>> this first half has been up and down, up and down, now things are up and hopefully they stay that way. everybody needs a break, but this could be the worst possible time for the phillies to have time off at the all-star game. red hot, the number one hitting team in baseball the last few weeks. and the team off -- teeing off again today against the rockies. and rupp the two-out r.b.i. single in the third puts them up 3-1. and rupp says good luck catching this. in the seventh a mile-high 2-run homer going 465 feet. the longest homer by a phills player in five years! well until this in the eighth. franco, the 3-run bomb goes 471 feet the longest since '09. they go into the break winners 10 of the last 13. >> i think so.

we have a lot of young kids and the first full season in the big leagues. it gives them time to have a little bit of a break, but you have to come out hot in the second half and come back and keep playing, having fun. that's what we're doing. >> the phills have 12 more wins at the break this year than they did all of last year. and then they didn't win the 42nd game until early august. hopefully they can keep it going when they return friday against the mets. >> what is really satisfying about this, is seeing the way the bats have come alive. and we've been winning game with our offense. and that's something that each in the first six weeks of the season, when we were winning, we were often winning, you know, low-scoring games. 1-run games and we started to swing the bats better now and that's very positive. some phills of the future playing in the future's all-star game in san diego tonight. the reading phills well represented. ricardo pinto the pitcher bailed out on this shot.

robbing the homer. and cousins, the second-round pick in 2012, and wow, 11-3. he is getting oohs and aahs with his passing ability but ben simmons shooting just 28% in summer league play coming into tonight. finally simmons shows off that shot. ben simmons making a conscious effort to shoot jump shots against the bulls. hopefully what happens in vegas tonight doesn't stay in vegas. look at this, there you go. after the 0-3 start simmons gets going. later in the second check this out. simmons drives and switches happened -- hands in mid afrm t -- midair. and the number one pick is working on that j. >> made it a point to come out and shoot jumpers. and did i that. and stepping out of my comfort

zone but that's how you grow up and i felt i did that this game. coming out and testing the waters a little bit and adjusting my game and the nba level. >> should we be worried about ben simmons' shooting ability? that and more up for debate. and andy murray playing his 11th grand slam final, the first against someone other than federer oro -- or djokovic. and he takes down milos raonic. and choking up, check out the tears of joy. and temple grad brandon mcmanus not just kicking his feet up this summer, he is trying to raise awareness for antibullying. and here is mcmanus today showing off his bling, the super bowl ring. check it out. at his football camp in lansdale

today. he learned it. mcmanus perfect in the playoffs including 3-3 in the super bowl. his message today, believe in yourself. that helped him go from undrafted to champion. >> that's the biggest thing, everyone has their own thing they are good at. the way you are able to empower yourself to continue to do well, eventually no one will bother you about it. so just kind of stick with yourself, be who you are. one thing i tell a lot of kids is as long as i am happy with myself, then no one else could affect me at all. so that's one thing that i like to preach a lot. >> and hopefully the kids paid attention to that message. probably eyeing the ring. >> was that a ring or a lunch box? i couldn't well. >> the size of a car. a dallas police officer shares his grief on social media. his message on gun violence.

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communities across the nation come together to grieve and pray, a dallas police officer's message of compassion is bringing light to a week filled with darkness. here is byron pitts. >> today going to church with plenty to pray for, and may have had more than most. this is dallas county deputy who lost five brothers in blue thursday. >> i was not expected to have my badge covered this morning, but it's covered because we lost five. and it hurts. >> we met the deputy, like the rest of the world, when he went

to our nation's newest chapel, facebook. more than letting us in his squad car, he let us in his world. a heart, like so many in america, is broken. >> going on the street. >> you be careful. >> i will. >> pained as he is, he is also proud of his profession. >> you saw officers in blue putting their lives on the line for people they don't even know. >> it has been a horrific week in america. deaths caught on camera. and in dallas the judge and jury was a bomb. and we you a saw darkness this week and the deputy reminds us that there is light. >> i refuse to see hate live while love dies. i refuse to see hate live while love dies. >> amen. >> abc news, dallas. "action news" sports sunday next on channel 6. "action news" continues at 4:30 tomorrow morning with david murphy, tamala edwards, matt

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>> tonight on "sports sunday", cameron rupp sends the phillies into the break with a bang. >> to the wall, it is gone! >> plus, rebreak down ben simmons's game. the good and the bad so far for the young sixer's star. "sports sunday" starts right now. >> welcome to "action news" "sports sunday" and i'm jeff skversky with mike, who has no worry in the world. >> no worry about ben simmons' shooting, you are. >> whether we are worried about ben simm