the bad news, he is facing roy oswalt who has a 7.07 era. zimmerman is not in the opening line up. he hasn't had a day off yet this year. to our knowledge he has an injury. it looks like just a day off if before the all-star break. festivities for him in st. louis. >>> bobby mitchell played for the brown and redskins and cleveland teamed up with a guy named jim brown. may remember that name. that formed one of the finest running back combinations in the era. he returned kicks and is an 83 hall of fame inductee, as well. you could say he is a hall of famer off the field, too. he has done tireless work for leukemia and lymphoma research. today he held a golf tournament at lansdowne resort to raise money. over the years his foundation has helped to raise $6 million and hopes to improve quality of life for patients. >> great thing to happen this year. young man is with us. we had an opportunity to go to his graduation from high school. that's why i'm here. >> he's doing great work and he's not the only one. more charity work, boost mobile presented a $5,000 check to the foundation of r

roy oswalt left the game in the second inning with a lower back strain. went an inning and two-thirds. 11-6. houston, miguel tejada with a two-run homer. with five ribbies in this game. >> meanwhile, the cardinals play tuesday night versus the dodgers. half game back of the cubs in the nl central. this game, no score. it was delayed due to rain. chad billingsly, so far surrendering one. we'll keep you updated here on espnews. >> the yanks have won 10 of 11 to open the second half. facing the rays. cc sabathia, lifetime against tampa. longoria, his 20th homer of the year. the fifth active player to hit 20 or more home runs in his first two seasons. rays scott kazmir gave up just one earned run in seven innings. he gets his first win since may 9. and bad news for the yankees. chien-ming wang out for the season. he'll have season ending surgery on his right shoulder wednesday. and joe girardi said there was no timetable next season. >> his name will likely eclipse brett favre in references and anchors and reporters. this, of course, may change to favre unret

olson and roy oswalt friday. man, ortiz, oswalt and hampton.ould have been the best threesome in baseball. it is hot here today. >> rob: and thinking there is probably ammonia either in that bucket or that bucket. they love that. they throw ice cold ammonia on the towel. squeeze it out and put it over your head that will wake you up. >> bob: here is wil nieves. he is in a bit of a funk offensively. he is seven for his last 49. the batting average down do .229. >> rob: it has been hard, though, josh bard has been on full and he still can't crack the lineup. >> bob: and a bouncer stabbed by pitcher. he was hitting almost .270 just over a month ago, wil nieves. and it is wired wednesday. we don't have a player wired up today, but we will speak with the skipper from the dug out. we appreciate the fact that manny takes time to do that during the ballgame and i think we might even see him flash a sign or two while we're having our conversation. ross detwiler is 1-12 as a big league hitter with one rbi. rbi my biggest concern is protect that arm. you