here comes pedroia.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 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. bu

great relay throw by dustin pedroia. in the top of the third.ia going oppo -- opposite field and gone for his eighth home run of the year and his first opposite-field home run of his career. bottom three. derek jeter. deep drive. center field. look at jacoby ellsbury. into the wall to make the grab. but later in the third inning, nobody's catching this one. johnny damon off john smoltz. his 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. but in the fourth, the yanks tee off on john smoltz. 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. 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 fri

great relay throw by dustin pedroia. in the top of the third.ia going oppo -- opposite field and gone for his eighth home run of the year and his first opposite-field home run of his career. bottom three. derek jeter. deep drive. center field. look at jacoby ellsbury. into the wall to make the grab. but later in the third inning, nobody's catching this one. johnny damon off john smoltz. his 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. but in the fourth, the yanks tee off on john smoltz. 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. 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 fri

great relay throw by pedroia. speaking of relay throw, here he is going opposite field and gone for his eighth home run of the year. first opposite field home run of his career. bottom three, derek jeter. deep drive centerfield. s look at jacokie ellsbury. slide and grab at the base of the wall. johnny damon off john smoltz. 20th home run of the year for his first home run since 2006. casey kotchman, two-run blast. his home run with the red sox, and they were up 3-1. but in the bottom of the fourth, melky cabrera connects. three-run home run his 11th. john smoltz, 3 and a third. nine hits, eight earned. his era an 8.32. bottom four, posada off trainer. that's gone for a three-run home run. his 14th. yearks score 8 in the fourth. they lead it 9-3. normally joba chamberlain's throwing at kevin youkilis. but on thursday night. it was mark throwing at pedroia. so as things are always interesting and heated, the yankees win it 13-6. three and a half game lead in the al east. snap a nine-game losing streak dating back t

pedroia, solo-shot, and kotchman, two-run homer, damon, a solo-homerun.ed sox, and we're in the top of the fourth. >> hello, welcome to "espnews," we always help you stay current with the latest news and highlights and scores. i'm mark morgan. we'll update you on the yankees-red sox showdown. but, we teeoff, with tiger and phil, in action. >> tiger has won six times, and phil playing for the first time since the u.s. open. struggled on his front nine. chipping from the rough. doesn't get it there. won't go. a double-bogey on the 11th hole. on 18, here's phil. missed that one. 38, plus-3. but on the back nine, turned it around, 5, second hole. nicely done. phil would make the birdie-putt. putting for birdie. left edge, drops in. a three-under 32 on the on the k nine. els, shot of the day, 137 yards out, the approach, sweet! eagle for els. finished at plus-1. tiger started, on the front nine. here's tiger on 5, chip from the rough. for birdie. it stays out. >> woods can't believe t. on the par three, 12. for birdie. looks like it's going -- comes right back

pedroia, a solo home run. it would stay that way until the top of the fifth. kevin youkilis flexing. that has a chance to go out. way back. that's gone. home run, 2-0 boston. they would add two more. the o's lose. they get blanked 4 hf 0. tiger woods continues his charge at the buick invitational. another good day. that is two in a row on the course for tiger. here he is on the 16th. his nine-the forer, that would give him another birdie, and it falls. move on to 17, the next hole. tiger with the hot putter,his is from 25 feet away. it has eyes. tiger is pumped. that moved him to 17 under for the tournament. tiger ends his day one stroke off the lead, amazing after the horrendous first round he shot. the seniors playing the u.s. open. fred funk, a long putt for bird and that drops him to 13 under. d.c. united trying to get things going against the houston dynamo. 39th minute, right in front of the goal. guess what happens? he shoots and scores. 3-0 houston. they would go on and beat united 4-3. michael phelps is in rome. he continues to amaze over there. it wa

dustin pedroia almost gets hit there. just for good measure. things getting heated here.ruise, 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 the leader by four strokes. >>> jeremy and vinita, back to you. >>> well, it is a bargain-hunter's dream. and hagglers are flocking in by the thousands. it's the world's longest yard sale, uning from ohio to alabama, along route 127. >> ho

baltimore, dustin pedroia little but swings a big stick for the red sox. facing david herndez. that's a good swing on that ball i think. out of the park for a solo home run. his sixth of the season and the sox take a 1-0 lead. and that was more than enough for boston starter josh beckett, one of the best pchers in all of baseball. here in the second. freezes aubrey huff. he struck out five in seven innings of work. beckett gets his 13th win as the red sox shut out the owes 4-0. the buick open's rating should double for tomorrow's final round because tiger is an top the leader board, nearly perfect when leading after three rounds. 35-1 on the pga tour when he has the outright lead going into sunday tiger woods and his caddie stevie williams feeling it in grand blanc michigan. here's tiger teeing off on number 3 from 170 yards out. probably used like a pitching wedge and snuggle it up there nice and close. that's what we call precision sets up a birdie. tiger from 33 feet away. bird is the word. we left the bug up there this time. you can see the reaction. he has a one-stroke lea

i look at those guys, and youkilis, and pedroia, and papelbon, and beckett.ey'll figure out a way. >> wakefield is supposed to return next week. we're wondering if there was a mental block, could not beat them, and now, is there a mental block, for boston? after that sweep at yankee stadium, there was a discussion about them free falling. this was a big day for them. >> i think it was. the danger was that the yankees come out and put up three early against tazawa, and everyone goes, oh, my goodness, this is happening again. it turned out the other thing happened, crucial to get burnett early. and tazawa was great. he changed speeds, and he moved

. >>> in brm, pedroia and the red sox in town. a little man but he yields a mighty large stick.d swing and that is good and gone. a solo shot. sixth run of the season. the sox take the lead. >>> josh beckett, one of the best in major league baseball a, freez freezes. the red sox shut out the orioles 4-0. >>> the buick open's rate aings should rise. tiger is another perfect. ry tiger and his cab by stevy feeling pretty good in grand blanc, michigan. why shouldn't they. tiger teeing off from three, 170 yards out. probably could have hit it this close with a putter. instead he chooses an 8 or a 9-iron. snuggles it up nie and cold. 33 feet away and dare i say bird is the word for mr. wood. he has a one-stroke lead up in michigan. he's at 17 under par. let's go to indiana. it's the u.s. senior open. takoma park native fred funk decides to get this one nice and tight on number9. that sets up a birdie. funk still looking for his first major championship, the coach reads that perfectlile good pace, good line, good birdie. one of six birdies for funk. he leads by one streekt 13 under goi

pedroia behind them, then damon and roberts.l be a free agent unless they resign him. >> 0-1 step off by albers. >> they have a number of guys, signed a one year deal. figgins, lackey, even oliver, done a great job out of the bullpen. >> figgins started to go, didn't. the ball gets pulled into the corner and that's a foul ball. figgins had a big jump but you got two down. team trailing. since 2007 crawford, roberts, figgins, ichiro the top five in the american league stolen base leader department over the last three years. he walks off the lead, starts short. extends it. taking the pitch inside this angels team has 16 of their last 25 wins they have won coming behind. they are a ball club with a mentality of getting runs late in's ball game. runner goes. ball is popped up in the air. roberts going back, jones coming n he will make the catch. had to do a banister on that.   . >>> our performances legendar and the performance of the orioles 20 years ago with their why not season. 87-75, second in the east. ballard, williamson

dustin pedroia, the lone hit so far, 1-1 with a double in this game.king to beat new york for the first time since game one of the '96 world series, his first time facing the yankees as a member of the red sox. joba chamerlain looking to move to 4-0 since the all-star break. he's won three straight starts for the first time in his career. get you caught up. how about cliff lee making his first start at citizens west bank park as a member of the phillies. said he was anxious about the first start but he certainly did not pitch like it. chris iannetta, garret atkins, barmes, sent them all back to the dugout. one earned run, nine strikeouts. aaron cook is taken out of the yard by paul bako. 2-1 phillies' advantage. they go on and win the thing by the final of 3-1. said lee with regards to the win, the first one at home to, get it out of the way, "i am really, really pleased with it." of course, more on lee and what he's accomplished since coming over to the phillies last week. of course, he had the complete game at san francisco last friday and then today

is the second ballgame in which hernandez has given up two homers against boston, two starts ago, pedroiand youkilis had home runs against him. two strikeouts. hairston, cust and suzuki due up. hernandez slider up high. a 1-2 count. hairston hitting at .245 on the season. >> jim: a pretty low pitch count. a good change-up. whatever that felt like, you want to bottle that change-up. they're all around 86 to 87, but this had such great depth and finish to it. this is what you want to try to recapture many, many times over. what that felt like coming out of your hand, because it was something. >> gary: his high was four, he's now at six. designated hitter, jack cust. he's walked and flied out. here at camden yards, cust just the .171 batting average coming into the ballgame in this ballpark. but he has had four home runs. here at orioles park at camden yards. ot tiÑeñoñsñ eçpÑcya÷lÑ ÷tó even to left field. cya÷lÑ ÷tó and that will bring moeller out to talk to hernandez. cust has had 10 of his home runs at home, seven of them on the road. hernandez knows he's facing a power hitter here. >>

jim thome, dustin pedroia, for the 4, 6, 3, d.p. ful wakefield going one run on six hits.p at two. but not anymore. big papi with the big slide. second of the night. tenth career walkoff home run. first multi-home run game of 09 for him. red sox, end up winning it 3-2. they've won three straight in the 7 of the last nine. the white sox have lost 14 of the last 17 games versus the red sox, and dropped below 500 for the first time since june 28th. >> now ortiz has been up-and-down the batting order this season. but he's in the five hole. on ortiz is hitting .227 on the season, with 22hr's.le however, when hitting fifth. he's batting .250. and half of his home run total has come prosecute that spot. >> all right, the red sox very interested in what's going on in the bronx. rangers-yanks, texas looking to make it two straight over new york. jorge posada though. bottom of the second. gets the yankees the three-run home run. his 17th. posada had to leave the game later with a bruised ring finger. but the yankees win 9-2. they bounce back after a tuesday loss. every yankee starte