rafael furcal. see you -- second homer of the season.ge blowing his second save in less than 24 hours. 2-2. we're going to extras. bottom 10, same score, two outs, two on, chad durbin facing matt kemp. he hooks him and he books him -- durbin out of the jam. bottom 12, still 2-2. andre ethier, the pride of arizona state, and fork 'em, sun devils, touch 'em all, andre, every single one of them, ninth home run of the year, second of the game, his second walk-off hit in two days, dodgers win 3-2, l.a. improves to 5-1 in extras, the dodgers an m. l. best 14-5 in one-run games this season. after going 41-41 in save opportunities last season, lidge blew his major-league-leading sixth save. he's already allowed six more earned runs this season despite pitching 43 fewer innings. >> still to come on espnews, it was supposed to be a pitching duel. instead, the bronx got to see a barn-burner. tiger's in the hunt at memorial. he might do a double-take when he looks at the leaderboard. and don't call triple-a, call shaq. find out what the diesel was d

rafael nadal and regio and roge. last year at wimbledon, through five sets, nadal and federer went back and forth on the sport's grandest stage. a record four hours and 48 minutes later nadal won the golden trophy that belonged to federer for five years. but this year federer could regain ownership of it. knee tendinitis is forcing nadal to withdraw from wimbledon. he's complained about his knee since a fourth-round loss to robin soderling at the french open on may 31. nadal agonized over the decision. >> don't play wimbledon, it's one of the toughest decisions in my career. but, you know, the situation makes me -- the decision a little bit easier. not only 'cause it's tough, but at the same time it's -- it's what it is. not option to do. >> for just the fourth time in the last 40 years, defending men's singles champion will have to miss wimbledon. nadal is the first since ivanisevic missed because of shoulder surgery in 2002. prior to that smith and newcombe did not defend their titles back in the early 70s. earlier

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next up for him, rafael palmeiro who sits at 569 home runs. lakewood five behind palmeiro. >> the phillies are the ultimate paradox, a first place team that's dropped 10-12. they lead the national league in home runs, yet lead the majors in home runs allowed. they have the best road record in the majors, but can't win at home. they have one of the best leadoff hitters in baseball, but they've benched jimmy rollins as cole hamels says "we're fortunate everyone in the n.l. east is playing really bad." hamels on the found, taken out in the fifth game, has words for home plate spire mark carlton. >> he was leaving anyway. >> exactly. he was arguing balls and strikes. rickey romero dealing for the jays. no-hitter into the seventh. broken up by chase utley. ryan howard grounds into the 4-6-3 double play. romero seven scoreless innings. gave up just two hits, struck out seven. the jays take it 6-1. phills also won in seven since raul ibanyez went down with a groin injury. brad lidge also returned. roy halladay out since june 12th with a mild groin st

number 11 now on the all-time list with six more at-bats as rafael palmeiro for tenth place. it's conceivable he could get into the top sixth before the year is done. >> ahead on espnews, plenty more baseball. you have to see lou piniella's reaction to milton bradley's latest temper tantrum. >> also, check in on the hottest team in baseball, and the team with the best interleague record this year. also on the way, the dodgers haven't missed a beat since manny ramirez was suspended going 26-18. friday they were on the verge of doing something they haven't done all season. >> tony stewart crashed during practice at loudon friday. we'll tell you why that won't affect his starting position come sunday. >> and why plaxico burress could be facing punishment before his case goes to trial. we're back right after this. >> sunday 2:00 eastern on espn, the u.s. faces brazil in the finals of the confederation cup. first time the u.s. has reached the final of a fifa tournament. brazil did beat the u.s. 3-0 in group play. espn and abc, remember, your home for the world cup in 2010. >> comm

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>> rafael nadal will decide friday if heel be able to defend his wimbledon title. ♪ ♪ >> coming up onnews. the old saying is "let nature take its course," but no one said anything about nature taking over the course. if getting shut out by the worst team in baseball wasn't bad enough, the yankees add injury to insult. north carolina has already won the national title in basketball. the tar confed cup and the world cup. this is espnews. captioning by captionmax >> hi and welcome to espnews. along with will selva, i'm j.w. stewart. normally bethpage black only has period, i think there are other issues with respect to crew rest we want to talk about as we go for an. >> yes, sir, it leads to the lifting of the next day, if you are not allowed adequate time to recuperate from the up to 16 hours today than to have the day before and only away from the airplane for eight hours is not enough. we need to ensure that the pilots are getting at least an adequate opposition behind the hotel door to get eight hours of rest. >> one thing is certain we are all pretty mobile and rely on transportatio

kevin kouzmanoff, grounder to short, rafael furcal's throw to first pulls james loney off the bag.anoff is save, tony gwynn jr. scores. chase headley, broken-bat single, kouzmanoff scores. clayton kershaw lasted 2 2/3 innings, three earned, walked four, threw 83 pitches. greg burke strikes out matt kemp, casey blake picked off trying to steal third. kevin correia gets the win on three days' rest. he retired the final 15 batters he faced. keith fell gets his 18th save, top in the majors and the padres get their first win at dodger stadium this year. >> biggie as small as might have said it best. "when i was dead broke, i couldn't picture this." ah, to be in college. a few months back mark sanchez was a college student playing quarterback at u.s.c. on april 25th he became an nfl player, drafted fifth overall by the new york jets. on wednesday, he became a very wealthy man. sanchez according to chris mortensen has agreed to a five-year deal worth $50 million, 28 of it guaranteed, the quarterback with a record-setting performance. in the rose bowl. >> tuesday espn's ed werder reported

bit like strawberries without the cream because the world number one and defending men's champion rafaeladal forced to withdraw, ten nights in the knees just too painful. he's back in majorca coming up. he promises to be ready for the summer hard court season in pursuit of his first u.s. open title. we will not have a fourth consecutive rafa-roger final. the focus now shifts to the search for the 15th final for roger federer and andy murray, who was in nadal's side of the draw. >> it is a major disappointment not having nadal here, first time the defending champ on the men's side not defending their title since ivanisevic. even with nadal here, i still liked federer to come back and win wimbledon again. >> and get major title number 15 for passing pete sampras. he seems so loose after winning in paris, getting the weight off his shoulders. skipped the grass tune-up but seems ready here. >> he will be ready. he's tied with sampras all time with the french open title he won, 14-5 in major finals. the only guy he's lost to has been nadal. he's looking for number six at wimbledon. so emotion