think about it the ball that matt holliday hit was out of the strike zone down. >> joe: now matt adams, m$+rq @% infield in. still nobody out. and holliday is at third. ball one, inside. >> tim: down and in. check it out. >> joe: got it under the glove of middlebrooks and into left. here is a 1-0 pitch. 2-0. >> tim: in fairness to will middlebrooks, that's a tough play for somebody just coming into the ball game. tested immediately.@t as was bogaerts at short. >> joe: here comes the 2-0 to adams. and adams is out in front. the count, 2-1. >> tim: boy, that's a change-up right there. that is something we have not seen him feature for the most part in the postseason. >> joe: here is the 2-1. 2-2. the runs are charged to breslow. he faced two batters. the ball didn't leave the infield, but he left with two on and nobody out. tazawa gave up the two-run double. holliday, the runner at third. adams. just out of the strike zone at 96. let's see where this missed. >> tim: close. >> joe: tazawa does not get the call. and the count is full at 3-2.d<÷ a strikeout. one away.

matt carpenter, then a pinch hitter, jon jay, it appears, then matt holliday. uck out the pinch hitter, matt adams, to end the eighth. strike one. the 1-1. splitter for ball two. strike two. strike three called. one away. >> tim: after all those splitters, that fastball looks faster and carpenter takes it. that was a two-seam fastball. talk about deceptive. >> joe: like john farrell has told us more than once in this postseason, koji uehara has an amazing ability to read a hitter and be one pitch ahead of him. here's jon jay batting for robinson. strike one as he starts in with a fastball. >> tim: a former pitching coach saying he's the best he's ever seen. >> joe: one ball, one strike. that's down the left field line, out of play, strike two. the boston red sox win here tonight, they'll have a chance to clinch the world series at home, at fenway park for the first time since 1918. with one out, nobody on, the 1-2 pitch. just up and away with the fastball. 2-2. uehara trying to save it for jon lester. here's the 2-2 pitch. back-to-back fastballs from the boston

matt holliday. first and third, two out. they keep the ball away. holliday can make the hit. make it to right. one ball, one strike. holliday homers here in game one. he homered two nights ago in game five. 0 for 3 tonight. and 1 for 13 against john lackey. three straight hits. hollid holliday. that gets away. send beltran down to second. and it's a 3-1 count on the cardinal left fielder. >> tim: now a single cuts it in half. >> joe: should be the second wild pitch of the night for john lackey. it is. holliday sitting on a pitch on 3-1. fouled straight back. it's a full koupt. holliday had a pitch to hit then. he missed it. found it back. >> joe: another one out of play. >> tim: so far, six straight fastballs from lackey to matt holliday. >> joe: holliday four home runs this postseason. came in to tonight a career in ten games .381 hitter in this park. the last hurdle for lackey. and he has walked holliday to load the bases. david ross is going to go out. farrell is going to come out and that's it for lackey. allen craig is coming up. pain. it can strike at any time. and once

third postseason home run for matt holliday this year.n to left center. >> tim: matt putting all of his 245 pounds behind that one. over the boston "be strong" sign in left center field. hit a ton. fastball. >> joe: ball outside to allen craig. we started to go into last inning the difference between playing here in the american league park and fenway opposed to in st. louis and busch stadium where there is no dh. it's a big disadvantage to the red sox, a team that's got the best dh in the history of the designated hitter and david ortiz and constructed like a strong, american league club. david ortiz who played first base in interleague play this season, you lose ortiz or napoli's bat when the series goes to st. louis. >> tim: napoli's having a red hot postseason. two home runs against detroit. we showed one of them. that was a game five. against anibal sanchez. >> joe: the only against verlander and a three-run double tonight in the first inning. >> tim: yeah. the game against verlander, it was the only one scored in the ball game. that

runner at first and two outs with a pitch to matt holliday. one ball, one strike. >> tim: and michael wacha, the last time we saw him, he was slamming the glove down on the bench, and he has a two-run lead, and he cannot lose this game. he can only win it. >> joe: cardinals will go to the bull pen in the bottom of the seventh inning. here comes the 1-1 to holliday, and the runner at first with two outs. down the right e fiefield line,, strike two. >> tim: the biggest pitch of the inning was the 3-2 pitch that daniel descalso took for ball four. the infield was in, and the runners on at second and third, and only one out. breslow tried to get the pop-up or jam on descalso, but he e wa not biting and then the sac fly by car ten per. >> joe: and the two errors on the throw home. one on the catcher saltalamacchia, and one on the pitcher breslow. and now the 1-2 pitch to matt holliday is chopped the pedroia, and the inning is over. the cardinals have a three-run seventh inning and lead game two as we go to the seventh inning stretch by a score of 4

matt holliday at the plate. >> here's holliday. that ball was driven to left and it is long gone.att holliday. >> he absolutely crushed that and that was his very first hit of the series and it's a big onon one, two run, homer gives st. louis a 3-0 lead. dodgers, seventh, cut the lead to 1. pinch hitter shane robinson gives the cards a little bit of a cushion, another long ball. cards take a 4-2 lead and that would be your final score. by the way, let's take a look at this guy. that's what bryan cranston looks like when he's not walter white. a little unhappy in his dodgers cap. the outcome not good for dodger fans. they lose and they're down 3-1 in the series. detroit, sox and tigers game three, john lackey and justin ver lapder of detroit old-fashioned pitcher's duel. verlander pitching to mike napoli. >> high fly ball to left center. back at the wall. the red sox have taken the lead. >> that's a solo run off verlander. that's all they would need. boston takes a 2-1 series lead. gave up two run answer six hits with 35 strikeouts in 21 innings after losing the series 2-1. >> the

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matt holliday takes jake peavy another way. carpenter scores. cards up one. 2-1 st. no comes across. game tied at 2. holliday unties it in the seventh. men on first and second. down the line. carpenter, carlos beltran score. cards up 4-2. holliday three rbi on the night. game tied at 4. bottom nine men on second and third for the cards. one out john jay grounds to pedroia. he comes home. molina's out. saltalamacchia throws it to third. it gets away. allen craig coming home. he's called safe. the umpire ruled third baseman will middlebrooks obstructed the runner. craig is awarded home. 5-4 the final. they'll be talking about this one for a long time. cards take a 2-1 lead in this best of seven series. >> i think the umpires defined it as they're going to. and yeah, it was obviously -- it's going to be a conversation one way or the other because we saw the tangle there and it's just a matter of how they interpret it. that's the rule. >>> to the ice sharks on the road for five games. back-to-back match-ups in canada. first up the canadiens. looking for the finesse one si

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in the game in the fourth inning, matt holliday smacking one to center field. as it raced away he raced to first base and later scored the first run. big papi, david ortiz, the red sox the lead 2-1. in the seventh a sacrifice fly and the cards pete kozma scoring there. the throw to home got away, third went wild, come back to beat cards 4-2. series even one game apiece. game three saturday night. more sports a little later. >>> most traffic cops only have to worry about one thing, directing traffic. in romania different there. occupational hazards. a stray bull coming out of nowhere. this happens all the time when we're walking down the halls at 30 rock, right? going right into the police officer, the bull scurries away and bystanders rush to the officer's aid. luckily he didn't suffer any life threatening injuries. the bull there was eventually caught and will be kept out of busy intersections. what was a bulldog there. >>> heavy fog in seattle. check out this time lapse video. expected to last the weekend. low visibility caused delays and made driving dangero

matt holliday a shot to the gap. this ties it up at 2-2 early. but, then there comes a dodge muscle that's been missing in this series, gonzalez with the first of two home runs. he was the hit and the dodgers would never trail. check out crawford here. this is a shot that leaves the yard instantaneously. the cardinals make it interesting in the ninth. it ended just five minutes ago. 6-4 your final. going back to st. louis, 3-2 cardinals leading. they'll be taking their act to tennessee and it's the defense that has been showing up large for them. ten turnovers in those last three games and in each of those turnovers like this interception from white ner they've been able to turn them into points. and they come through the sacs for safety. defense looking sharp. >> our goal is to cause turnovers. we're getting more interceptions and strip the ball. >> being physical, flying around, you no he that's our defense and early in the season we weren't doing those things, but we knew how to correct them. that's why we never panicked. >> 49ers you'll see a

. >> joe: so matt holliday has driven home four in this world series, runners at first and second.eed is on for st. louis with carpenter and beltran. and the number three hitter for the cardinals meant holliday is ready. so is tazawa. strike one. holliday o for 3 tonight. this is all tazawa and holliday. ross sets up away. and holiday hits it right to pedroia. the inning is over. so if you have a flat tire, dead battery, need a tow or lock your keys in the car, geico's emergency roadside assistance is there 24/7. oh dear, i got a flat tire. hmmm. uh... yeah, can you find a take where it's a bit more dramatic on that last line, yeah? yeah i got it right here. someone help me!!! i have a flat tire!!! well it's good... good for me. what do you think? geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. ♪ dial up my number now ♪ weaving it through the wire ♪ switch me on ♪ i want to touch you ♪ you're just made for love ♪ i need ooh la la la la la ♪ [ male announcer ] smooth and distinctive, budweiser black crown. >> joe: siegrist takes over and deals a strik

got matt holliday to fly out in the fifth. arpenter and of course you have to let the celebration begin in boston. i want to bring in mike barnicle. obviously a lifer in boston. >> yeah. >> let's just start with i guess you were in st. louis in '04. colorado in '07. >> yes. >> and you weren't here in 1918 despite what we joke about all the time. >> i had school that day. >> how does this world series sort of -- put it in perspective in the backdrop of the other two wins. >> it's not comparable to '04 certainly. '07, it was terrific. this is different in a unique way. it's who are about t e's more a won the championship than the championship itself. the team is representative of the concept of resilience. . and represents the inner game of baseball as related to life. if you succeed three out of ten times in baseball, you're going to cooperstown. a lot of these guys aren't big star, but they worked hard every day. they had to are a when they flew back overnight from st. louis. and that's how they won, by being resilient. >> take

jon lester had seven strikeouts for the sox but matt holliday homers. in the seventh two men on base, boston's david ross hits a ground rule double, one run scores and then jacoby ellsbury singles driving in another, ross sprints to home plate. does he make it? no. tagged out. then the cards in their effort ninth can't make it up in nine innings, boston wins 3-1, game six wednesday night in boston. monday night football to talk about. seahawks at rams, darth vader, this happens so often, photo bombing the seattle's coach during a pre-game interview. i guess it's for halloween. then richard sherman, interception for 38 yards. followed by golden tate. touchdown there. third quarter, wilson with another to tate. with that one he is gone, my friend. 80 yards to score. seattle wins 14-9. they did dominate but still have the best record in the nfc. jerry jones doesn't think that receiver screaming at tony romo is mad. he was mad he only got three passes and went on a yelling tirade at romo. redskins owner nfl meets with roger goodell. they are talking about t

here's matt holliday, who hit a home run back in the fourth inning for the only st. louis run tonight. that's into right. nava, got it, and the red sox win game five. a final of 3-1, and jon lester now in the world series this year has gone 15 1/3 innings allowing one run on nine hits, 15 strikeouts, one walk. wainwright gets the loss and uehara gets save number seven this postseason. >> tim: what a tall order to come in here an take at least two out of three from a team that was dominant at home in the national league this year, the st. louis cardinals. and the red sox taking two out of three for john farrell and another save for koji uehara. >> joe: by getting the win, jon lester joins babe ruth as the only left-hander as far as red sox starters with three world series wins. back in his time before going to the yankees, he was the premiere left-hander in the american league, and one of the best on the mound in the game. let's go down to the field and erin andrews. >> erin: with a very happy david ross who's screaming and then apologizing. don't worry about it. you

but matt holliday smacking a long fly to center field, and he scored the game's first run. then in the sixth inning, boston's big poppy, david ortiz. gone. two home runner, and then a lead, 2-1, and then the throw to home gets away and then a throw to third, and that allows the comeback to beat the sox 4-2. as my old friends like to say, bill karins, we got a series, my friends. yeah, one game each. >>> james taylor, a little bit of a layeric glitch, singing the wrong song, perhaps. take a listen. >> ♪ oh, beautiful, oh, say can you see ♪ ♪ by the dawn's early light -- >> that was a nice transition. >> he could sing the ingredients off potato chips and it would sound good. >>> and then cam newton takes it for a touchdown, and then in the fourth, newton connecting for a three-yard score. the buccaneers are now 0-7. buccs fans, calling for the coach to be fired. sources say there is no guarantee he will make it through the season. we shall see. and brett favre asked by the st. louis rams if he would like to come out of retirement to replace their football. he rejected the off

this baseball felt pain after matt holliday destroyed it. the first home run of the entire series. 3-0 cards. it was 4-2 st. louis. bottom 9. a runner on for puig, but he grounds into the double play. cardinals win 4-2. they are a win away from advancing to the world searces. between the tigers and red sox and the power outage at the plate in the mike napoli took justin verlander deep for the only run of the game. the red sox take a lead. and dan boyle was drilled into the class by forward, pierre, he left the game on a stretcher and taken to the hospital. he was alert and moving his extrim dis. logan scored the first of unanswered goals. 6-2, they are league best 6-0- 0. the only team to match that is the colorado avalanche. >> see you at 11:00. no bart strike. ,,,, look at them with that u-verse wireless receiver. back in our day, we couldn't just move the tv wherever we wanted. yeah, our birthday entertainment was a mathemagician. because if there's anything that improves magic, it's math. the only thing he taught us was how to subtract k

matt holliday a solo home run to center. two men on for boston. a ground ruble double down the left. the red sox take a 3-2 series lead back to boston. >>> and ron wotus has interviewed to be the manager for the seattle mariners. and maybe tim lincecum would sign with seattle. timmy is staying here but they may lose the bench coach. >> we wish him well. he's aed to go guy. >>> the world's tallest man says i do. he got married yesterday in turkey. the world's tallest man. she is not even that small. 8'3" tall. his wife is 5'9". he underwent life saving surgery to stop his growth. there were 1500 people partying and you see him there standing above the crowd. >> the wife is 5'9"? >> i want to see him bust a move at the dance floor. >> i would be at his knees. >> thanks for joining us tonight. we'll see you back here tomorrow. >> announcer: it's "the tonight show with jay leno," featuring rickey minor and "the tonight show" band. tonight, jay welcomes -- from "the voice," adam levine, actress/comedian ali wentworth, the music of steve nieve with elvi

but in the fourth inning, matt holliday homered. then to the seventh. two men on base. boston's david ross hit a double one run scores. elsbury singled and ross tried to score. but as you watch this, gets tagged out. he does not make it. cards can't come back. boston wins 3461. game six wednesday night in boston. more sports a little later. >>> frightening amateur video coming from denmark as hurricane force winds rip across europe. in copenhagen, gusts of up to 120 miles per hour caused a six-story scaffolding to be ripped completely off an office building. no one was injured in that. >>> bill karins, they're still suffering. >> that was their big, huge storm. they were saying that was a once in a decade or maybe even every 20 years over there. >> beautiful town. hate to see that happen. >> yeah. hoping they'll recover quickly. big storm in the west, too. this storm has brought colder conditions than many. we've got snow in the higher elevations. what a beautiful looking water vapor imagery. of course, you want to be under the middle of this, or in the middle of the st

louis pitcher michael wacha takes a no-hitter into the eighth inning and matt holliday provides all thels need with a two-run homer. the cards beat the pirates 2-1. the series finale will be in st. louis. >>> in the american league, tampa bay trying to force a game force against boston. it looks like the red sox are in control with a 3-0 lead but evan longoria ties it for the rays with a three-run homer in the fifth inning. and with the game still stied at the bottom of the ninth, rays backup catcher jose lobaton gets to play the hero. >> oh yeah! >> lobaton dumped the walk-off homer in the rays' center field. tampa bay staying alive with the 5-4 win. >>> the oakland a's will have a chance to finish off the tigers, winning 6-3. in the ninth inning ace pitcher grant balfour and victor martinez get into a scuffle and the benches clear. no punches are thrown, but the tension could spill over into game four. >>> a heartbreaking finish for the atlanta falcons on "monday night football." the falcons take a one-point lead over the jets with less than two minutes to play in the game. but new yo

matt holliday doesn't have the protection of albert pujols. it ties the game at 1-1.ross in for jarrod saltalamacchia. rips one down left field. bounces it into the seats. sox take a 2-1 lead to tack on another run in that inning and absolutely gem from jon lester. seven and two-thirds, the seven strikeouts and red sox on the brink of another title with a 3-1 win. game six in boston wednesday. >> can we do it tonight? >> i would do it tonight. barnacle is back. >> can we get a close up? >> end of baseball season. >> i want close ups of hd of barnacle all morning. he flew straight here. >> he's high as a kite. he's all right. >> haven't changed my underwear in six days. >> have you changed the depends underneath them? >> oh, oh, oh, oh, senior abuse. >> i'll get eight tweets joking with barnacle. >> that's dreadful. >> joust down the street let's go football. the trams hosting the seahawks monday night football. second quarter, first start of the year. what does doe? gets picked off. russell wilson finishes the drive that passed golden tate. st. louis field goal wilson

that's matt holliday with a win there.he cards were punch their way to the world series with a win this afternoon in los angeles. >> how excited are you, berman? >> i get more nervous than excited as time goes on. look. that was a really tense game lat night. no hits practically the entire game. >> did you actually stay up and watch it? >> the red sox played in the afternoon. >> all right. >>> coming up, al qaeda member appearing in a new york courtroom. what happened when a suspected terrorist faced a judge. >>> and a popular sports supplement pulled in the shelves for containing a material similar to meth. really. we'll have that when we come back. >>> welcome back to "early start," everyone. a terror suspect picked up in libya has now had his day in a u.s. court facing charges he worked for al qaeda and was involved in a deadly attack on u.s. embassies in africa. deborah feyerick has the story. >> reporter: abu anas al libi entered the court here in manhatt manhattan. his hands were shackled. he appeared 10 to 15 years

louis got a long two-run homer to left field from matt holliday and pinch hitter shane robinson blasted a home run off the top of the wall and st. louis beat l.a., 4-2 leading the series 3-1. game five is this afternoon in l.a. >>> in detroit, the power went out at comerica park and delayed the bottom half of the second inning of the tigers/red sox game for 16 minutes. detroit batters had no power against boston's john lackey who only gave up four hits. in the seventh, mike napoli smashed a fastball for the homer and 1-0 win. the red sox lead 2-1 with game four tonight in detroit. >>> well, lebron james says michael jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time but james told espn, "my goal is to be the best of all time and that means maximizing everything i have." >>> members of the washington capitals posted photos with hats and glasses with dogs and cats. it will support a shelter that places the dog and cats to good ho homes. >>> robert griffin iii and josh wilson put on a wig to support the fight against breast cancer. better without the wigs but they seem to like their new

in los angeles, game four of the national league championship series, matt holliday put the cards upa long two-run shot off ricky nolasco. shane robinson hit another off the top of the outfield wall. the cards beat l.a., 4-2. >>> and in detroit, game three of the alcs was held up for 17 minutes when the lights went out at comerica park, but the tigers' power outage continued. boston's john lackey shut out detroit, striking out eight. the game's lone run was this mike napoli homer off justin verlander. the sox beat detroit, 1-0 and hold the series lead. game four is tonight in detroit. >>> when we return, another look at this morning's top stories. the supreme court takes on the hot button issue of affirmative action in college admission. affirmative action in college admission. ♪ [ male announcer ] staying warm and dry has never been our priority. our priority is, was and always will be serving you, the american people. so we improved priority mail flat rate to give you a more reliable way to ship. now with tracking up to eleven scans, specified delivery dates, and free insurance up

one of the four hit and matt holliday scores. then in the 6 daniel nava singles shane victorino scores. matt doubles home carpenter and beltran. trevor rosenthal brought in the 8th. zander bogarts singles. here is the play that will live maybe in infamy. bottom of the 9th, dustin

and matt holliday provideed is all that would need in this sixth inning. let's go back.took a no hit tore the 8th inning. facing pedr oh o alverez and there goes the no hitter, this goes the shut out. besides giving the no-no and just one for the pirates and they will get closer. they go on to win 2-1 in st. louis wednesday. now to the nfl and two weeks after he was benched as a rook e back up. josh is mentioned to minnesota to go bring it. it struggled with con sis sentcy to stop this season with him as a starter. now free tpha*pb suspected to take over for minnesota's starter is still owes an additional $6 million-dollars from the tampa bay buccaneers. the oakland raiders release their start today. he started in place and the raider's week-forloss to the redskins. they were partially critical after the game and then clinches -p up to the rookie. and more with the quarterback news, philadelphia eagles will make it again after michaelle vics injured his left hamstring against the giants and can keep him off the field and both came in in relief with two touchdown passes.

one of the four hit and matt holliday scores. the 6 daniel nava singles shane victorino scores. matt doubles home carpenter and beltran. trevor rosenthal brought in the 8th. zander bogarts singles. here is the play that will live maybe in infamy. bottom of the 9th, dustin throws home, saltalamacchia tries to get craig at 3-d and it's another wild thing. the 3rd baseman middlebrooks impedes the pass, middlebrooks is called for obstruction. umpires ruled that craig would have scored had middlebrooks not tripped him intentional or not. the run counts. game is over. st. louis wins 5-4 and who writes this stuff? st. louis takes the 2-1 series lead, 16 of the last 18 teams that won game 3 went on to win the world series. guess what the red sox were talking about? >> i don't know how he gets out of the way when he is laying on the ground and when craig trips over him, i guess by the letter of the rule, you can say it's obstruction, but i don't know, like i said, that is a tough pill to swallow. >> stanford cardinals the highest rated tea

matt holliday for the cardinals. rbi double off zach greinke in the 3rd. got a 2-2 ballgame.ng. adrian gonzalez had himself a day. 3 for 4. that's the first of 2 home runs for him. 3-2, the dodgers would lead for good. carl crawford, 447. 447 what? feet. way gone to right. they take a 6-2 lead in the 9th, cards threaten, made it interesting, but they'll go back to st. louis a little edgy themselves, leading the dodgers 3-2. friday night for the next one. >>> 49ers headed to nashville, tennessee for sunday. talk a need advice on how to juggle those big family meals? this kenmore elite duel temperature double oven, exclusively from sears, can help. impressive! and so is kenmore elite ranking highest in customer satisfaction. this is sears. >>> hey, looking more and more like the team that made it to the super bowl last year. 49ers, steady progress. making it happen on defense. four more turnovers sunday. even without smith, they actually seem better on the d right now. >> our goal is, you know, to cause turnovers, and we're doing that. we've just got to keep it up. just get mor

matt holliday provided all the offense the cardinals would need.uch rejoicing through you the dugout. a one out solo home run ends the no-no and cut the pirates deficit to just one. a game five in st. louis wednesday. >> the tigers face elimination at home today against the a's. >> the supreme court, their new term now officially underway. the important cases and the controversial issues that are facing the high court. >> another day, another arrest in that wild new york city motorcycle melee. the latest details in the road rage case straight ahead. more critical power. >> on abortion, the supreme court will review a massachusetts law that establishes buffer zones that limit where protestors can demonstrate. the court will decide whether the buffer zones outside clinics vital a protestors first amendment rights to free speech. >> it's not just michigan wolverines and michigan state spartans watching when the state rules on limiting race as a consideration for state university admissions. the ruling could also affect admission practices at public un

as far as the offense was concerned matt holliday provided all the cardinals would need.ain, he took today a no-hitter into the 8th inning, before pedro alvarez blasted this solo home run. it cut the pirates deficit to just one, but they could get no closer. the cardinals hang on to win it 2-1. but more on the story of the day, the rookie pitcher throwing a gym in his post-season debut. >> i think it's a little bit of anxiety before the game just sitting around waiting for the game to start. but once i was out there, all of the nerves went away. >> i don't know if you could put a kid in a tougher spot, and he came out and just made pitches all day long. he just has a knack of getting up there and very business like getting the job done. i'm not going to go on too long, because i would like to see him throw a couple of more times this year. >>> and the tigers fell behind early. josh reddick put the as up 3-1 with that home run. but then detroit came on to tie it on a 2-run single by johnny -- perralta. cleveland takes a 6-3 lead into the 9th inning, and then grant valcore

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matt holliday for the cardinals. rbi double off zach greinke in the 3rd. got a 2-2 ballgame.ot for long. adrian gonzalez had himself a day. 3 for 4. that's the first of 2 home runs for him. 3-2, the dodgers would lead for good. carl crawford, 447. 447 what? feet. way gone to right. they take a 6-2 lead in the 9th, cards threaten, made it interesting, but they'll go back to st. louis a little edgy themselves, leading the dodgers 3-2. friday night for the next one. >>> 49ers headed to nashville, tennessee for sunday. talk a little about that, and the sharks perfect season taking a turn for the worse last night. an injury update for dan boyle. sports part 2, next. do soup. inspired by perfection. [ female announcer ] at 100 calories, not all food choices add up. some are giant. some not so giant. when managing your weight, bigger is always better. ♪ ho ho ho ♪ green giant >>> hey, looking more and more like the team that made it to the super bowl last year. 49ers, steady progress. making it happen on defense. four more turnovers sunday. even without smith, they actually seem bet

matt holliday hits that to the arch. that rocket ties things up at one. holiday was getting his groove on, ditto for adam wainwright, striking out 10 batters in seven innings of work. this game tied at one in the seventh, boston threatens with two on, ross comes up with the money shot, goes double dipping down the left field line. bogart scores, boston up 2-1. jacoby ellsbury loops one to center, steven drew hustles home. ross trying to score from second, not happening. the damage was already done, because red sox took a 3-1 lead into the ninth. the japanese sensation, lights out. red sox 3-1 take a 3-2 series lead and are one victory away from capturing their third title in the last 10 years. we have more from st. louis. >> in what has been a world series for the ages, the boston red sox take two of three at busch stadium behind the big hitting of ortiz and pitching of john lester who has now beaten the cardinals twice in this series. >> given this stage, given how strong he's been throughout the course of this year particularly the second half and what

cardinals matt holliday went deep off the wall in center. he would end off as third with the triple. do the cardinals get an end. two batters later. the heart and soul of the squad does that - bouncing over the mound. he scores on the forcep. cardinals take the 1-0 lead, but the red sox behind ortees putting boston on top 2-1. the cardinals answer on top of the seven - loading the basis for matt carpenter, hitting the ball top left field. short left field, enough to get the run in. the throw is wide of home plate. the reliever craig breslow picks it up. he proceeds to throw it into the stands. two runs would score on the play. another runner ends up at third. and just like that, john farrell's team is down 3-2. carlos beltram, a lot didn't know if he'd play, put the cards up 4-2 and then the door would be slammed by rosenthal - straight gas in the ninth, striking up the side. the series tied at a game apiece 4-2. the final. >> you'll have to kill me for me to be out of the line-up. yesterday was a scary moment for me. i felt - i did somethin

baseball probably felt some pain after matt holliday clocked it.he first rome run of the series. 3--- the first homer of the series. 3-2 cardinals. puig would he celebrate again? no. cardinals win 4-2 on the double play. they are a win away from moving on. >>> lights went out in detroit delayed game 3 between the tigers and sox. there was a power outage until mike napoli took justin verlander deep for the only run of the game. red sox take 2-1 lead in a series dominated by pitching. >>> sharks defenseman dan boyle drilled into the glass by blues forward matt lapierre. he went to the hospital, he was alert and moving. the sharks rally around the falle teammate. san jose won 6-2. they are a team that's 6-0-0 the only other team to match them the colorado avalanche. they are off to a great start. i'm dennis o'donnell. see you tonight. >>> play of the day, we have hoop action nba preseason big reverse jam from miami heat's lebron james. goes the other way, strolling and elevating, reverse -- got it heat beat washington 100-82 the play of the day. >>> a

that was plenty for cole who struck out matt holliday in the fourth with a 97-mile-per-hour fastball.es down swinging in the 5th. swinging. two hits, one run, five strikeouts for the ucla product. pirates win 7-1 to even that series at 1. >>> boston has been strong this season going from worst to first. the rays had all sorts of trouble in the outfield at fenway. will meyers let's a david ortiz flyball bounce over the short wall in right. this play would be costly. next batter jonny gomes banged one off the monster in left. ortiz and pedroia scored to tie the game at 2. 5-2 boston if the 5th. saltalamacchia another shot off the wall. sean rodriguez with a misplay. two runs score 7-2 boston and they win 12-2! 1-0 series lead for boston. >>> magic johnson dodgers trying to take a 2-0 lead against the braves. but in the 7th, atlanta already up a run. jason hayward off rodriguez two runs score on the single. and the braves win. >>> we go from that switch it over to a little football for ya. as the often injured darren mcfadden is injured again, he strained his hamstring last week against

baseball probably felt some pain after matt holliday clocked it. two-run check. the first homer of the series of 3-0 cardinals. 4-2 st. louis. bottom of the 9th, would he celebrate again? no. cardinals win 4-2 on the double play. they are a win away from moving on. >>> lights went out in detroit delayed game 3 between the tigers and red sox. there was a power outage until mike napoli took justin verlander deep for the only run of the game. red sox take a 2-1 lead in a series dominated by pitching. >>> sharks defenseman dan boyle drilled into the glass by the blues forward lapierre left the game on a stretcher taken to the hospital. boyle was alert and moving his extremities. the sharks rallied around their fallen teammate, logan couture scored the first of five goals. san jose wins 6-2. they are now a league that's 6-0-0, the only other team to match them the colorado avalanche. they are off to a great start. i'm dennis o'donnell. see you tonight. >>> play of the day now, nba preseason action. a big reverse jam from the king, lebron james. here it comes. and ther

louis were in a commanding position by the end of the third with matt holliday smashing a two-run homer as they built a 3-0 lead. the dodgers pulled it back to 3-2 in the fourth, but a solo home run from shane robinson in the seventh put it out of l.a.'s reach. the cardinals can take the series by winning game five later on wednesday. >> he we can't get ahead of ourselves. this team we play against is way too good to think it's not a tough task to get one more win. so i think as a group while you're excited about the victory, we have to quickly turn the page. >>> the red sox took a step closer to winning the american league championship series by beating the detroit tigers in game three. mike napoli struck a solo home run as boston ran out 1-0 winners. the teams meet again later on. >> yeah, i've been feeling comfortable. i'm not searching for anything. for me, it's just being on time, and you know, going at that at-bat, he got me twice earlier in the game. did me four sliders, which he's never done to me before. i just kept on, you know, going at it, put a good at-bat together. i was a

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top 3rd/ 2-1 dodgers matt holliday takes zack grienke to the wall in center carlos beltran scores 2-2drian gonzalez solo home run to left off joe kelly it is the 1st home run for the dodgers in the series 3- 2 dodgers bottom 8th/ 5-2 dodgers gonzalez trakes edward mujica deep this time to right field solo home run 6- bottom 9th/ 6-4 dodgers kenley jansen strikes out adron chambers looking to end the game magic johnson will be going back to st. louis for game 6 friday clayton kershaw vs michaek wacha final: 6-4 dodgers cards lead series 3-2 rookies are getting on the field. they want to hear what harbaugh pass to say. >> i know they are frustrated but i am sure there is some grovelling in some anticipation. and all of those things. we can start planning some football. >> it always makes me want to open my heart. >> i am at a car dealership with my wife. and all the sudden a woman says that she watches television news. and she says you do not look that bad. and i was getting a little bit loud and i was joking a round. and she said i thought that you were a short and fat guy. she says th

lackey will have to contend with the hot bat of the matt hollid y holliday. ortiz is batting .733.r stat to keep in mind, cardinals have to win game six and seven on the road to win the world series. last team to do that, the piratpirate pirates in 1979. all right, mike. prediction. >> i don't have one. >> bologna. what is this? >> i said red sox in six. i'm sticking with that. >> so you're predicting red sox will win today. >> i'm predicting he'll cry if they win. >> he doesn't cry. they just punch somebody. he's from south boston. >> you're not going to well up? >> only way i'd cry is if i thought of you. >> he'd cry with happiness in your misery. so the sox haven't clinched at fenway since 1918. barn ck barnicle was in grade school. >> i got his autograph. >> he's the only pitcher to pitch higher than ninth in the world series -- hit higher than ninth. game played in front of 15,000 fans. an hour and 42 minutes. >> wouldn't that be great. >> we're expecting more than 38,000 tonight and by the way, in 2013, games have averaged three hours 22 minutes. a couple other good ones for