mark teixeira, alex rodriguez and tonight marco scutaro. this guy came in batting .302. guzman, a three-hopper this time. three equals two. two down. vernon wells next. you know, the guy's whose dad played ncfl. there's jason frasor who might be functioning at their new closer. their true closer scott downs is on the d. l. so they're wp by committee. >> rob: this club is doing much better. the nationals are now 7-11 in one-run ballgames. >> bob: that's not that bad. >> rob: that is not that bad. >> bob: there are some contending teams who have records not far off that. i just like the fact the nats are playing more one-run games these days. of course, some of them he werier -- earlier were 12-11, 9- 8. this is better baseball here. joel hanrahan is on tonight. wells rips that one left center k anybody catch it? how about willie harris! >> rob: two nights in a row. >> bob: oh, man, does he cover some ground! how far is he? he's running in from eft dead left field right now. willie harris, you are awesome! @@ >>> well come whack to wel

climbed back in it, johnny damon hit a homer in the top of the seventh, the very next hitter, mark teixeira, back-to-back home runs, they close within one, but obi, that was the best they could do. >> papelbon put on the tying run, but posada flied out, the red sox won what turned out to be a thriller of a game 6-5. they will not meet again until august. what do you expect from now until then? >> i'm really surprised. these two teams are so close, it's hard to imagine that the red sox have won seven straight ball games from these two teams, but the yankees are going to go to bed tonight, they've lost this ball game, papelbon with a terrific job, but when they wake up tomorrow, one game is all that separates these two teams. we might be talking about this late into the month of september as well. >> yep, and the yankees have cc sabathia on the mound tomorrow in the concluding game trying to win for the first time since the red sox in 2009. for rick sutcliffe, i'm dave o'brien, let's toss it back to the studio. >> thanks so much. this is the second time in which the red sox have won at least

. >> mark teixeira becoming mr. for lap. overtaking kevin youkilis in the all-star balloting.op fourth, red sox on top. 5-0. and guess who hit a homerun. david ortiz who struggled might low throughout the court of the season. his second homerun in the last three games. the first 50 he only had one homerun but certainly starting to get off the schneid. >> the nationals had the top pick for the first anytime franchise history. they selected san diego state pitcher stephen strasburg, who went 22-7 with a 1.59 e.r.a. the gnats are optimistic about signing him. >> we are optimistic about signing all our draft choices. we don't don't through the media so i'm not going to begin now. we're going begin the process, which i have begun already. i have spoken to scott bore has in a congratulatory phone call and had a great conversation with stephen strasburg. he was elated to be drafted by the nationals, fired up to be the number onic and has waving a great time in california with the rest of his teammates at san diego state. >> if strasburg can help the club immediately he can be the sev

johnny damon a solo shot, his 13th, and mark teixeira went yard as well, for teixeira his 19th of the season, he's 4 for 4, 19th homer of the season, two doubles as well, posada with a home run, damon, and also lowell with a shot and kevin youkilis as well for the red sox. the rays lead this one 9-1, aybar has two home runs in his last three games. remember as soon as the baseball games go final, highlights right here on "espnews." >> after a one-run loss in the series opener at citi field, the phillies turn to cole hamels to take on the mets. hamels, 4-0 with a 2.84 e.r.a. over his last seven outings after going 0-2 in his first three starts. let's check in as to how this game is going at citi field. hamels gave up 11 hits, four runs, and the mets had a 4-1 lead, but in the top of the seventh, mike pelfrey gave up three consecutive singles to load the bases and then sean green proceeded to give up three runs, and so here we stand, tied at four, ibanez and rollins with rbis for the phillies. they're in the bottom of the seventh tied at four, and here's a note about raul ibanez in his

seventh, mark teixeira, after johnny damon homered the yanks go back-to-back, tex's a.l.ng 19th of the year. yanks within one. top nine. jonathan papelbon on to close it out. yanks have the tying run on second. jorge posada to left. a >> the w.t.p., kids, "warning track power." red sox lead the a.l. east by one game, chien-ming wang gets the loss. his 21.61 e.r.a. is the highest in major league history for any starter through his first five starts of a season. >> threw a lot of pitches in 2 2/3 innings, and i know he's not happy with his performance, and this is not what he wants to do, but i just told him, "you threw a lot of pitches, i'm going to take you out." >> his balls were way out of the zone, his strikes in the middle of the plate, we got a couple of walks, doubles, that's pretty much much how we scored some runs. >> i don't know, to tell you the truth, some pitches up, some pitches down. it was not a good night for the hitters. that's about it. >> the eight-game win streak for the sox over the yanks is their second longest win streak in team history against thei

only mark teixeira has more with 36. raul ibanez is the major league leader with the phillies with 38. you think sits sense bank park is not jumping tonight. jon lester, joe blanton, red sox and phillies, last two defending world champions. all good breaking ball. >> rob: you can make a great argument against strasburg and what his agent is saying. this a kid who came out of nowhere, six games into the major league last year, they gave him a long-term contract, goes out and wins rookie of the year. talk about impact player. >> bob: stammen is there to grab it, longoria signed a 17 million-dollar six -- 70 million-dollar six-year deal. od through safety-colored glasses. doing what it takes to make home a little better. that's why we lowered over a thousand prices. and carry powerful tools from dewalt, milwaukee, ridgid, and more. so you spend less, but drill, saw, and nail... more. more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. right now, save $20 on a ryobi 18v starter kit with drill and circular saw for ju

seventh, mark teixeira, after johnny damon homered the yanks go back-to-back, tex's a.l.ng 19th of the year. yanks within one. top nine. jonathan papelbon on to close it out. yanks have the tying run on second. jorge posada to left. a >> the w.t.p., kids, "warning track power." red sox lead the a.l. east by one game, chien-ming wang gets the loss. his 21.61 e.r.a. is the highest in major league history for any starter through his first five starts of a season. this is chilling, chilling to everyone. and if you have had a loved one on that plane, it's beyond chilling. it's unforgivable it seems to me. so i want to get to a letter that senator snowe and i sent to secretary lahood. and we said some tough things, mr. babbitt, and i want you tell me if you think we were too serious. they talked to carriers about duty time, that's a direct quote, talk about carriers on b-about duty time and this is about this flight and pilot fatigue. the faa must become a proactive agency and nearly talking doesn't fulfill the primary mission to ensure the safety of the flying public. we can n

having gotten to know mark, i would have been surprised if he didn't. when he was courting teixeira, cashman flew to washington, stayed at the ritz-carlton and met with teixeira for eight hours. he was blown away by his baseball i. q. and his preparation. everything that he does on a day-to-day basis has been in preparation for that day's game, so it did not surprise brian at all that he did the right thing on that play. >> one of his old teams, the texas rangers, taking the best team in the a.l., the dodgers. they won 6-0, shutting out one of the best offenses. is it time to start believing in texas? >> i think it has been for about a month. with the rangers, it will be a fragile equation, as with the jays, because they will have to overcome injuries, matt harrison and mccarthy. that's the question about texas. can they get enough starting pitching to hold off the angels. the good thing for the rangers, the teams chasing them have major issues. the athletics have had a tough time scoring runs. the angels sent down kendrick. sosa talking about shaking up their team as well. the thin