just give the mvp trophy to albert pujols right now. he outdid himself by smashing a grand slam in the 10th. a pair of homers and rbi. 12-7 in extra innings. season begins october 27th with the caps themselves. and eggnog with kobe, shaq and la bron on christmas day. love will be in the air at the annual all-star game on valentine's day. finally, back to new york for a wild play by the mets. molina with a shot up the middle. santa that with a foot on it. crazy play. kick save and a beaut by santana. bare hand the ball. that is definitely teamwork. that is your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> is brad pitt quitting the movies? your early morning entertainment headlines straight ahead. >>> plus, we all know it's what cops and firefighters do bust, save little ducklings. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back on this wednesday. here's a recap of your forecast. nice and dry today chicago, detroit, cincinnati and louisville area. you deserve it after yesterday. the storms, though, from d.c., new york, to b

albert pujols with one on. pujols makes him pay. base knock up the middle. colby rasmus scores to give the cards the 2-1 lead. that's how it ends. the nats get swept to st. lou pips they go to san december goe. orioles looking to split their four game set with the indians. bottom one. roberts chops one to third. former nat jamey carroll. bat throw. not money. no. ty wigginton comes home to score. orioles take a 1-0 lead just like that. next batter is felix pie. he's a light hitter. deep and out of the bull pen in left center. pie's seventh of the season. orioles up 3-0. nats all rookie pitcher. you're so not hitting that. struck out eight in seven innings. the orioles win 5-2. . the kids from chula vista, california, are on top of the world. today the youngsters rallied to beat the team from chinese taipei in the little league world series. they're getting going here. the kids from out west. bottom of the fourth. game tied at 3. this is graft. chula vista's going crazy. because guess what? that's the go ahead run. california takes a 4-3 lead right there. top

. >> cardinals slugger albert pujols doesn't just hit home runs but wins ball games. nationals got a taste of that last night as they had a walkoff and a come-from-behind victory. tonight, game two between the cardinals and nationals. the gm mike rizzo in attendance. the nats lead 1-0 and matt holiday takes him to deep left field, a 3-run home run. the cardinals out in front, 3- 1. the top of the 6th, nats down 7-2 and adam dunn gets it done. a solo shot to right field the 35th of the year. the nationals down 7-3. the bottom 6th, cards up 8-3 and albert pujols drives one to deep center field and gives chase, crashes into the wall and that didn't feel too good. brendan ryan scores on the double and the nationals are beaten by the cardinals the second straight night, 9-4. >>> tonight's geico 15 minutes of fame goes to former maryland star kevin barnes who tallied his first professional interception last night for the redskins. it came in the third quarter off the patriots quarterback kevin o'connell and not only was it exciting for the rookie cornerback but necessary. >

but albert pujols the story in this one.umbers so far this season with the bases loaded are off the charts. he's 7 for 9 with five grand slams, 24 ribbies this year. you look at the numbers. >> the machine is automatic. >> it's disgusting to watch, and disgusting the way the kids are using it in a good way. >> how about the nationals scoring six times in the eighth inning. the marlins 6-4. the nats beat the fish for just the fourth time in their last 29 games. florida had won all nine games against washington this season. and my friends in d.c., you can go ahead and book playoff tickets. the nats have won three straig straight. >> the tigers squaring off to debut jarrod washburn of detroit. just a preview from seattle with the trade deadline. trying to make that postseason push. up 3-1. the orioles can pack on two more. nick markakis13th home run of the season. his 13th r.b.i. of the year. got six ribbies in last eight games. that's twice as many earned runs that he's ayou loued over his previous five starts combined. he had

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albert pujols hit his fifth grand slam of the season. >>> this swinging bunt turned into a double. he would score the tying double. then in the b 7th, he drove in the final run. final score, 5-4. >>> evan longoria's solo home run tied. this game would go 13 innings until he struck again to given the rays a 4-2 victory. >>> when we return, more on the two american journalists heading home after being held in north korea. hat i need to control my diabetes, to stay healthy - and get on with my life. it comes from liberty medical. and now, it's not only where i get my diabetes testing supplies - but it's where i get my prescription drugs as well. see if you're on medicare, the cost of your dietes testing supplies as well as your prescription drugs may be covered. liberty takes care of all the paperwork with medicare and sends the prescription forms directly to your doctor for approval. then, on your schedule, packs up this box and sends it right to your door with no charge for shipping. and liberty assures you have everything you need to manage your diabetes, including most brand name

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albert pujols showing exactly why he is the very best. cardinals and mets. citi field., bottom second. hoe han santana. helping out his own cause. bases loaded. two runs score. his first career two-rbi game. cardinals down 7-4. but not out of it yet. pujols, straightaway center. who says you can't hit home runs at citi field. cardinals down 7-5. top nine, 7-6, now. skip schumacher. one out. here comes julio lugo on his horse. and we're tied at 7-7. k-rod, not happy. top ten. sean green pitching. bases loaded. that's with two outs. hits mark derosa. the go-ahead run comes in. 8-7. they would not be done. next batter, pujols. you bet. that's the fifth grand slam of the year. cardinals come back to win 12-7. >>> another great game in tampa. bottom eight. evan longoria, basing danielle bard. the solo shot ties the game at 2-2. we go to extra innings. bottom of the 13th. this time, facing kato, same result. second home run of the game. walkoff style. the rays win in 13. >>> jeremy and vinita, back to you in the studio. >>> there was a special delivery an east texas family ha

albert pujols drove in the game winning run in the sixth. cards bet the nats 2-1. >>> in new york, mark teixeria homered and drove in four runs as the yankees completed a sweep of the struggling chicago white sox winning 8-#. the surging yanks have won 20 of their last 26 games. >>> and for the fifth year in a row, a team from the u.s. has won the little league world series. clue la vista, california defeated taiwan 6-3 in sunday's championship game in williamsport, pennsylvania. >>> and vice president joe biden helped the winners to celebrate. >>> when we return, another look at morning's top stories. and the deadliest month for american forces in afghanistan, august takes a heavy toll. luci: i'm luci romberg. i'm a free runner... ...national champion gymnast... ...martial artist... and a stuntwoman. if you want to be incredible, eat incredible. announcer: eggs. incredible energy for body and mind. (guitar music) you weren't always my favorite day. with all the pet hair in the air, i'd spend class preoccupied, bothered by itchy eyes. but no

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specifically albert pujols and the cardinals. matching up against the los angeles dodgers. top four, cardinals. down 4-0. pujols, the machine teeing off. his 39th home run of the season. we're tide at 1-1. actually, 39 home runs. that leads baseball. top seven, cardinals down 2-1. rick ankiel doing his best puls imprsion. a two-run shot to right. his first home run in 11 game mps his ninth of the year. bottom eight. 3-2, cardinals. chris carpenter just dealing in this one. eight ks over eight innings. cardinals, they're victorious. >>> football, now. eli manning and the giants, open up their preseason against the panthers. ten seconds left in the overtime. hunter cantwell, back to pass. tommy hill, he grabs it. giantsin in dramatic fashion. eli manning played two series. two for three passing. good for 31 yards. >>> jaguars and dolphins squaring off. chad pennington and chad henne. little convo there. it's henne, completing. 33-yard score for him. henne, 94 yards passing and that td. >>> little league world series. new york/new jersey, playing for that final spot. top six,

andrew mccutchen, a pretty good upand coming player looked like albert pujols tonight. he goes for the trifecta in the bird touching up the nationals for three home runs. here's teddy. had a rough night. decleted by a perogi yesterday, out cold. adam dunn going the other way. look at mill ledge. you know he's flot going to get this, no. off his gloves. in comes cristian guzman. zimmerman cruises to first. mill lich having problems in the outfield. but does redeem himself at the plate. rips one into left. one run scores and here comes andrew mccutchen, racing around third. he scores, as well. lastings gets a two-run double. then the man of the night. the rookie, andrew mccutchen already has two home runs. red rover, red rover, send andrew right over the wall again. crushes one to left. a three-run jack. three home runs in the game. that doubles his home run total for the season. his six rbi leads the bucs to an 11-6 win over the gnats. he gets the curtain call. baltimore, dustin pedroia little but swings a big stick for the red sox. facing david herndez. that's a good sw

slugger albert pujols gave him a baseball, the man was carted off.he is reported to be in stable condition. >>> now let's go to the nascar minute. once he arrived, it didn't take him too long to make an impact on the sprint car surface. >> it's rare you win two races in a row. we're happy about that. >> ichk think he brought a goo attitude to the team and it's helped a lot. >> it was a long road for him to reach this point. with $90 to his name, he moved from illinois to nascar country. >> i came to north carolina and was told so many times i wasn't going to make it and things like that. that motivated me to try to push myself to get to this level. >> with nascar minute, i'm adam. . >>> this morning divers will search the hudson river for bodies and debris from saturday's midair collision above new york. seven bodies have been recovered along with the wreckage of a helicopter that collided with a small plane. two people are still missing and presumed dead. >>> people in hawaii are preparing for tropical storm felicia. strong winds and heavy rains are

look at albert pujols trying to care for him, poor guy. they carted him off but he will be okay. hybrid between horse racing and nascar, through the windshield. that horse did not see the car coming. imagine you are the driver of that car. all of a sudden out of nowhere two hooves come into your seat. that will give you a heart attack. you can see a new version every tuesday night at 5:00 and 11:00. >> thank you. most of it comes at the expense of people's injuries and pain. so thanks for that. >>> thank you for joining us. tune in to 9 news now morning, noon and night for the best local news in town. remember log on to wusa9.com. we are always there and always on. have a great week. try to stay cool. this is one way of getting vitamins and minerals. this is another. new total blueberry pomegranate cereal gives you 100% of the daily value of 12 essential vitamins and minerals. plus the bold new taste of blueberries and pomegranate with crispy whole grain flakes and crunchy oat clusters. total, a truly delicious way to get vitamins and minerals. how are you getting 100%? visit tot

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second of the majors to albert pujols who has 36th. ♪ ♪ >> coming up on espnews, it's the best rivalrybaseball, but this season it's been one-sided. how the yankees were able to snap out of a major funk against the red sox. one is fine-tuning, the other is trying to get his groove back. see how close tiger and phil are to achieving those goals after round one at firestone. the 49ers were hoping they had drafted a wide receiver that could be a game changer. why their front office could just be looking at a major headache. ♪ >> keeping you current with the latest news, scores and highlights, this is espnews available in high definition, along with j.w. stewart, mike yam with you, j.w., heading into -- coming into thursday the yankees hadn't beaten the red sox all season long. yam with you, j.w., heading into >> yammer, the yankees 0-8 against their archrivals, yet they began the night with a 2 1/2-game lead in the a.l. east. >> first of a four-game series in the bronx. david ortiz playing at yankee stadium for the first time since that "new york times" reported he tested positive for per

remember, albert pujols hit that grand slam in the tenth inning.ight trying to lead the comeback charge. bottom of the first inning. his eighth home run of the season. august better than july. didn't hit his first home run last month until the 25th. top 5 here. albert pujols gets hit. now the machine had gone six straight ab's against the mets with a hit. so maybe a little dude, cool off there. and talk about rehe venge. brad thompson finds the pitch, nearly hitting david wright in the nog noggin. tony la russa came out to argue, it wasn't intentional. right. it's the second time this season the mets shutout the cardinals. 22-year-old rookie is out for the year after he tore his right hamstring while covering first base for the mets. injuries keep piling up so far this season. >> the cubs with a chance to get a little more breathing room atop the nl central. and sweet lou, scott rolen, bottom two, no score. first home run. went 0 for 6 in his first two games. reds lead 2-0. top 5. fukudome facing justin lair, and lair gets him to ground out to seco

top nine, albert pujols on first, throw gets away and pujols advances to third on the error.s would score on a sac fly that made it 3-2 cardinals. james loney flies out to left and that's it -- cards end up winning it 3-2. they're now 10-2 in their last 12 games, clayton kershaw 3 2/3, two earned runs, he's winless in his last six starts. earlier in the day it was >> cliff lee 3-0 for the n.l. east-leading phillies, going back to his time in cleveland he's won six straight starts. in the fifth, he gets rusty ryal. lee with five k's through five innings. bottom five. ryan howard off dan haren. three-run home run. his 31st. he's got five home runs in his last six games. cliff lee went the distance, two-hitter, struck out 11, phillies win 8-1, cliff lee 4-0 since joining the phils with two complete games, mark reynolds with the fourth golden sombrerro of his career, 0 -- golden sombrero of his career, 0-4 with four k's. we've seen this before. >> we have major news out of college basketball. several sources tell espn.com that the committee on infractions will release its finding

you're close to albert pujols in some of the rankings as far as getting the ball out of the infield.e in your career right now where you're feeling as good as you've felt at the plate? >> yeah, i would say so. it's one of those things where my approach hadn't changed at all since the past couple of three years. i've been getting some good pitches to hit lately. i've been hitting them and they've been finding holes. there's been a lost times in my career i felt really good but might not be getting too many hits because one of the nine guys out -- guys out there would be cafng it -- catching it. it's been nice to hit the ball hard lately and find holes. >> you've been telling me about finding the florida marlins a- team you were with so long and a lost buddies on that team. how does it feel to recommend necessary with those guys -- reminisce and talk with them? >> it was stranger in the beginning of the year. now it's just good to see them and be able to talk to them. there's a good, competitive spirit going between a lot of us. i keep up and keep in touch with a lot of those guys. the

he is just so strong, he doesn't have to sit back and make his pitch. >> bob: albert pujols has onlyhis lead has really shrunk. the count is even 2-2. mu jols is also nearly 30 points behind hanley ramirez in batting average. so it appears there will be no triple crown this year. and a 2-2 to dunn hitting .280. adam strike strikes out for the 120th time. two down. >> rob: 63 walks. 191 strikeouts. now, 193 strikeouts in the last 230 innings. he does give up hits on the .229 innings pitched spanned, he gave up 213 hits. so he is a power pitcher. he'll give up the occasional home run, but this year his off- speed stuff has been phenomenal. >> bob: the power match-up here with elijah dukes. he can't get to the breaking ball. dukes comes out of his first weekend back in the big leagues hitting .245. 32 rbi's and -- in 60 games. it looks like the strikes are on the outer hah tonight. elijah has fanned 50 times and walked 20. this will be tough for him on 0- 2. willie harris and the third base assignment with ryan zimmerman not starting. he has two in the first at philadelphia tonight. ham

. >> albert pujols and the cardinals aim to go hand the pirates a seventh straight loss. top six, up 2-0. albert clearing the bases. he reaches 100 r.b.i.s for the ninth straight season. cardinals 5-0. they have won eight of their last 11. final count, 5-3. pujols 1-5 with three ribs. bases loaded double made him 8-10 with five grand slams and 27 r.b.i.s with the bases loaded this season. how good is that? his slugging percentage is off the charts with the bases juiced and it's the best in the dwingsal era. when you break it down further it means he's averaging better than a double per at-bat with the bases loaded. >> the lead-off spot, it worked. just the fifth time this season first since june 22, 1-12 in the lead-off spot. 3-5 in saturday's game. that's an r.b.i. single to score miles. makes it a 6-4 game in the seventh. his ninth of the year. we go to the ninth. the rockies down to their final out. carlos gonzalez strikes out swinging. colorado sees its 15-game win streak against the a.l. central snap. dempster picks up his first road win since april 12. he had 12 road

and only albert pujols with 96 has scored more.is building -- knock on wood -- a year year here. he has a career number of home runs with 26. adam dunn's presence made a dramatic difference how other teams pitch to ryan now. they have been nasty-pitching this guy for three years knowing that hitters behind him weren't going to hurt them if they walked him. >> rob: and he was hurt last year with the bad shoulder. >> bob: 48 game. >> rob: yeah. within you're not healthy, people don't even know you're not healthy and you go out there and they think you're lousy this year. that's why i give josh bard so much credit. we both know that groin may not heal the entire season. >> bob: i don't see how it can. >> rob: you know it's heavily wrapped and cumbersome and hard to play with it and catch and he doesn't care. i'm going to suck it up and play because i love playing and i waited my whole career to be an everyday catcher. i won't give it up now. harris could have a broken bone and keep playing. >> bob: mets have picked up a run. fill lies

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then cardinal slugger albert pujols hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of theknife ninth.golf steve moreno in the hunt. moreno is two strokes back from the leader webb simpson. that's your "sports minute." i'm hakem dermish. have a great day. >> after the break a live report from arlington national semty where kennedy family and friends will gather this after an. >>> plus a popular deejay found dead inside his new york city apartment. what the police are saying about it. >>> a curious dog was stuck in a well. h ruso tri h getac be imhters h ovoe sh to get him back >>> a fond farewell to an american icon. the latest of-on-the funeral of ted kennedy and what to expect here in washington. >>> plus four years since one of the most devastating storms in history hit the gulf coast, a look at how life has a moved on after a hurricane katrina. >>> and a dramatic rescue for a big dog. firefighters rush in to save him. >>> good morning. i'm kimberly suiters. thanks for watching "news 4 today." just ahead, a check on what's making news this morning. first we want to say good-bye to t

zimmerman with brandon web and nick johnson with albert pujols. get it someone does something big. give us one by ourselves? oh, well. a great honor. josh humble about it as always. he is hitting 367 over the last i don't like the old tv show that was the week that was. lots of things going on. >> it is hard because the pitcher especially lincecum. he played twice. josh plays every day. >> bob: they should have a pitcher of the waco award. 17, 11 hits. no earned runs. and -- it. 23 strikeouts, four walks, they have pitcher of the month and player of the month. >> bob: up and in. 3-1. hard sinking fast bowl. time given have beaten the nats 5 out of 7 this year. >> rob: get this guy though. >> bob: willingham gets to a big time. that's a shot to the gab. it gets by jones. that could get him to 3rd. willingham is not -- he is a great hitter. a smart base runner, knows his limitations. 2nd one out. a first base that played this into a double, maybe a triple. right there. should have just taken decent route. could not cut the ball off. lack of speed. j

looks like albert pujols here. outfielder made himself into a gold glove quality first baseman. they speed up the bat with a breaking ball and morales turns it into an out. >> gary: huff will stand in. aubrey has an 0 for 2 and a walk in the ball game. mike scioscia even though it's been the offense that carried to ballclub, to him it's defense. first and foremost. pitching, defense. that's how you win ball games. no matter the score he will make the changes. joking about that with his catchers and talking about them and said, my number one decision is who gives me the best defensive game behind the plate. that's the only thing i'm thinking about what i talk about who'll catch the ball game. here's the 0-1. s that inside. the count goes to 1-1 on huff. >> jim: the last two years for mathis catching tonight. it was 91-50. notice on the at-bat. napoli, not that he's a -- naply's hit saying bone neuse figgins the closest and no play. >> jim: in the pregame, dempsey and hunter taking on the mickey and jim hunter said,

had a good outing yesterday afternoon allowing just two runs over six innings, but in the sixth, albert pujols gets his 110th rbi of the season for the 2-1 lead. the nationals put runners on in the 8th inning but failed to push any across home plate. >>> the nationals also made a trade yesterday sending belliard to the dodgers. putting him in the middle of a pennant race. in return, washington receives minor league pitching prospect garcia. >>> the redskins maybe counting the days until the regular season the young guys and free agents are battling for spots on the roster. five got cut over the weekend. coach zorn and his assistants must decide on 22 more to let go. >>> >> everybody has an opportunity to make this football team, and we're evaluating every day at practice. we're evaluating every one of these games. and the significance of that is that, you know, you can't play this game half of the time. >> reporter: a dispute between jay cutler and the broncos new head coach ended with the quarterback leaving denver and the fans let him have it last night. cutler returned to the mile high city

albert pujols singled back up the middle, scoring colby rasmus and that proved to be the difference. cards win it 2-1. >>> at the little league world series, the boys from clul a vista, california, rallied from three runs down to beat the kids from chinese taipei 6-3. calirnia captures the state's sixth world series little league title. >>> jake cutler back in denver for the first time since being traded to chicago. cutler was 15 of 21 for 144 yards and one touchdown. the bears beat the broncos 27-17. >>> and in golf, at the barclays, fairfax native steve marino had a share of the lead going into the final round, but struggled all day long. marino shot a 6 over and finished tied for 15th. the winner was this man. keith slocum who knocked down a putt on 18 to win the tournament at 9 under par. it's slocum's third pga tour victory. that's your sports minute. i'm hakem dermish. have a great day. >> the "today" show has a new correspondent with white house experience. jenna bush hager, one of george bush's twin daughters, will be a reporter on the "today" show. she'll be based here in wa

that is 2nd only to albert pujols. for andre -- that is second only to albert pujols. home runs this season with five of them coming against the rockies. the angels trying to avoid a sweep to the tigers. first inning, scoreless runner on second for torii hunter. when he throws the bat like that it's usually gone and that one is, his 18th. top four, two on, nobody out. miguel cabrera's been red hot. he strikes out swinging and placido polanco hosed at third. the always exciting strike 'em out throw 'em out double play. torii hunter extended his hit streak to 12. the tigers' brandon inge has struck out at least once now in 11 straight games. >> when mark sanchez made himself eligible for the nfl draft u.s.c. coach pete carroll spoke with the vigor of a leader who had just lost a hard-fought battle. at a quarterbacks news conference to publicize his decision, carroll said, "mark is going against the grain and he knows that." but after sanchez's pro day performance carroll changed his stance and supported his former field general. sanchez has shown that the move seems to h

. >> caller: i'm going to give you the best player on the planet albert pujols boo-yah. >> i'm not -- i can't disagree. i'll give you pujols boo-yah right back. what's up? >> okay, positioning for the oncoming mobile internet tsunami, what do you think of cy, cypress semiconductor? >> total buy. i'm giving that one a buy, buy, buy. we've been behind that thing since it was at 4, i redouble my efforts and say i hope the market's down so you can get some cy under 10 where i would -- >> all aboard! >> that stock. oh, archie in connecticut. >> caller: jim, i finally get to hear your voice. it's about the time. >> drel, i feel the exact same way. what's on your mind? >> caller: a few months ago you talked about chinese stocks and i was able to find a few and make some money. but i wanted to ask you about one. cfsd, i bought it at $6, it's almost tripled, what do i need to do? >> well, first of all, we know without even knowing what the stock is you can hold up -- you can hold up, literally, you can hold up a chart of the new york yankees, i would say, come on, ring the register, take some

albert pujols with one on. pujols singled back up the middle. colby rasmus scores. wainwright wins his 16th game. >>> williamsport, pennsylvania, for the little league world series. boys from chula vista, california, taking on chinese taipei. rips one to right. that scores one. california takes a 4-3 lead. we go to top of the sixth. drama. california up. one out. garcia gets it. a strikeout to end it. you got to love that. a lot of fun. kids jumping from joy. california wins 6-3 and captures the state's sixth little league world series title. >>> in the wnba mystics hosting minnesota today trying to keep up in the eastern conference playoff ration. we start in the first half. mystics wearing pink in support of breast cancer awareness. allay na beard scores two of her 13 points. beard left the game late with a sprained ankle. still in the first lauhalf. puts it up and in. langhorn -- mystics win 81-75. redskins wrap up the preseason thursday night in jacksonville. starters probably won't play. >> then it's football. >> the opener on the road in new york. that's when

albert pujols comforted his son. he gave him a ball to replace the one his dad was trying to catch for him. >>> and roger federer, a record-setting 15 grand slam championship and the birth of twins, federer posting the pictures of his baby girls on his facebook page, calming their bigger the best day of his life. he returns to the court next week. >>> can you include lawn care in a college scholarship? he accidentally mowed over his foot, cutting the grass at his rented foot when he slipped going up a hill. he is not expected to miss any playing time. be careful. that's sports. . >>> federal investigators are reportedly checking whether some airliners have a mechanical issue, how the crash of a french airplane exposed problems with jetliners in the u.s. >>> a florida medical examiner says cocaine contributed to the heart disease that killed famed tv pitchman billy bays. the medical examiner's office says mays last used cocaine in the days before his death but he wasn't under the influence of the drug when he died. ma