justin verlander on the mound for detroit in the dome. after the twins won on friday, here's mauer, bottom one, his 28th. 1-1. >> last time he faced verlander, he hit a home run off of him in that game too. >> and gerald laird throwing out base runners. this time, bernard span. carl pavano facing everett. brian buscher and e.y. that one went off his foot. >> i can tell that's the breaks are you going your way. when it goes to your particular play, he's able to make the play out. >> that's why you see the pitchers stick their legs up all the time, looking for the deflection. >> why is gerald laird so great at throwing them out? >> he moves his feet well, he's athletic. he's one of the top three or four throwers in baseball. >> cabrera left field, don kelly put out there. got that white ceiling at the dome in a day game. kelly said once it got above the lights i lost it, i had no clue where it was. >> i know how you feel out there, kelly, because that's happened to me and a lot of outfielders out there that's been playing the game in the me

justin verlander on the mound for detroit in the dome.er the twins won on friday, here's mauer, bottom one, his 28th. 1-1. >> last time he faced verlander, he hit a home run off of him in that game too. >> and gerald laird throwing out base runners. this time, bernard span. carl pavano facing everett. brian buscher and e.y. that one went off his foot. >> i can tell that's the breaks are you going your way. when it goes to your particular play, he's able to make the play out. >> that's why you see the pitchers stick their legs up all the time, looking for the deflection. >> why is gerald laird so great at throwing them out? >> he moves his feet well, he's athletic. he's one of the top three or four throwers in baseball. >> cabrera left field, don kelly put out there. got that white ceiling at the dome in a day game. kelly said once it got above the lights i lost it, i had no clue where it was. >> i know how you feel out there, kelly, because that's happened to me and a lot of outfielders out there that's been playing the game in the metrod

justin verlander gets his 16th win of the year.ties him with cc sabathia of the yankees for most in the american league. here is your a.l. wild card picture -- the red sox lose, the rangers win. texas two back. tampa misses a chance. they are six back and fading fast. >> yankees looking for their eighth straight win, taking on toronto. roy halladay -- he's been struggling as of late, lost five of his last seven. wouldn't know it, though, watching this game -- a complete-game one-hitter. he struck out nine, did halladay -- the last pitcher to throw a one-hit shutout against a team on a winning streak of seven or more games, jimmy key of the blue jays in 1986. key, by the way, did play for the yankees. the complete game was the sixth of the season for halladay tying him with kansas city's zack greinke for the major league lead. aaron hill two r.b.i.'s and six r.b.i.'s in the last six games. >> the nfl fined brett favre 10 grand for his crackback block during monday's preseason game, when lining up at receiver in the wildcat formation

justin verlander gets his 16th win of the year. him with cc sabathia of the yankees for most in the american league. here is your a.l. wild card picture -- the red sox lose, the rangers win. texas two back. tampa misses a chance. they are six back and fading fast. >> yankees looking for their eighth straight win, taking on toronto. roy halladay -- he's been struggling as of late, lost five of his last seven. wouldn't know it, though, watching this game -- a complete-game one-hitter. he struck out nine, did halladay -- the last pitcher to throw a one-hit shutout against a team on a winning streak of seven or more games, jimmy key of the blue jays in 1986. key, by the way, did play for the yankees. the complete game was the sixth of the season for halladay tying him with kansas city's zack greinke for the major league lead. aaron hill two r.b.i.'s and six r.b.i.'s in the last six games. >> the nfl fined brett favre 10 grand for his crackback block during monday's preseason game, when lining up at receiver in the wildcat formation fav

justin verlander gets his 16th win of the year.ties him with cc sabathia of the yankees for most in the american league. here is your a.l. wild card picture -- the red sox lose, the rangers win. texas two back. tampa misses the chance. they are six back and fading fast. >> yankees looking for their eighth straight win, taking on toronto. roy halladay -- he's been struggling as of late, lost five of his last seven. wouldn't know it, though, watching this game -- a complete-game one-hitter. he struck out nine, did halladay -- the last pitcher to throw a one-hit shutout against a team on a winning streak of seven or more games, jimmy key of the blue jays in 1986. key, by the way, did play for the yankees. the complete game was the sixth of the season for halladay tying him with kansas city's zack greinke for the mierlg lead. aaron hill two r.b.i.'s and six r.b.i.'s in the last six games. >> the nfl fined brett favre 10 grand for his crackback block during monday's preseason game, when lining up at receiver in the wildcat formation fav

verlander would intentionally walk mauer to load them up. and that would be just fine for jason kubel. because kubel makes him pay, singling in to left. his only hit drives in two. twins up 3-2, and that chased verlander, 7 1/3, five earned, six strikeouts. brandon lyon dealing with two aboard to michael cuddyer. and cuddyer, oh, you talk about clutch, oh, that is good wood, his 28th. cuddyer making a winner out of jesse crain. detroit's division lead shrinks to two. here's cuddyer. >> i've always said that our season parallels the games. i mean, we hang in there till the eighth and ninth, and then we try and get something done. right now this is the eighth and ninth inning in the season, and we're trying to get something done. >> well, after today the tigers have six road games and seven at home still to play. the twins go on the road for 10 before closing the season with a three-game set at home against the royals. these clubs will play a four-game series in detroit in the season's final week, and it could decide things as we are down to j

justin verlander gets his 16th win of the year.ties him with cc sabathia of the yankees for most in the american league. here is your a.l. wild card picture -- the red sox lose, the rangers win. texas two back. tampa misses a chance. they are six back and fading fast. >> yankees looking for their eighth straight win, taking on toronto. roy halladay -- he's been struggling as of late, lost five of his last seven. wouldn't know it, though, watching this game -- a complete-game one-hitter. he struck out nine, did halladay -- the last pitcher to throw a one-hit shutout against a team on a winning streak of seven or more games, jimmy key of the blue jays in 1986. key, by the way, did play for the yankees. the complete game was the sixth of the season for halladay tying him with kansas city's zack greinke for the major league lead. aaron hill two r.b.i.'s and six r.b.i.'s in the last six games. >> the nfl fined brett favre 10 grand for his crackback block during monday's preseason game, when lining up at receiver in the wildcat formation

and 229, the strikeouts, second only to justin verlander's 245. his next scheduled start on sunday at home against the twins. his final two starts should be against the minnesota twins. so here are your big four contenders in the american league. greinke across the board looks really good with all of his numbers. hernandez is the closest to him from all those numbers, and then verlander and sbadgea. sbadgea has the most wins. look at the e.r.a. difference between greinke and sabathia. more than a run. a healthy, healthy margin there. tim kurkjian is back. tim, in my mind, this is no argument at all. zack greinke is by far the best pitcher in the american league this year. what about his performance this year and what do you think about the cy young? >> well, i agree with you completely, john. he's going to win the cy young and he will deserve it. you talked about that e.r.a. it's remarkable, 2.08 in this -- you know, hitting era that we're in. keep in mind in the d.h. era in the american league, 1973 on, only four pitchers have had an e.r.a. as lo

verlander popped it up. it but loses it in the metrodome creeling as the ball drops right in front of hip, the metrodome claiming another victim as you can see kelly cannot distinguish the ball just cannot find it. mour intentionally walks the bases. drives in two, the twins take a 3-2 lead, and verlander on the precipice of that victory cannot believe his luck in this one. the next batter is brandon lyon now pitching for the tigers, and michael cuddyer taking that lie i don't know fastball over the left field wall. the twins lead it 6-2, and that would be the final as they have now cut the tigers lead in the al central to two games. today's series finale scott baker goes to the mound for the twins and the tigers counter with robertson. >> we're -- i'm sitting here doing the baseball highlight and you guys are working. put 'em down. chris morgan and chris mortensen and adam, steelers-bears. talking about willie parker, he was hear ago little after the opener. >> people were wondering whether willie parker wa

. >>> a fight for first place in detroit, tigers pitcher justin verland er facing the minnesota twins vrelander doing his best, the tigers beat the twins. so detroit now has a two game lead, those two teams head to head in the next few weeks. we count down to >>> it's a diamond big enough to make friends with hundreds of girls. this 500 carat was found at an african mine. it was found with over 200 other diamonds: the value of the stone, has yet to be determined. >> kind of hard to find a ( band playing "late show" theme ) >> from new york, the greatest city in the world, it's the "late show" with david letterman.

. >> justin verlander and the tigers open a three of game series at the trop.cabrera giving verlander some offensive support. solo home run. it's a 1-1 game. bottom 7. verlander blows away longoria. gave up one earned in eight innings. it's a 1-1 game still. adam everett brings home ryan rayburn, up 4-1. things got interesting. rodney comes in, and they get the winning run in position, and rodney gets aybar to ground out. and that will do it. >> rodney able to lock it down. 4-3 the final. and verlander gets the win. his 16th tied with cc sabathia for most in the american league. he also leads the american league with 222 strikeouts. >> a day after firing jeff jagodinski, that's greg olsen calling the plays now for tampa bay. first quarter, josh freeman is picked off by bryce mccain. yep, but mccain loses his football. first down. yep, bucs recover. led to a field goal. with their new offensive coordinator, the bucs roll up with total offense. rex grossman trying to make the texans his first pass of the game goes 87 yards to jacoby jones. that's the longest pass

leaves justin verlander. kudier, ground ball to third. tigers get out of the frame.ove to the ninth. it's nick punto, to center field. curtis granderson makes the ill-advised play. keep in mind, a guy had a home run inhe eighth. he gives one back there. the next batter is denard span. he'll fly out to end. tigers go on to win, 6-5, your final score. >>> in the national league, brewers and rockies. top of the ninth. milwaukee down 5-2. jason kendall, of all people, coming up big. his eighth home run in five years. we're all-tied at 5-5. move to the 11th. ianneta. and the rockiewin in dramatic fashion. 7-5, the final score. >>> and that will do it for sports. back to you in new york. >> late night in denver. >>> a jaw-dropping diamond has been unearthed at a south african mine. >> t exceptional gem can exceptional color may be manage the highest quality diamonds. at 507 carats, he is about the size of a chicken egg. >> the mine where the stone was found, has produced the world's largest indictment, which was 3,000 carats. >>> coming up, a look ahead at the stories we'l

justin verlander leads the a.l., 245 strikeouts. but that number for sabathia, jumps out at you. the 18 wins, that's already in the playoffs. >>> plaxico burress caught over 500 pass in his nine-year nfl career including the game winner and a super bowl. he fumbled just nine times. then there was the fumble off the football field. burress brought an unregistered handgun into a new york city nightclub. it slipped down his pants, he grabbed for it. it discharged. the fallout, two years in prison. beginning tuesday. here's sal paolantonio. >>> the scene inside courtroom 1100 was very emotional. plaxico burress asked the judge for permission to say one last goodbye to his wife and young son. and then was led away by new york city police officers to the jail at rikers island. a surreal moment for a man who less than two years ago was holding up the lombardi trophy. >> i think what just happened in the courtroom with mr. burress being sentenced and remanded is terribly sad and very tragic. what i said on the record, i will repeat. you can violate the law, be subject to severe punishmen

look, i realize that felix hernandez, justin verlander and cc sabathia have had great years but they also haven't been stuck on a team as miserable as the kansas city royals. that is why i give greinke the nod. they have been going nowhere since june but he never stopped produci producing. let's hope lane kiffen and urban meyer finally have stopped bickering. first meyer bashed kiffin for running an ultraconservative offense in florida a's win saturday. then kiffin blasted meyer for suggesting that the flu affected some of florida's players in that game. look, this is the same tired sniping that started over the summer and it really is time for a break. meyer has the best team in the country so he should be above this. as for kiffin, he should worry about winning games instead of talking his team back into the spotlight. sure, it would be great to see florida and tennessee become a big rivalry again but i would rather see the players make that happen instead of a couple of coaches who need to move forward. coming up next wbc heavyweight champion vitali klitschko will >> from los ange

justin verlander leads the a.l., 245 strikeouts. but that number for sabathia, jumps out at you. the 18 wins, that's already in the playoffs. >>> plaxico burress caught over 500 pass in his nine-year nfl career including the game winner and a super bowl. he fumbled just nine times. then there was the fumble off the football field. burress brought an unregistered handgun into a new york city nightclub. it slipped down his pants, he grabbed for it. it discharged. the fallout, two years in prison. beginning tuesday. here's sal paolantonio. >>> the scene inside courtroom 1100 was very emotional. plaxico burress asked the judge for permission to say one last goodbye to his wife and young son. and then was led away by new york city police officers to the jail at rikers island. a surreal moment for a man who less than two years ago was holding up the lombardi trophy. >> i think what just happened in the courtroom with mr. burress being sentenced and remanded is terribly sad and very tragic. what i said on the record, i will repeat. you can violate the law, be subject to severe punishmen

they'll go pore sell low, verlander, washburn friday, saturday, sunday in minnesota. >> back to one ofur stories earlier that we were telling you about. brandon jacobs had some things to say about the cowboys, particularly the cowboys' fans. not happy about the way the fans have i guess cheered against him and his giants' teammates. this is what jake had to say about the cowboys as he goes into dallas for this weekend's game: the words of brandon jacobs heading into this weekend's game in dallas. >> all right. let's get you updated on the qualifying for the first race of the chase for the nascar sprint cup. we can tell you that juan pablo montoya has taken the poll. he, in fact, set a track record while winning the pole at the new hampshire motor speedway in loudon, new hampshire. montoya turns in a lap that takes the top qualifying spot and breaks the record set by ryan newman in 2003. so the former formula one driver will start on the front row for sunday's opener of the chase for the championship. with more on the chase, here is nicole manske. >> i'm really trying to forget, you kno

justin verlander pitched a gem, struck out 11 in seven.now have a three-game lead over the idle twins. >>> red sox, david ortiz started the season cold but is heating up against the kansas city team. the umpire warned both teams. didn't sit well with trey hillman. he was done and so were the royals. >>> dodgers and nationals tied at 6 in the eighth. rafael furcal got all of this one. a solo shot gave the dodgers a 7-6 lead. one on for ian desmond, who ripped a single to right. willie harris tried to score. andre ethier's throw to the plate was on the money. harris was out, and the dodgers won 7-6. >>> hockey. the great one done in phoenix. wayne gretzky has resigned as the coyotes head coach and director of hockey operations. neither of the team bidding on the franchise wanted him to stay. dave tippette replaces gretzky as head coach. >>> ole miss got more than they could handle from south carolina. down 16-3. rebels on a comeback. connecting with marquis summers, and he was gone. ole miss down by just six. under two to play. last chance o

verlander, carl pavano on saturday, washburn, and scott baker on sunday. >> marlins and reds.e fish can't win in cincinnati. eight straight losses at great american ballpark. entering play. top one, it's darnell mcdonald off an abell sanchez. second homer of the year. >> get back to excellent points senator lugar mentioned during his extensive question. and that is about the election. today is the 17th. we are supposed to hear some definitive results. i am told the afghan central election commission has released results showing president karzai has received 54.62% of the vote. now the international community is still waiting for the independent election commission to make its assessment. senator lugar raised the possibility as many as one-third of president karzai's votes might be invalid. i wonder if any of you can tell me we can expect to hear something from the independent election commission. it seems to me listening to the administration there is almost a resignation that president karzai is going to be the president for the next term and that somehow those results will b