-- in danger of the services of the orioles to get -- engaged the services of the orioles to get help for pets in baltimore. the message -- a home can help a cat or dog. today is the first day of the off-season for the orioles. this is also the first day of the off-season for the boston red sox, thanks to the baltimore orioles. gerry sandusky joins us with highlights of last night's exciting game. >> it is fun to be a spoiler. regardless of the outcome, the orioles would end their season last night. all the drama came from boston. the collapsed in the wild card race, the fifth biggest september collapse ever. watching the tampa bay rays walk them -- lock them out of playoffs -- terry frank, one a couple of world series in boston. -- terry francona won a couple of world series in boston, so you cannot blame a curse. pedroia hits to left. on to the ninth after a rain delay. papelbon comes into a save situation. a strike out a way, reimold one- hops into the stands. a tying run. pemmican boston. -- panic in boston. crawford cannot come up with the catch. the throw home is lik

since joining the orioles in 2008, he has been a visible part of our community working with the boys and girls club, the ymca, and tidal 1 schools. look no further than our newscast to fight out about his works. we highlighted his efforts to spread the message of animal cruelty as he posed for a calendar with man's best friend. it is that commitment to our community that earned him the nomination for his work with the dozens of organizations he support. we at wbal's and tv salute the outfielder and offer our gratitude. you can see atom, our team, and clikc on hot

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. >> reporter: he has the orioles at 5-0. e maryland school for the deaf hasn't dropped a game since october of 2008. >> we work together, we work like brothers. i mean, it's like a brotherhood. >> reporter: of the 12 games on the schedule, three are against other deaf schools. >> sometimes people think that we have an easier schedule or something. no, we are playing against good teams. we are just able to beat them. it's fair and square. >> reporter: every time they step on the field, she smash stereotypes. >> we don't play any different. we are a group of players and coaches that happen to not be able to hear. other than that, it's the same. >> we can't hear but we can play. we sign with our hands. we can play the same level as hearing teams can. >> reporter: the coach turned this once struggling high school football program into a national powerhouse and was the winningest in the state of maryland. the orioles are going for the ninth straight deaf championship this year and they have the confidence to go along with it. >> i

the orioles eliminated the stunned red sox 4-3.n's collapse makes it the first team ever to miss the postgame after holding a nine-game lead heading into september. the red sox manager put it this way. >> i don't know how to evaluate it. every time you lose, it hurts. when you go home before you're ready, it hurts. as tough as it's been this last month, we want to go home when you dictate it. not when somebody makes you. it's extremely disappointed. >>> the american league divisional playoffs start friday. >>> in the national league, st. louis completed five runs early to come back. chris carpenter threw 8-0 shutout of houston. the cardinals then had to wait to find out if they face a tiebreaker game today for the wild card. but in the 13th inning in atlanta, philadelphia's hunter pence hit a blooper that brought the home to the winning run -- brought home the winning run. the phillies beat the braves 4-3. atlanta's collapse was nearly as bad as boston. the braves had 8 1/2 game wild card lead at the start of september. >>> the nat

how do you react to this. >> reporter: the orioles have been calling the tampa bay rays the blueprint baltimore need to follow. the amazing race in the play offs for the first time in four years despite having the second lowest payroll in the majors. rays and rangers game one in texas coming up tomorrow. they should celebrate. i consider that team the greatest story in team sports in america now. it's amazing. >> yes, sir. >> all right, thank you mark. well it's a sweet lovers paradise. >> coming ,,,, i'm a curious seeker. i am a chemistry aficionado. diphenhydramine. magnesium hydroxide. atheletes foot. yes. i'm a people pleaser. if elected, i promise flu shots for all. i am a walking medical dictionary. congratulations virginia. inflamed uvula. i'm virginia. i'm a target pharmacist and i'm here to answer your questions. >>> can you conquer the crab? that's one question at one corn maze. >> that's a great one. >>> there's one mountain we would all like to try and climb or most of us any way. it's whoopie pie mountain. no special gear is needed just a sweet tooth. they used 1,500 pies

and the orioles walk away with a win in new york. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> and the weather for the weekend will not be even half as dramatic as the flood and heat wave stuff we've been dealing with this summer. >>> good morning. if are you just waking up, this is "early today." in sports we have liftoff or, more accurately, kickoff. the nfl season has officially begun. here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning. the wait is finally over. the nfl season kicked off with a shoot-out between the saints and super bowl champion packers. off to green bay. the teams combined for ten touchdowns. none better than this. packer rookie randall cobb tied an nfl record with an 108 yard kickoff return. should have been tackled a couple of times, but he stayed on his feet and in for the touchdown. welcome to the league. pack up 35-20. the saints made it interesting. down eight. seconds left. drew brees threw to the end zone. incomplete. wait a minute. pass interference.

. >>> after leading through eight innings, bottom of the ninth, sox up 3-2. oriolesn to the last strike. ground rule double scores hudson. game tied at 3-3. next batter, the single. crawford can't hang on. the orioles win 4-3. boston out of the postseason. >>> the yankees. mark teixeira makes it 5-0. but the rays make it a game. now 7-6, yankees, rays down to their last strike. dan johnson, the solo shot to right. this game tied at 7-7. bottom 12, longoria with the solo shot, the rays win 8-7 and clench the a.l. wild card. >>> n.l. wild card. cardinals and astros, cards up 4-0. nick punto with the single to left. david freese will score. 5-0 cardinals after this. chris carpenter, two outs, j.d. martinez will ground back to carpenter. a two-hit complete game shutout with 11 strikeouts. cardinals win 8-0. >>> the braves need to beat philly to get into the postseason. hunter pence singles here. brian schneider scores. 4-3, phillies. last chance for the braves, bottom 13, it's freddie freeman grounding into the double play. that's your ball game. phillies win 4-3 in 13.

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seven of the red sox last ten games were the orioles. s because they had everythg in their favor. yet with everything going against the rays, they had an extraordinary september run. and the red sox just embarrassed themselves. >> joe, i go back a long way. it reminds me the old brooklyn dodgers had their 13-game lead against the giants. at the end of that season the two came up against each other in the last game. and thompson put it out there, the threrun homer, one of the great plays in baseball. they sort of collapsed. but it was that exciting finish the last day of the season. and that took the giants into the pennant and the series. >> they did not collapse. the red sox did collapse. you were born a red sox fan, i've been a sox fan since '75. rate this then we'll turn on the news. rate this in terms of heart break. >> of hurt? in terms of stomach pain? >> yeah. and stomach pain and sortof rick perry vomiting all over yourself type stomach pain. rank this among the hurts you've heard your parents and everybody talk about. >> for me t

the red sox were taking on the orioles in baltimore. the rookie, ryan hit his first two major league home runs in one game, sot red sox keep pace. they win 8-7. they are tied. it will all come down to tomorrow. brandon belt, that's a barry bonds type home run. splash hit, two-run shot. the giants win 7-0 behind madison tonight. a's and mariners, 1st inning, josh willingham. here's his 29th homer of the season. i don't know how they will hold on to this guy. oakland wins 7-0. warriors hired league executive president, rick welt, his team president and chief operating president. he spent 36 years in the nba. and mcfadden has been named the offensive player of the week. rushed for 171 yards and just 19 carries and scored two touchdowns during sunday's win over the jets. now october, pais tri yachts come to down. four interceptions last week and the worse defense in the national league. >> they also lost. >> just in. see you at 11:00. so...what do you think? i'm not crazy about these light fixtures. kitchen's too small. what's next? 607 fran

had the lead against in the orioles and blew it away. andino cleared the bases with an rbi double. baltimore held on to win. it's not every day boston fans cheer for yankees but they need a new york win to keep their lead in the wild card and they got it. yanks jumped over the rays. granderson, four rbi. boston's lead is still two games after a 5-0 win. >>> n.l. wild card is heating up. gonzalez started it with a slot to the left and won 4-0. >>> cards kept pace with the braves with a seventh against the mets. theriot with a ground rule double. cards scored six. they remain 2 1/2 back in the wild card with an 11-6 victory. >>> to los angeles, pitcher's duel kershaw and lincecum. the night belonged to kershaw. the only bright spot in a bleak year for the dodgers, kershaw allowed one run and struck out six. he picked up his 20th victory of the season. first dodger to do that in over two decades. l.a. won 2-1. >>> powerball and mega lotto sales were through the roof in washington. 521 and $705 million. actually, the bull pen was having a little fun and rearranged the numbers. not much

, well as you noted before, i'm wearing orange before and i wanted to share my appreciation for the orioleshelping the red sox choke. as we start the season of the post season tonight. and by the way, new york city, friends up there that actually, forgive me for saying this, go to the yankees games, and have noted for the past three years that almost every friday night home game, there is rain. and i looked at the record, and more than 70% of the time, that is right, and there could be rain and a little delay possible, as they kick off the post season, with the tigers tonight. and 61 in new york. and 56 here in town and going back to the great lakes, still in the 50s and green bay and international falls. it doesn't look that much chiller were but wrapping around the low pressure that is stuck for the better part of the week finally pulling off a series of frontal boundaries. we had one push through and drop the humidity yesterday and take one through, the cloud bands and the rain in the mountains, resurging in the eastern shore, this one means business and more energy coming arn -- around,

. >>> the red sox dropped the first of a doubleheader with the orioles. andino smashing a home run in the fourth. baltimore won 6-5. however, the sox not only won game two, they did it in decisive fashion. jacoby ellsbury with a shot to center. the ball took a bounce off the wall and that's all he needed. kick it into high gear. outfielders were chasing, jacoby was flying. got the green light to come home and was safe standing up. inside-the-park home run. red sox remain two games ahead of the rays with an 18-9 win. >>> now to miami. it's not a dolphins game. that's just their logo behind second base. marlins get little respect in south beach. maybe this will help. a walkoff homer against the braves. marlins did something dolphins can't do, they won 6-4. >>> nascar after a 24-hour rain delay, the chase for the cup began in chicago. tony stewart took the checkered flag, seven points now behind kevin harvick. >>> finally one play you have to see from monday night football. giants against the rams. eli manning airing it out. domenik hixon came up with the jug

. >>> nothing's been going right for the red sox, tied at four with the orioles. guerrero up the middle. boston reeling but tampa not much better. the sox lead the wild card by 2 1/2. now you can throw the angels into the mix. unlike the rays and red sox, the angels have been winning. bernie wells returned to his old stomping grounds and smashed a two-run homer. angels over toronto. 7-2. they are 2 1/2 back with seven remaining. >>> at one point the braves had a 10 1/2 game lead, now it's down to 1 1/2. brett hayes with a solo shot in the fifth. marlins shut them out, 4-0. cardinals with a chance to gain some ground. they did with a win over the mets. david freeze getting it done. a go-ahead three-run homer. they rally to win it, 6-5. cardinals closing in on the braves with just a week left in the season. that's your "early" look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> apparently the wolverine doesn't know his own strength. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, sure he takes his pope mobile all around the world. coming up

unlimited. 3 3 3 3 3 with the season having come to an end, the orioles will now take stock...and thek showalter...mc phail's contract expires october 31st, and he reportedly told angelos he did not want to renew...the sun reports that angelos wanted mc phail to consider another job with the organization..also discussed was showalter's status, specifically whether he replaces mc phail or remains in uniform...a source told the sun that nothing is finalized yet, but they're getting close. stay tuned. across town...the ravens have been known to insert haloti ngata on offense from time to time...usually at fullback for obvious reasons...now we learn they may be using another defensive star to take some snaps on offense...linebacker terrell suggs.....who is semi-reluctantly going along it's another thursday night, and this timer of year, that means another edition of the coors light silver spotlight, where we meet up with a ravens player at one of the area's fiiner local establishments.. establishments.. . it's now time to announce the winner in our high school game of the week contest...b

makes the catch, but the orioles won the game 4-2.r two, it's been a rough year for the giants, but a nice comeback for pablo sanderval. he swung the bat well. the great yankees closer records his 600th save tonight versus the mariners who move within one of the major league record. yankees are four up on the red sox in the american league east. giants do not gain, by the way in the national league west because arizona beat the my mom knows food magic. it's like so crunchy. it has crunchy stuff all over it. i can't get over how crunchy it is. it's like chicken and crunchy stuff got married ...and it's amazing! what they mean is, it's french's french fried onions in my crunchy onion chicken. just minutes to make, then bake! french's french fried onions. the difference is indescribable.

look at the orioles cheer. the orioles were 29 games back. it is insane that the boston red sox are out of the playoffs. the atlanta braves out of the playoffs. it is just -- incredible what's happened. i must tell you, christine, the detroit tigers are in the playoffs. and they played t the new york yankees on friday. rob marciano and i are going to make a bet. he is a yankees fan and i'm a tigers fan. >> sox are out and the tampa bay rays are in because of last night's biggest shocker. race beat the yankees 8-7. longoria's stunning walkoff home run in the 12th inning. rays were down 7-0 in the game. down to their last strike before tying it with a ninth-inning homer. rays will meet the rangers. how can the postseason ever be as exciting what happened in the last 12 hours? >> it is cool that evan longoria was the guy that hit the home run to win the game. he is the team hero and -- pretty cool guy. she thinks i'm crazy. just ahead on "american morning," herman cain using strong words to explain why there aren't more black voters in the republ

makes the catch, but the orioles won the game 4-2. and number two, it's been a rough year for the giants, but a nice comeback for pablo sanderval. he swung the bat well. the great yankees closer records his 600th save tonight versus the mariners who move within one of the major league record. yankees are four up on the red sox in the american league east. giants do not gain, by the way in the national league west because arizona beat the dodgers. >> all right, we're coming right back. ,,,, look, every day we're using more and more energy. the world needs more energy. where's it going to come from? ♪ that's why right here, in australia, chevron is building one of the biggest natural gas projects in the world. enough power for a city the size of singapore for 50 years. what's it going to do to the planet? natural gas is the cleanest conventional fuel there is. we've got to be smart about this. it's a smart way to go. ♪ a vacation on a budget with expedia. make it work. booking a flight by itself is an uh-oh. see if we can "stitch" toget

andy gets grumpy, the orioles walk away a win from new york. e nail biter between the saints and the packers starts off this season in sometime. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. 8gg@ú >> we welcome back to "first look," i'm lynn berry. the nfl season has officially begun. here's nbc's fred row again. >>> good morning, the wait is finally open. the nfl season kicked off with one between the saints and the packers. the teams combined for ten touchdowns. none better than this. randall cobb tie add record with a 108-yard kickoff return. should have been tackled a few times. welcome to the league. the saints made it interesting. down eight. three seconds left. drew brees threw to the end zone. pass interference. new orleans hit a shot. from the 1. the pack brought down the house. what a way to start the season. green bay ron it 32-34. >>> the season started for the nfl, it's likely over for peyton manning. he had another surgery in his neck. recovery time, two to three months. the only time you'll see peyton this season is in commercials. oklah

as boston tries to battle out of its september collapse, rookie catcher blasted a home run off the oriolesled out an 8-7 victory. the sox remain tied with tampa bay for the american league wild card. >>> here in new york, the surging rays pulled off a triple play against the yankees and matt joyce hit a three-run homer to beat the yanks 5-3. if the rays and red sox are tied after today's final games, tampa bay would host a one-game tiebreaker thursday afternoon. the a.l. division series starts on friday. >>> in the national league, atlanta lost again, allowing st. louis to tie up the wild card race. philadelphia's hunter pence blasted a long home run as the phillies beat the braves 7-1. it was the braves fourth straight loss. >>> in houston, st. louis made a dramatic comeback in the seventh inning and the cardinals went on to beat houston 13-6. now, if the cards and the braves are still tied after their final game, st. louis would host atlanta in a tiebreaker thursday night. the n.l. division series begins on saturday. got that all straight? >>> when we return, another look at this morning

the series begins tonight with the rays taking on the road playing the range rangers in texas. orioles beat them on wednesday night. also playing, the detroit tigers, will be playing the new york yankees. >>> back here, a high level orioles meeting yesterday, as manager buck show walter meets with mc vail and angelos and discuss the fan chias. -- franchise. show walter could take on a greater role with the team. if roethlisberger were traded, who would we have? benny and the jets. wouldn't we? it's early. it's friday. here is your forecast. >> i'm working on that in my head. >> we have kickoff at 55 degrees. it's going to be mostly cloudy but chilly. the chilly part is what you need to dress for. the first time we had a brush with temperatures like this. i don't know if the blood thickened up enough for the cooler temperatures yet. 8:20, kickoff time. we will keep following that. have the highlights for you. coming up, it's bernice armour, the first african american combat pilot in u.s. history and she joins us with her story. coming up next, sharon has the latest on traffic and tim wi

third string catcher did it all and the red sox held on to beat the orioles. >>> boston did well and so did tampa. sacks full and martin grounded into a 5-4-3 triple play. that was big because in the seventh matt joyce put tampa on top with a home run. rays won 5-3 and remain with boston. >>> n.l. wild card race, braves had a one game lead but couldn't help their cause. jumped over derek lowe and utley with a solo home run. braves lost it 7-1. >>> cards pulled even with a huge comeback over the astros. ryan theriot gave st. louis a lead in the seven. cards rally to win it 13-6. >>> no playoff race here but brewers prince fielder hit three home runs against the pirate. milwaukee won it 6-4. >>> finally, funny moment in the twins/royals game. first base coach jerry white took a ball off the leg and went down like a ton of bricks. it's never nice to laugh at someone else's expense and ben got what was coming to him. hit past the center fielder in the fifth, ball rolled all the way to the wall. thinking in the park home run. unfortunately, he was only thinking that. he ran through the sto

. >> the orioles walk off with the win. >> reporter: boston fans, seldom ones for keeping things in perspectivere already drawing other historical comparisons. >> oh, the humanity. >> reporter: it all capped off a chain of events that's already being called one of the greatest nights in baseball history. it was hard to know where to look. from houston to atlanta to baltimore to tampa bay. >> it is a homerun! >> reporter: statistically speaking this never should have happened. never mind that the red sox were one strike away from victory last night or that the tampa bay rays were down 7-0 before this game-winning homerun. >> the rays are going to the playoffs! >> reporter: but remarkably boston, the same city that 25 years ago watched its world series hopes dribble through bill buckner's legs, lost 20 games this month. >> this is a cold, hard slap in the face. no team has ever had a collapse this bad. >> reporter: even for the casual fan, last night was a water cooler moment. if you were up for it, you're still talking about it. if you were asleep, you can't believe what you missed. boston is no

. >>> in the tenth inning in baltimore the orioles robert andino singled down the third baseline, lastltimore edged the first place yankees 5-4. >>> when we return a look at this morning's top stories. >>> plus reflecting absent at the sight where the twin towers once stood. are choosing advil. here's one story. i'm sean. i switched to advil 10 months ago. cyclists are a crazy bunch. when you're out there trying to push to your limits, you have some pain and it can be really vicious. i really like advil because it takes care of it all. neck, shoulder pain and definitely with cycling, lower back pain. i switched to advil and i've stuck with it. it works when i need it to. [ male announcer ] make the switch. take action. take advil. [ male announcer ] make the switch. (telephone ring. pick up) usa prime credit. my name ...peggy. you got problem? peggy? third time i've called, it's time i speak with a supervisor. supervisor is genius...i transfer. transfer! transfer! transfer! transfer! transfer! hello...my name is... peggy? come on!!! hello? want better customer service? switch to discov

tied at four with the orioles, singling up the middle to score two. they later win it 6-4. reeling but tampa not much better. the sox lead the wild card by 2 1/2. now throw the angels into the mix. the angels have been winning. vernon wells returned to his old stomping grounds to smash the two-run homer. angels over toronto, 7-2. they're 2 1/2 back. >>> wild card getting interested in the n.l. at one point the braves had the 10 1/2-game lead. now it's at 1 1/2. hayes with the solo shot, shut out. >>> and the cardinals won over the mets. getting it done, the go ahead three-run homer. they rallied to win it 6-5. cardinals crolosing in on the braves with a week left in the season. that's sports. >>> for another quick look at the weather, here's meteorologist ryan phillips with the forecast. i haven't gotten over the fact that it's the last day of summer. >> big boo there. >> yeah, it is. debbie downer here. sorry. >> there's fall-like temperatures settling in. we have light rain already on the move across eastern new york move information to western massachusetts. the rain's g

it is purple friday but i wanted to let you know that i am wearing orange in honor of the orioles, assisting in the red sox demise. as we start the playoff season tonight. it is over with october. and the weekend will feel temperatures in the 50s with a chance of showers. it will be blustery. we will talk about the ravens game forecast for sunday night. and snow, yes, first snow of the season, tonya, i know you're hap arey about this one. we will talk more about that. 61 in annapolis. 54 in the area. chilly air. rain pushing into the mountains. that is the leading edge of a two-step process for cooling things down. we will talk about it coming up. let's check in with tonya. good morning. >> the thing about snow is you can play it n, it justen. >> no accidents in baltimore county. in the city, 24th and howard street. so try to avoid that intersection. let's take a look outside and see a lot of traffic cameras, this is the beltway, and old court road in the northwest side near 795, very light traffic in both directions. and no incidents in your way. all of your lanes should be open. and 95 sou

they were taking on the orioles in baltimore. hit his first two major league home runs in the same game. and the red sox win 8-7. the rays and red sox remain tied in the wild card. it will come down to the last day of the regular season tomorrow. tony bennett tribute at the yard tonight. madison bundgaarder strike out nine. walked nobody in seven shutout innings. he'll finish the year 13 wins and 13 losses. >>> two-run shot. the giants win 7-0. a's and mariners pitch the well. he went 7 shutout innings. josh willingham deep. that is his 29th home run of the season. this guy is going to be a big- time free agent. a's up 3-0. they win 7-0 tonight. long time executive, rick as team president and chief operating officer. he spent 36 years in the nba. he just resigned from the suns to move to northern california closer to his partner. he made news in may. he's the highest ranking openly gay man in proteam sports. >> as a special guy carrying a football for us right now. he's as good as there is in football. >> coach talking about darre

the sox had been leading with two outs in the ninth inning. >> and the baltimore orioles, stun the boston >> reporter: a stunning turnaround for the red sox who just three weeks ago held a commanding nine-game lead in the race for a wild card spot in the playoffs. translation, they had a 99.6% chance of making it to the post season. instead, the team managed to lose 20 of their last 27 games. and last night were sent back to boston to clean out their lockers. the faces of the red sox fans say it all. their team had produced baseball's biggest collapse ever. >> for this to happen, definitely -- disappointed. >> this may be the worst situation i have ever been involved in in my whole career. >> reporter: but misery had company. the atlanta braves blew a giant lead of their own this month and suffered baseball's second biggest collapse in the same season. the braves' loss sends the st. louis cardinals to the national league playoffs and left abc's dr. richard besser crestfallen. >> sometimes it's hard to be a fan. >> but while both teams ended up in the history books for the wrong reasons, i

had the lead against in the orioles and blew it away. andino cleared the bases with an rbi double.in. it's not every day boston fans cheer for yankees but they need a new york win to keep their lead in the wild card and they got it. yanks jumped over the rays. granderson, four rbi. boston's lead is still two games after a 5-0 win. >>> n.l. wild card is heating up. gonzalez started it with a slot to the left and won 4-0. >>> cards kept pace with the braves with a seventh against the mets. theriot with a ground rule double. cards scored six. they remain 2 1/2 back in the wild card with an 11-6 victory. >>> to los angeles, pitcher's duel kershaw and lincecum. the night belonged to kershaw. the only bright spot in a bleak year for the dodgers, kershaw allowed one run and struck out six. he picked up his 20th victory of the season. first dodger to do that in over two decades. l.a. won 2-1. >>> powerball and mega lotto sales were through the roof in washington. $521 and $705 million. actually, the bull pen was having a little fun and rearranged the numbers. not much to do out there when

yankees beat the orioles 11-10. the plate in his first couple of appearances. he's a quick learner. >> josh beckett for the red sox yesterday. looks like he tweaked his ankle. they hope it's not anything serious. sprained ankle right now. no further word on the severity. >> if he can't pitch -- is it his right or left. >> it's his right. it's his push-off ankle. the game was scoreless. walk-off home run for the jays. yankees two and a half games up. >> if he goes down, their only chance in the playoffs will be five days of rain. five more days of rain. >> we'll be back. we have the forecast, i'm todd santos. look at the heavy shield of rain moving across the mid atlantic. northeast as well. the low itself down through north georgia. as that tracks north, you can see severe weather firing up through portions of the carolinas. new york through d.c., philly as well. atlanta, dallas to chicago, looking pretty good. not yet, thanks for reminding me. wait, what? fret not ma'lady. i have the hotels.com app so we can get a

in the 11th inning at yankee's stadium, baltimore's single drove in the go-ahead run and the orioles n for a 5-4 win. >>> in the seventh inning in tampa, the ray's desmond jennings blasted a walk off home run to beat texas 5-4, cuts the rangers lead in the a.l. west to 2 1/2 games. >>> and in denver arizona's justin upton smacked his 28th home run of the season, gave the diamondbacks a 5-3 win over the rockies. the d-backs lead the national league west by seven. >>> the indianapolis colts are denying rumors that quarterback peyton manning needs more neck surgery. if that is true it would probably end his season before it begins. the colts have said that manning will not play their season opener on sunday. >>> when we return another look at the top stories. >> and almost ten years after 9/11 and ten years of war in afghanistan, what u.s. troops there are saying. i found out that connected to our muscles are nerves that send messages through the body. my doctor diagnosed it as fibromyalgia -- thought to be the result of overactive nerves that cause chronic, widespread pain. lyrica is be

but the orioles scored twice, to win four to three. just minutes later, in tampa, the rays' third baseman evan longoria stepped to the plate in the bottom of the 12th inning in a tie game against the new york yankees. tampa had trailed seven-nothing at one point, but longoria's heroics sent his team to the playoffs. >> you can't even really put it into words. you know we were out here for i think you know the better part of five hours and then at the end it seemed like everything happened in a matter of seconds. >> brown: ecstasy for tampa and agony for boston, one of baseball's best teams all year, but losers of 20 of their last 27 games and now out of the playoffs altogether. sportswriter and author john feinstein joins me now to tell us more about this wild night. john, what's funny about this is just a few weeks ago, i think, baseball writers were talking about what a gloomy, uninteresting accept it was. >> there was nothing going on. all the races were over. the six visions had been decided. the wild cards, the two extra teams that

third string catcher did it all and the red sox held on to beat the orioles. >>> boston did well and n grounded into a 5-4-3 triple play. that was big because in the seventh matt joyce put tampa on top with a home run. rays won 5-3 and remain tied with boston. >>> n.l. wild card race, braves had a one game lead but couldn't help their cause. jumped over derek lowe and utley with a solo home run. braves lost it 7-1. >>> cards pulled even with a huge comeback over the astros. ryan theriot gave st. louis a lead in the seventh. cards rally to win it 13-6. >>> no playoff race here but brewers prince fielder hit three home runs against the pirates. milwaukee won it 6-4. >>> finally, funny moment in the twins/royals game. first base coach jerry white took a ball off the leg and went down like a ton of bricks. it's never nice to laugh at someone else's expense and ben got what was coming to him. hit past the center fielder in the fifth, ball rolled all the way to the wall. thinking in the park home run. unfortunately, he was only thinking that. he ran through the stop sign at third and was ou

taking on the orioles, tied 2-2 in the sixth.n the line, go ahead run came in, baltimore up 3-2. and the inning only got worse from there. andino with a shot to deep center. ellsbury made the grab but dropped the ball when he hit the wall and bases were cleared. andino came around for an inside the park homer. red sox are finding new ways to lose, they fell 6-3. the rays needed a win to pull even in the wild card race and they got it against the yankees. damon with an rbi single and capped off the win with defense. jennings laid out to make the sno-cone grab. tampa won it 5-2. they are tied with boston for the wild card. >>> to the n.l., braves in a similar situation as red sox. like boston, they lost. raul ibanez put philly on top in the sixth, that's all they needed. the phils won it 4-2. cards with a chance to pull even in the wild card but they couldn't beat the astros. in the tenth, man on third, sanchez lays down the bunt, octavio dotel couldn't make the play. cards remain a game back. >>> according to sources, ozzie guille

the orioles had 17 hits, three homers and didn't win. they lost to the yankees, 11- 10. stud mattiace was against their stud and their stud won. >>> the final forecast . i don't know about the uniform but it got the job done. >> right. >> take the win. >> the radar, heavy rain situation. the remnants of lee. we will feel them, tonight, tomorrow night and flood warnings up. baltimore, howard still, look at the low lying areas, if you are out driving in this tonight or tomorrow not sure how deep the water is take rieu turn and another way. >> [ female announcer ] keurig brews more than just hot coffee. now you can brew over ice for delicious iced coffee or tea. hot or cold, keurig is the way to brew everyone's favorite cup in under a minute. choose. brew. enjoy. keurig. shores kenai peninsula, it is home to some of the most stunning land and sea you'll find anywhere on earth. . >>> let's take a look. >> it's an interesting look. with the sleeve and -- the people on facebook. the point is to beat miami first game of the year, that's significant. big deal. >> school in the m

in the eighth inning robert andino hit a hit that gave the orioles a 7-5 win but boston stayed up two.l. wild card race because tampa bay lost to the yankees. >>> in the west, texas maintained five-game division lead over the angels. michael young's rbi single gave him 200 hits for the sixth season. the rangers beat oakland 7-2. >>> when we return, another look at this morning's top stories. >>> plus, meet a survivor. a 64-year-old hiker who crawled for miles through the utah wilderness. after more than two years in jail... the cal grads in iran are finally set to go home. the late developments that secured their release. a five year old girl.. caught in the crossfire of a shootout in san francisco. the clue police hope will help them catch the suspects. she knows the pain of a missing child. how another grieving mom.. ended up finding michelle le's body. and.. botox without the needle. the pain-free way to get rid of wrinkles. join us for cbs 5 early edition ... beginning at 4:30. it's a done deal.. the american hikers in iran are finally going home. when,,,, >>> on the "cbs morning

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the orioles took on the red sox. the orioles are playing for pride. of the 9th ther to orioles knock off boston. they score two runs to knock off the red sox season. the atlanta braves and philadelphia phillies went to extra innings. the phillies score once in th theth, again in the 13th. their season is over because the st. louis cardinals were busy beating houston as the astros end their worst season in franchise history. st. louis with a hard charge in august and september. they will play baseball in october. what a night it was for america's pass time.  [ junior ] i played professional basketball for 12 years. today i own 165 wendy's restaurants. and i get my financing from ge capital. but i also get stuff that goes way beyond banking. we not only lend people money, we help them save it. [ junior ] ge engineers found ways to cut my energy use. [ cheryl ] more efficient lighting helps junior stay open later... [ junior ] and serve more customers. so you're not just getting financial capital... [ cheryl ] you're also getting human capital. not

they scored early against baltimore, but the orioles rally 6-4, handing boston their 14th loss in 18 h only six games left, the boston red sox are fighting to hold on to the a.l. wild card spot. >>> in the national league, the diamondbacks are still in the hunt for october, thanks for miguel montero's long ball. and great "d" in the third as aaron hill makes a diving two-hand flip for the out at first. arizona pounces the pirates 8-5 and pushing them one step closer to the n.l. west crown. >>> in football, a warning not to fake an injury. on monday night, the giants deon grant falls to the turf and says he was hurt, but the nfl says he was just trying to slow down the rams no-huddle offense. now, the nfl is warning fake an injury and the team could face fines, suspension, even loss of a draft pick. >>> when we return, another look at this morning's top stories. >>> a 14 yearly boy's plea for help goes unanswered. how he was bullied to death. but some symptoms were still in his way. so the doctor kept eric on his current medicine and added nonstimulant intuniv to his treatment plan. [

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it's the orioles by the way. >> july 20.ou're not on twitter. >> i'm sorry. >> an e-mail and tech person. >> get an e-mail and text person. >> not that i don't like it. i'm a mother with a fulltime job, i don't have the time. >> you have half an hour a day. >> i have no time. >> i don't know how people have time. >> you met one of your heroes backstage. it was a brilliant guy to follow. he tweets in realtime from wherever he is. as he said to me before, it's become the new form of information from the public from reporters like him. >> i said last night we were at work and i was following all of the troy davis story while we were filming. i realized for the first time what twitter was all about. feeling all of that beautiful humanity coming from the iphone that is hard to believe. >> did you see what the woman was like last night? i loved the visceral rage that he -- it feels on the other side of the argument you're on. i love the fact that twitter allows someone like him to get the spleen. he took everything down with it, d

unheralded nolan reimold and robert andino delivering stunning back-to-back hits for the last place baltimore orioles, a comeback that left sox fans and everyone else speechless. >> i think wednesday night, september 28, 2011, goes down as one of the greatest nights in the history of major league baseball, bar none. >> reporter: dan shaughnessy writes for the "boston globe" and has chronicle's sox collapses before. from bill buckner's error in 1986 to buckie dent's homer that dashed boston's home in 1978. as he points out, last night's loss was only the beginning of the misery. >> there was a three minute separation between this horrible loss in baltimore and the great victory for the rays in tampa. three minutes later. >> reporter: the rays comeback so soon after even more incredible. they were down seven runs in the eighth inning. teams do not come back from those deficits. the rays did. >> a line shot down the left field shrine.

the world orioles after the assassination of burhanuddin rabbani, former president and leader of peace talks with taliban. the imfa says economic woes in the u.s. and europe could cause a return to recession. >> in libya, the national transitional council says they are 10 days from forming a new government. as palestinians push shunned for united nations membership, the head of the general assembly tells the bbc they have the right to make their case. >> it is 9:00 a.m. in singapore. >> it is 2:00 a.m. and london, broadcasting to viewers on pbs in america and around the world, welcome to "newsday." >> a suicide bomber posing as a peace envoy had has killed the men leading afghanistan's effort to negotiate with taliban. burhanuddin rabbani, the former afghan president, died in his home in the capital of kabul during a meeting with two members of the taliban. >> heavy security tonight outside the house in kabul close to the american embassy. where the former president burhanuddin rabbani was killed by of taliban fighter with eight bomb concealed in his turban. he was a divisive leader an