melky cabrera -- the no-doubter -- three-run home run, his 11th. smoltz tagged.hits, eight earned in 3 1/3 -- his e.r.a. is 8.32. jorge posada off former yankee billy traber, and that's gone for a three-run home run -- his 14th. yanks score eight in the fourth. they lead 9-3. normally, it's joba throwing at kevin youkilis, but on thursday night it was mark melancon throwing at dustin pedroia. it will be interesting to see if on friday night there will be any retaliation. it will be interesting to see if the yankees win it 13-6. they lead boston by 3 1/2 games in the a.l. east. they beat the red sox for the first time this season. they snap a nine-game losing streak to them going back to last season. joba chamberlain wins four straight starts for the first time in his career, even though he had walked a career-high seven. joe girardi and the yanks are 15-5 since the all-star break. >> fortunately, we won the game, and joba made some big pitches when he had to, but that's something you don't want to have to do against this club, or any club. >> swung the bat well,

melky cabrera -- the no-doubter -- three-run home run, his 11th. smoltz tagged.hits, eight earned in 3 1/3 -- his e.r.a. is 8.32. jorge posada off former yankee billy traber, and that's gone for a three-run home run -- his 14th. yanks score eight in the fourth. they lead 9-3. normally, it's joba throwing at kevin youkilis, but on thursday night it was mark melancon throwing at dustin pedroia. it will be interesting to see if on friday night there will be any retaliation. it will be interesting to see if the yankees win it 13-6. they lead boston by 3 1/2 games in the a.l. east. they beat the red sox for the first time this season. they snap a nine-game losing streak to them going back to last season. joba chamberlain wins four straight starts for the first time in his career, even though he had walked a career-high seven. joe girardi and the yanks are 15-5 since the all-star break. >> fortunately, we won the game, and joba made some big pitches when he had to, but that's something you don't want to have to do against this club, or any club. >> swung the bat well,

melky cabrera is there.ke he's telling posada to get down. >> yankees doing their own laundry. >> budget cutbacks. pedroia in the third. gone. eighth home run of the year for the reigning a.l. m.v.p. first opposite-field home run of his career. bottom three. derek jeter. deep drive. center field. look at jacoby ellsbury. sliding catch into the base of the wall. but later in the third inning, nobody's catching this. johnny damon off john smoltz. 20th home run of the year for damon. his first 20-homer season since 2006. top four. casey kotchman connects. two-run home run. his first with the red sox. they are up 3-1. the yankees teed off on john smoltz in the fourth. melky cabrera -- the no-doubter -- three-run home run, his 11th. smoltz tagged. nine hits, eight earned in 3 1/3 -- his e.r.a. 8.32. bottom four, jorge posada off former yankee billy traber, and that's gone for a three-run home run -- his 14th. yanks score eight in the fourth. they lead 9-3. normally it's joba throwing at kevin youkilis but on thur

deep south. >>> in sports, the white sox were looking for a four-game sweep over the yankees, but melky cabreraer plans. after hitting a home run, a double, and a single, cabrera finished off the cycle with a triple in the ninth inning. he's the first yankee to hit for the cycle in 14 years. the yanks won 8-5. >>> in baltimore sunday, boston scored early and scored often. josh redick's first career home run gave the red sox a 7-0 lead. victor martinez, playing just his second game with the sox, got five hits and drove in four runs in an 18-10 victory. >>> kansas city got nothing from tampa bay until john buck finally broke up shields' no-hitter. the royals would score two runs in the eighth, one of them on this double steal. they beat the rays 4-1. >>> in golf, after two great rounds, tiger woods had the lead going into the final round of the buick open. his only real problem yesterday came on the 13th hole when his second shot ended up in the water. woods got mad, but he still made par and went on to win by three shots, his fourth victory of the year. >>> and the women's british open has a bri

melky cabrera long gone. 3 run shot. 11th of the year.. same inning runners on the corners. posada making up for the mistake. left centerfield. 14th of the year. 9-3 bombers. top of the 8th and things get funny. 13-4 game. a 95 miles per hour heater over pedroia's head and then another message. the yankees win 13-6. for joe girardi the 4th was the charm. >> it was a nice inning. i am not going to lie. big hits all around from a lot of different guys. it was an important inning for us. it gave us a little bit of a cushion. we kept adding on. >> better to be 1 and 8 than 0 and 9. obviously we are still not happy about it. but those are 8 games we can't get back. we played all right. we walked too many guys. we swung the bats okay. >> these are what the standings look like in the al-east: boston is closer to 3rd place than first place. >> times changed. the yankees beat the red sox for the first time this year and have a 3 and a half game lead on boston in the al-east race. eduardo perez from "baseball tonight" is here. they will play each o

this game belonged to melky cabrera. every bit of that pitch. ree-run shot. 3-0, yankees, top nine, yankees up 7-5. melky only needs a triple for the cycle and drives that pitch over the head of jermaine dye hustling around the bases and he is safe at third with a triple. first cycle for the yankees since 1995. that will do it for this espnews update. i'm will selva. >>> the implosion of an old factory in turkey didn't go as planned over the weekend. >> you have to see this. it was supposed to be blown to smithereens. instead it keeled over like a matchbox. the top half landed on its roof

this game belonged to melky cabrera. every biof that pitch. ree-run shot. 3-0, yankees, top nine, yankees up 7-5. melky only needs a triple for the cycle and drives that pitch over the head of jermaine dye hustling around the bases and he is safe at third with a triple. first cycle for the yankees since 1995. that will do it for this espnews update. i'm will selva. >>> the implosion of an old factory in turkey didn't go as planned over the weekend. >> you have to see this. it was supposed to be blown to smithereens. instead it keeled over like a matchbox. the top half landed on its roof missing the building by only a few yards. you know what i love about raisin bran crunch®? all the delicius raisins. i like the crunchy flakes and th granola clusters. you know, that's why it says "crunch" on there. yeah, but raisins are before "crunch" on the box. even "bran" made it befoe "crunch." yeah, but look at how big the wod "crunch" is., i mean it just dominates the box. i like the box because in the middle of the word... "kellogg's®" is "ello," like a

melky cabrera and jorge posada both hit three-run home runs as the yankees beat boston 13-6, taking aa.l. east. >>> in the national league, andre ethier gave the dodgers a five-run win over the braves. it was the dodgers' first walk-off hit of the season. >>> cliff lee pitched six impressive innings in his home debut for the phillies, striking out nine rockies. he was acquired from cleveland last week. >>> in basketball, orlando's rashard lewis has been sus ppend for the first ten games of the season. lewis said he took an over the counter substance that he said didn't know contained a substance banned by the nba. >>> and a death defying raccoon and a ladder that couldn't quite reach. the animal climbed 110 feet up a support pole and clung there since wednesday. rescuers coaxed him off the pole yesterday. with some prodding, the animal extended a paw. but everyone gasped. the little creature fell the last 40 feet. animal control officers scooped it up unharmed. later they set it free. i'm sure he had quite a story to tell his friends. >>> when we return, gearing up for battle against

melky cabrera, skies this to right field. a three-run shot. his 11th home run of the year.ur here, it's now 6-3 yankee lead. jorge posada, getting ahold of that one. yankees on top, 9-3. moving to the eighth, yankees leading 13-8. dustin pedroia almost gets hit there. just for good measure. things getting heated here. yankees cruise, 13-6. >>> to the links. the bridgestone invitational. it's round one here. tiger woods laz won six times. phil mickelson playing for the first time since the u.s. open. he had that deal with his wife, amy, who was diagnosed with breast cancer. on 18 here, putting for par. phil shot 3 over 38 on the front nine. back nine, though, started to turn things around. lefty getting it to go down. mickelson shot 3 under 32 on the back nine to finish at even par. tiger, though, started the die on the front nine. here on 5, chipping from the rough for birdie. looks like it goes in. oh, boy. tiger can't believe it. and to be honest, neither can i. tiger on the par 4 13th, putting for birdie. that's cash. tiger, 2 under, finished at 2 under. and is trailing

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melky cabrera, that was anders, steps on second. a double-play. stays in the game.angers hang on, 10-9, wow. this is the third win in nine games this year against the yankees, michael young, 2 for 5. he had a home run. kevin millwood with five and two thirds. he allowed five earned. joba chamberlain not went four and allowed seven earned runs. >> the rays began play three games out of the wildcard lead. they need to win to keep pace with texas and boston. >> carlos pena, two homers, four ribbies in this one. he leads the american league with 37 homers. had six homers in his last five games. he's got more home runs than singles this season. tampa wins 7-3. the rays have won 8 of 10. they're 11-3 against the bluejays this season. >> so we look at the american league wildcard race. boston maintains its game and a half lead on texas. and still lead tampa by three. >> in about four weeks time, plaxico burress will be going to a place that i am sure he never felt in a million years he would ever call home. for the better part of two years, burress will be serving a prison

like they've gelled a whole lot more than they were earlier, and it was signified on sunday when melky cabreraoked over in the dugout, saw all of his teammates on the rail, and there was something going on between them that saw there was a unit, a unity going on that this team has finally come together. i think as the red sox have struggled as of late, the yankees are that tight unit club right now, and they'll give some problems to the red sox and get off the that need. >> i think the real challenge for the red sox is they had great starting pitching depth when the season began, but that's been challenged. they're now facing that lineup for the new york yankees hitting on all cyl inders that's a circular lineup. no beginning and no end to it. i think the keys for the red sox are the starts of john smoltz and clay buchholz. you know beckett and and and ler will give you good outings. smoltz needs to step up and clay buchholz has to throw strikes with his fastball if he's going to have any chance at all against the new york yankees. >> joba going on extra rest. that's the first showdown. >> com

top nine, then cabrera, smokes to right, and dye taking a horrible angle to the boy. melky advantages and legs out a triple, the final component for him hitting a cycle, first yankee to do so in 14 years. new york gets it is win, 8-5. the 2009 swimming world championships concluded today, ran gamut for fems. he actually took a silver medal in rome. his final veap, the 400 medley relay, the americans one gold in this event in last olympics, and they were better today. phelps swam the butterfly leg of the relay, and he delivered as expected. "11 investigates i-team" ran away with the gold, or maybe swam away with it, smashing its own world record. for the week, phelps, five gold medals and the one silver. wouldn't be surprised if the silver is the only one he keeps. the has kell at monmouth park, preakness champion, rachel alexandra kicking the boys' butts. rachel with calvin borel aboard dominated more impressively than she it at pimlico. she destroyed the field by four lengths. she has won 10 of her 13 career starts. one run of the best in sports continue. tiger woods givin

and, melky, a three-run shot, give the yankees, a 5-3 lead. both starters still in. and cabreraes. extended highlights. >> keeping with baseball, gunning for a four-game sweep. young, deep to center, off cahill. and i mean deep to center. what a rocket. solo-shot, young, 18th of the year. one on and two outs, and top-five, that's a single to center. scores and, 3-2, check this. wins it, 6-4. rangers two homeruns, 163. >> nationals, broom in hand. facing the marlins, in dc. dukes. crushes that solo-shot, to left. bottom of the 7th, tied at eight. >> it becomes a softball game. bottom of the 8th, belliard, the grounder to short. guzman scores. nationals grab the lead, 9-8. >> ramirez, couldn't make the play. and zimmerman, finished a double short of the cycle. nationals, went 7-12. and with the sweep, the nats have won, 5 straight. >> straight ahead, will he stay or go? lebron, answers the question, sort of. next >> welcome back, when plan began today, the braves were in the thick of the race, five games behind the giants. mark covers the braves, he joins us now to discuss the pla

melky cabrera was nearly perfect for the yankees at the plate.akingmaking it 3-0. -- making it 3-0. a hit shy of the cycle and then played into a triple. melky cabrera with the cycle. >>> jimmie johnson winning the race in nascar. we will have high lights of that and update the standings. >>> tiger woods, it's not a major, but it's still a win. tiger, the buick open. highlights of that coming up next. fiber one. i'm looking for some fiber. this bar is an excellent source of fiber. there's no fiber in this. tastes too good. there is fiber. [ chuckle ] no. i can't taste the fiber in this chocolate. they have 35% of your daily value. hmm. oh, samples. hmm. autobahn. wackenschdol. fiber one chewy bars. cardboard no. delicious yes. . >>> rachel alexandria the winner. she is not just the best filly but possibly the best horse alive right now. she wins almost setting a track record. >>> no doubt tiger is the best living golfer right now but this has been a bit of a rough year. no major titles, he missed the cut at british open. the three time buick open