zack greinke only 14 wins. cy young voting and who ought to get an award, some people feel like wins can be overvalued. when you consider how many times greinke hasn't gotten a ton of support. what's your sense of greinke's place in the hierarchy of where he ought to be in terms of a.l. cy young consideration? >> i think he should win it. and for this reason. he's pitched six of those games that he's pitched, he pitched -- he gave up one run or less. and didn't get a decision. that's how dominant this guy's been. i understand he only has four -- 14 wins and the big thing coming in, he hasn't faced the red sox, hasn't faced the yankees. all he can do is take the ball when trey hill man gives it to him and hasn't missed a start this year and put up these numbers with the strikeout and e.r.a. he can't help the fact that he gets -- cc sabathia, if he would have pitched for the kansas city royals, how would he have done? >> a next level look at the run support. cc sabathia has received 142 runs of support. which is

. >>> zack greinke pitching for his 15th win of the season for the royals. that might be the key here because the most other clubs, might already be a 20-game winner. he's had six starts where he's allowed one run or less and didn't get a win in any of those six games. top of the first, here's greinke. gets kevin youkilis from the pitch in the dirt to end the inning. bases loaded for mike jacobs and paul byrd will walk jacobs on four straight pitches. so it's 1-0 kansas city. we're still in the bottom of the first. the visit to the mound and nen alberto callapso, what did you guys say on the mound anyway? single to right. the royals had a 2-0 lead now. and then a 3-0 alex gordon, little bloop job will drop in.

first, chances that zack greinke wins the a.l. cy young?eally strong, he's ending really strong. he beat the red sox last night. his last five starts he's 3-0 with a 0.56 e.r.a. sabathia could go high. i'm going 65%. >> zack greinke has been the best pitcher in baseball by a lot. pitching in this league with a 2.00 e.r.a. is absurd. this could be 100%. i'm making it 100%. >> no. >> it should be but people are going to do what you do. sabathia has 20 wins. you're going to reward sabathia for having better teammates? >> 15 is a low number. what's next? >> what am i supposed to put, should be? should be 100%. next, chances the lions snap their 19-game losing streak and beat the redskins this week? >> if they do, everyone in washington will wonder when is jim zorn going to be fired. that would be a devastating loss. i don't think it's going to happen. the redskins have far, far more talent than detroit and they are very good where detroit is bad, on defense at the moment. i give this no more than a 10% shot of the redskins losing. >> really? i

how important is zack greinke's start tonight? plus, why the royals pitcher could have a huge impact on the american league central race. here we come. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- chris: at this hour live on "sportscenter," former giants wide receiver plaxico burress has been taken into custody following this morning's sentencing hearing on gun charges. he arrived at the courthouse about 20 minutes to 10:00, was sentenced to two years in jail, two years supervised release. sal paolantonio joining us live outside the manhattan supreme criminal courthouse with more on today's swift proceedings and yet very emotional scene. sal, what happened in the courtroom? >> chris, yes, it was very sand very emotional. i've been covering courts for about 20 years, in and out of different courtroom cases. this was about the most touching that i've ever seen. plaxico burress arrived with his wife and his young son, elijah, and his father and his stepmother and his grandmother, and they sat in the fifth row and

tonight the red sox trying to close in on the american league wild card going head-to-head with zack greinkenot just the royals but you have the top guy in the league who has given up one earned run over his last four starts. greinke leads all of baseball in e.r.a. the fourth lowest among pitchers 25 or younger in the divisional era and the lowest in the american league since pedro in 2000 whose e.r.a. was out of control. a lot of talk midway through, even when he had a great e.r.a., halladay and lincecum, is this guy the best in baseball? >> i think he is the most dominant now. this start is huge. he is yet to pitch against new york and boston. two starts against tampa, another really good offensive team and pitched 14 innings and given up seven runs against tampa. he has to run the table to me. division not a strong offensive team. look at what roy halladay and cc sabathia has to do with powerful offenses going headed to head every night. zack greinke can win the cy young if he wins tonight. but i still think he has to run the table and get to 17 or 18 wins. >> let's see tonight. he has be

zack greinke is by far the best pitcher in the american league this year. what about his performance this year and what do you think about the cy young? >> well, i agree with you completely, john. he's going to win the cy young and he will deserve it. you talked about that e.r.a. it's remarkable, 2.08 in this -- you know, hitting era that we're in. keep in mind in the d.h. era in the american league, 1973 on, only four pitchers have had an e.r.a. as low as greinke's now in the 200-inning season. roger clemens, pedro martinez, and jim palmer. no pitcher in the american league has not won the cy young with an e.r.a. as low as greinke's since roger clemens in 1990 and that was the year bob welch won 27 games. that's why he won the cy young. we might not even have a 20-game winner in the american league this year. that's why a 15-game winner will probably win it he should win it. the numbers across the board are just spectacular. john: even stolen bases against five. i mean stuff like that. the guy's been unbelievable. thanks so much, tim. >> thank you, john. c

the complete game was the sixth of the season for halladay tying him with kansas city's zack greinkehe major league lead. aaron hill two r.b.i.'s and six r.b.i.'s in the last six games. >> the nfl fined brett favre 10 grand for his crackback block during monday's preseason game, when lining up at receiver in the wildcat formation favre crouched down and threw his body at the feet of houston defensive back eugene wilson. on the play, wilson injured his knee. favre a spectator in the vikings preseason finale, minnesota hosting dallas, first quarter, it's tarvaris jackson. improvising, and finds jeff dugan, his tight end. 36-yard touchdown. third t.d. pass of the preseason for jackson. he was 2-4, 42 yards and that score. third quarter, cowboys down two touchdowns, sage rosenfels picked off. patrick watkins, 23 yards. dallas within seven. 21-14. later in the third, john david booty, picked off by steve octavien. he's returning it 44 yards for the score. that tied it up at 21-21. dallas with two interception returns in the third quarter. they win 35-31. >> u.s. open tennis, number three

the complete game was the sixth of the season for halladay tying him with kansas city's zack greinkehe major league lead. aaron hill two r.b.i.'s and six r.b.i.'s in the last six games. >> the nfl fined brett favre 10 grand for his crackback block during monday's preseason game, when lining up at receiver in the wildcat formation favre crouched down and threw his body at the feet of houston defensive back eugene wilson. on the play, wilson injured his knee. favre a spectator in the vikings preseason finale, minnesota hosting dallas, first quarter, it's tarvaris jackson. improvising, and finds jeff dugan, his tight end. 36-yard touchdown. third t.d. pass of the preseason for jackson. he was 2-4, 42 yards and that score. third quarter, cowboys down two touchdowns, sage rosenfels picked off. patrick watkins, 23 yards. dallas within seven. 21-14. later in the third, john david booty, picked off by steve octavien. he's returning it 44 yards for the score. that tied it up at 21-21. dallas with two interception returns in the third quarter. they win 35-31. >> u.s. open tennis, number three

trying to keep pace with the yankees and with zack greinke. looking for his 15th win on the season. and he had it working. top first, no score. kevin youkilis. got him. that will end the inning. the yankees -- greinke's record would be better if his offense was, too. that wasn't a problem in this game. bases loaded for mike jacobs. paul byrd walked jacobs on four straight pitches. next batter is alberto callapso, base hit. he had three hits and a walk. mitch maier comes in to score. the royals up 2-0. later in the first, royals up 3-0. alex gordon, that's going to drop. here comes jacob and callapso. the royals with a five-run first for greinke to give him some support. top third now, jason varitek, check out alex gordon. hustling. later in the third, greinke facing alex gonzalez. and he got him. top four, here comes youkilis again. and there goes youkilis again. david ortiz got him, too. top five, jason bay. i think you're getting the picture here. top six, ortiz, back at the plate, yuniesky betancourt will handle that one. greinke, six innings of work, struck out five, didn't give

but right now, zack greinke is the leader. the knock on him had been he hadn't start add game against either the yankees or red sox and started against the red sox on tuesday, two hits, no runs, brilliant. so now, ok, he's only got 15 wins but does have a 2.08 earned run average, tied with felix hernandez for the most quality starts. probably going to come down to greinke and hernandez. but right now, it's greinke's lose -- greinke's to lose. >>> go to youtube for peter gammons. it's hilarious. greinke, 2.08 e.r.a. felix hernandez as peter mentioned having a great year as well. justin verlander leads the a.l., 245 strikeouts. but that number for sabathia, jumps out at you. the 18 wins, that's already in the playoffs. >>> plaxico burress caught over 500 pass in his nine-year nfl career including the game winner and a super bowl. he fumbled just nine times. then there was the fumble off the football field. burress brought an unregistered handgun into a new york city nightclub. it slipped down his pants, he grabbed for it. it dis

the complete game was the sixth of the season for halladay tying him with kansas city's zack greinkeor the american league lead. >> the nfl fined brett favre 10 grand for his crackback block during monday's preseason game, when lining up at receiver in the wildcat formation favre crouched down and threw his body at the feet of defensive back eugene wilson. on the play, wilson injured his knee. favre a spectator in the vikings' preseason finale, minnesota hosting dallas, first quarter, it's tarvaris jackson. improvising. finds jeff dugan, his tight end. 36-yard touchdown. jackson 2-4, 42 yards and that score. third quarter, cowboys down two touchdowns. sage rosenfels picked off, patrick watkins, 23 yards, dallas within seven, 21-14. later in the third, john david booty picked off by steve octavius, returning it 44 yards for the score. that tied it up at 21-21. dallas with two interception returns in the quarter. they win 35-31. >> u.s. open tennis, rafa nadal, number three seed on the men's side taking on nicolas kiefer. tied at a set apiece. break point in the third, kiefer eventuall

. >> zack greinke will be on track to make the next scheduled start tuesday against boston after he took a line drive off the pitching arm. got some swelling in his forearm, but will throw a short session on sunday and he remains on the regular day on tuesday. royals taking on the white sox, and jake peavy's first start since june 8. a whole bunch of minor league starts in the chicago system. this is the first start for the white sox at this level. how about the betancourt squeeze? >> they all stuck it in and squeezed. >> well, the royals -- nicely played. >> perfect. runners on the corners. >> do what you've got to do. a guy like peavy trying to push the run across as much as you can. >> peavy facing mike jacobs. gets him in the third. >> mike jacobs has seen jake peavy in the national league when jacobs played for the marlins. seen that movement before. >> alex rios, goes 2-5. he began the game in the 7-74 skid. >> yeah. >> that's tied up 3-3, top five. peavy facing bloomquist. >> great movement on that bat, sinker ball. running in -- >> they tell him in the fifth you're done. >> he's

the rockies magic number is nine against the giants with work to do. >> "what 2 watch 4," zack greinkechannel when he's pitching. he's got to be in the cy young discussion. it's going to be the red sox trying to beat greinke and the royals, going with paul byrd, first pitch 8:10 eastern. also what to watch for, two of the best teams, division leaders. yankees struggling at anaheim like nobody's business, gaudin against santana. the first pitch at 7:05 pacific, 10:05 eastern. we've got some a.l. magic numbers for you. the yankees number is eight in the east. one, though to clinch at least the wild card. angels down to six with the win monday. tigers idle at 11 and the red sox wild card magic number is seven. >> you know, sunday and monday people get all wrapped up in football and they lose track of what's going on in baseball sometimes. we have a fresh new "sportscenter" coming up right now to get you caught

tigers were idle with 11 and red sox with 11 facing zack greinke. >> tell the people about your speech

the complete game was the sixth of the season for halladay tying him with kansas city's zack greinkehe major league lead. aaron hill two r.b.i.'s and six r.b.i.'s in the last six games. >> the nfl fined brett favre 10 grand for his crackback block during monday's preseason game, when lining up at receiver in the wildcat formation favre crouched down and threw his body at the feet of houston defensive back eugene wilson. on the play, wilson injured his knee. favre a spectator in the vikings preseason finale, minnesota hosting dallas, first quarter, it's tarvaris jackson. improvising, and finds jeff dugan, his tight end. 36-yard touchdown. third t.d. pass of the preseason for jackson. he was 2-4, 42 yards and that score. third quarter, cowboys down two touchdowns, sage rosenfels picked off. patrick watkins, 23 yards. dallas within seven. 21-14. later in the third, john david booty, picked off by steve octavien. he's returning it 44 yards for the score. that tied it up at 21-21. dallas with two interception returns in the third quarter. they win 35-31. >> u.s. open tennis, number three

. >> zack greinke will be on track to make the next scheduled start tuesday against boston after he tooke off the pitching arm. got some swelling in his forearm, but will throw a short session on sunday and he remains on the regular day on tuesday. royals taking on the white sox, and jake peavy's first start since june 8. a whole bunch of minor league starts in the chicago system. this is the first start for the white sox at this level. how about the betancourt squeeze? >> they all stuck it in and squeezed. >> well, the royals -- nicely played. >> perfect. runners on the corners. >> do what you've got to do. a guy like peavy trying to push the run across as much as you can. >> peavy facing mike jacobs. gets him in the third. >> mike jacobs has seen jake peavy in the national league when jacobs played for the marlins. seen that movement before. >> alex rios, goes 2-5. he began the game in the 7-74 skid. >> yeah. >> that's tied up 3-3, top five. peavy facing bloomquist. >> great movement on that bat, sinker ball. running in -- >> they tell him in the fifth you're done. >> he's real happy a

tigers 11 and the red sox's magic number seven facing zack greinke. i got ahead of myself.me. is it just me? >> that's all we got. captioning provided by espn, inc. >>> this is espn college football, presented by cars.com. welcome to brand-new tcf bank stadium, in minneapolis, on the campus of the university of minnesota, where the gophers entertain, eight-ranked cal. it's the big ten against the pac-10. i'm dave pasch, alongside bob griese and chris spielman. all eyes will be on jahvid best. >> bob: if you have not seen this kid play, you're in for a real treat. he's the only running back up in the heisman race with the quarterbacks. he's explosive. he can pick them up and lay them down. good out of the backfield, catching the ball, as well. >> chris: he runs a 10.3 100 meters. minnesota, this is your time to shine. you want to be a big player in the big ten. you have your top-ranked opponent, with the cal bears. right now, the light's on. it's your time. let's see what you have. >> dave: they are 2-0. they had to come from behind in both their wins, and right here against

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