tigers brandon inge flexing his muscle against the indians. brandon looking ready for tonight's home run derby. tigers mall the indians, 10-1. at the other end of the spectrum, alex reels with a high fly ball to center. a sure home run. adam jones making it look easy. orioles fly past the blue jays, 4-2. tour de france, after nine stages, lance armstrong remains in third place, eight seconds off the lead. final round of the john deere classic shot of the day from steve stricker. his approach on 17 is right on the money. the ball hits the pin and backs into the cup for an eagle. what a shot. stricker won the tournament with the final round of 64. that's your look at sports on "early today." i'm mario solis. >>> thank you, mario. >>> looking to make a fastback? all you have to do is rub one celebrity's feet. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, a unique road rage from takes drivers on a journey from coast to coast and back in time. you're watching "early today." >>> well, good monday morning. welcome back. sev

michael cuddyer off the glove of brandon inge. joe mauer will score. ties the game at 8-8.wins unable to score again. we go to the top of the 16th. that polanco guy again, through the drawn-in infield. the tigers would score three in the top of the 16th and hold on to win 11-9. delmon young 3-6 with a home run in a losing cause. also, starting pitcher kevin slowey's put on the d.l., he f just the seventh time in their last 25 games. >> have you ever felt the weight of a nation on your shoulders? andy murray's answer is yes. this friday, murray stepped onto centre court with the mission of becoming the first british man to reach the wimbledon final in 71 years. never mind that no home-grown player has been crowned champion at the london grand slam since 1936. thousands of fans there to root for never mind that no home-grown player has been crowned champion at the london grand slam since 1936. thousands of fans there to root for murray and against the american in front of him, andy roddick. both players coming out to centre court. this is what roddick had to say about dealing

deals and breaks the bat of brandon inge, out at first in the play by tejada. a little double clutch. out number one. and now it's time for the mercedes-benz e-class assist of the game and it was carl crawford assisting the man on the mound by keeping the game tied and robbing brad hawpe of a go-ahead home run, leading offer the bottom of the seventh. bailing out jonathan papelbon who appreciated the over r effort. one out, here is carl crawford, the man we just highlighted. he is 1-2. third all-star game. four-time a.l. stolen base leader and a good fastball from k-rod. one ball, one strike. crawford, one of only four american league players since 1954 with 40 steals and 100 hits in the all-star break. rodriguez fooled him. strike two. in the bottom the ninth inning, the national league will send upton, hawpe and tejada, if anybody gets on werth, against mariano rivera. who has three saves in his all-star game past, and has not allowed a run in seven innings pitched. a strikeout of crawford, two out in the top of the ninth. >> tim: change-up really perfected b

brandon inge voted in. he is hitting 264 with 19 home runs and 54 rbi this season. and in the national league. flying hawaiian. center fielder shane victorino won the vote. he is batting 308 with six homers and 40 rbi for the first place fighting bill. it airs tuesday at 8:00 can right here on fox 45. back to you. >> it is a big panda party down in d.c.. . >> it looks like we will see a decent start to the weekend. sun and clouds tomorrow. more sun than clouds. 83 degrees. and 86 on saturday. and late chance for showers and thunderstorms. probably through the overnight. then it looks like sunday 88. so things will warm up higher humidity levels. next week, monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday. decent. dry conditions. and then wednesday, thursday, looking at temperatures in the mid to upper 80s. so i am looking forward to this weekend because i am rest my voice a bit. >> there you go. i bet your wife is too. >> all right. now you could be in charge of your own personalize radar. i-radar. >> use the interactive tools to track coming storms down to your street. go to f

so will brandon inge. tigers third baseman has 19 home runs this season.nce. where have all the sluggers gone? in the american league at least for the home run derby. nobody wants in this year. there is inge. the tigers facing the indians. bottom two. josh anderson with the liner up the middle. anderson getting greedy. he is thrown out. trying for second. tigers up 3-0 at that point. fernando rodney coming into the ninth. indians blow the bases. not the same situation. grady sizemore grounds to third. tigers win 5-1. they improve to 6-1 against cleveland. the indians continue to struggle against detroit's pitching staff during a three-game sweep >> second round of the u.s. women's open, lorena ochoa, the number one player in the world entered the day in second place after shooting a 69 in round one. but how about this? carting a 79. 8 over par. two double bogies. 5 bogies, and she drops to 37th place with the plus six. the pink panther with the pink ball. that is paula creamer. 68 on the day. 2 under for the tournament. she had five birdies. and kristi ker

deals and breaks the bat of brandon inge, out at first in the play by tejada. a little double clutch. out number one. and now it's time for the mercedes-benz e-class assist of the game and it was carl crawford assisting the man on the mound by keeping the game tied and robbing brad hawpe of a go-ahead home run, leading offer the bottom of the seventh. bailing out jonathan papelbon who appreciated the over r effort. one out, here is carl crawford, the man we just highlighted. he is 1-2. third all-star game. four-time a.l. stolen base leader and a good fastball from k-rod. one ball, one strike. crawford, one of only four american league players since 1954 with 40 steals and 100 hits in the all-star break. rodriguez fooled him. strike two. in the bottom the ninth inning, the national league will send upton, hawpe and tejada, if anybody gets on werth, against mariano rivera. who has three saves in his all-star game past, and has not allowed a run in seven innings pitched. a strikeout of crawford, two out in the top of the ninth. >> tim: change-up really perfected b

bottom of the 14th, michael cuddyer, off the glove of brandon inge. joe mauer will score.ied again. this time 8-8. top 16th now, that guy again, polanco. this time he will find the hole through a drawn-in infield. the tigers go up 9-8. they would add two more and hold on to win 11-9. detroit now just 2-4 this season against minnesota. marcus thames 2-5 with a home run. he came in his last four games hitting 1-13. delmon young in a losing effort, 3-6 with a home run. >> have you ever felt the weight of a nation on your shoulders? andy murray's answer is yes. this friday murray stepped onto centre court with the mission of becoming the first british man to reach the wimbledon final in 71 years. never mind that no home of this grown player has been crowned champion at the london grand slam since 1936. thousands of fans there to root for murray and against the american in front of him, andy roddick. both players coming out to centre court. this is what roddick had to say about dealing with the crowds. >> i'm just going to pretend when they say, "come on, andy" that they mean m

brandon inge -- wasn't evan rodriquez playing catcher last year?e games. >> rob: there is torrealba. >> bob: one of johnny holiday's favorite names by the way. >> rob: what, yorvit torrealba? >> bob: yeah. >> rob: yorvit. >> bob: good to see yorvit torrealba back after that kidnapping ran some situation severely affected his family. my gosh has he had things on his mind this year. >> rob: his first game back, bob, a was yesterday. >> bob: how about that? son kidnapped. with the run i go, hot shot to zimmerman, safe at second, out at first! you don't see that very often. the nats knew with the catcher running, they had time to turn two, bucket with ian stewart running on the pitch, he was able to beat it. so that will be a 5-4-3 one out play. >> rob: watch how cool this play is, though, zimmerman still thinks he has a shot. belliard just a great job of turning at least one at the end of that play. most guys don't even throw the ball. so ronnie belliard and ryan zimmerman recognizing they had the catcher running, trying to steal a double lay. >> bob:

they announced it was going to be joe mauer, and brandon inge of the tigers. >> jim h.: as a first timeu can get another number. >> jim p.: jose bautista trying to do a home run derby impression at home plate. >> jim h.: there's a line drive and a base hit to center field over the leap of brian roberts. so on a 1-2 pitch the number nine batter able to get on base and the first base runner for toronto tonight. >> jim p.: so now we have to throw from the stretch for the first time. we'll see how rich handles that. look at those numbers. of course this is the whole team, what toronto comes in with the second best away batting average, .283 for the season. only # hundred points better on the road. even though their road record is 18-26. >> jim h.: and a balk has just been called by the home plate umpire. >> jim p.: if you go behind with your right leg, behind the pitcher's rubber you have to go home, but you also have to step to the base. so let's see if he stepped to the base. i don't know. that's pretty close. so, again, the base hit, and now the balk. tying run at second base. >> jim h.:

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good look at brandon inge. going 1 for 4.fter making the all-star game and home run derby. 3-0 for anderson. trying to stretch that into a double. fernando rodney on in a non-save situation. grady sizemore taps out to inge, with the bases juiced, the tigers win it 5-1. they're now 6-1 against the indians, another hard luck loss for cliff lee. three earned. eight strikeouts. lee hasn't won since june 14. now, 2 and 32 when scoring fewer than four runs. >> the pirates and the nl east leading phillies meeting for the first time this year. jason werth added to the all-star game earlier friday. he's homered in four straight. did not homer in this game. but the phillies will take this. that double brings home chase utley and ryan howard. phils up 3-1. brad lidge onhe for the save. gave up a home run to brandon moss. here gets pinch hitter del win young to end the game. 18th save of the year, and the phils hang on to win it. >> allowing one win in 7 and a third innings. the phillies have won 10 of the last 17 games against the pirat

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