nomar returns to fenway.on that in a moment. >> we begin in southern california where the angels and rangers began a three-game series with identical 45-35 records. tied for first in the a.l. west. >> rangers get josh hamilton back off the d.l. good news for them. top of the first, hamilton, base hit to right center. he would go two for four in the game. bottom of the second, two on for jeff mathis. right into the fake rocks. it's the angels. with a 3-2 lead. top of the fourth, 5-2 angels, hank blalock to center. but look at torii hunter. beautiful catch. bottom of the fifth now, 6-2 angels, looking to break it open. two on for vladimir guerrero. kevin millwood just didn't have it on this night. bobby abreu scores. gives up nine runs in five innings and the angels win 9-4. so with the win, the angels take a one-game lead in the american league west, two more games to go in this series between the first place angels and the second place rangers. >> nomar garciaparra returning to fenway park for the first time

nomar garciaparra's return to fenway. >> nomar garciaparra. >> in the fourth inning, nomar gets the a'sd first. this was his first trip to fenway park since the red sox traded him in 2004, the year they won the world series. >>> and that is all from here. back to you, jeremy and vinita. >>> and real quickly, it seems like michael jackson's image is popping up everywhere. look at this tree stump. a northern california family says it looks like the king of pop's face. >> others say, it looks more like jesus.

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. >>> in boston tonight, an emotional homecoming for former red sox short stop nomar garciapara, now with oakland. he got a standing ovation that lasted more than a minute. prior to the game he was on the brink of tears talking about his love for boston fans. in his second at-bat against red sox starter john smoltz, nomar would single in a run to start the scoring for the a's. he welcomes himself back with two hits and oakland goes on to beat boston. strong emotions in nashville. current and former members of the tennessee titans, including eddie george and longtime coach jeff fisher gather to reflect on the life and career of murdered quarterback steve mcnair. mcnair played 11 seasons with the titans before finishing here in baltimore. tennessee is where the qb is most reveered. >> oh, he loved nashville. and i talked to him also about his experience in baltimore, and he loved that experience. from steve to ozzie to brian, to all of his teammates, he loved that experience, but this was his home. >> in baltimore, mcnair is the third leading passer in ravens history. this shot just fo

top seven, bases loaded, landon powell comes through for the a's -- nomar and rajai davis score.ll their runs in the seventh and win 6-4. new york's eight-game win streak, its second longest this season is snapped. 160 homers have been hit at the new yankee stadium matching the 81-game total from last year in 30 fewer games. >> red sox came in having won 14 of 16 against the orioles. bottom of the first. scoreless. two on, two men down. david ortiz. a three-run shot for him. he's got a six-game hitting streak going. orioles have lost 11 straight at fenway and are 1-16 on the road against the east. the red sox are were held to four runs or fewer in all of their previous seven games since the all-star break. jon lester got all the ones he needed. his 9-1 mark against the orioles. >> lester is the first red sox pitcher to win his first nine decisions against the orioles franchise since dutch leonard won his first nine games against the st. louis browns from 1913 to 1915. >> the phillies are the defending world series champions and could win it again if they trade for roy halladay. b

antone nomar teenness killed in january of 2008. police say 28-year-old dan hall was drunk when the suv slammed into the back of martinez's suv, it caused the car to flip over. the prosecutors are disappointed with the results. they wanted hall to serve seven years. >> strong storms moved into parts of maryland tonight. and a viewer sent us these pictures of hail that fell in the abingdon area tonight. meteorologist jessica starr joins us now with the latest on the storms and a first look at the storm watch forecast. hi jessica. >> hi. we had a strong line of showers and storms that moved through baltimore and harford county can earlier. and things quieted down. and quiet for the next 24 hours until sunday. but right now on radar, we have a dry sweep on our sky watch radar. and temperatures, it that will be the main concern heading into saturday. right now, 74 degrees in baltimore. 78 degrees in d.c. and 72 degrees in hagerstown. but get ready for some heat, and humidity for saturday. we will have a dry day tomorrow. and temperature

top seven, bases loaded, landon powell comes through for the a's, nomar and rajai davis score, a's score seventh and win it 6-4. new york's eight-game win streak, its second longest this season has been snapped. 160 home runs at yankee stadium, matching the 81-game total last year in 30 fewer games. >> orioles-red sox, david ortiz -- a three-run shot for him. a six-game hitting streak going. that's his 13th home run of the year. orioles have lost 11 straight at fenway and they're 1-16 on the road against the a.l. east. newly acquired adam laroche homered in his first game with boston. >> jon lester got all the runs that he would need -- his 9-0 mark against the orioles is the second most among active pitchers for the most wins against an opponent without a loss. lester is the first red sox pitcher to win his first nine decisions against the orioles franchise since dutch leonard won his first nine games against the st. louis browns from 1913 to 1915. >> the phillies are the defending world series champions and could win it again if they trade for roy halladay. but the phils say the asking

-- with nomar he worked himself back into the count -- base hit, cust, base hit. hit hard, but they took a toll i think on his day's work because it was a long inning, 36 pitches. it was a long inning, and it led to the runs. and again, we're not where we want to get to the bullpen real early because we don't have... you know, we talk acted having an end in sighted. whoever went out there needed to get some outs. the fact he was out there pitching may have stayed our game. then bard and pap came in and did great. >> [inaudible]. >> no, no. this blind sided everybody, including david. and i believe there's a... i believe david is putting out a statement, which i actually... that's why i wanted to read it before i came up here. he's going to deal with this head on. i do think that today is probably going to be a very difficult day to get answers you're looking for because there aren't any yet. he needs to find out. he's already made calls to try to find out some things today, and until he does, he won't have the answers to questions, but he will certainly deal with

nomar garciaparra signing some autographs. dustin pedroia, fork 'em sun devils.. solo jack. up 1-0.on. the new red sock, adam laroche. and laroche tags the green monster. jason bay, come on in. j.d. drew to third. sox up 3-0. boston endes up cruising to an 8-3 victory. now 34-15 at home this season. that is the best record in the bigs. oakland has lost nine of the last 11 games at fenway. he's lost 7 of the last ten games overall. >> with becketts win, he improves to 7-0 at fenway park. he and tim wakefield start the same season at least 7-0 at home. >> yankees and rays, james shields winless in his last six starts. yankees coming off a 9-1 homestand. first road game of the second half. robinson cano. his 15th of the year. hits 14 all of last year. but nick swisher. snapping a 22-game homerless drought. he hit two in this game. yankees win again. 11-4 the final. they are 10-1 since the all-star break. another strong outing by a.j. burnette. you you go back to early june, he was pulled in the third inning of the start against boston. after that, he said when i do get on that run, it'

five years agoesoxans were shocked when nomar garciarra was traded away. rst time nce that move now wearing an a'suniform but that didn't stop the crowd for givi him a one-te standing ovation. a four-run inning, shut out boston 6-0. d sox had only two hits in the game. meanwhile weren't having trouble, 20 in all against the reds. philadelphia scored 22 runs. that's right, 10-0 after the fit inning. they beat theeds 22-1. >>> how about this according reports, tribun company reached a written reement to sell chicago cubs and wrigley field to ricketts for $9 millio nothing, howeverarks been finalized. some sad news r fiphil mickelso six monthsafter announcing his wife had breastancer his mother has the same. expected to have surgery. lance armstrong mod up for a shot at the jers. cavendish n his second straig stage. switzeand remains the overall leader about 40 secon ahead o armstrong. >>> bad economy has definity turned into global issue but certainly hasn't affected soccer ant real madrid. introduced raldo after signing him to a $30 million ntract. $30 mill

nomar returns to fenway. more on that in a moment. >> we begin in southern california where the angels and rangers began a three-game series with identical 45-35 records. tied for first in the a.l. west. >> rangers get josh hamilton back off the d.l. good news for them. top of the first, hamilton, base hit to right center. he would go two for four in the game. bottom of the second, two on for jeff mathis. right into the fake rocks. it's the angels. with a 3-2 lead. top of the fourth, 5-2 angels, hank blalock to center. but look at torii hunter. beautiful catch. bottom of the fifth now, 6-2 angels, looking to break it open. two on for vladimir guerrero. kevin millwood just didn't have it on this night. bobby abreu scores. gives up nine runs in five innings and the angels win 9-4. so with the win, the angels take a one-game lead in the american league west, two more games to go in this series between the first place angels and the second place rangers. >> nomar garciaparra returning to fenway park for the first