top two, the venerable will venables with an r.b.i. single.a two-run home run, as well. all right. day baseball from wrigley. let's call it the snake-bitten w series. cubs and mets. is top two, speaking of, amirer i santos blooping one to right. milton bradley can't come down with it. jeff francoeur scores. ruled a hit. game tied at one. bradley heard about it from the cubs' fans. top seven, stale 1-1 game. bradley two hands this time. take a bow. rig and listen to the bronx cheer from the folks in wrigleyville. bottom eight, game tied at 2-2. alfonso soriano, 20th homend the run of the season, a three-run cubs shot. that's eight straight seasons with 20 or more homers, and the cubs win it 5-2. patrick mish got the starts for the mets. he ties the major league record for most consecutive starts in which the pitcher has lost every game in 12. the age are also said to be in serious talks with the rays regarding former all-star scott kazmir. the teams had serious talks before the trade deadline but failed to swing a deal. kazmir is 8-7 with a 5.9

will venables has made it palatable for the folks in san diego with a two-run home run. the braves in control. highlights on espnews once this game goes final. >> ah, the chris mortensen training camp tour continues. mort is now in mankato, minnesota, visiting the with vikings. mort, tarvaris jackson on the field today after suffering a mild mcl sprain. how did he look? >> he's got a brace on his left knee. but the fact he got out here this soon tells you that when they said it wasn't serious, it wasn't serious. he even was catching a few passes from sage rosenfels, his competitor for the starting quarterback job, during the early morning practice. the bottom line is he got in there, got some reps, and he's... they are very comfortable with the thought that he will be ready to certainly compete for this job. >> and speaking of competing, how much of a setback did he have as far has the competition with sage? >> you know, it's interesting because i had heard from the off season that maybe jackson had a better off season than sage, but then they went after brett favre, whi