that's the absent, long absent pedro martinez back in the major leagues. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> your weather headlines are storms in the southeast and heat in the mountain areas. your forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in sports, the philadelphia phillies pedro martinez made a triumphant return to baseball last night, showing doubters his arm may have a little life left in it after all. here's nbc's bill seward with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> a very good morning to you. last time we saw pitcher pedro martinez he was sub .500 with the mets last year. say hello to the rejuvenated philly flash. three-same cy young winner was looking like his old self. philly offense did the rest. jimmy rollins, we have liftoff. three-run bomb, part of an eight-run fourth for the phils. we go to the fifth. bleacher brain surgeon. early shower for shane victorino. we live in a agreesless age. 12-5, the champs giants and dodgers. don't l

that's the absent, long absent pedro martinez back in the major leagues. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> your weather headlines are storms in the southeast and heat in the mountain areas. your forecast is comingst ly t ." >>> good morning to you. i'm joe krebs. >> and i'm barbara harrison. straight ahead on "news 4 today," a 12-year-old is holding onto life this morning after an accident in montgomery county that injured several other young people. >> a teen is seriously burned while trying to re-enact a youtube individual yoechlt we'll have his mother's advice to other parents. >> the redskins hit the field today for >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in sports, the philadelphia phillies pedro martinez made a triumphant return to baseball last night, showing doubters his arm may have a little life left in it after all. here's nbc's bill seward with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> a very good morning to you. last time we saw pitcher pedro martinez he was sub .500 with the mets last

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we saw a different time of pedro martinez this week. he talked about his time in new york and said i did not perform the way i wanted to with the mets. shine had a chance to show he still had it. all sorts of run support before he even took the mound. jason werth off perez. bottom nine brad lidge trying to finish it off. mets down two, go for the double steal on the hit and run. and jeff francoeur lines into the unassisted triple play. check out eric rutcliff. he tags out daniel murphy to end it. has jerry manuel's team seen it all this season in phillies win by a 9-7. lost in all this, pedro martinez, who picks up his second win of the season for the philadelphia phillies, allows four earned runs over sex innings, five strikeouts in this game. oliver perez takes the loss. he did not get out of the first inning. eric turns the first unassisted triple play to end the game since 1927. martinez now on his return to the big apple. >> every game is the same to a player like me. i'm trying to enjoy and take advantage of everything that happen

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. >>> in baseball, 37-year-old pedro martinez again started for the phillies.e only gave up two hits with three strikeouts in three innings. but a rain delay forced him out of the game. jayson werth hit his 25th home run as the filz beat arizona, 5-1. >>> ryan garbingo hit a two-run double to left center, scoring two runs. the giants beat the reds, 8-5. >>> and boston's david ortiz went 2 for 3 with a solo homer. boston and texas are back in a tie in the wildcard race in the american league. whnch when we return, another look at this morning's top stories. what's behind the shortage of primary care doctors in the u.s.? control my diabetes, to stay healthy - and get on with my life. it comes from liberty medical. and now, it's not only where i get my diabetes testing supplies - but it's where i get my prescription drugs as well. see if you're on medicare, the cost of your diabetes testing supplies as well as your prescription drugs may be covered. liberty takes care of all the paperwork with medicare and sends the prescription forms directly to your doctor for a

pedro martinez making his phillies debut at wrigley field. bottom of the 3rd, strikes out jake fox. , two on, top 4. urbanez, 27th home run of the season. they go up 11-1, phillies up 12-2shgs bottom 5. fox, fly ball to left center field. shane victorino, oh, there's boor. he still catches the ball. nice concentration. phillies and pedro with the win. >>> yankees and blue jays at the new stadium. bottom of the 11th, tied at 3. now we're not. deep to right center. a single, walkoff, rodriguez zprors seco scores from home. best record in major league baseball. >>> you might call it a recession-proof propose poesal, no dinner, no dancing, just discounts all round. >> an idaho man got down on his knee and popped the question to his girlfriend and walmart. the couple was planning to look at ring but the saleswoman threw out idea to propose on the spot. the impromptu decision went over well with the bride. you can see from the tears she gladly said yes, sir. >> choreographed it with the salesperson and local news crew who brought the camera out. >> very good point. >> for some of you, loca

pedro martinez making his first home start for the phyllis. leadoff hitter, steven drew. offering, deep to right. that's a leadoff home run. 1-0, d-backs. but then, here comes the rain. pedro, three innings. he would leave after the rain delay. jamie moyer is in. he was stellar. up 5-1. and gerardo parra, lines out. moyer gets the win. >>> red sox/blue jays. boston trying to draw even with texas in the wild card race in the american league. david ortiz takes romero keep to right center. papelbon. barajas, into foul territory. kevin youkilis, great hustle. red sox are now tied for the wild card lead. >>> how about cardinals and dodgers? that's manny. bottom five, dodgers up 2-0. manny, the inside-out swing. andre ethier comes in to score. dodgers up 3-0. cardinals up 5-2. albert pujols. you don't see him do this very often. the 5-4-3 double-play. the dodgers go on to win 7-3. >>> that will do it for now. jeremy and vinita, back to you the studio. >>> couples looking for a quicky wedding can tie the knot at breakneck speed. they don't have to get out of their car. a store i

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hmm. >> pedro martinez making his first start in phillie. taking on the diamondbacks. 11th home run of the season for him. third career leadoff home run. then the rains came in philadelphia. brought out in the bottom of the third inning after three innings of work for martinez. jamie moyer brought in. and moyer strikes out. john garland getting his 100th career loss. he has seven r.b.i. in his last eight games. >> sean better thanet would come in in relief for the nationals with the score tied at 2 against the rockies. top 8, facing carlos gonzalez, and the shot, deep to right field. sets it up for gonzalez. taking a 3-2 lead on their way to the win. 4-3 the final. colorado puts an end to the three-game win streak. rockies have won two straight. they lead the nl wildcard by one game over san francisco who also won tonight. >> top story in the nfl, brett favre is now a viking. vikes will pay favre 12 million this year, and 16 million next season. the contract is straight salary, no performance bonuses. reaction from his former team in green bay. >> i'm happy, wishing hi

. >> rob: you have to like that before you have to tote the rubber you're up 6-0 if you're pedro martinez >> bob: the place is probably going crazy as he takes the mound. and the 0-1 to braun. fastball up. braun, ninth in hitting and homers. 4th in rbis, third in hits. with zimmerman, second in runs. >> bob: zimmerman does charge it. gloves it beautifully and on target to adam dunn. a very difficult play that ryan zimmerman made look fairly easy.  ( shouting ) anybody want a beer? yeah. ( thud ) are you insured? do you know when your beer is perfectly cold? or do you risk drinking a warm one? if you have the coors light cold-activated bottle, you're covered. because every bottle turns blue when your beer is as cold as the rockies. it's cold insurance, only from coors light. ( cheering, splash ) cold beer: that's our policy. frost-brewed coors light. the world's most refreshing beer. start your three-course meals with a shared appetizer. choose two entrees from over 15 chili's favorites, then share a decadent dessert. chili's --  >> bob:  it's a great day for

there was speculation that when pedro martinez is ready to pitch, happ will be the odd man out and headost effective starter. >> rashard lewis has tested positive for an elevated. testosterone level and will be suspended without pay for ten games. >> lewis said he took an over counter supplement late last season that included a substance he did not realize was banned by the nba. specifically in his statement he says this. >> donte stalworth has been suspended indefinitely for driving drunk and killing mario reyes march 14 in miami. stalworth met with commissioner roger goodell in new york. and today, stalworth issued a public statement saying it is >> now stalworth went on to say i respect the commissioner's authority and trust his judgment. whatever he decides is the appropriate discipline i will accept knowing that i have profoundly affected the nfl and its relationship with the fans of our game. i apologize for my poor judgment.ri i've jeopardized the honor and privilege i've been given to be an nfl player and to play for our fans. >> straight ahead, the latest on michael crabtree an

did pedro martinez still have what it takes to pitch in the big leagues. we'll find out tomorrow.uerrero hit his 400th home run last night. gary? >> gary: big night for colorado. tulowitzki, and they are right in the chase for the wild card. that is swung on and missed as the orioles go against trevor cahill, with the 1-0 lead. aubrey huff has struck out and flied out. grounded out rather. he is facing cahill. the pitch will be taken down low for a ball. >> jim: 44-22 under jim tracy after the managerial change. >> gary: they have the one game lead in the national league wild card race over the giants. >> jim: the nationals trying to make it nine in a row, though they trail 4-1 down in atlanta. >> gary: there's the tapper back to the mound. cahill underhanded flip to get the out. on sunday, the first 10,000 fans are going to receive a limited edition orioles bird stuffed toy, better not be oil in it, gather up your family and spend the afternoon at the yard. the web kins oriole bird. nolan reimold, reimold struck out last time up, had a single and scored, has a stolen base in the

pedro martinez chomping at the bit. what do you do with him?t come over here to pitch out of the bullpen. i don't think it behooves himor the phillies to pitch out of the phillies. he has to go out there like john smoltz and give you 5 or 6 good innings. you have 6 starters right now. you have the kid jay 8 and. two i think with a young unknown pitcher, being the surprise. beckett back in 2003 with the marlins. i don't take happ out of the rotation. one thing you would rather have more than less. they could skip some guys and give some with the league they have, give breathers. maybe cole hamels who i think is a super star pitcher. he is 9 and 8 because he is pitching bad. he is not at 100%. there's a situation where you can flip around and have a 6 man rotation and give some rest. >> asked this question a few months back with regard to cole hamels. how much of this can he lean to the fact they were in the world series? they went longer than any other teamorn the rays as far as putting more on the arm? >> totally. he never pitched this many inn

he is a three-time cy young award winner, but does pedro martinez have enough left to help the phillies series. he strikes out five and only gives up three runs in a 12-5 win over the cubs. as a cubs fan tossed eight beer on a player as he tried to make a catch near the wall. the fans ejected. brian: do we have anything more? >> we do. the red sox athlete and the detroit pitcher get suspended for five games each for their role in the brawl. he was cited for charging the mound, throw in his helmet, and inciting the brawl. brian: by the way, we got a lot of e-mails from boston red sox fans who say you are blaming boston for no reason. unbelievable. great job. do you want to be a sports newscaster? >> hard news. remember how economists said yesterday the recession was over? that is strange because next, the latest foreclosure numbers are out and they set a new record high. this year is alisyn. alisyn: the government wants to spend $50 million of york dollars on space taxes. >> nasa does not have enough money to track all the giant asteroids the concussion to burst -- that could crash into

pedro martinez made a rehab start for philadelphia's double-a team wednesday. six innings, three earned runs, 11 strikeouts. that creates a bit of a situation. if pedro joins the phillies rotation it's assumed that it's happ who could be headed to the bullpen. the giants and astros wrapping up a three-game set at minute maid park. brian moehler, on the mound -- bottom sixth, tied at 3-3, not now -- eli whiteside a grand slam, his first career home run. the giants win 10-6. rookie joe martinez wins his first major league start. he was pitching in the bigs for the first time since being hit in the head by a line drive on april 9. the giants have won 10 of their last 14 while the astros have dropped nine of their last 12. n.l. wild card race looks like this. the rockies a scant half game behind the giants who sit in the top spot, the cardinals two games back and the marlins are 4 1/2 behind san francisco. >> three years ago, drew carey went to spain to film a documentary on the rivalry between real madrid and barcelona. he returned smitten by everything about barce

as pedro martinez put it: we are playing like you know what right now. that was the bottom line.son. david ortiz first at-bats at yankee stadium since the steroid stuff came up. they got through the inning. there was no score. bottom of the 2nd. 2 men on here for swisher. coming through. lines it into centerfield. sideline posada is wondering how did he not score on this play? top of the 3rd no score. here comes pedroia. this is just one of those deep flyballs in the old stadium that might have stayed in but this goes out. derek jeter at the plate. hit it high and deep. ellsbury tracks that down and crashes into the wall but hangs on. yankees down 1-0. here's johnny damon. he golfs it but a line drive home run. kotchman golfs that one and it heads out. 3-1 sox. the flood gates open. melky cabrera long gone. 3 run shot. 11th of the year. smoltz would leave in the 4th inning after giving up 9 hits. 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

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martinez won first at rugly since 1994. >> bob: how does it let you no he something happened. >> bob: pedro's team not doing well.ng they are feeling fine. they gave up three and 19 that's how they are doing tonight 1 for 4 with a homerun win and to morgan. that's it for the brewers. they scored 3 devastating runs. >>> welcome back we'll be coming up in the post game as the nat goes to the bottom of the 9th. and no pitching staff and the last 8 fames. and not get done. you can see it. see why they have gone and with nats extra. let's seize if they can pull this out. >> bob: we'll do our best it's not a save situation. because the brew ares had a rough trip and series just fished. hoffman needs work. the great ones need extra activity. >> rob: with his arm he needs to be tired to throw that want to keep your edge. if you ged 3 or 4 off, you want some action. >> bob: escobar takes over and probably a double switch that would have him batting ninth. the nationals in the bottom of the 9th. they haven't had a hit since the 5th. it will be zimmerman, dunn and willingham.   >> bob: geru.  it ri