joe mauer with a single knocking home the go ahead run.mer giant back after missing all of last year following tommy john surgery. picking up his third save of the season as the twins win their home opener. beating the as 2-1. >>> this may be the ultimate manny moment. six games into the season he is calling it quits. man ram reportedly failed another drug test which would have resulted in a 100-game suspension. he is going to retire. >>> championship winners. only phil mickelson made the cut at augusta national. rory at 69 to get to 10 under for the tournament. jason bay two strokes from rory. lefty stays at 200 after shooting an even par 72. tiger woods on the other hand did make a move. birdies seven of the final holes. shoots a 66 to head into the weekend at augusta just three shots off the lead. day and rory will be matched together tomorrow. tiger is ready to end the 17- month drought. >> what beyond your place on the leaderboard does this day give you heading into the weekend here? >> i'm three back where i want to be. i closed the

joe mauer singles. 2-1 twins, a's fall to 2-5. phoenix trying to clinch the second seed in the west for the playoffs. game tied at one second period. ray whitney. a one-timer they call him. coyotes built the lead. 1,000 career points for joe. the 78th player in nhl history to reach that mark. phoenix wins 4-3. >>> that is a cheer from my wife. try to keep me from watching the masters this weekend. just try. tiger woods on the attack at augusta. i will win this fight i'm telling you. a lot of movement atop the leaderboard as today's second round unfolded. round of the day from jason day. the aussie swinging to within a foot to set up birds. bird an 8 under 64. rory mcelroy bringing it again. he is minus ten after a 3 under 69. the story, tiger woods. tiger 7 under over his final 11 holes. spins to within a foot. that would be a tap-in birdie. he finished in style for 6 under 66. at 7 under, tiger three back heading into moving day, tomorrow, and he is right there. this makes it a lot of fun for us golf fans to see him back in it an

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leave him in there a little too long, gave up four hits, two rones, joe mature with the hit that -- joe mauer with the hit that put the twins up for good 2-1. >>> performance enhancing drugs may have some benefits but apparently not to the thaw process. again manny ramirez -- thought process. again manny ramirez busted for steroids. instead of accepting a suspension he abruptly retires from the game. >>> when it comes to golf at augusta, you think of the masters of the game, the grand tradition, legends like jack and arnie, not some 21-year-old kid but then again tiger woods was 21 when he won it by 12 shot. so why not a young irishman? speak of tiger, 6-under 66, birdied seven of his last 11 holes, good putt at 18. three back tied for third. rory mcilroy setting up a bird with a beautiful approach at no. 9. he's got rounds yesterday of a 65, today 69, two up on jason day into the heed. >>> having beat the coyotes eight -- lead. >>> having beaten the coyotes eight straight times the sharks figured they'd turn it on any time against these guys. the coyotes rip off three straight goals. shane d

leave him in there a little too long, gave up four hits, two rones, joe mature with the hit that -- joe mauer with the hit that put the twins up for good 2-1. >>> performance enhancing drugs may have some benefits but apparently not to the thaw process. again manny ramirez -- thought process. again manny ramirez busted for steroids. instead of accepting a suspension he abruptly retires from the game. >>> when it comes to golf at augusta, you think of the masters of the game, the grand tradition, legends like jack and arnie, not some 21-year-old kid but then again tiger woods was 21 when he won it by 12 shot. so why not a young irishman? speak of tiger, 6-under 66, birdied seven of his last 11 holes, good putt at 18. three back tied for third. rory mcilroy setting up a bird with a beautiful approach at no. 9. he's got rounds yesterday of a 65, today 69, two up on jason day into the heed. >>> having beat the coyotes eight -- lead. >>> having beaten the coyotes eight straight times the sharks figured they'd turn it on any time against these guys. the coyotes rip off three straight goals. shane d

he struck out four including all-star catcher joe mauer. finally broke through in the sixings. they ground to alexi. and kurt scores to make it 1-0. luke ends the game and a's win it 1-0. they are now 3-5. sharks close out their regular season last night by hosting phoenix. there was another big sellout crowd at the tank. san jose broke a scoreless tie in the second. ian white with the slapshot. it's his second goal in two nights. then late in the period, joe pavelski takes the pass and scores. 3-1 would be the final. the sharks clinch second place in the western conference. >> well, he's just 21 years old but so far the pressure of leading a master's hasn't gotten to roy mcelroy. the weather and conditions have been great at augusta. after shooting a 66 on friday, tiger tried to keep the momentum going. this got him to 7-under. woods with a 74 is now seven strokes back. k.j. choi in a four way tie for second. the 2009 master's champ cabrera put himself in the picture with a 67. he's 4 back. playing in his first master's, 21-year-old jason

joe mauer base hit to left. twins take the 2-1 lead and as now rocked to 2-5 off to a slow start. >>> six games into the season and ramirez is calling it quits. he failed another drug test which would result if a 100- game suspension. rather than that he has announced his retirement. >>> let's hit golf. rory with an opening 63 at st. andrews at the british open then followed up with an 80 so all eyes on him at augusta. see how he would follow-up yesterday's round. he became the youngest winner in masters history and keeps ending shots like his approach on number 9 he will be wearing that green jacket on sunday. he shoots a 69 and is 10 under for the tournament. jason day had the low round of the day. 8 under 64 to get within two strokes of rory. phil mickelson was unable to move up the leaderboard. lefty staying at 2 under after an even par 72. however, tiger woods is on the prowl. from just off the fairway on 18 he hits a shot. tiger puts it on the green. getting a friendly roll to leave himself with a chance f

gonzalez allowed no runs while striking out four, including all-star catcher joe mauer.kland finally broke through in the sixings. mark ellis grounds to alexi garcia. and kurt scores to make it 1-0. luke ends the game and a's win it 1-0. they are now 3-5. >>> sharks close out their regular season last night by hosting phoenix. there was another big sellout crowd at the tank. san jose broke a scoreless tie in the second. ian white with the slapshot. it's his second goal in two nights. then late in the period, joe pavelski takes the pass and scores. his together. made it 3-1, would be the final. the sharks clinch second place in the western conference. >>> well, he's just 21 years old but so far the pressure of leading a master's hasn't gotten to roy mcelroy. the weather and conditions have been great at augusta. after shooting a 66 on friday, tiger tried to keep the momentum going. this birdie on 3 got him to 7-under. but he also had four bogeys. somehow he misses this one. woods with a 74 is now seven strokes back. k.j. choi in a four-way tie for second. putting for par