mario rivera gave up a shot in the ninth to bobby abreu. mark teixeira representing the run at the plate. curtis granderson trying to steal second. granderson who tagged out simply took the bat away from teixeira and that was the ball game. they trail boston by 2 1/2 in the a.l. east. that's because the red sox beat the twins. and check it out. tied at 3 in the seventh. david ortiz, little roller down the first baseline. but the pitcher lost his footing and everybody was safe. dustin pedroia with the game winner. then the mariners visiting the rangers. bottom nine tied at 6. josh hamlin with a walkoff single. texas lead the angels by a game and a half in the a.l. west. cards and brewers. casey mcgee to right field. morgan scored the go ahead. milwaukee leads st. louis by four in the n.l. central. you know the phrase when you're on, you're on. he's dan uggla of the brave sass perfect example. he'll take him any way he can. then an rbi sing until the 11th. atlanta beat florida 4-3. that's an early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred rog

and last night in new york, former yankee, bobby abreu had a great time. here's nbc's fred roggin. >> less than two months left in baseball's regular season. and the pennant races are heating up. to the bronx we go. mets and angels. mario rivera gave up a two-run shot. the former yankee gave up a pair of homers. bottom nine, two down. jordan walton faked to third and caught curtis granderson at second. he took the bat away from teixeira. that was the ball game. yanks trail 6-4. the red sox beat the twins. check it out. tied at 3-3, in the second. david ortiz, a little roller down the baseline. but the pitcher lost his footing and everybody was safe. boston won it, 4-3. >>> there's the mariners visiting the rangers. bottom nine, tied at 6-6. josh hamlin slapped a walkoff single. they lead the angels by a game and a half. >>> now, to st. louis. cards and brewers needed ten to decide a winner. tied at 3-3, tracy mcgee to center field. milwaukee win 5-3. they lead st. louis by four in the n.l. central. you know the phrase, when you're on, you're on. dan uggla

bobby abreu, the former yankee, gives the angels a 6-4 lead. that was off rivera. now, bottom of the ninth. runners on the corners. jordan wall streeten does the fake to third and throw. and it works. that never works. they get curtis granderson in a rundown. that was the final out of the game. 6-4, was the final. new york trails boston by 2 1/2 games in the a.l. east. chad ochocinco, still adjusting to his new team and his new city, while he looks for a place to live. he has a plan to get to know the area. >> i'm going to do something different. i'm going to stay with a fan the first two, three weeks of the season. that should be fun, until i get myself acclimated, learn myself around and actually just find a place. not sure how many boston fans i have. i'll pick somebody. not sure how it will work. they have to have internet. they have to have x-box. and that's about it. >> are you serious? >> have i ever lied to you before? >> chad ochocinco going to move in with a new england patriots fan that he chooses at random, as long as they have x-box. >>> coming up on "

one on, two away for mariano rivera facing bobby abreu. mo got touched up by the red sox sunday and this time a former yankee, and abreu remembers that well in right. sixth of the year. angels up 6-4. bottom of the ninth, two on, two out for mark teixeira. granderson gets caught down in a rundown and the angels win it, 6-4. don't forget, for all your highlights check out the highlight express on espn news. >>> well, new satellite imagery from nasa shows the effects of the japanese tsunami were felt 8,000 miles away in antarctica. >> that's right. watch as the massive wave caused huge icebergs to break off and float into the sea even though the swells were only a foot high by the time they reached antarctica. the consistency was enough to break off ice chunks the size of manhattan. >> the strength of mother nature. wow. incredible. >> impressive pictures. >>> coming up next is the u.s. ready to take a hard line against another leader in the middle east. >>> and mother nature in action. the latest eruption of an american volcano. for a while

the former yankee, bobby abreu, two-run home run, gives the angels a 6-4 lead.the corners. those are the tying runs. the old fake to third throw to first which never works, ever. >> never. >> it worked last night. >> works. curtis granderson picked off, first base. he was running on the pitch. that was the final out of the game. 6-4, the final. the angels win. the red sox won as well. so the yankees now 2 1/2 games back. >> why don't we ever show red sox highlights on the show? >> we show them relentlessly. no, he's not on the red sox, he's on the patriots. similar region of the country. >> i like how mika's old school, chad johnson. >> well, that's his name. and he's got his own way of doing things. >> check this out. this is chad ochocinco. >> no, chad johnson. >> he's still adjusting to his new team and city and looking for a place to live. >> we all are. >> where's he going to live? >> probably, what, the ritz? >> i'm going to do something different. i'm actually going to stay with a fan probably the first two, three weeks of the season. so that should be fu