single and back in front by one and come with to outs and to safe the day bottom 7, 2 on, no outs phillies out of it, 5-4-3, triple play and hernandez and joseph, the first triple play since 7 years ago, high 5 all around and phillies win 6-5. a-rod has been a lightning rod of controversy over his career and no denying alex rodriguez is one of the best baseball players of all time and his player days are just about hour, in an emotional press conference he says he will leave the yankees and the game on friday when the team releases him, only three players in baseball history have hit more than a-rod but will always be remembered as the star who was suspended for taking performance-enhancing drugs. >> this is a tough day. i love this game and i love this

team and today i'm saying good-bye to both. >> reporter: history is made today, the suzuki gets his 3,000 hit with a triple in colorado, the marlins outfielder only the 30th player in major league history to reach 3,000. each only needs roughly 1200 more to catch pete rose the all time hit king. eagles fans may live and die with every win and every loss but eagles rookie quarterback says he is not throwing any extra unneeded pressure on himself to live up to the title as future franchise quarterback and he says it's just football, the second over all pick is trying to make it simple as he gears up for the first nfl preseason football overnight and his way of managing the stress of being the man under center. >> comes with the territory and obviously there is pressure but i block it out and inherited

pressure on a smaller sense back in college and block it out and go play ball and the rest will take care of itself and that is the approach i have and will stay with. >> reporter: more of our one on one with carson wentz on action news sports sunday coming up, on 11:45 and we are in studio to talk eagles and much more. since the first time eagles preseason game was cancelled in 2001, nfl cancels a preseason game tonight because of poor season conditions and hall of fame in canton between green bay and indianapolis because the field paint was too sticky and hard potentially dangerous to players on the field. and playoffs the sole in allentown taking on tampa bay and he says coach check this out, a touchdown with reynolds there you go, i told you coach and 63-41 up next, jacksonville in a conference championship

game. in the olympics tonight michael phelps wins his 19th gold in a 4-100 rely, the williams sisters loses a doubles match for the first time ever and 6ers has a game winning block with no time left for croatia and he shoots the lowest round in the pga tour with a 58 breaking his own record of 59 even he jokes now he has to throw away the 59 memorabilia and goes in the trash and needs 58 on it. >> great to watch. >> born in west chester and going hard. >> thank you jeff and much more to come on action news a bride is given away by a man whose life was saved thanks for her father, the unusual and touching ceremony when action news comes right back.

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website. it was a good walk for a great cause today in camdon county and for suicide prevention hosted awareness walk in penn township and walked along north park drive for suicide prevention niche initiatives and it's out of the darkest events held across the country. the light house is celebrating national light house day offering kids a deal on tours and all day today children up to 12 years of age had a chance to climb the light house for free as long as they had an adult with them of course. it's one of the oldest and tallest in the country. classic cars on display today up in bucks county but this festival was more than putting on a show, the action cam on the scene in central park for the annual for the car show and benefit, this festival is a memory of drew who died in a motor cross accident about ten years ago, all the money raised

today goes to fight hunger and help people struggling to pay for their education. meanwhile in northern liberty people were dancing in the streets. the second street festival brought in people from all across the region for some live music, delicious food and face painting, organizers say the hope is it will show off what north has to offer in terms of restaurants, businesses and social life. ♪

finally tonight the father of a bride from pennsylvania once told his daughter she will all be in his heart, sadly he died long before his daughter's big day but a part of him was there nonetheless and abc john donavan explains. ♪ when jenny walked down the aisle down the island in pennsylvania. >> it has been the best day of my life. >> reporter: the man whose arm she held was not her father, that would not have been possible because her dad michael was gone ten years already

snatched from his little girl's life this a murder, who was this person walking by her side. >> on the right is a parking lot and my aunt is wearing white pants. >> reporter: a person she would not meet until the day before the meeting when she talked him from the route to the church and arthur thomas was this need of a new heart and the heart they gave him was michael's jenny's dads and jenny grew up knowing a living part of her father was out there. >> talking to him and writing letters and calling. >> reporter: but it was all long distance until. >> wrote me a letter and if you are willing would you walk me down the aisle. >> thank you so much for coming. >> are you kidding. >> reporter: so there they were in the moment of their meeting jenny closer to her dad's beating heart than she had been in years, so close she reached to feel that beat and on this her wedding day that was possible. john donavan abc news.

what a great story action news sports sunday is next here on channel six, action news continues at 4:30 tomorrow morning with david murphy and edwards and matt o'donnell and karen rogers and for perez and bloomquist and mcgee and skversky have a great night and a great weekend.

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tonight on sports sunday we go one on one with eagles number one pick carson wen. >> a lot of competitions. >> reporter: antonia gives insights into training camp and the phillies breakout the bats again against the padres, is it enough, sports sunday starts now. ♪ >> announcer: this is action news sports sunday sponsored by audi. ♪ hello there we kickoff action news sports sunday talking eagles, i'm jeff skversky from 97.5 the phanitic and kickoff on thursday and head coach not