rocky gets the win. 5-4. w so they get another w. and it's still a long ways to go. they started out so poorly. >> longest winning streak for the rockies since september 2007. that was the month that propelled them into the postseason that year. >> aaron cook, you believe is a guy who could really help makeea or break a season? why? >> he's helping them now. i talked to him. he's hopeful about what he could accomplish this year. got off to a terrible start. his era was 8 and a half. but after his start for the i don't think rockies on april 24, he went back and looked at videotape, and he realized his arm angle had changed. he raised his arm angle up. improved his sinker again. since then he's got an era of 2.5. he's a different pitcher. we saw last year, he's basically not aall-star caliber pitcher. -- an all-star caliber pitcher. way, the rockies will have that anchor for the rotation they need going forward. >> the american league, twins and a's in the afternoon. oakland hoping for a split of the four-game set. we'll talk joe mauer in a little bit. first, bottom o

his eighth of the season. 3-1 rockies. >> tampa bay with back-to-back losses. the rockies 16 and 5 under jim tracey. >> alex ovechkin has been named the hart trophy winner of the nhl and mvp. he's the first nongoalie to win back-to-back hearts since wayne gretsky in 1980. >> the trophy goes to the nhl's top goalie. it was boston's tim thomas. had a career high 36 wins. he was first in the nhl in goals allowed average, and save percentage. >> the rain is very visible on our screen. it's starting to come down heavier now. clearly a bad drive. it's disappointing. >> to make a hard course that much tougher, rain, mother nature playing a part in round one of the u.s. open. monsoon-like conditions at bethpage black. play was suspended. no golfer finished. in fact, many of them did not even tee off. espn.com's bob harig is covering the u.s. open for us. bob, can you describe what the fairways and greens are like right now? >> it's a mess out there. and it makes you wonder if they're going to be able to get it b ready for friday. they've had a lot of rain here coming i

. >> all right, rockies, brewers. >> stewart has been awesome. >> rockies up early. that one off galliard owe. up 2-0. ryan brawn, bases loaded. two outs. oh oh. swings and missed. rockies escape with the 5-4 win. with the loss, only a half game ahead of st. louis now, who was able to win on thursday. >> hoff a. you know, he's been the source of controversy over the years. >> who needs to be 34 and 6 feet away from the hill? >> michael bourne was thinking about breaking more than that. astros still up top 9. derrek lee. hasn't been the greatest year for him. this was a good moment though. his 7th. tied at 1. we go all the way to the bottom of the 13th. rips it just inside the line. hunter pens is on his hours horse, that's all she wrote. cubs. his second straight game, with a walkoff hit. derrek lee's solo home run extended his current hit streak to ten games. >> still to come on the way, albert pujols has been in a slum many. he busted out in a major way this afternoon. and phil mickelson returns to competitive golf in memphis. steve will join us -- gene will steve

rockies up 2-nil. bottom 7, bases loaded. huge opportunity! >> oh oh. struck out swinging. >> i thought you pulled something. >> i pulled something. >> brawn, and the rockies escaped with a 5-4 win, they won eight straight. they've outscored their opponents 55-20 in that span. >> a good, long one in houston. it's been some talk about the deep one to center, and the hill and all that. straight way, michael borne is out there. watch out for the hill, kid. what? no problem. oh, no, he didn't. borne catches it, that would be ap top play -- oh, yeah, wrong show. >> all right, lee off hawkins. that would tie the game. >> bottom of 13. two outs. two men on for blum. rips it down the right field line. here comes hunter pens. he's fast, too fast. >> for blum, his second straight game with a walk-off hit. russ ortiz, longest outing of the season. 5 and 1/3. i don't know that that's good or bad. derrek lee, the solo home run extended his hit streak to ten games. >> still to come, albert pujols is admired in a slump. when he busts out, he busts out real. and also,

with the rockies, he was a three-time national league all- star. he also hit 36 house of representatives leading the rockies into the world series. >> gary: now as we said, his name is being bandid about as someone who may be traded by this ball club if they find themselves out of hope. that one is fouled off. kennedy the lead runner at second. jack cust on at first base. there is mat albers warming up. matt holliday said, this week on radio that he -- he said i would assume the smaller market teams, oakland, that is developing into younger players will either trade me at some ., take the draft picks or take the draft picks at the end of the year. he expects that he is going to be going somewhere. he hit, last year, .321 with the rockies at this point, hitting .274 coming into the ballgame. his homerun rate has dropped from 1 every 21 to 1 every 7. but there is no question a number of teams would love to get their hand on matt holliday. 1-2 delivery to him. 2-2. >> buck: you are looking at potential candidates and it would certainly be a rent a pla

rockies up 2-0. bottom 7, brewers down 3-1. bases loaded for ryan brawn. brewers scored. his fourth straight he fought only a half game ahead of st. louis. the rockies now won eight straight which is their longest win streak since 2007. >> all right, good one. cubs-astros. watch this. all right. at the plate, he gets all up on one. that ties the game at 1. number 7. bottom of the 13th. still tied at 1. inside the line. here comes hunter pens. you're not going to catch that guy. and the astros win in 13. 2-1. do you remember when making dinner meant finding just the right stick for your hot dog. when new every fork on the trail led to a new adventure? then keep the tradition going with great father's day gifts from bass pro shops. like a 22-piece bbq tool set for only $9.94 and a prowler t-40 trolling motor for only $129.99. and don't miss the family summer camp going on now with lots of free activities. >> great hit on hand. including phil mickelson. back for the first time since his wife's breast cancer diagnosis. mickelson's start on the back nine. this is his approach

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the dodgers 8-1 against the rockies this season. l.a. lost four out of its last five overall. >> monday night, manny ramirez made his final minor league rehab appearance. dhg for class a. a single in his first at-bat. second at-bat not as productive. he struck out on three pitchers. ramirez expected to work out at dodger stadium on tuesday and wednesday before rejoining the dodgers on july 4. >> san francisco, a game and a half lead in the wild card race over st. louis. how about tim. what a night he would have facing pujols, bottom of the first. went down swinging. that would be the theme. bottom of the fifth, jason flared over the mound. athletic. makes the great catch, throws to it first. bottom of the eighth inning, 10-0 giants. the pitcher still on the mound. larue, down swinging, 8 ks, bottom of the ninth, mark derosa, flies out, 95 pitches, a complete game. 2:06. lincecum improves to 5-0. the giants continue to win without big offense. they score in double digits for the first time since may 11. but lincecum has been unbelievable

the dodgers 8-1 against the rockies this season. monday night, manny ramirez made his final minor league rehab appearance, this is a single in his first at-bat. so manny out of the box early but then he whiffed on three pitches in his second at-bat, and then, in his third at-bat, he struck out again. so manny is expected to work out with the dodgers on tuesday and wednesday, before rejoining the team on july 3. >> facing the giants, opening a four-game set monday night, bottom of the first, the two all-stars facing each other. lincecum has been filthy as of late. bottom of the fifth, jayson larue, over lincecum's head. showing his athletic ability. the throw to first. bottom of the eighth inning, larue up against. lincecum this time says come on. sit down. eight ks through eight for the reigning cy young. bottom of the ninth, lincecum is still in there. 95 pitches, a two-hit shutout. a 2:06 performance. lincecum improves to 5-0 with a 1.61 e.r.a. against the cardinals. the giants continue to win without big offense, though. they sco

but the rockies escape. they've now won eight straight. outscoring their opponents during that span. galliard owe, five innings, that ties the shortest outing of the season with a loss. >> all right, houston took 1 innings, but they found a winn winner. >> walkoffs, extra innings. the most bizarre thing you'll see tonight in sports is coming up next. thank you. mr. scott of georgia is recognized five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to see to things because i think from various conversations during the first part of the hearing just to make clear we are all capitalists. we believe strong in the capitalist system and the reason this committee is moving in exploring this issue is because we care about the capitalist system and the capitalistic system is not manifested just with ceos. it is not structured to take care of them have first. the capitalistic system is geared with public interest. it is geared with shareholder interest. what we are concerned with particularly in the financial sector, is the health of our economy at the

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and only rocky mountain water. and it's been brewed under one motto: never compromise. now maybe this means we're a little set in our ways. but we know a few guys who will drink to that. coors. the banquet beer. >>> hello there nationals f enjoying this game tonight. get yourself out to buy a grand slam plan today. pick four and get one free. you can pick your plan, pick your game, pick your seats, get a free game. for information on the flex plans how about calling or visiting www.nationals.com/grand slam. johnny holliday in this evening along with rob dibble. >> rob: brandy had just gotten traded from the mets. during spring training, he was watching all of us warm up. we had the great knuckle curveball. then myself and randy threw 95 miles per hour. he said, all your stuff is nasty in this bullpen. then we had a 9-0 start that year, went wire to wire. the name kind of stuck. the exclamation point was sweeping the -- it never meant we were mean and nasty guys. >> johnny: they got adam dunn drifting off 2nd to tend -- end the 6th. nationals need to get runners on b

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is as cold as the rockies. it's cold insurance, only from coors light. cold beer: that's our policy. frost-brewed coors light. the world's most refreshing beer. >>> rich hill pitches his way out of the first inning. orioles collectively only two hits of the day and still lose 3-0. >> nothing good happens after a walk. we'll be back to talk about that. we'll rejoin you in just a moment. let's go back down to jim. >> jim: all right, tom, thank you very much. so the athletics win it by a final of 3-0. we invite you to join us again on tuesday, more orioles action. it will be game one of a three- game series against the mariners. burgess on will be on the mound against hernandez. coverage begins at 6:30. jim hunter saying so long for the oakland coliseum, this has been a masn presentation. tom davis and rick dempsey and o's xtra. >> the e's complete a three game sweep, and rick, before we get into the orioles we have to talk about vin mazzaro. he hasn't given up a run in two professional games in the major leagues. >> he was 15 and 6 comes into the game and

. >> we have to mention the hottest team in baseball the rockies going for a seven straight wins in milwaukeeand kobe bryant, not exactly the shooter's touch. and our experts tell why he faded down the stretch. and phil mickelson with his return to the links after stepping away to be with his wife who is battling breast cancer. hear his emotional word. and tom brady comes back from knee surgery, easier every day. part of rehab, playing with new teammates. the details ahead. @@úúxx >>> welcome back to nationa park. johnny holliday with rob dibble. the game delayed for two hours and 10 minutes because of rain. umpires are gathered around home plate. elijah dukes goes back to his base. >> rob: he is very impressive. i was taught rule of thumb, if it's an hour rain delay, the guy out there last, he's done for the night. you warm up somebody else. you have david weathers. chord row, two hours and 10 minute, he must really want there at bat. he's back out there. >> johnny: 117 and 109 saves in the national league. talk about a throw back guy. this guy wants to get out and play ball. >>

. >> rob: excuse me, .306, the colorado rockies have the third highest total in the national league now. >> bob: elijah dukes 0 for 3. he's popped up three times tonight. the rays are trying to go two games over .500 and eight over here at home. willie harris is next, then austin kearns, here in the ninth. a reminder, the nats are coming home to play the blue jays and the red sox in the next home stand. give a call, order some tickets for toronto and ask them if they have any left for boston. broken bat, base hit center field for dukes. elijah now 2-8 in the series.  >> bob: next up is will harris who is 0 for 3 tonight. and willie will break his bat, right field, easy play. gabe gross, one out. johnny holliday and ray knight, "nats xtra" presented by verizon fios, starring those two, straight ahead. i know this has to be frustrating for ray, because for several weeks he has just like you have, and me, too, that this ball club was just on the verge of better things. it's just very slow coming together here. pitching has been good, bergmann had a nightmare in the sixth inning t

as the rockies. it's cold insurance, only from coors light. cold beer: that's our policy. frost-brewed coors light. the world's most refreshing beer. >>> markic is batting average. 2008 career highs 17 out field assists and a .346 average and that is our player profile of the orioles brought to you by the u.s. army. >>> and rick dempsey on sunday as the orioles get ready to face the a's. and i always mention on sundays, if it's sunday it's meet the press and here on masn if it's sunday it's another edition of dempsey's clubhouse. >> he was voted the most valuable player in 2008 and received a silver slugger award for d.h. he's had an enormous amount of jobs to do and he's excelled add every one of them and it was so much catching up with aubrey huff. >> i think for me, i love hitting fourth. there's no pressure there for me. especially with the top three guys i have ash me. roberts, jones is having, markakis are having -- a then -- a then om nall year. >> you thought you were going to get a day off for the nationals and you got the second pinch hit that organization has ha

and only rocky mountain water. and it's been brewed under one motto: never compromise. now maybe this means we're a little set in our ways. but we know a few guys who will drink to that. coors. the banquet beer. y taveras hauls it in. top of the 7th and now it is a one run game.  >> johnny: 2-1. get your red on and buy yourself a grand slam flex plan today. hello. you can enjoy ultimate flexibility. pick your plan and your games and get a free game. it is just that easy. for more information on the all new grand slam flex plans call 202-675-6287 or go to nationals.com/grand slam. owings,, he is in line to get the win unless the nationals come back and take this lead. 5 1/3 innings, 4 hits, one run, four walks and four strikeouts as you look at julian tavarez. he is the second nationals pitcher this afternoon. following lannan to the mound. >> rob: 12 starts for owings and still only 4 times he has gown 6 plus innings. >> johnny: finish in line to get a win, too. leading off the cincinnati 7th, adam rosales. the 1st basema

and only rocky mountain water. and it's been brewed under one motto: never compromise.now maybe this means we're a little set in our ways. but we know a few guys who will drink to that. coors. the banquet beer. >> bob: turning into a nice comfortable evening here in south florida. still a threat of rain in the area. but okay for now. three and a half innings in the score book, it's a 2-2 game. uggla, ross and ronny paulino for the marlins, bottom four against scott olsen. 40 pitches, not a bad count in three innings, 28 of them strikes. but he made some location mistakes in the third inning. he struck outlawing swinging first time. the breaking ball is low. a fastball. interleague of course is over for another year. i'll give you some of the final numbers after this at-bat. kind of interesting with the american league winning the whole thing again. things were most even in the west, where the american league west and the national league west both won the same number of games, 39. out of play. in the central, the american league central won 46 games, the n.l. central 40,

. >> rockies going for a season high seventh straight win as they take on the brewers.fth, tied at 2-2, brad hawpe, gap shot, right center field it goes. hawpe 2-4forget, we heard about him for so long, we forget, he's ad then gets hot a produces. >> al: first and second for >> top of the first inning, 22-year-old rookie colby rasmus, tend extending his hitting streak to 12 games and a colorado win. >> soccer, now, england taking on andora. -- andorra. david beckham in his first competitive match with the english national team in two years. wayne rooney -- header puts england up 1-0. 39th minute. 2-0 game, rooney has three goals in the last two world cup qualifying matches. england up 3-0. second half, leading 4-0, beckham, off the free kick, not able to land it. jermaine dafoe able to sneak in the rebound. beckham after the game said "it could have been a difficult game but we made it easy with the way we played." >> kids out of college are struggling to find jobs. not mark sanchez. he's a multimillionaire without even taking a snap. plus close games in two of the best

and only rocky mountain water. and it's been brewed under one motto: never compromise. now maybe this means we're a little set in our ways. but we know a few guys who will drink to that. coors. the banquet beer. >> welcome back to the show. with michelle lafountain i'm mark morgan. a lot of scores on the page. braves lead the yankees by a score of 3-1. angels and tigers tied at 4-4. roy halladay, by the way, for his tenth win. actually that's a final. halladay the majors only 10-game winner. he's 10-1. 7-0 in his last nine starts. overbay and hill with home runs in that one. the indians have gone back-to-back jacks twice. second inning, jimenez and valbuena. indians all over the white sox. >> swing and high fly ball center field. back goes victorino, way, way back, it's gone, a home run! second game-winning hit in less than 24 hours! >> in philadelphia a different story this year with brad lidge compared to what he did last year, and the phillies are looking at losing the last three games to the dodgers, a sunday nighter on espn. rather than look at the beginning olook

and only rocky mountain water. and it's been brewed under one motto: never compromise. now maybe this means we're a little set in our ways. but we know a few guys who will drink to that. coors. the banquet beer. ♪ who's watching? ♪ tell me who's watching. (muffled music) ♪ who's watching... (announcer) it's right here. it's easy. ♪ i always feel like somebody's watching me. ♪ it's the money you could be saving with geico. . >> bob 3-3 as we go to the bottom of the 8th. the flex plan, the grand slam flex plan is stillavailable. five different plans to choose from. your plan, your games, pick your seats. get a free game and the red sox are in it. it's all that easy. the new flex plan grand slam call 202-657-nats or visit nationals.com/grandslam. the nats bullpen will need to continue to be good here. here is ron villone he was 5th in the national league here with opponents batting average. it's still early, but ron villone coming to this ball club might be the bullpen find of the year or at least one of them in the national league. >> rob: getting mcdougal. and they h

and only rocky mountain water. and it's been brewed under one motto: never compromise. now maybe this means we're a little set in our ways. but we know a few guys who will drink to that. coors. the banquet beer. >>> the good news is at land shark stadium that the tarp is coming off. they may be just draining it for now. the rain has slowed down. we have been given a tentative start time of 7:45 eastern time, that's 35 minutes from now. we'll keep you posted as they get the ballpark ready. the field's already been lined, the infield has been dragged. it will be pretty quick once we get ready for baseball. now, and so that might enable the rockets to bring artest back at what they would consider, you know, a palettable price. >> marc stein, espn.com senior writer, good enough to stop by with us. marc, appreciate the insight. >> you got it. >> get you caught up on wimbledon action. andy murray taking on stanislas wawrinka. second set, murray down a set with break point. murray playing a little defense here. from the baseline, eventually finishing it off with the forehand w

opened against the rockies. dodgers have won eight of nine games between these two teams this season. bottom of the seventh inning, we're tied at 2-2. spilborghs has two home runs. wolf out of the game as you see, but wolf helped his own cause with a two-run single in the fifth tying the game at 2-2. as soon as this one goes final, highlights right here on espnews. >> monday night manny ramirez made his final minor league appearance. manny, dhg for class a inland empire. there is a single in his first at-bat. he then struggled throughout the rest of the night. struck out looking in his second at-bat and then struck ow swinging in his third. ramirez expected to work out at dodger stadium on tuesday and wednesday before rejoining the dodgers on july 3. >> pujols and the cardinals facing lincecum and the giants opening a four-game set monday night. bottom of the first, the two all-stars facing each other. lincecum, he's been filthy as of late. pujols down swinging. bottom of the fifth, jayson larue, over lincecum's

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is as cold as the rockies. it's cold insurance, only from coors light. cold beer: that's our policy. frost-brewed coors light. the world's most refreshing beer. . >> bob: that little la enjoying a night at the ballpark, so are we. great pitching. bob and rob back. ross detwiler saved himself some pitches right there. >> rob: absolutely. great first pitch change-up to alex rios, a hot hitter. normally, when a guy is hot, he is seeing balls better than others. that actually worked out to detwiler's advantage. one of the big things, bob, that we talked about, last night, zimmerman, all those first-pitch strikes. sometimes, you come out, don't have your best stuff. detwiler is not throwing to his velocity up in the mid-90s like he is normally, but he is consistent. he is pitching. he is getting hitters out and that's what it's all about. >> bob: nick johnson has been on base eight consecutive times. johnson, zimmerman, dunn, bottom of the 4th against brett cecil. not far from home, one dirk, maryland, and pitching very well so far. nick johnson and b

. >> you had kind of a rocky beginning in this job. from the time you were announced as treasury secretary, if you could go back and have one do- over, what would it be? >> that is an excellent question, but i am a little focused at the moment, trying to fix this, but if i look back, i think we made the right judgment early in making sure we get substantial macroeconomic policy -- we had substantial macroeconomic policy, helping to stem the housing crisis, getting capital into the institutions, and helping ease credit markets to get going again. if you look at what has happened, that has been validated. the president, at the earliest stage, has looked at this, and a lot of what you've seen around the world reflects the strength of that coordinated commitment to a stimulus, so i think those are the right judgments. we are not going to get everything right, and we need to be able to adjust strategy going forward, but i think those core strategies are right. >> mr. secretary, thank you, and good luck. [applause] [captions copyright nation

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