m. eastern with an all-star edition of baseball tonight. you may not know this, but ronaldo is kind of a big deal. >> people know him. >> so big, in fact, some 80,000 people welcomed him to real madrid. the club committed the equivalent of $131 million just in transfer fees. >> i have to say thank you to all supporters. my boss, my friends, my teammates. because, you know, have i been here six years in the club, and i have friends there. the relationship with the old people there. but the people who understand my decision, and the people respect that, of course, it's a great challenge now, and other people know my dream is to play in madrid. but i'm going to miss many, many things in manchester.

you know, but this is the life. this is my new house. my new club, and i'm going to give 100% for this club. >> real madrid is no stranger to paying top dollar for talent. they are now responsible for the four largest transfer fees in soak history, including two in the last few months. >> to the nba, dwyane wade's future with the heat is predicated on the team returning to nba title contention. he can opt out of his heat deal after the upcoming nba season. he told espnews that simply getting to the playoffs is not enough. >> i've been lucky and blessed to have an opportunity to win a championship here in miami and once you taste success, you want to continue to keep getting it. i just want to make sure we build this program back to its winning ways, and, i'm 27, i'm in the midst of the prime of my career, so i look at may have and say, i've got a good window left, and i want to be put into a position to win.

if we do that, why i would want to leave these palm trees and the beautiful water you see behind me. that's what it's all about. >> since the heat won the 2006 nba title, things have not gone well. 2007, swept out of the first round. 2008, wade was hurt and they went 15-67. and then this past spring, again, they made the play justice but were bounced by the atlanta hawks in the first round. when we return, we have lance armstrong's ride in the tour de france. stage three on monday. >> and more troubling health concerns for a member of phil mickelson's family. that news is next.

>> more baseball, tigers and royals, lead shrinks to two games. game tied at 3-3, top of the ninth inning. deep and gone off fernando. solo jack. royals win by 6-4. looking at what the royals have done, they have won 4-3, bloomquist, 3-4 with a home run and three rbis. 1-3 with a home run as well. >> braves and cubs, derrek lee in the house. derrek lee out of the house. he's been red-hot of late. five homers in his last 16 -- in his last six games. five homers, 14 rbis in six

games for dee lee. a two-run homer in the first, 16th of the year. ramirez had missed two months with an injured shoulder. he went 0-4 but rookie randy wells, won. now two games over .500. mclouth, homered. >> lance armstrong, fined for arriving late to the pre-stage registration. blamed his tardiness on a visit from actor ben stiller. blame it on ben. >> third stage of the tour de france, i'm watching you, lance armstrong, staying with the back riding in the front end of the field. later in the stage, teammate signals armstrong to move forward. yeah, lance, come on up. armstrong, moves from 10th to third in the overall standings, at stage three.

makes a move mid race, the final sprint. cavendish beats everyone to the finish line. >> i prefer to stay out of the drama of who is the leader of the team. have i won it seven times. i think i deserve a little bit of credit but alberto is great rider, too, and we've got to go on with two leaders but that doesn't mean you can't take advantage of opportunities like today. >> race leader cancellara, third day in a row, the swiss rider extends his lead and is head of columbia required tony martin of germany by 33 seconds and armstrong by 40. >> phil mickelson's mother, mary, has been diagnosed with breast cancer. less than two months after mickelson's wife amy was diagnosed with the same disease. tina mickelson, phil sister,

told the san diego union tribune that her mother was diagnosed a week ago and will have surgery this friday. amy mickelson had surgery at the same hospital last wednesday. >> got our first glimpse of the third overall pick in june's nba draft. james harden out of arizo >> stilt to come, the angels and rangers, who took sole possession of first place on monday night. fisher opens up about his former quarterback.

>> how to stay current on espnews, nascar asks a federal judge on non-reverse the ruling that lifted driver jeremy mayfield's indefinite suspension for failing a random drug test. mayfield was suspended may 9 for a positive drug test and nascar has identified the substance as methamphetamine. >> serena williams appeared with david letterman just two days after beating her sister in the wimbledon final. she joked with david letterman about all the grunting in tennis. >> when i was younger growing up i used to watch monica sells and she's like the first person that i know that used to grunt really loud and hard. that's kind of how i modeled my grunt after. and then, i guess if i play golf, i grunt. if i'm playing soccer and i kick the ball, i grunt.

so, you know -- >> what about at breakfast? [grunt] >> how about some more eggs? [grunt] >> with fantasy information for tuesday's game, here's christopher harris. >> i'm christopher harris with your fantasy news. let's look at a few starting pitchers that will be throwing on tuesday. remember to get bedard active because he's coming off the dl against his old team, orioles. he dominated in a start last year and supposedly looked great. in his final bullpen tune-up. jordan zimmermann of the nationals just keeps rolling on. use him in colorado against the rockies. he's got ground ball stuff plus allowed two runs or fewer in his past five starts in. that span he's got a 2.12 e.r.a. despite which he's unowned in 90% of espn leagues. finally, if you're streaming pitchers in a deeper league it

might be time to start writing ja hap. he's struck 13. he gets the reds on tuesday. espn.com has the best fantasy announcers. check us out and do better in your league. >> beats san diego 6-5. mark reynolds, the walk-off rbi in the bottom of the ninth inning. >> washburn, ninth complete game and fourth shutout of his career, the seventh pitcher in the last five years to throw a complete game shutout allowing one hit and no walks. the first pitcher to do that this season. >> home run hits on monday, washburn, an early rbi? that game. kinsler hits his 20th of the year but the rangers would paul to the angels and the phillies going nuts against the mets.

utley and just beaten the padres. reynolds coming up with the big hit. he's the hero. all other teams. >> next on espnews, leaders >> next on espnews, a.l. west leaders clashing in los angeles. how the angels try to stop the streaking rangers. lance armstrong in position for a shot at a yellow jersey. how he made his move at the tour de france. >> a soccer star fills up a stadium and he didn't even play. an introduction rarely seen in sports. >> jeff fisher reflects on the steve mcnair that led his titans to a super bowl plus the latest into the investigation of his death.

welcome to espnews. helping you stay current with all the latest news, scores and highlights. alongside john, that's right, that's him. nomar returns to fenway. more on that in a moment. >> we begin in southern california where the angels and rangers began a three-game series with identical 45-35 records. tied for first in the a.l. west. >> rangers get josh hamilton back off the d.l. good news for them. top of the first, hamilton, base hit to right center. he would go two for four in the game. bottom of the second, two on for jeff mathis. right into the fake rocks. it's the angels. with a 3-2 lead. top of the fourth, 5-2 angels, hank blalock to center. but look at torii hunter. beautiful catch. bottom of the fifth now, 6-2

angels, looking to break it open. two on for vladimir guerrero. kevin millwood just didn't have it on this night. bobby abreu scores. gives up nine runs in five innings and the angels win 9-4. so with the win, the angels take a one-game lead in the american league west, two more games to go in this series between the first place angels and the second place rangers. >> nomar garciaparra returning to fenway park for the first time since he was traded in 2004. he was feeling the love. >> designated hitter number one. nomar. garciaparra. >> they still love him in beantown. top of the fourth, no score. runners at the corners with no outs. nomar, singling to left. jays on giambi scores, 1-0 ace, nomar, 2-4 with an rbi. a's win it 6-0. anderson, first rookie to shut out the red sox in fenway since

jim abbott in 1989. boston had their six-game home winning streak against nomar and the a's snapped the garciaparra on the emotions he was feeling monday night. >> i was trying not to try. i was getting choked up. these fans have made me feel just that way. since the day i put on that uniform. and, you know, they have given me such great memories and such great moments. they gave me another one today that i will never forget. >> i can't get off this high. the adrenaline, once it wears off i'll be sore. my body will be hurting after the adrenaline wears off. it's just a tribute to these wonderful people here that i can feel like this. >> among players with at least 1,000 at-bats at fenway, garciaparra's career batting average is six best all time. of the five ahead of him, four are hall of famers. >> yankees, blue jays, in the

new stadium, in the afternoon. ricky romero, good young left-handed pitcher for the blue jays. derek jeter appears to avoid the tag. gets thrown out. he asked for an explanation. he didn't like what he said. joe girardi comes out to support the captain. finger-pointing and bye-bye. >> foster runs a 7-4 game. we'll hear from jeter in a moment about the scenario. matsui, one-run game, next batter, penski, the winning run, but no theatrics on this day in the new yankees stadium. goes down, blue jays hold on to beat the yankees and they avoid getting swept in the four-game series. andy petitte gave up six runs, five hits, five walks and six plus. 12 of the 14 homers he's allowed this year have come at home. three at minnesota, three at anaheim leading up to the all-star break. back to the phantom tag at third, derek why, were you so

upset? >> did you argue because you knew you were safe? >> i was just baffled by the explanation. i was told i was out because the ball beat me and he didn't have to tag me, so i was unaware of that change in the rules. >> do you second-guess at all your decision? >> no, because i was safe. how about that. in that situation you try to be aggressive. i thought i could make it. unfortunate it didn't happen. but like i said, it wasn't the call that made me have a conversation, it was the explanation. >> he always knows what to say. he says the perfect thing every time. scott rolen, 23 game hitting streak for toronto, fourth longest in blue jay history. only five short of shawn green's club record set back in 1999. rolen batting .389 during his creek. .327 for the season. new details continue to emerge around the weekend shoulding deaths of former quarterback steve mcnair and his girlfriend. according to autopsy results three of the four gunshot wounds that killed mcnair were fired from more than three feet away.

the state medical examiner bruce levy says one of the gunshots to mcnair's temple was fired at close range. kazemi's own gunshot wound was a contact shot meaning the gun was touching her head when it was fired. police stay gun found at the scene was bought by kazemi less than two days before the two were shot to death. these are the new pictures of the couple obtained. the girl's nephew says it appeared -- she appeared confident the relationship would last. she said he was divorcing his wife and it would be finalized soon. >> head coach jeff fishers, first full season at the nfl head coach was in 1995, when the then houston oilers made steve mcnair the number three overall pick. fisher eased mcnair into lineup slowly giving him spot duty over his first two seasons before turning the team over to mcnair in 1997. 12 years later, on monday, he

talked about mcnair's life and death. here's bob holtzman. >> while the titans flag out front sagged at half-staff, an emotional jeff fisher sat quietly in his office search for the right words. when he took the podium, still not sure what to say. fisher chose to speak on behalf of his former quarterback. >> steve mcnair that i knew, would want me to say, sorry. decisions sometimes are not in the best interest. please forgive me. the steve mcnair that i knew would want me to celebrate my life. for what i did on the field. for what i did in the community. the kind of teammate that i was.

that's what steve, that i knew, would want me to safe. >> fibber and mcnair spent 11 seasons together, and nearly won a super bowl. on monday, fisher called mcnair one of the greatest competitors of all time and said hopes that's what people remember, not the details surrounding his death. >> we all have given the right to judge, and my hope is that steve will be remembered and also forgiven, but remembered for what he did and what he meant to this organization. >> we all make mistakes. we all wish we could go back on but i'm not here to dwell on that i'm here to celebrate the life of a dear friend and teammate. >> there will be a public memorial service for mcnair on thursday afternoon in suburban nashville. a private funeral is scheduled for saturday near mcnair's childhood home in mississippi. in nashville, bob holtzman, espnews.

>> thank you. when we return, more baseball here on espnews, a record-setting runs scored. >> how long the giants will be without the big unit. >> plus dwyane wade says he'll remain in miami on condition. also ahead, we've seen plenty of athletes get showered with adulation but not like this. >>

>> welcome back. reds and phillies, boy, did the phillies have a whole lot of

fun. first, victorino, three-run homer. two-run homer. later in the first, it's 7-0 phillies. cuerto is gone after 2/3 of an inning and nine earned runs. now herrera is in. 19th of the year. a 10-run first for the reds. and one in the second, one in the third, four in the fourth, and then six more in the eighth. powered by this four-run homer from jayson werth. second career grand slam. victorino's homer was his first in 25 games. he also scored five runs. he had a great box score line for those who are still into that. five at-bats, five runs, four hits, four rbis. five fives, four fours. >> you do it all year long. there will be times when you go to something and you don't get any hits but tonight we just kept plugging along.

bottom of the 80, still plugging along. every hit counts and every run counts. >> thanks for calling into espnews to talk about this big phillies win. 21-run margin of victory, third largest ever, biggest in 115 years. >> the giants began sunday by celebrating their pitching. two were named to the nl all-star team. by the end of the day celebration over the status turned into concern. the giants placing randy johnson on the 15-day dl list with a strained shoulder. even though johnson has won 303 career games he hasn't been what he used to be this season. his e.r.a. is over a run and a half higher than his career average entering the season. he's also striking out nearly three fewer batters per nine innings and winning with less

frequency. >> the johnsonless giants did have matt cain on the mound. a good thing. three-game set in san francisco. looking good. 6 2/3 innings, one earned run, five hits, five ks, 81, with a 2.16 e.r.a. in his last 12 starts. bottom of the fifth, bases juiced. sandaval, first career grand slam. two homers in his last three games. the giants end up winning 5-4. brian wilson gets his 22nd save. but just barely, making things interesting in the top of the ninth. >> nationals, rockies in denver, jayson marquis, what a story he's had this year. major league baseball's first 11-game winner. named to the all-star game for the first time this past weekend. the rockies win 1-0. houston got a six pitch save in the ninth. just the fifth time in franchise

history that colorado has won 1 s at home, three of them came last year. so it's marquis and the rockies winning 1-0 at home. >> in the past i was so worried about guys not scoring, you know, trying to make perfect pitches, get three outs with one pitch. this year, i told myself to bear down and focus on the hitter. and not let the game get out of hand. if one run scores, i know it's late in the game but it's still just a one-run game, so it's within reach. so i changed my focus to the hitter and good things have been happening. >> the man known as the machine will be counted on to pump out an assembly line worth of round trippers. pujols coming out for the home run derby joined by ryan howard, prince fielder, and adrian gonzalez. the four sluggers are the nl's first basemen for the game on july 14. sedgeway, monday now on espn, in

the 2009 state farm home run derby, you can see it live at 8:00 p.m. eastern. coverage begins at 7:00 p.m. eastern with an all-star edition of baseball tonight. you may not know this, but ronaldo is kind of a big deal. >> people know him. >> so big, in fact, some 80,000 people welcomed him to real madrid. the club committed the equivalent of $131 million just in transfer fees. >> i have to say thank you to all supporters. my boss, my friends, my teammates. because, you know, have i been here six years in the club, and i have friends there. the relationship with the old people there. but the people who understand my decision, and the people respect that, of course, it's a great challenge now, and other people know my dream is to play in madrid. but i'm going to miss many, many things in manchester.

you know, but this is the life. this is my new house. my new club, and i'm going to give 100% for this club. >> real madrid is no stranger to paying top dollar for talent. they are now responsible for the four largest transfer fees in soak history, including two in the last few months. >> to the nba, dwyane wade's future with the heat is predicated on the team returning to nba title contention. he can opt out of his heat deal after the upcoming nba season. he told espnews that simply getting to the playoffs is not enough. >> i've been lucky and blessed to have an opportunity to win a championship here in miami and once you taste success, you want to continue to keep getting it. i just want to make sure we build this program back to its winning ways, and, i'm 27, i'm in the midst of the prime of my career, so i look at may have and say, i've got a good window left, and i want to be put into a position to win.

if we do that, why i would want to leave these palm trees and the beautiful water you see behind me. that's what it's all about. >> since the heat won the 2006 nba title, things have not gone well. 2007, swept out of the first round. 2008, wade was hurt and they went 15-67. and then this past spring, again, they made the play justice but were bounced by the atlanta hawks in the first round. when we return, we have lance armstrong's ride in the tour de france. stage three on monday. >> and more troubling health concerns for a member of phil mickelson's family. nhat news is next.

>> more baseball, tigers and royals, lead shrinks to two games. game tied at 3-3, top of the ninth inning. deep and gone off fernando. solo jack. royals win by 6-4. looking at what the royals have done, they have won 4-3, bloomquist, 3-4 with a home run and three rbis. 1-3 with a home run as well. >> braves and cubs, derrek lee in the house. derrek lee out of the house. he's been red-hot of late. five homers in his last 16 -- in his last six games. five homers, 14 rbis in six

games for dee lee. a two-run homer in the first, 16th of the year. ramirez had missed two months with an injured shoulder. he went 0-4 but rookie randy wells, won. now two games over .500. m