the worst team in the league hired a new manager buck showalter last week, and all they've done is won three straight and swept the l.a. angels. here we go to baltimore. they got it done in dramatic fashion against the angels. tied at four in the ninth. torres with a walk-off single to center. in came the winning one. they won it, 5-4. look out, yankees. orioles are only 32 1/2 games back. >>> white sox and tigers. hard hit ball to left. juan pierre tracked it down, made the grab, lost it, and then caught it again. sign him up for the circus. good juggling grab by pierre. to the ninth, 4-1, sox. tigers down to their final out. but ryan raburn wasn't having it. a three-run homer tied the game, forced extra innings. white sox took the lead back in the 11th. mark kotsay, a triple into the gap, and that scored two. chicago held on to win it, 6-4. >>> crazy finish in tampa. twins and rays tied it six in the ninth. jason kubel popped one. it hit the catwalk at tropicana field and dropped into fair territory. that allowed the go-ahead run to score, and just like that, the twins drew it up and

buck showalter can be the first manager to win his first three games after taking over a team with aeast 30 games below the .500 mark. bottom nine. caesar izturis makes that a fact. orioles complete the sweep against the l.a. angels. >>> that's your espn news update. i'm steve weissman. back to you in new york. >>> coming up next on this friday, the stories we'll l l following today. >>> now, a look ahead to the stories we'll be watching on this friday. new supreme court justice, elena kagan, celebrates her senate confirmation at a white house reception. kagan will be formally sworn in as a justice tomorrow. >>> the labor department releases its jobless report for july this morning. a survey of economists predicts it will show a net loss of 65,000 jobs. many of those were census workers whose assignments ended. >>> opponents of same-sex marriage in california have filed a formal appeal as expected. after a federal judge issued a ruling overturning proposition 8. that is the voter-approved law defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman. >>> also, bp says "operation static

. >>> meantime, buck showalter's team hosting the white sox. paul at tkonerko and bottom of tenth, ryan roberts, a walkoff home run to right off j.j. push, his first of the year. the o' s win, 5-2. >>> mark ellis, a ground ball to third. jose lopez turns the triple play. easy as a, b, c as the mariners win it. >> in today's morning snapshot, the gorilla who has a thing for video games. this image was captured. it was dropped into his enclo enclosure by a little boy at the san francisco zoo. >> it wasn't long before his adopted son wanted to have a turn but no way. the big ape finally turned over the ds when a trainer showed up with what, an apple. >> ah. >>> coming up next the stories we'll be following today including a rare trip overseas for a former president. >>> and today's grand opening of a special. cated to a b b b b b >>> now a look ahead. >>> democrats say it will save hundreds of thousands of jobs for teachers and government workers. republicans say it is a handout to unions. >>> voters in for states head to the polls today. in color

the orioles are 3-0 under the new manager buck showalter. >>> and it looked like a big comeback for theays when pinch hitter jason bartlett put one over the wall for a grand slam in the eighth inning, tying the game 6-6 about you the visiting twins came back in the ninth with a freak pop fly. it hit a catwalk near the ceiling of tropicana field and landed near the mound for an rbi in the twins 'victory new finally, baseball from yeah pan and what has got to be the outfield catch of the year. the center fielder for the hiroshima carp literally climbs the wall to take away a home run. then calmly drops back down to the playing field. look at it again. that is quite amazing. up the wall, made the catch, jumped down, all in a flash. pretty remarkable. >>> when we return, another look at this morning's top stories. >>> and spanish holidays. mrs. obama's glamorous vacation has critics fired up. vegetables are naturally low in calories. v8 juice gives you 3 of your 5 daily servings. it's a tasty, nutritious way to make this number go up... and help this one go down. v8. what's your number? oak