nick swisher steps up and steps out. a two-run walk-off homer for the swisher king.ees avoid the sweep with a 3-2 win. >>> the rays dropped 2 1/2 games back in the east with a lopsided loss to the red sox. boston's marco scutaro hits not one but two homers into the monster seats. red sox hit five home runs in all. they beat the rays, 11-5. >>> out west, angels and indians needing extra innings. their shot to center. if it's out, game over. but michael brantley's not having it. leaping catch to rob a walk-off homer. it doesn't get any better than that. >>> from exciting to routine, 16th inning, jeff mathis ends it with a sac fly that scores torii hunter. angels win, 4-3 in 16. >>> to denver where troy tulowitzki, riding a rocky mountain high, hits a towering home run in the third inning to give colorado a 5-1 lead against the reds. fifth inning -- and this is not a replay -- tulo with another bomb. rockies beat the reds, 9-2. >>> and, finally, funny moment. from oakland, coco crisp with a home run to left. and check out the fan as he tries to make the catch and goes h

they were like, i think that might be nick swisher's fiance, and i was like -- i bad bald vipny with immy: they're dangerous animals. >> i feel lucky. i think nick did a good enough job with the fans. >> jimmy: nick strikes out, you have to run for the hills, though. >> i take cover. >> jimmy: are the yankee girlfriends and wives, is it like a clique that you have to get into? >> well, i think -- i think that any of the wives and girlfriends sort of -- we stick together. we have a lot in common. i mean, our men work really hard and it's an intense job and so you kind of just spend a lot of time together, chitchatting. some of the games are long, so -- >> jimmy: yeah. >> we get into all sorts of, you know, creative crafts and stuff like that. >> jimmy: i'll bet. >> words with friends. >> jimmy: and other celebrities -- other actresses and that sort of thing in the box with you, as well. >> well, everyone has their own little spot, but yeah. where are you going with this? >> jimmy: no, i have to say -- i've never been a yankee wife. i don't know what it's like. >> your next trip to new

last night everybody was ready to bury the giants but they are smiling tonight. 1-0 yankees and nick swisheris hot bat continues. he is on base and jorge posada will tattoo one to left field, final score 9-3. again the oakland athletics are just too good and before i mentioned swisher, here he goes. mark also hit a homer and alex rodriguez, rangers lost so if you are still keeping track, yankees now one up in their division over tampa bay. good news for the legendary bilking. he will receive a chance to make it to cooperstown. everybody knows what a great football announcer he was but he called the oakland athletics game before passing away in 2005. he will be a candidate for the award, it goes to one broadcaster annually. he was so far ahead of his time with the haven't dyke -- van dyke beard, in the '60s they wouldn't allow him to do the opening and now here is bilking but according to him he said he was scaring children. bill was just great and hopefully it will work out that he is in the baseball hall of fame. steven strasburg will undergo arm surgery on friday. manny ramirez is struttin

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bombers jumping all over the rays and nick swisher continues to revamp his career in the big apple. 1-0 yanks. a few batters later, lance berkman joins the fun. wall banger to center. yankees score 5 in the first as they go on to win 8-3 and have a 2 1/2-game lead in the east >>> to minnesota, twins clinching with a win over the indians and white sox loss, putting minnesota on top with an rbi single and he completes the throw home, twinkies up 5-4. twins are the first team to advance to the postseason with a 6-4 comeback over the indians >>> phillies' magic number is down to 6 after beating the braves. roy halladay becomes the first phillies pitcher to win 28 games, jayson werth proving what he's worth it with a towering home run and win it 5-1 and now lead the n.l. east by five. the season cannot end soon enough for the mets. they lost their fourth in a row last night. sanchez smashing a three-run home run to give the marlins the lead and adding insult to injury, joe torre said he has no interest in managing the mets next season. not a good day for the metropolitans. marlins win, 5

yankees hoping to pad their slim lead over the rays there, bottom of the first, nick swisher, gettinghings going right out of the box. solo shot to right field in the first inning, 27th home run of the season. 1-0, yankees, same inning, lance berkman breaks this thing open, two-run double scores rodriguez and posada part of a five-run first inning and put it away in the seventh inning. cano kind of floats one here into left field. turns into -- let's call it a lame two-run double. but a two-run double nevertheless and yankees win, 8-3. up 2 1/2 games on tampa. phil hughes picks up his 17th win. they do it again tonight at yankee stadium >>> the twins looking to clinch a spot in the postseason. hosting the indians, a good team to do it against. jim thome, a solo home run and tied at 4, the twins' spann part of a four-run rally. let's take it to the ninth inning now. minnesota's matt capps, drama. pathos, strikeout to end the game, 6-4 they win and they stuck around to watch the sox lose to the a's so they clinch the title. first season at the new target field and, again, everybody is w

nick swisher, home run. and then mark ta share reixeirt run.ounded the a's twice in the last 24 hours. 9-3, new york wins it. the a's are limping into september. >>> the landscape of college sports continues to change dramatically. and tonight's news hits the bay area. hits home with several bay area schools. it all started with byu. byu is going independent in football. just like notre dame. what does that mean around here? byu will be leaving the waac furthermore hp byu's other sports teams like basketball will join the wcc. wcc, it's going to affect st. mary's, santa clara and usf in basketball. the official announcement comes tomorrow. i should clarify. >>> speaking of san jose state, i was getting ahead of myself, they are in the national spotlight. the spartans kick off saturday evening in alabama. defending national champs alabama. here's one advantage for san jose state. mark ingram will not play saturday. he is out with a knee injury. >>> we like the swagger with the 49ers. not sure if singletary wants this much, but frank gore not rea

and this nick swisher with an assist here in the first two, outs. is 2-0, yankees, swisher, hello. he's admiring his work. there is way out, and swish, and there is yank qees down on the fourth. mark tesh yeara with a three-run homer. and there is 9-3 yankees leading in the 8th. at u.s. open, the hot new york weather, temperatures into upper 90s taking their toll. the bottom of the screen you're able to stave off two break points in the fourth. and jokavich fighting his way on to a fifth set. and jokavich prevails, then, listens to what a relieved j. okavich had to say. >> how nice was it to get shade in the fifth set? did that give you energy? >> it was like... i don't know. sleeping with my girlfriend, i guess, kind of feeling. >> and hey now! >> yes. >> that what the shade brings? is that a compliment for her? i'm not certain. >> and live interview sndz. >> thank you. >> that is our report. thanks for being here. thanks for being here. >> g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g for constipation relief... nothing works better than miralax. it's the one. the

. >> jimmy: your fiance is the great nick swisher from the new york yankees. >> yeah.inow. he said you ignored him. >> jimmy: how is that possible? >> but there's conflicting stories, i hear. , i'm allowing you to defend yourself. >> jimmy: how -- i -- >> hsaid, "jimmy, jimmy." he even wore his little jimmy fallon t-shirt to bp, everythg. >> jimmy: he did not! >> i swear. and by way, i shld show you on my blackberry, 'cause that's one of his favorite t-shirts that he stole from me when i did the show. >> jimmy: really? the "late night with jimmy fallon" t-shirt? >> yeah. and it'kind of my size. >> jimmy: he wears them? >> oh, he does wear them, bi time. >> jimmy: he's the greatest. i love that. >> yeah, he is. >> jimmy: at batting practice and -- not batting -- right before -- he's on the on deck circle. >> yes. >> jimmy: and i'm in my seat, and i was like -- looking athim, causally waving. i don't want to be crazy. >> yeah. no. but that -- >> mmy: i don't want to distract him. but he's, like, got this game face on. >> yeah. >> jimmy:t looks like hhates me. >> no, he l

nick swisher left with a stiff knee and curtis granderson hits a home run as well as as a home run ininning. the yankees swept with a 5-0 victory. >>> the giants start a three- game series against the dodgers in los angeles. three games behind the struggling padres who dropped 7. a big reason for this is a rookie who made his mlb debut darren ford. ♪ [ music ] >> have you driven a ford lately ♪ >> ford is going to go... and it's into the left field! [ applause and cheers ] the giants take the lead! >> there you go. just like that. darren ford arrived in the second inning and bruce bochy put him in the game to pinch run. you like him? absolutely. and boy, does he have a lot of speed. he scored the game winning run, believe it or not. it was ford's first time in a major league yard. never been there before. after the game, he reflected on his delayed flight. >> kind of had a conversation with a couple of girls on the flight. >> cute ones? >> on the flight, you know, with a couple of friends, some girlfriends. and then it kept me busy a little bit from the long flight, you know, took a l

nick swisher with his 25th of the season. macero gives up 9 runs. yankees lead the as 9-3 in the 8th inning. >>> remember back in 2007 when mississippi braves manager phillip well man had one of the great meltdowns of all time launching it as if it were a grenade? wellman lost his cool again sunday night after being ejected. he goes back to the dugout, throws every, single batting healthment on the field. i doubt the braves will be adding their aa manager to the coaching staff when the rosters are terrorismed tomorrow. >>> not much went right for bruce gradkowski. he would be the backup. then he tore his pectoral muscle during off season practice. the one thing he did enjoy, his trip back home. >> when i went back to pittsburg everyone is excited and you get the little things, hey, wait a minute, aren't you the quarterback for the raiders? >> gradkowski throws, touchdown! [ applause and cheers ] >> >> reporter: the great gradkowski stunned the team he grew uprooting for last december throwing three 4th quarter temperatures and leading the raiders to

bottom of the first yankees open it up right away, nick swisher with a solo home run to right, 27th ofson. puts the yankees up 1-0. in the same inning, lance berkman who they picked up in the middle of the season rips a two-run double to center. a-rod and jorge posada both score, part of a five db run first inning for the yankees. they put it away in the seventh. robinson cano puts one to left field. diving stab. no such. two-run double for can't know. ians win 8-3, 2 1/2 games up on tampa. >> how are you feeling, willie? >> they won the first two. if they take three out of four, you feel really good about things. >> going into the play-offs, yeah. >> red sox this weekend. >> but the red sox lost last night. >> red sox going to be able to be a spoiler this weekend against the yankees? >> no. they been packing their bags for about a month, just looking at the calendar. >> elsebury had a hangnail. >> big blister on his toe. it might take a couple years to fix. >> don't want to push the kid too much. he's only like 23. >> slow down. >> get him the hell out of boston. can you tell them to