haren pitching to alberto gonzales. check this out. gonzalez hits one back to haren.ks a beauty. throws to first, gets the out. that was nifty. bottom four, national nats trailing 2-1 until josh willingham comes to the plate with a man on. it's hammer time. crushes one to left. that's out for a two-run homer. it's his 18th of the season. nats go on to win 5-2 and extend their within streak to a big-league bes seven games. how about them nats. >>> talking football now and a record crowd of more than 29,000 fans packed the park for fan appreciation day yesterday. a spirited scrimmage was the highlight of the afternoon. skins rookie defense end brian orakpo had a very good showing. on the offensive side of the ball, running back marcus mason is proving he's worthy of a roster spot. and the offense took center stage yesterday in front of a bevy of redskins fans. my goodness. former georgetown prep star marcus mason showing off his versatility. here he gets some positive yards on the carry. mason led the league in rushing in the preseason last year, and then mason working

the one thing you don't get against haren. and last night, nats are trying to stretch the streak to seven. and dunn facing haren with runners on the corners. and then a base hit. and morgan trots home to give the nats a 1-0 lead. and so instead of coming from behind, the nats get on the board first. the bottom of the second. and haren is pitching to gonzalez. and then he throws out the first, and he gets the out. that was nif tea. and then the nats are trailing, and then willingham comes to the plate with one man on, and it's hammer time. he crushes one to left. and it's his 18th of the season. that's going to win it, 5-2, and extend the win streak to the big-league best. >>> talking football now. a record crowd, more than 29,000 fans packed the park for appreciation day yesterday. the skins' rookie defensive end had a strong showing on several occasions. on the offensive side of the ball, marcus mason is proving he is worthy of a roster spot. and the offense took center stage in front of a bevy of redskins' fans. and mason is

haren won his 11th of the year. >> rob: you said haren was getting beat up. >> bob: they scored 4, 5 he was ahead 6-0. then 6-4. they won 6-5. >> rob: he held on. >> bob: some help from calls with his 20th save. consequencing, the 9th inning guy for the nats in a five-run game unless washington scores more here. a possibility. foul tip it for the second out. bard o-4 tonight. a food job of handling mock. sean burnett. >> rob: a horizon break was 7 inches. a vertical was minus 1. meaning ball 1. [ laughter ] the intriguing thing they measure the velocity when it leaves his hand then when it classes it is about a five miles per hour difference. does it slow down? >> rob: i hope not. you found out your the 5 -- 95s with only 90 too much information. we're wondering and how they come up with the data. there is a camera in the nashs dugout pointing at the pitcher's mound. >> rob: hoard won break. meanous 3. negative 13. nieves is next to that camera covered by unbreakable glass. >> rob: about out it left his hand at 75 and crossed at 67. >> bob: >> bob: you thought you threw so hard. 10:0

off dan haren. gone. three-run home run, his 31st, five home runs in his last six games, cliff lee went the distance, a two-hitter, struck out 11, phillies win 8-1. cliff lee, 4-0 since joining the phils with two complete games, mark reynolds with the fourth golden sombrero of his career, 0 for 4 with four ks. we've seen this before. the indians trade the reigning cy young winner to the national league. remember how dominant cc sabathia was last year? cliff lee has been even better in his short stint with the phillies. will and i just getting warmed up. coming up on "espnews," more baseball for you. justin verlander leads the majors in strikeouts, so he takes matters into his own hands. why he could have used help on wednesday. >> the angels with a baseball oddity. why it took 79 years to see it. brett favre is getting criticism from an unlikely place. why his most vocal critic is someone associated with the vikings. oh, no, t.o., what's keeping him on the sidelines? wassup man. keys. keys. stacy, keys. g

here in the bottom of the fifth, ryan howard, off dan haren. three-run home run. his 31st. cliff lee would go the distance. a two-hitter. he struck out 11. he's 4-0, with the phils. phils take it 8-1. >>> red sox and blue jays. roy halladay on the mound for atlanta. jason bay takes him deep here. a two-run home run in the fifth. team-leading 27th for bay. in the sixth, the blue jayce threatening. they had the bases loaded in two and outs. but encarnacion flies out to end the threat. encarnacion went 0 for 4. batting less than .200. the red sox, lead the a.l. wild card by one game over the rangers. >>> jeremy and vinita, back to you. >>> there's a lucky winner for one of the biggest lottery prizes in history. >> a single winning ticket for the powerball jackpot was sold in south carolina. the pot, growing since july 1st was back down to $20 million. >> we'll have to wait until tomorrow night, to see if anyone wins megamillions. that prize jumped to a whopping $207 million. >> time to get a ticket. >>> it looked like a giant sugar rush on what's known as the crookedest street

the d'backs are in, balester, dan haren saturday.unday to be determined for the nats against pettitte. there is some speculation it might be jordan zimmermann, but the nats kind of a wait and see attitude on him. >> rob: there's no rush. >> bob: no, sir. he did get hit by a batted ball in his outing last evening. evidently ok. elijah dukes 3-15 with three rbi's since returning to the ball club four games ago. .0. debbi, what's the latest on jordan zimmermann in. >> debbi: jordan admitted to me his leg is still sore after he got hit last night. as for his arm, he toll me it felt ok. he thought if he continued getting treatment and massages he should be able to start on sunday. >> bob: there you have it. had to chuckle at one of the entries on you know you're a nats fan t-shirt last night. it was telling the difference between the zimmermans. one with one n. one with two. clever. a 2-2 to elijah and dukes hits it hard to center. too hard. right at bonifacio for the first out. it's a wired wednesday. jim riggleman has been kind enough t

ryan howard off dan haren. three-run home run. his 31st.s got five home runs in his last six games. cliff lee went the distance, two-hitter, struck out 11, phillies win 8-1, cliff lee 4-0 since joining the phils with two complete games, mark reynolds with the fourth golden sombrerro of his career, 0 -- golden sombrero of his career, 0-4 with four k's. we've seen this before. >> we have major news out of college basketball. several sources tell espn.com that the committee on infractions will release its findings regarding memphis thursday morning. the word "vacate" is included in the report. in may the ncaa accused memphis of several major infractions stemming from its 2007-2008 season including a fraudulent s.a.t. score by a player later to be revealed as derrick rose and more than $2,000 of free travel for rose's brother, reggie. espn.com's dana o'neil broke the story and tells us what will happen to memphis. >> the original thinking was, from what i'm understanding, at least, it doesn't seem like there will be surprises in this finding fr

chase utley hit his 25th home run, that's against dan haren.e almost found a hole and the ball is dropped by helton tulowitzki decided to float the throw rather than plant and throw. we'll see how they score it. >> rob: way think it's a head. it's dangerous, he walked on this replay. a 67280-pound man, will come down to 1st base, tulowitzki throws it up in the air. helton is right in the way of dunn. dunn almost injured himself trying to get out of the way. that was an ugly play. >> bob: you had two managers holding their breath. it's a base hit for adam dunn. josh willingham hit the daylights of the ball first time up. >> rob: i don't think they should be offended. tulowitzki on his cycle was pretty much handed the triple by their official scorer in colorado. soriano kicks the ball around in the corner and came around second and got into third.   the score invoking the commissioners in the best interest of baseball, for the home team. >> rob: absolutely. that's been going on a long time. >> bob: willingham respects the tying run. an

dan haren is on the mound. looking good.s. >> al west leading angels, hopinhopeopening a ten-game trin baltimore. felix p.a. the cycle shy here in the 7th with runners to the corners. that's going all the way to the wall. aubrie huff scores, matt we'der scores, and felix p.a. able to pull in to third base with a triple to complete the cycle. 16-6 is the final. ninth cycle in orioles history. chris tillman, first win of his major league career. there have been seven cycles this season. >> jim schwarts has announced ad dante culpepper, and landon donovan has the swine flue, so the rest of his teammates in the u.s. soccer team will get treatment so they don't get the swine flue. >> tiger woods had his struggles today. it didn't matter, how he managed to stay in control of the pga championship. anish shroff, and kevin consor anish shroff, and kevin consor wi i'm racing cross country in this small sidecar, but i've still got room for the internet. with my new netbook from at&t. with its built-in 3g network, it's fast and small, s