brad lidge pulled.d earlier, when he had a chance to be the closer on a steady base, he had struggles of his own. >> rob: is sunday,nunez. >> bob: now, keepinn mind, good speed for the nationals at second, and with ryan howard playing behind in cristian guzman, he can get a huge lead off of first base. >> rob: you don't need a home run right here, anything in the gap could be the game. >> bob: that's my point. ask they're not holding the winning run. madson with a nasty fastball at the letters. 96. ryan's first two homers of the year, a couple of years ago, were grand slams. that's a generous strike call. 0-2. i don't think charlie manuel had any choice. he had to get brad lidge out. >> rob: yeah. i'm sure he knew what the numbers were madson versus zimmerman, but brad lidge was going the wrong way, and he had to stop it. >> bob: 0-2 to ryansteckel. basess zimmerman. bases loaded, one out, and he threw him a nasty get him out pitch, and telling up to adam dunn. >> rob: no, he has a filthy change-up. tha

but brad lidge couldn't hold it. on to close the door in the ninth. jorge cantu brings home ross road. brad lidge blows his seventh save of the year. next, brad carol. his first career walkoff hit. florida's 4 1/2 out in the wild card. >>> that will do it from here. now, bk to you in new york. >>> it's that time of year again. the latest quest for the mirrorball trophy has begun. not who everyone bedistricted. ashley hamilton, actor george hamilton's son was eliminated. >> he had a great tan. also gone is singer macy gray, who will have to take solace in the 20 million record albums she sold. tom delay survived, despite underwhelming the judges by doing the cha-cha, while singing "wild thing." >> the rest of the season, we can see more air guitar and rump-shaking from delay. >> perhaps. a long way to gon this competition. >> always fun to watch. >>> coming up, a look ahead and the stories we'll be following later today, including a weighty agenda for the president. >>> and the battle to get another huge southern california wildfire under control. pure

no brad lidge.eout to chase utley to jimmy rollins, the 4-6 double-play ends the game. and the phillies win 6-5. madsen picks up his sixth save. now charlie manuel said that brad lidge would be in next time there is a save opportunity. that didn't happen on this night. cliff lee goes 7. allowed four earned. he improves to 6-2 since coming over to philadelphia. >> usa soccer was feeling the heat on wednesday night. the red, white and blue was facing a virtual must-win. get out the pen and paper and take notes on this scenario. with the victory against trinidad and tobago, the americans would ensure themselves a top four finish, and no worse than a playoff berth against the fifth place south american country. the loss doesn't sink them. they'd likely need to win out if they wanted to play in the world cup. >> josie altador. a hat trick in an earlier qualifier. first half, little tnt here. catching the defense on the u.s. side napping. tim howard hits the cross bar. on the other hand, a big save. crazy

phillies closer brad lidge recorded his 30th save, but he raised the e.r.a. to 7.21. the only pitcher ever to save 30 games and have an e.r.a. over six ischy cone. and and he became the first pitcher to throw a shutout and strike out ten in the first major league win, and fortunea won two more games after that. and then mark reynolds reached the 200th strikeout mark for the second straight season. the only two times it has been done in major league history. in the two seasons, last two years, mark reynolds has more strikeouts than joe dimaggio had in his entire 13-year career. dimaggio finished the career with 369 strikeouts in 13 years. >> tim, mark reynolds may end up winning the "web gem" trophy for the year. he's in the top of the standings. the new gems when we come back and buck is keeping a close eye on dan mullen and the mississippi state bullpens. so he's not screened the gems, so stand by. (announcer) gentlemen, this is vodka. there was a time when standing for something stood for something. when men refused to drink whatever the world just happened to pour

phillies closer brad lidge recorded his 30th save, but he raised the e.r.a. to 7.21.tcher ever to save 30 games and have an e.r.a. over six ischy cone. and and he became the first pitcher to throw a shutout and strike out ten in the first major league win, and fortunea won two more games after that. and then mark reynolds reached the 200th strikeout mark for the second straight season. the only two times it has been done in major league history. in the two seasons, last two years, mark reynolds has more strikeouts than joe dimaggio had in his entire 13-year career. dimaggio finished the career with 369 strikeouts in 13 years. >> tim, mark reynolds may end up winning the "web gem" trophy for the year. he's in the top of the standings. the new gems when we come back and buck is keeping a close eye on dan mullen and the mississippi state bullpens. so he's not screened the gems, so stand by. >>> as the nfl season kicks off, "baseball tonight" is there every step of the way. follow your team's highs and lows, the "web gems," the inside pitch to keep you up to date on the k

last nights with the first time brad lidge was taken out for madson this year.t ball got rollins. no. howard drops the ball. >> come on. dale scott called zimmerman out and howard dropped the ball. will have to give him and error. >> rob: i thought he beat it straight up. i have to see the replay. jimmy rollins backed up on this ball and never charged. >> bob: swim gets down the line faster than they think he does. he was safe. >> he was safe. >> because the umpire made the out call first, it will be interesting to see, you would think they would give howard the error. the ump called him out. >> willingham on a play. ryan howard will get his second error of the series. >> i think he beat the throw. here it comes. safe. >> bob: zimmerman has a hit taken away. great job gentlemen. >> bob: willingham the tying run. nobody out. s that nasty. josh raised his hand thinking it was inside and the ball still got the strike zone. >> rob: check the last pitch out on the inner half. he's throwing strikes you'll night. he's going to get that pitch. you're around the plate yo

by the way, brad lidge pulled after retiring only one of four batters in the ninth inning.only happens every # 0 years, and it only happens to the phils. the second team in major league history to have three left-handed batters hit 30 or more homeers in the same season. >> arnold palmer palmer bobble head give away before the cubs game. cubs tied a major league record with eighth straight hits before the first out was recorded in the first inning. strangely enough, they've done it again. they did it back on april 21st, 1973. zach duke couldn't have been happy. eight earned runs in four innings. every cubs starter had one hit. as the cubs improved against the pirates. pittsburgh has lost 11 of the last 12. >> michael vick, offering himself up as a cautionary tale of the dangers of peer pressure. nick addressing freshmen at north philadelphia charter school. the man was sent to prison for his role in operating a dog fighting ring. urged students to make the right choices. >> i didn't choose to go the right way. after 18 months of being in prison, which was the toughest time o

. >> speaking of brad lidge, there is philadelphia, pennsylvania.ere, going to talk to the national association of broadcasters. >> that will be fun. >> now we're home to new york city. live pictures from the top of our building at "30 rock" a feller plaza. >> it's the top of the hour. we have rick stengel with us, he's going to be unveiling the new cover of "time" magazine in a few moments. >> and also chuck todd here as well as of course the great willie geist. lots to talk about. let's start out with a quick look at the top stories before finding out what's on the cover of "time." >> time for a look at some top stories. this morning president obama will chair a meeting of the security council. the u.s. embassy in london is playing down reports that say the white house turned down repeated requests from the british government for a bilateral meeting between president obama and prime minister brown. the british media is framing it as a snub following scotland's release of the pan am bomber on compassionate grounds. >>> after yesterday's vote in the

brad lidge locks down his 30th save.ght, west leading angels taking on the wildcard leading red sox. pick things up in the fourth. jason bay off urban santana, two-run homer, number 33 on the year. put the red sox up 3-1. 3-2 game in the sixth inning. josh beckett, getting kendry morales in the inning. then in the 7th. this would have ended the inning, striking out chone figgins. instead it gets past jason varitek. kendrick scores the tieing run. then top nine, it's kendrick with the stick off billy wagner. out of the reach of dustin pedroia. terry evans scores the game winner. and the angels win. snapping a seven-game red sox win streak. fuentes locks down his 42nd save of the year. angels snap a three-game skid of their own. >> well, angels and red sox, all-time postseason meetings. it has been dominated by boston. red sox winning back in '86. the dramatic 7-game series would send the red sox to the world series before they lost to the mets. then in 2004, 7 and 8, allred sox wins in the alds. it's possible these teams

no brad lidge.s adam dunn to lineout to chase utley to jimmy rollins, the 4-6 double-play ends the game. and the phillies win 6-5. madsen picks up his sixth save. now charlie manuel said that brad lidge would be in next time there is a save opportunity. that didn't happen on this night. cliff lee goes 7. allowed four earned. he improves to 6-2 since coming over to philadelphia. >> usa soccer was feeling the heat on wednesday night. the red, white and blue was facing a virtual must-win. get out the pen and paper and take notes on this scenario. with the victory against trinidad and tobago, the americans would ensure themselves a top four finish, and no worse than a playoff berth against the fifth place south american country. the loss doesn't sink them. they'd likely need to win out if they wanted to play in the world cup. >> josie altador. a hat trick in an earlier qualifier. first half, little tnt here. catching the defense on the u.s. side napping. tim howard hits the cross bar. on the other hand,