. >> one of last night's hee rhees daniel descalso drove in the game tying run for the cardinals. they will be ahem combing for him who was born in redwood city and graduated from st. francis. in the untiles the he had two home runs and six rbi. >> when i got to hit the tie it. you know i was -- i was on first base you know all fired up. but i looked in the dugout and the guys were going crazy and that fired me up even more out there. when pete got the big knock to put us ahead. it was chaos in there. that was an awesome feeling. >> he's somebody that has -- that has the respect of our entire clubhouse. a group of guys who've had a lot of accomplishments really understand and appreciate the style of baseball player that daniel descalso is. and i think he's showing the world what he has and he's just a ballplayer. >>> andrew luck is gone but certainly not forgotten down at stanford. without herman cain the offense -- him the offense has yet to score a touchdown on the road this season. second quarter in south bend, stanford down 3-0. the irish backed up in their own zone and ben ga

. >> scutaro's opposite number at 2nd base, daniel descalso joined us earlier. >> it's just somethingyou deal with as a second baseman, guys come in hard, late, and you do your best to hang in there. >> what can you tell us about the character of matt holiday? >> oh, matt's not out there trying to hurt anybody. and you've seen how big he is. if this guy wanted to go hurt somebody, he could really punish some people. >> is it too easy to say it's part of the game? >> you know what? it is part of the game. i've picked myself off the floor plenty of times at 2nd base. i sympathize with marco, and i hope he's all right. that comes with the territory. >> all righty. 1:07 tomorrow's first pitch , matt cain for the giants. >> and i think my first start here, i was that was in 2006 or 2007, i was about 2 innings, gave up 8 run, and pujols took me to big mac land. i think the biggest thing is just making good pitches. >> one quick thing on the scutaro deal. it's funny. i've watched and listen ed to everything, right? >> yeah! [ laughter ] >> i have. and it's funny how i think i told you earlie

second inning, daniel descalso, up in six, out in the first two innings. curt tace of the strikeout. bottom of the second, ryan vogelsong helping out his own cause. giants go on top 2-0, chris carpenter trying to get out of a jam, two outs but marco scutaro has other ideas. a nine-game postseason hit streak. san francisco extends its lead to 4-0. next batter, the kung fu panda, carlos sandoval. the giants avoid elimination for the fifth straight time. forcing a game seven tonight. >>> speaking of the playoffs, wnba finals. timyka catchings, looking to close things outs. catchings. fever by five. third quarter, catchings to the rack, all scores to 25 points. five minutes left. drains the three. an eight-point lead. fever with their first ever wnba title. once again, i'm doug kezirian, enjoy the rest of your day. >>> a group of australian fishermen got quite the catch when a 600-pound blackmar lynn jumped into their boat. fishermen said they were lucky to walk away. >> the marlin struggled for a few seconds and managed to take itself free and take off. the m

daniel descalso. right now it is still 2-0 heading into the eighth. >>> so dan helly is in st. louis and he will have a full report after sunday night football. meantime the o's and yankees are about to get under way. we have crews in baltimore covering the first playoff game in the last 15 years. can you believe it? it's been a long time for them. a lot going on, but for redskins fans coming up later in sports, we're going to have a full update on rg3's condition. for now back to you guys. >> carol, thanks. our team coverage continues this evening in northwest washington where darcy spencer's live at duffy's irish pubs where the fans have been watching all the different games on the different television sets. >> reporter: there are some serious nats fans here at this sports bar. we're talking a couple in here actually got engaged at the stadium earlier this year. it's true, the nats are done, but they're not out, and these fans are optimistic. duffy's irish pub is a local fan favorite to watch the opening game of the washington nationals journey into the postseason. >> very go

but the hits keep oncoming, pablo sandoval signals just past daniel descalso to send scutero home.lcs record 10 unearned runs in these six games. seems they take advantage of every st. louis mistake. when he walks off the field the at&t fans give him a standing ovation. giants 3-0 in his three postseason starts. three relievers finish off the six out and when romo gets descalso to foul out, they win tonight 6-1 and believe it or not they're 5-0 this season when facing elimination. >>> the giants will send matt cain against loesh. remember the cardinals themselves have won the last six elimination postseason games going all the way back to last year. >> joining us now is our own joe fonzi from at&t park. that's not too shabby for a former journey man pitcher. >> no he's been the man. a light rain began falling here at at&t park. maybe about 20 minutes ago. the tarps out on the field we decided let's be smart and come in under the protection of the tarp. the biggest question is who's the ace of the pitching staff. the guy who's done it the best this postseason it's ryan vogelsan. now

daniel descalso comes around to score. michael morse throws to second in time to get j. jordan zimmerman allows five runs. deficit 7-1, nats fighting back. zimmerman takes lance lynn deep to left field, a solo home run. next batter adam laroche, little rally perhaps, follows suit to right field off lynn, back to back jacks, deficit now 7-3. top of the 7th now an 8-4 ballgame, somewhat manageable. zimmerman with two on lines out to left field. jayson werth tags and scores. the relay throw is awful. harper tries to go and is tagged out. nats fall to the cards 12-4, series tied 1-1 surrendering double digit runs to the cards now, nothing new. the fourth time this year that's happened. let's hope the cards got those runs out of their system. lindsay murphy joins us live from st. louis with more. >> reporter: hey, let's just call it like it is. this was an ugly game for the nationals. the cardinals 12 runs on 13 hits and once again pitching is a concern for this nationals ball club. jordan zimmerman has been consistent all season lasted only three innings, his shortest outing

daniel descalso out of uc davis. aggie pride makes it 6-5. top of nine bases loaded. 7-5, two outs.calso lines to short off the golf of descalso. two more and tied at 7. cardinals not done yet. beat, base hit opposite field. two more score! 9-7. incredible. four-run ninth for the cards. bottom of ninth the nats go quietly. ryan zimmerman, game over. the cardinals, an amazing comeback victory, 9-7, the final. so the cardinals advance. the stunned nats are done. >> all the adversity we've gone through this year, and then giving up that many free passes. that's not the way you win ballgames. it's tough. we've had a great year overcoming a lot of hardship and then not go after them at the end was not fun to watch. >> game one nlcs sunday, 5:15 pacific time. the giants against the cardinals. madison bumgarner will get the start. in the regular season the giants and cards met six times and they split the series 3-3. >>> game five, yankees and orioles. the yankees benched alex rodriguez, who is in a massive slump and they lived to talk about it. curtis granderson deep and gone. 3-0, yankee

. >> joe: now descalso with two out, nobody on. daniel, 1 for 3. this good bullpen for the giants flexing its muscles here tonight. affeldt, casilla, romo. strike one. >> joe: strike two. [ cheering ] >> joe: pagan. game over! game seven tomorrow night. [ cheers & applause ] >> joe: bruce bochy and his sixth season as manager of the san francisco giants. lead his team tomorrow night to try to get them to their second world series in his time here in san francisco. cardinals will be trying to fight their way back to defend their title. >> it's remarkable the fifth straight elimination game confronted head on by bruce bochy. and his giants have won every one of them. >> joe: his demeanor never changes. >> tim: no. >> joe: and this made it official. romo did his job. nobody did a better job tonight maybe in this series than the starter tonight, ryan vogelsong. let's go down to the field and erin andrews. >> erin: thanks, joe. ryan, incredible performance tonight. setting a new career record with nine strike-outs. you have been comfortable on the mound

. >> joe: now descalso with two out, nobody on. daniel, 1 for 3. this good bullpen for the giants flexing its muscles here tonight. affeldt, casilla, romo. strike one. >> joe: strike two. [ cheering ] >> joe: pagan. game over! game seven tomorrow night. [ cheers & applause ] >> joe: bruce bochy and his sixth season as manager of the san francisco giants. lead his team tomorrow night to try to get them to their second world series in his time here in san francisco. cardinals will be trying to fight their way back to defend their title. >> it's remarkable the fifth straight elimination game confronted head on by bruce bochy. and his giants have won every one of them. >> joe: his demeanor never changes. >> tim: no. >> joe: and this made it official. romo did his job. nobody did a better job tonight maybe in this series than the starter tonight, ryan vogelsong. let's go down to the field and erin andrews. >> erin: thanks, joe. ryan, incredible performance tonight. setting a new career record with nine strike-outs. you have been comfortable on the mound

. >> joe: now descalso with two out, nobody on. daniel, 1 for 3. this good bullpen for the giants flexing its muscles here tonight. affeldt, casilla, romo. strike one. >> joe: strike two. [ cheering ] >> joe: pagan. game over! game seven tomorrow night. [ cheers & applause ] >> joe: bruce bochy and his sixth season as manager of the san francisco giants. lead his team tomorrow night to try to get them to their second world series in his time here in san francisco. cardinals will be trying to fight their way back to defend their title. >> it's remarkable the fifth straight elimination game confronted head on by bruce bochy. and his giants have won every one of them. >> joe: his demeanor never changes. >> tim: no. >> joe: and this made it official. romo did his job. nobody did a better job tonight maybe in this series than the starter tonight, ryan vogelsong. let's go down to the field and erin andrews. >> erin: thanks, joe. ryan, incredible performance tonight. setting a new career record with nine strike-outs. you have been comfortable on the mound