don kelly gets his first at-bat. napoli will trot out and talk about what they plan on doing with kelly in his first at-bat of the game. don took over for delmon young, who homered twice. the lefty, mike gonzalez, gets loose. and now gonzalez is coming in. not want to go fall any further behind, the pitching change. kelly is coming up, two out in the seventh. the team facing elimination tonight leads by five. you saved us hundreds. what was that? the discount double check? it's when we comb through your policies and make sure that you're getting all the discounts you deserve. no, i get that part, but you guys are doing my move. the discount double check move? that's my touchdown dance. so you're a dancer? no, i'm a quarterback. oh, a quarterback. mrr. i'm a robot. mm, mm. ee, er, ee, er. get out of here. [ male announcer ] aaron rodgers got his. how about you? rodgers! discount double check! [ male announcer ] get to a better state. state farm. everything was good, ladies? [ male announcer ] ...simply by enrolling you

to the point they won't walk him, so take advantage of adams being so close to the plate. >> joe: don kelly kelly takes off. >> joe: 2-2. there are some managers who don't like to put movement on behind a pitcher when a guy like miguel cabrera is hitting. >> terry: and jim leyland may very well be that. he knows his hitter better than anybody. >> joe: leave him alone -- >> terry: let him hit it as far as he can. >> joe: there he goes. a flyball in to right cente centerfield. that is hamilton. they'll hold it. >> terry: may not have held that in a day game. >> joe: but now we're in to night. over four hours in, game number two, the bats coming up. tied at three. an accident doesn't have to slow you down. with better car replacement lable only with liberty mutual auto insurance, if your car's totaled, we give you the money for a car one model year newer. to learn more, visit us today. responsibility. what's your policy? [ tapping ] okay. okay, okay...listen up, make sure everybody's got a bud for this. there is a saying that time is a great storyteller. well, then here's to the next chapter.

don kelly, then jhonny peralta. a tight breaking ball from darren oliver. strike 1.elly 0 for 3 tonight. came in since september 1st hitting .343 with four home runs. that includes the postseason. and home run in game five at yankee stadium with one out in the first. 0-2, the count. >> tim: darren oliver, one of the game's true gentleman, just turned 41 years old five days ago, october 6th. >> joe: this is a big frame for the detroit tigers. it has been all year. they are 80-0 when leading after seven innings, which they will be tonight. to the back end of their bullpen is that good. with two out, nobody on, the batter will be jhonny peralta. >> tim: you can patch up benoit with anybody in the game. that's how good they have been this year. >> joe: it will be an interesting decision on the part of jim leyland whether to take fister out with benoit and valverde having worked yesterday. benoit, an inning and two thirds. >> tim: i doubt he would be up and not coming into the game. maybe a little economical with fister, hoping that he will start game seven. >> joe: this

and here for the final out, this ball carried a long way, don kelly. disappeared into our view. they called it a foul ball as it was caught as he crossed the line, and that ends the game. the reaction from valverde as he gets his third safe of this postseason. jim leyland has to be thrilled with the start tonight by doug fister. the best play of tonight's game is brought to you by the audi aa. true greatness should never foe unrecognized. it was by victor martinez in the fourth. the tigers added on, they win it 5-2. they now trail in this series two games to one. so getting a chance to return home. the tigers now are on the board. we look ahead to tomorrow afternoon with hairston and porcello. now the tigers have guaranteed that justin verlander will pitch again in this series, game five on thursday afternoon. there's the pitching match-up tomorrow. hairston was good in the division series. porcello a loser in the division series. good a couple nights ago in game one. let's go to ken rosenthal. >> ken: thanks, joe. he's doug fister. joaquin benoit joked with you about pitching n

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don kelly, then jhonny peralta. a tight breaking ball from darren oliver. strike 1.elly 0 for 3 tonight. came in since september 1st hitting .343 with four home runs. that includes the postseason. and home run in game five at yankee stadium with one out in the first. 0-2, the count. >> tim: darren oliver, one of the game's true gentleman, just turned 41 years old five days ago, october 6th. >> joe: this is a big frame for the detroit tigers. it has been all year. they are 80-0 when leading after seven innings, which they will be tonight. to the back end of their bullpen is that good. with two out, nobody on, the batter will be jhonny peralta. >> tim: you can patch up benoit with anybody in the game. that's how good they have been this year. >> joe: it will be an interesting decision on the part of jim leyland whether to take fister out with benoit and valverde having worked yesterday. benoit, an inning and two thirds. >> tim: i doubt he would be up and not coming into the game. maybe a little economical with fister, hoping that he will start game seven. >> joe: this

here, pitching for the tigers, don kelly. contact. first inning.beyond the call of duty, ending the ending on a spectacular catch. that magnificent glove. and then a little later on, this is another great grab, as the yankees avoid another elimination by the tigers in the best of five series. final score, 10-1. >> i think the key out in the game, happened in the very first inning, when don kelly smoked that ball. looked like it might get over his head. if he would have got over his head, falling down might have been an inside the park home run. that was a huge out right off the bat. >> game 5 tomorrow night in new york. also, last evening, national divisional series. fair bottom 5. phoenix. smith gets the diamondbacks on a 7-1 scoreboard advantage. grand slam scores miguel montero. top 6. speaking of josh colmentor. here it is. striking out prince fielder. diamondbacks finish 8-1. looking to capture that series during game 4 this evening. in phoenix, also as we speak. philadelphia poised to eliminate st. louis. right now in the third inning, it's p

juaqquin two nights ago, as the defensive change happened with raburn going right to left, don kelly2/3 inning on monday in arlington, went two-thirds last night and will try to go two here tonight. first up is napoli who hung on, on that throw from nelson cruz. good fastball for a strike. >> tim: it's so hard to hold on to, as you look at neftali feliz warming up. it's so hard to hold on, because you don't know where the runner is. on throws from right-field, you are blinded. >> joe: napoli tossed one down the third baseline foul. strike two. a.j. pierzynski is with us. what did you see on the play at the plate? >> a.j.: first, unbelievable throw from nelson cruz. right on line. watch mike napoli and watch him prepare and get his feet out of the ground. right there. prepare and lesso lessen the blw from cabrera. he knew he could only run him over. he hangs on his knees and gets him on the ground before he hits him. >> tim: well put. like a jockey getting on a horse. >> joe: and here is miguel cabrera preparing for that collision at the plate in kind of a glancing blow. these two use

don kelly took nova deep, a solo shot to right. detroit was up 1-0. the next hitter was delmon young and he took nova for a ride. yankee stadium in shock and tigers off and running up 2-1 after one. missed chances for yanks. the sacks are full. swisher struck out to end the inning. we go to the ninth. alex rodriguez trying to keep hope alive and jose valverde wasn't having it. struck him out and the tigers knock off the yankees with a 3-2 win. they'll play texas in the alcs. >>> chicago white sox have hired robin ventura as their new manager. he has no managerial experience but he did play ten years in chicago. at the very least, he knows where the locker room is. >>> nhl season opener, bruins raise the stanley cup championship banner. unfortunately for them, the flyers crashed the party. scored two goals in 47 seconds. claude giroux got past the defense, kicked the puck to himself and beat tim thomas. that stretch at the end of the first period was the difference. the flyers won it 2-1. >>> may be the only first game of the season but something tells

don kelly, then jhonny peralta. a tight breaking ball from darren oliver. strike 1.elly 0 for 3 tonight. came in since september 1st hitting .343 with four home runs. that includes the postseason. and home run in game five at yankee stadium with one out in the first. 0-2, the count. >> tim: darren oliver, one of the game's true gentleman, just turned 41 years old five days ago, october 6th. >> joe: this is a big frame for the detroit tigers. it has been all year. they are 80-0 when leading after seven innings, which they will be tonight. to the back end of their bullpen is that good. with two out, nobody on, the batter will be jhonny peralta. >> tim: you can patch up benoit with anybody in the game. that's how good they have been this year. >> joe: it will be an interesting decision on the part of jim leyland whether to take fister out with benoit and valverde having worked yesterday. benoit, an inning and two thirds. >> tim: i doubt he would be up and not coming into the game. maybe a little economical with fister, hoping that he will start game seven. >> joe: this

the top of the first facing don kelly. klly takes it off-speed pitch to right, short in right.hat's what happens when you get a short porch. tigers up 1-0. yvonne nova's troubles not over. the next pitch. you so don't want to go there. up in the zone. tiger is up 2-0 on back-to-back pitches. nova allowed one home run in the last 56 1/3 innings. joe girardi's team having trouble at the plate. bottom two, mark teixeira on second. jorge posada batting. not anymore. fister finished with four strikeouts and five innings. bottom four now. bases loaded. fister gets him to pop up to third for the final out of the inning. tonight, they left seven runners on base. ouch. you need to pray. benoit facing teixeira with the walk. benoit walks teixeira. jeter comes home. a one-run game. next batter, nick swisher, a chance to be a hero. tigers lead it 3-2. hometown hockey now. stanley cup or bust. you heard that before. it's arguably the case for the capitals. washington has been to the playoffs four straight seasons, and the new seasons on saturday, the expectations are great. that's not the n

nova pitching to don kelly. to the bleachers it goes. first postseason home run for him. the next pitch, delvin young. coming on, send it long. his third of the postseason. back-to-back jacks for the tigers. ivan nova left after two innings. jose valverde gets alex rodriguez to strikeout. tigers win, 3-2. they advance to the alcs. >>> zdeno chara and the bruins, raising the banner. as boston hosts the philadelphia flyers. midway through the first, bruins on the powerplay. tyler seguin to brad marchand. 1-0, bruins. under two seconds left in the first. bruins defense, they try to clear but they can't do it. jakub voracek finds the back of the net for the flyers. second period, still 2-1. david krejci, to marchand. 2-1, is your final. >>> that is your espn news update. i'm don bell. >>> coming up next, everybody, "the pulse," and some touching online tributes to the one and only steve jobs. >> stay with us. [ male announcer ] it's a fact: your nutritional needs can go up when you're on the road to recovery. proper nutrition can help you get back on your feet. three out of f

burnett watching his teammates curtis granderson save the day after don kelly hit a line drive in the first inning understands time to step up to the plate in the. if time again the thirty year old delivered an r.b.i. double making the score three one with the troy getting increasingly demoralise the feisty visitors continued to points in the tigers making it eight to one in the inning robinson cano taking the opportunity to bring the school into double digits then with an r.b.i. single and ten one that was the final score the two sides now had the big apple on thursday for that crucial series the sideline. the rangers will be watching the game closely to see who their next opponents will be first they'll be having a drop or two of champagne as you can see after closing out their own series against a top at bay race texas will they were shocked nine to nothing in new york nerves before buying back to win the next three winning the final game just four three the rangers going for their second straight american league title. on the diamondbacks have a great last gasp effort at home to s

second batter of the game, don kelly. into the right-field bleachers. 1-0, tigers. next batter, delmon young, his third home run of the series. the tigers were jacked up. in the ninth, jose valverde, take a seat, alex rodriguez. the yankees' season ends with a- rod striking out. detroit moves on to the shepherds of series. >> unbelievable. -- detroit moves on to the championship series. >> it is an empty feeling for everybody in that room and it hurts. aegis have to remember this feeling and it will be determined next year because that is the yankees' manager. the tigers now play the rangers. tiger was playing in california. he played pretty well except for one phase of his game -- his putting. check out the shot on the ninth hole. a beauty. sets up a try for birdie which tiger is not able to convert. this was the start of the day. he said this was the worst he has ever putted. he cannot convert the birdie. six shots off the lead. tied for 86th. college football, navy will play southern mississippi. mids.ps, go >> the baltimore county school superintendent confirms

facing don kelly. he drives one to center. check out granderson. he makes the grab.s the inning. saves runs and hits. top three still 2-1 for jeter. sends one to center. austin jackson, involved in the trade for granderson can't get there. here comes russell martin. russell martin in there. the two catchers hustling. 4-1, yankees. peralta sends one. granderson, again. lays out. makes the catch. soriano says thank you very much. i say lovely. yankees win big and force a game five tomorrow in the bronx. wow. >> we wouldn't have won without the defense. the double plays. both of curtis' plays as well as we swung the bat, i think defense was huge. >> to go to a championship, you have to play well at home and on the road. we were fortunate to get a split here and bring it back to new york on thursday. i'm sure our fans will be vocal, excited and so will the tigers. it's going to be a challenge for us. hopefully, we can win one more game. >> that's derek jeter. in the national league, arizona down 2-0 against milwaukee. he has a unique delivery. a change up for strike thre

don kelly. i mean, don kelly in the minor leagues. hit a home run in yankees stadium. 27 years old.im leyland talked about kelly and started crying. it was fantastic. >> for carol, sunny and 80 degrees for the next three months i. know. right. great in detroit, though, great across much of the east but it's the nation's midsection that's seeing the lousy weather today. extremely windy from the upper midwest all the way down to the gulf coast. the strongest winds here across parts of minnesota and the dakotas. gusting as much as 50 miles per hour. so high fire danger here today. it's really going to be affecting a lot of your travel. it all has to do with the cold front in the nation's midsection. we will see occasional showers and thundershowers, some severe in the western great lakes. on the back side, very cold. talking about snow. yeah. how much? a couple feet of it before all is said and done between, you know, what happened yesterday and as we head into today and into early tomorrow. temperaturewise, ahead of it it's nice and warming talking 80s across the plains and the east c

first-inning don kelly. going down as ivan over the fence. very next pitch young sends one to left.oung is the first tiger to hit three homers in a postseason inning. 3-2, he gets nick swisher to strike out with the bases loaded. yankee fans watch as valverde ends with a gun. valverde perfect saves, a rod just 2-18 in the series. >>> barry zito think about it. cal golden bears came out dressed like star wars paratroopers. cal and eugene tonight. bears upset, tonight bear's defense gives up chunks. michael james, he gone. more on james later. here comes cal. they take three field goals in the first half and score this touchdown. brother to brother, zack mater to keenan allen. can they upset the ducks not even close. ducks win big. the only bad thing for oregon, michael james left the game with an arm injurys in the rain was tough today in san martin. this was just the ninth tournament of the year for tiger woods. he's winless in his last 21 pga starts. a nine iron from 139 yards and this is a kid's game. starts in the bunker and stays in the bunker. tied for 86. tiger played with 19-

the raven arrived and detroit is already up 4-1 top 9 when don kelly singles to center allowing brandonims to score. new york falls to detroit 5-3 tying their best of five american league playoffs at one game apiece. >>> coming up on nissan sports xtra much moral on the redskins big day and how the defense bailed -- more on the redskins big day and how the defense bailed out the offense. >>> a natural phenomenon creates an out of this world view on some california beaches. >> the amazing video showing san diego's blue waves. we'll be right back. otat [ >>> check this it out. blue waves in san diego -- this out. blue waves in san diego, california. this is what happens at night when there's a red tide. a chemical reaction between a particular type of plankton that causes a red tide and the movement of the water, but this particular tide has lasted nearly a month now. >> wow. >> just before the show you got to google blue waves of san diego and check out the surfers doing it because as they paddle and surf the waifs, you see this blue trail. -- waves, you see this blue trail. it's so

tigers don kelly hits a homer. don't think it stops there.ter up, dellman young out into the stands, back-to-back home runs. detroit beats the yankees 3-2. >>> stella may have gotten her groove back but not tiger. tiger woods called it one of lis worst putting rounds ever, and it was. he finishes 2 over par and today tees off six strokes off the lead. probably going to miss the cut. >>> and opening night in the nhl. the boston bruins raising the stanley cup banner before the game with fiphilly, butty fl ths spoil the party. bo sends it home. 2-1. scotty, did i get those hockey player names right? fantastic. >>> a fantastic finish to the major league regular season as you know, and we always have an amazing postseason in progress. that got us thinking about baseball's greatest moments during the playoffs. you know, times like reggie jackson's mr. october performances and that 1954 catch by willie mays, but this morning, we're talking about this moment. this postseason gem. don larsen's perfect game. the unexpected never repeated world series p

don kelly lines a shot to straight away center.ng catch, came in at first, went back on the ball. jumping ahead to the sixth, yankees ahead, hit into left center, long run for granderson, but lays out to make the catch. what a game. full extension, yankees get help from the defense. burnett pitched 5 2/3 inning. giving up one run. the yankees blow the game wide open in the eighth inning scoring six runs winning 10-1. now we force a decisive game five back in new york tomorrow night. the other american league series came to a close yesterday. texas rangers eliminating the rays thanks to a three home run day against the red sox. beltre, he had him, only the second time a player has done that during the post season. check out the camera man trying to keep up with beltre down the baseline. stay with it, he lost it. you hate to say that. rangers win the game 4-3 winning for the second straight year in the alds. the national league, cardinals and phillies series tied at a game apiece. game scoreless until the seventh inning when the unli

kelly takes a strike. don with two out, nobody on.ast associates are eric mandia and andy cavanaugh. that is up and away. just to finish, pre-game show produced by done bowie, directed by jonathan evans, thanks also to eric billing billingsmire. ryan declure, steve demeyer. pre-game show for help with the telecast. we came on the air at 4 zer 4:00 eastern and say good night after 10:30. tremendous game between the clubs. count is 1-2. nobody on. two outs. adrian beltre tries to end the night, as kelly grounds out and the rangers are one win away. what a night defensively. the throw by nelson cruz. the throw by napoli. that play right there by adrian beltre. they can do it all, they can beat you in many ways in the rangers -- and the rangers have beaten the tigers three times in this l.c.s. the winner is feldman. the loser is vavlerde, who has been asked to do a lot. in his second inning of relief work. got bounced around for a fou four-run 11th inning. >> tim: when you think about the rangers, it's hard to think of a guy who did not c

kelly takes a strike. don with two out, nobody on.erman and broadcast associates are eric mandia and andy cavanaugh. that is up and away. just to finish, pre-game show produced by done bowie, directed by jonathan evans, thanks also to eric billing billingsmire. ryan declure, steve demeyer. pre-game show for help with the telecast. we came on the air at 4 zer 4:00 eastern and say good night after 10:30. tremendous game between the clubs. count is 1-2. nobody on. two outs. adrian beltre tries to end the night, as kelly grounds out and the rangers are one win away. what a night defensively. the throw by nelson cruz. the throw by napoli. that play right there by adrian beltre. they can do it all, they can beat you in many ways in the rangers -- and the rangers have beaten the tigers three times in this l.c.s. the winner is feldman. the loser is vavlerde, who has been asked to do a lot. in his second inning of relief work. got bounced around for a fou four-run 11th inning. >> tim: when you think about the rangers, it's hard to think of a g