jacoby ellsbury drives. the sox go up 6-0.on bay hits his 359 of the year, tiing a career high with three r.b.i.'s, bringing his total to 110, a new career high. sox win it 9-3. big series with the yankees looming. a rimmeder that -- a reminder that espnboston.com is the best place for boston sports, much to be discussed about the patriots and also the b's and the c's and b.c., which is boston college, espnboston.com. >>> with the rangers losing to the angels, the yankees can clinch a playoff spot with a win over the mariners. joba chamberlain, 0-3 the last seven starts, struggling as of late. ken griffey jr. getting it done, the double to ride. jose lopez comes in. bottom second now, chamberlain, men on second and third, intentionally walked ichiro to load the bases. next batter is franklin gutierrez. he gets the free pass. 3-0, mariners. a run comes in. and 39-year-old ken griffey jr., joba chamberlain is the 405th victim. that is home run number 627 for ken griffey jr. joba is winless in his last seven starts. yankees are n

where is jacoby lacy. know powers is out of the game. >> mike: there we go fourth down as parcells team tries to avoid going 0-2 to start the season. got to get ten. pennington. stepped up, throws, it is caught at the 30. it's a first down for ginn. the clock's running. they got to clock it. >> jon: they'll clock it. they'll get another play. >> mike: now you're probably down to a snap. with six seconds remaining in the game. >> jon: this is a situation, gout to gon, with the hail mary got to put the ball into the end zone. one thing i noticed about this play, ron. this situation, they never call offensive pass interference. put the ball up no the end zone. >> mike: these colt defenders on the field for 83 plays tonight. the tank is completely empty. you're down to one snap as they try to find enough to get one more pressure. big receiver at 6'4" is anthony fasano, he's the one to throw the high throw to if he gets t the end zone. >> mike: three to the right. two to the left. pennington throwing toward the

jacoby ellsbury drives. the sox go up 6-0. jason bay hits his 359 of the year, tiing a career high with three r.b.i.'s, bringing his total to 110, a new career high. sox win it 9-3. big series with the yankees looming. a rimmeder that -- a reminder that espnboston.com is the best place for boston sports, much to be discussed about the patriots and also the b's and the c's and b.c., which is boston college, espnboston.com. >>> with the rangers losing to the angels, the yankees can clinch a playoff spot with a win over the mariners. joba chamberlain, 0-3 the last seven starts, struggling as of late. ken griffey jr. getting it done, the double to ride. jose lopez comes in. bottom second now, chamberlain, men on second and third, intentionally walked ichiro to load the bases. next batter is franklin gutierrez. he gets the free pass. 3-0, mariners. a run comes in. and 39-year-old ken griffey jr., joba chamberlain is the 405th victim. that is home run number 627 for ken griffey jr. joba is winless in his last seven starts. yankees a

kyle parker connected with jacoby across the middle. ford did the rest. look at him go. 77 yards for the touchdown. clemson down 44-21. they tie with a field goal. under a minute to play. tied at 27. scott blair from 36 yards out. that proved to be the game winner. georgia tech survived af wild one, 30-27. the governing body for track and field demanded that caster semenya undergo tests to confirm her sex and the results are in. the tests showed that semenya has both female and male sexual organs. the 18-year-old who won the 800-meter championship has no ovaries but has testies which produce large amounts of testosterone. how about the rockies in baseball? 38-year-old cut mid season brought in against the reds. jason giambi with warning track power. doubled over the head of the center fielder and scored a pair. rockies won 5-1. they trail los angeles two games in the west. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> thank you, fred. >>> an animated movie not meant for the little ones. your early morning entertainment headlines

while boston's jacoby ellsbury uses his glove to rob the rays. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> well, los angeles continues to struggle with the bad air quality and the heat, the rest of the country still feels like fall. your regional forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in sports, the opener of the series crucial to the a.l. wild card race, the boston red sox drew first blood versus the tampa bay rays. here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning. it was a perfect opportunity for the rays to get back at the a.l. wild card race. but the red sox weren't having it. pick it up in the fourth, tied at one. j.d. drew, 19th of the year. four in the last eight games. red sox up 3-1. added insurance in the fifth. jason bay. it's there, it's gone. bay put the sox up 5-2. solo blast to left. down three. sacks full. jason bartlett. ellsbury came one a sliding grab in center field. red sox win 8-4. rays

and jacobi jones signals for a fair catch. tennessee is in business. jason mccourty has it but on a fair catch, like the infield fly rule. it's got to hit the ground first? >> he calls fair catch and he's got to have an opportunity to field the ball even though as he does here ed he muffed and gets a chance to receive the kick. >> jeff fisher upset but the ball hits the ground and then it's fair game. and schwab meanwhile, same score, toss to steve slaton and keith bulluck makes a big play but now this continues on at the sidelines. this is not a good team, division rivals, tennessee on the houston sideline, number 191 -- 91 jason jones is tossed from the game, one of the big device inside with haynesworth gone. so tossed. and he goes to the locker room. he gets a standing o but it didn't help. less than eight minutes to go, tied at 31- 1. schaub to jacobi jones. again, he's wide open to the texans' 25. 44-yard play, fourth and inches. first down on the schaub keeper. they get a field goal to go up 34-31. same score, under two to go. kerry collins, scr

you see jacoby jones as he runs the wheel route, looking into the backfield.to stay with jones even on the wheel route. he can't vacate it. he leaves, goes and tries to help somebody else who's already covered, and you got jones wide open. that's just one example of a lot of times you watch the game. people wide open, that's what happened. i know this, jeff fisher will be furious about this. they will change those things. they will get it corrected. they're still 0-2. they are desperate for a win this week. >> i would think the same thing that jeff fisher is going to address this and get it corrected. i saw this coming on at the end of last year when the houston texans gashed them in the passing game in the matchup. threw for 370 yards. what jumped out at me is this is becoming an undisciplined vekdry. now you start the first two games of the season, you've given up 720 yards passing. more importantly, these are noncontested throws. these are free runners in the secondary, trey. good pass defenses don't have free runners in the secondary. it's becoming habitua

many jacoby ellsbury sends that the other way into the folks. wauters pitching for boston in the fourth. jason bay, what a season he's had with the contract out there for the taking this season. 110 r.b.i.'s, that ties a career high. red sox win 9-3. >>> "monday night football" tomorrow night. a couple of playoff ball favorites, colts and dolphins. >>> more "sportscenter" coming up including the vikings' day against detroit and u.s.c. falling in the polls after the stunning loss at washington. cordless multi-tool. re-model. re-grout. re-store. all re-powered. meet the hand tool, re-thought. the power and versatility of six tools... packed into one. more innovations. more great values. craftsman. trust. in your hands. ♪ in such small bites, people are wondering, how does cheez-it® do it? - i know! - three, two, one. ( beeping, whirring ) ♪ - baking complete! - ( bell dings ) cheez-it®! where do you come up with this stuff? hi, dad! lots and lots of cheese baked into little, little bites. cheez-it®. the big cheese. setting up, preparing (commentat

. >> gary: gentleman jacoby ellsbury leads. crawford is behind him with 57. there are the leaders.7 among the leader group. longoria flied out to right field his first time up. and he had just one hit in nine at-bats so far in there series against the orioles. this year, longoria is hitting .294, four homers against the birds. 1-0 count. >> jim: with somewhat distracting, and i asked eian yesterday what is it like with crawford hitting in important of you when he gets on. >> gary: there he goes. there is the throw and he's got him! boy, did he put that one on the money! you don't very often see a ball that is in the glove waiting for carl crawford. >> jim: watch the exchange and watch the pitch. see, right there. look at how quickly, and then the accuracy. that has been the problem. they just work very hard on it. you talked about anytime our opening. this is not a kid who just came up here and sat around. he tried to get better and he has been able to do it. but there's never been a problem with the arm strength for matt wieters. don, the catching instructor, working on the releas

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now in the ninth with the tying runs on base, mariano rivera gets jacoby ellsbury ground back to him.clinch their 16th division title and get home field throughout the playoffs, assuming they make it out of the first round for the first time in a long time. >> i still love the red sox. >> i didn't say anything. >> i love them. i don't care. >> coming up on "morning joe," we've got dr. oz. he's going to be here in studio. we'll hear what he has to say about the health care debate. first, a look at some of the news you can't use. including the inadvertent f-bomb on "snl." upbeat rock ♪ singer:wanted to get myself a new cell phone ♪ ♪ so i could hear myself as a ringtone ♪ ♪ who knew the store would go and check my credit score ♪ ♪ now all they let me have is this dinosaur ♪ ♪ hello hello hello can anybody hear me? ♪ ♪ i know i know i know i shoulda gone to ♪ ♪ free credit report dot com! ♪ that's where i shoulda gone! coulda got my knowledge on! ♪ ♪ vo: free credit score and report with enrollment in triple advantage. to start losing essential nutrients? not long. in fact, green beans l

[inaudible conversations] >>> now, a pentago briefing with lieutenant and general charles jacoby commanderf american force in iraq. he speaks with reporters the satellite about the ongoi security operations in iraq. this is just over 30 minutes. >> -- an overview, brief update, then take some of your questions. he's speaking today from camp victory in iraq. general, will commandf thank you for your time this afternoon. >> good morning, everyone. thank youbraun and, for the introduction and thank you, ladiesnd gentlemen allowing me to join today. it's a privilege. our operations in iraq are progressing but enemies here continue to challenge and test the iri security forces. many areas remain dangerous and that was made apparent again tuesday wi four of them were seice members were killed while executing their mission anwould like to jt take a minute t offer my heartfelt condolences to their families. currently our enemies are resorting to a campaign of sensationalism through suffering by directing attacks against iraq's most vulnerable targets and attet to discredit the government of iraqnd

[inaudible conversations] now a pentagon briefing with general charles jacoby commander of american forces in iraq. he speaks with reporters v satellite about the ongoing security operations in iraq. th is just over 30 minutes. >> -- an overview, a brief update and then ke some of your questions. he's speaking today from camp victory in iraq read general, welcome and thank you for your time this afternoon. >> good morning, everyone. thank you, brianfor the introduction and ladies and gentlemen for alwing me to join you today it is a privilege. our operatis in iraq are progressing. what our enemies here continue challenge and test theraqi forc. many areas in iraq remain dangerous and now it is made apparent again on tuesday with four service membe were killed while executing their mission here. and i would like to take just a minute to offer my heartfelt condolences to their families. currently our enemies are resortg to a campaign of seationalism through suffering by directing attacks against iraq's most vulnerable targets and attemp to discredit the government of ir and the iraqi security