wild card race, the yankees quietly won the division yesterday. game one of a double header in the bronx. robinson cano capped off a four-run eighth with an rbi double. in came a pair and the yanks were up 4-2. to the ninth, rivera in to close it out. evan longoria, a shot deep to center but not deep enough. the yanks clinched a spot. the yankees are headed back to the postseason for the 16th time in the last 17 years. they beat the rays, 4-2. they won the division, like the early game, they took it in the eighth. jorge posada has not had a good year but this had to feel good. an rbi single. new york was up 4-2. rivera unable in the ninth, so rafael soriano got the stage. he strikes out matt joyce. new york takes the a.l. east crown. all a day's work for the yankees. >>> 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. b

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yankees hold on to win 11-10. rough day for the red sox, josh beckett tweaks his leg, doesn't make it through the third inning. day to day with a springed ankle. on to the 11th, scoreless, that's when brett lowrie says enough is enough. walkoff home run. >>> the white sox zach stewart was just one inning away from pitching a perfect game when danny valencia breaks it up in the eighth. but all is not lost. stewart strikes out nine. chicago wins, 4-00. philadelphia's cliff lee picking up his 16th win with a little help from his friends. foul ball down the line. that's a great grab and he also hit a home run. the phils beat the braves 9-00. the giants pablo sandoval had a good conversation with his bat. and the giants beat the padres. and finally, don't adjust your tv, those are possibly the ugliest or greatest jerseys in college football. whatever they are, they're good luck for maryland the. up two against miami. the hurricanes threatening in the fourth when cameron chisholm ices in, and they beat the canes, 32-24.

that's just the kind of labor day that yankees jesus montero had. belt his first career homer in the fifth. then in the seventh. gets another one to the very same spot. two home runs and two curtain calls for the rookie. the yankees hold on to win 11-10. >>> rough day for the red sox, josh beckett tweaks his leg and doesn't make it through the third inning. on to the 11th. brett says enough is enough. walk-off home run. blue jays win 1-0. boston now two and a half games back. >>> the white sox zach stewart was just one inning away from pitching a perfect game when danny valencia breaks it up in the eighth. all is not lost. he strike out nine for a complete game one hitter. chicago wins 1-0. >>> philadelphia's cliff lee picking up his 16th win with a little help from his friends. foul ball down the line, ryan howard makes the sliding bare-handed catch. that's a great grab, and he also hit a home run. phils beat the braves 9-0. >>> sandoval had a conversation with his bat on monday, and it must be a good listener. pablo hit two home runs. communicatio

got one pitcher. >> now you've got the sox and the yankees for an incredible series for the yankees,for the sox, doesn't matter for the yankees. >> sox got to have it. the national league wild card, the braves lost the game last night. and they're quietly having a meltdown of their own. the cardinals won, only a game and a half behind atlanta. >> the two teams followed my whole life. >> a fun last week of the season. >> are you a rangers fan? >> yeah. >> they're looking good. >>> mika's must-read opinion page up next. labored breathing ] [ coughing continues ] [ gasping ] [ elevator bell dings, coughing continues ] [ female announcer ] congress can't ignore the facts: more air pollution means more childhood asthma attacks. [ coughing continues ] log on to lungusa.org and tell washington: don't weaken the clean air act. a dab of concealer here... a flurry of powder there. what if there was a makeup that didn't just hide your breakouts... but actually made them go away. neutrogena skin clearing makeup. it has our proven blemish fighting formula blended with silky gorgeous makeup. so it

at 8:37 p.m., the detroit tigers visit the bronx to play the yankees. justin verlander faces off against cc sebathia. national league series, 2:07 the d-backs and brewers. 5:07, cards and phillies. in t less than 24 hours after that historic red sox collapse, general manager theo epstein held a somber year-ends conference to discuss team failures during the 2011 season. sitting next to manager terry francona, the gm placed blame on the entire organization but refused to scapegoat francona. >> nobody blames what happened in september on tito. that would be terribly irresponsible and would not recognize everything he means to the organization and to all our successes, including at times during 2011. we take full responsibility for what happened, all of us collectively. it was a failure. i'm the general manager, so i take more responsibility than anybody. by i don't think we believe -- i don't know we don't believe in skait scapegoats. in particular, no one blames tito for what happened in september. >> that's all well and good, but francona's future in bo

yankees win 5-0. >> it was a surprise pitcher, nova. the yankees win, the red sox are set up now.o is beat the orioles. the orioles. after dropping 11 of the last 14, red sox trying to find inspiration anywhere they can. this is 16-time world wrestling champ rick flair who dropped by to give him a championship belt. looked like the red sox were going to turn the corner here. gonzalez, red sox, bases loaded. choppered out at first, a lead runner but can't handle the returns, a run scores, red sox get the lead. so looks like -- >> looking good, willie. >> red sox are loading the bases, two outs. he promptly gives up the bases clearing double. >> oh, my -- >> a 7-5 lead, and that was the final thought and cannot capitalize on the yankees beating up on the braves. two games behind in the wild card and angels 3 1/2 back. today as i said, yankees -- >> come on. >> let's go, yankees. >> so, mike, what year does this remind you of? is this starting to smell like '78? >> no, no. >> this is disgraceful, as i said earlier. they have a $160 million payroll. they are not without resources. you

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. >>> well, coming up, the yankee/red sox rubber game. last year's heisman trophy winner throws a touchdown. and milwaukee's brewers show their major league sense of humor. >>> plus, time flies in the opening game of the college football season. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> and opening day in your holiday weekend just hours away. we'll take a look at the forecast coming up. >>> good morning. if are you just waking up, this is "early today." in sports it's classic baseball. a back and forth struggle in september between the red sox and the yankees. here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning. it's hard to believe that the yankees could be better without alex rodriguez. apparently it's true. new york is now 15 games over 500 without rodriguez after beating the red sox. no a-rod. maybe the yanks can sign golfer phil mickelson. he took some swings during batting practice, and he looked pretty good. russell martin gave them the lead. that scored a pair. yanks went on

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the yankees has a one-run lead even after the surge.t closer of all time, marianory vero, except the yankees had nothing to play for, because they were already in the playoffs. so they sent out corey wade, a man tampa had released earlier in the year. he gets the first two guys out, and then this. >> 2-2 again. johnson hits it down the right field line. that ball's going to be fair, and gone! >> so back in baltimore, two down, bottom of the ninth, two strikes, boston's jonathan giving up three straights hit. boston loses 4-3, and literally, 60 seconds later, south of the baltimore in tampa, in the bottom of the 7th, evan longoria steps to the plate. >> a line shot down the left field line, that ball, it's gone! and the rays win it! >> that was the end of boston's season, ladies and gentlemen. joy in tampa, silence in boston, silence in atlanta, and tomorrow the baseball playoffs begin, which will be enough of dylan as your sports reporter. now a little bit of, well, myself as your analyst. for all the fireworks last night, it is the bos

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the yankees were giving everybody a crack here. they used 11 pitches.tampa bay tied it up with two outs and win it in the 12. 8-7 tampa bay. they move on to the american league championship series. the oakland a's open next season against -- in japan, versus seattle. and then the a's finish this season with a 2-0 win over seattle. miller hit a two run homer and gonzalez, worked eight innings, two hits. 11 strikeouts. bobbobbob wynns the final game. moving high school is ready to go sunday. he had a broken right hand early reports but it's just a deep bruise but he will start sunday. i know you were busy, jackie, that thing was great tonight? >> the game? >> yeah. yeah. >> my brother is screaming watching the game. [ talking at the same time ] [ laughter ] >> i will get you a tape. it was great. it was great. >>> good night everybody. jcpenney rewards credit card your reveal savings worth 15...20... or 30% extra off all apparel, shoes and accessories. no exclusions! go to jcp.com to see everything on sale. jcpenney. everytime you use your jcpenney reward

yankees beat the orioles 11-10.t 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

the yankees keep rolling. and the raiders try to tame the broncos. >>> plus, tom brady and the pats beat up on the fish. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> texas and oklahoma continue to have record heat, we are watching cooler air coming down from canada. your forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in sports, the new england patriots' tom brady opened up his nfl season last night with an impressive display that emphasized why so many say he's the best quarterback in the game. here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning. michael vick may have the $100 million contract but no doubt tom brady is the best money quarterback can buy. career night against the dolphins, one touchdown in the first half but got things rolling in the third. connected with wes welker. pats up 21-14 and lead the rest of the way. last year's mvp capped it off in style with his back agains

red sox fans are cheering for the yankees. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry and here are some of your top headlines this morning. afghan peace talks have been rattled by the assassination of a former afghan president and leader of current peace talks in his country. he was killed by an assassin who dead natured explosives hidden in his turban. >>> new video has surfaced from last week's air show disaster in reno. sadly, the death toll there has climbed to 11. 14 others are still hospitalized. he was killed by an assassin. >>> secret service officials say a man who jumped a white house fence yesterday got closer than most intruders usually do. he was apprehended and nothing hazardous was found in his backpack. >> there is outrage on capitol hill over a new report criticizing the justice department for wasteful spending after serving $16 muffins and $8 cups of coffee at a conference. they spent $121 million on conferences in 2008 and 2009, exceeding its own spendin

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he's a 12-time all-star, five time world series champ and now the yankees' mariano rivera is the best closer to play the game. to the bronx, pitching a perfect ninth inning for save 602. passed trevor hoffman for the most saves, fitting he did it in new york. rivera etches his names in the record books. >>> 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 d

it's going to be boston baltimore, tampa bay and the yankees.he philadelphia phillies, they tie a franchise record with 101 wins for this season. more importantly, the atlanta braves continue to sag hunter pence hit a two-run homer. braves are caught by the st. louis cardinals who are down at 1.6 to 1, ryan shoots one in the gap. rose all the way, tony's team, they were at 11 games back at end of august. they have come all the way back, 13-6, cardinals. one game remaining. cardinals in houston tomorrow. the giants, their last night game of the season, mr. bennett gibbson, seventh inning stretch wash little god bless america. this is the guy's first major league home run. connor grist my, there it goes. into the gap, he rolls. all the way around, he's heading for home here, heading for home, here he comes. falls down, gets up, and scores. his first major league home run. goes seven inning for the win. 13-13, finish the year, 7-0, giants over the rockies. and the oakland a's, they're finishing up strong also. 7-0 win. josh, three-run hoper, 29th o

the state of vermont in federal court trying to prove it has the power to sent vermont yankee packing. do you have any idea what's going to happen in this case? >> no. we don't. that's what makes it so interesting. you have to understand what's going on here. the state says it has real concerns about the safety of the plant. the company says that doesn't matter. a state doesn't have power to shut a nuclear power reactor over nuclear safety concerns because the federal government is the only entity that has that power. that's in the nuclear regulatory commission. so as long as the nrc, the nuclear regulatory commission, says it's okay, it overrules the state. so the state is saying, vermont is saying it has other concerns. for example, that the plant was leaking radioactive tridium several years ago and when they discovered this the reactor company lied about it, that the plant is so expensive to operate that they're afraid the company is just going to walk away and leave vermont holding the bag were potentially billions of dollars of cleanup. so this contest is going to set a preceden

>> yankees. yankees lost last night. >> blew a shot to go up five games. >> but the yankees have got it, right? >> because what? because what? because the texas rangers and c.j. wilson and losing the first round? >> this is where it starts. red sox fans when they see they're going to lose, they start trashing the yankees. >> is there going to be a world series? will there be a world series? >> i don't know. >> halladay last night -- they're untouchable. >> the phillies are untouchable. we may actually be embarrassed, willie, here, and we're embarrassed so few times. that when we do sports after the first round of the baseball playoffs, american league championship series, you know, the only two teams whose highlights we've shown all year won't make it they'll be destroyed. hey, as we've said all along, those texas rangers and detroit tigers, teams of destiny. >> ladies and gentlemen, justin verland. >> we've been there since day one. >> we have been with the rangers and the tigers. so anyway, the

if you thought the yankees/orioles game was rained out, think again. first pitch was shortly after 11:00 in new york. it rained most of the game, and the yanks poured on some runs in the seventh. new york won it 5-3. there's no rest for the weary. they'll play again this afternoon just 11 hours after wrapping this one up. now to miami. mets and marlins got a late start because of the rain. when they did begin to play, they didn't want to stop. needed extra innings. nick evans singled in the go-ahead run in the 12th. mets added a couple more and went on to win 7-4 in 12. >>> tennis. the u.s. open was rained out yesterday. that means it will be a busy wednesday at flushing med oes. they'll try to play ten matches today, but there's more rain on the horizon, which will likely move all the action to later in the week. >>> the wet weather also affected the nascar race in atlanta. also postponed from sunday. jeff gordon and jimmie johnson slip sliding around to take the final ten laps. gordon held on to take the checkered flag. he's now in third place on the

the yankees had a chance to move into first place but could not hold the lead at fenway.ere's a two-run shot into the monster seats in left. boston rallies. 7-5 after six. varitek added insurance in the eighth, red sox increase their lead in the a.l. east with a 9-5 win. cliff lee, a great pitcher but not much of a hitter. lee didn't run to first then he gives the gesture to like, you can have it. he struck out seven over 8 2/3. the phils shut out the reds, 2-0. jack handahan, a single to righ. derek lowe has done a lot over his career, threw a no-hitter, won a world series, but he's never done this, first career home run. braves beat the nationals, 3-1. >>> tennis, venus williams says she is suffering a rare auto immune disease that causes fatigue and joint pain. >>> here's a shot deep to center, took a wild bounce off the wall. braun kicked it into high gear. he got the green light to come home. rounded third. oh, no. he either stumbled or slid about 30 feet too early. but he tried to get up it was too late. caught in a rundown, all he could do is smile and think about

a struggle between the red sox and the yankees. here's nfred roggin.ew york is now 15 games without rodriguez after beating the red sox. maybe they can sign golfer phil mikaele. he took swings in batting prook tis. russell martin got the lead. yanks held on to win it 4-it 2. they're a half game back. they were swept by the cards. albert pujols is not somebody you want to face. there it goes. cards won it 8-4. if you took a gamble and drafted chris johnson to your fantasy football team, that move paid off. he end the holdout with titans to a four-year 50 million dollar extension. 30 million guaranteed. he's expect today play against the jaguars. panthers and steelers -- this helped. his first career touchdown to shock i. but not enough. pittsburgh won it 33-17. nfl regular season begins next week and college football started last night. four touchdowns were scored. wisconsin won easily, 51-17. poor buck i. badger did a pushup for every point scored. keep that up, he could be a linebacker by mid season. we showed you this trip around the bases while atte

>>> new york's professional athletes, the nets, yankees, giants, 9/11 brought a temporary time-out fora time to pitch in for their beloved city. mary snow reports. >> reporter: when the unthinkable happened on september 11, it was the routine that suddenly became hard to imagine. new york's professional athletes whose lives are normally very regimented found themselves searching for purpose. they didn't have to look far. >> as the new york yankees, we had a responsibility, and that was to represent the city of new york, not necessarily the new york yankees, but the city of new york. >> reporter: all of new york's teams felt a sense of responsibility. players visited families and armories where they were looking for loved ones. they came to visit firehouses like this one and police stations, and some made their way to ground zero to try and help first responders. >> we were down there looking at them, and we were just thanking them for the job that they were doing. you know, we wanted to get in and help. obviously we couldn't. >> it was very strange for them to thank us because we hadn'

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home to the soon-to-be world champion new york yankees.e'll hope the playoffs tonight about five miles from where we're sitting. good morning. i'm willie geist. we're here at a public charter school that has cracked the code. their combine test scores last year made this school the single highest performing charter school in the state of new york. we'll look into how they've done it. one of the reasons i can tell you is the head of school here. she's a former track star at ucla. i can tell you first hand, she's not lost an ounce of her competitiveness. you'll meet her in just a bit. later on "morning joe," we'll bring in the starbucks ceo. our partner in the brewing together education. that's all at the top of the hour. we also,

. >>> the yankees and mariners needed extras and rodriguez ended it with a big swing. seattle's luis rodriguez, a so low shot to right. mariners walked off with a 2-1 win in 12. >>> finally, the dodgers won't make the playoffs but they're making the final weeks of the season pretty entertaining. we'll take you back to tuesday night against arizona. hong-chih kuo almost took girardo parra's head off, wasn't happy, stared kuo down. a few pitches later he did this, a solo home run. parra watched the ball go over the wall and that didn't sit well with the dodger dugout. clayton kershaw gave him an earful as he crossed home plate. we fast forward to last night when kershaw did more than just talk. in the sixth, parra at the plate and clayton exacted his revenge, hit him on the elbow. that was it for kershaw, he was immediately tossed. don mattingly came out to defend his pitcher. he was tossed too. all in all, not a bad night for kershaw. he got his man, earned his 19th win of the year and, more importantly, made our show. that's your early look at sports on "early today."

in sports, appropriately, it was a seesaw battle of round two of the yankee-red sox series in boston. here's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning. the yankees had a chance to move into first place, but could not hold the lead at fenway taking on the sox. after jason varitak tied with an rbi double, jacoby ellsbury had a shot into the monster seats to the left. he added insurance in the eighth. red sox increase their lead in the a.l. east with a 9-5 win. >>> phils and reds. cliff lee a great pitcher. rounded out to second, and watch lee. he didn't even run to first. then he kind of gives the gesture like, ah, you can have it. that was the only thing lee was giving up last night. struck out seven over eight in two-thirds. the phils head off the reds, 3-0. >>> a's and indians played into the wee hours of the morning. two for jack hannahan. it was saved by the slimmest of margins. indians won 4-3. they're in second place. >>> rays pitcher derek lowe has done a lot over his career, threw a no-hitter. won the world series. pitched a no-hitter. but he

home to the soon-to-be world champion new york yankees.e'll hope the playoffs tonight about five miles from where we're sitting. good morning. i'm willie geist. we're here at a public charter school that has cracked the code. their combine test scores last year made this school the single highest performing charter school in the state of new york. we'll look into how they've done it. one of the reasons i can tell

tampa bay is playing the yankees and losing 7-0. at the very least you'll have a play on thursday and somehow tampa bay comes back to tie the yankees, baltimore after an hour and half a rain delay and the coming back to beat boston. there you go. >> what about that carl crawford miss. we are calling him a $20 million disappointment. bounced under his glove. ddc in or did you read it? >> i saw the replay. >> a pretty tough play. >> remember, if someone is criticizing you, but could not do it themselves. >> , i could. that is a tough play. the red sox. >> let's talk about the braves. st. louis won an extra innings. this is another deal when it they're going in anything they can do no wrong. >> i believe the plan to lead st. louis by a 0.5 games. atlanta just fell apart and sank losest. louis, te in extra innings. to the credit of philadelphia, they played a lot of their regular guys. >> let's talk about regular guys. i do not know who tampa bay was playing. >> i think the yankees used 11 pitchers. they did not use the hall of fame clo

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the yankees won, 6-4 over the twins. it was his 43rd save of the season.mates pushed the usually very shy rivera out to the yankees stadium mound to stand alone and enjoy the cheers. >> he deserves that accolade. he did something no one else has been able to do. the impressive thing is he's done more in the most season. you know what i mean? that separates him from anyone else. >> rivera has earned 42 postseason saves, which don't count towards the record and five world series rings. >>> eli manning throwing for two touchdowns, hickson made an unbelievable -- check this out -- juggling catch for this score in the second quarter. the giants beat st. louis, 28-16. >>> when we come back, another look at this morning's top stories. >>> just when you thought it was all over, charlie sheen could be looking at a payday. i've got nothing against these do-it-yourself steam cleaners. lugging around a hot water extraction unit can be a rush! that's why i'm carpet for life. but if things get out of hand, there's no shame in calling us. ♪call 1-800-steemer. while i too

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now the yankees' mariano rivera is now the best closer to ever play the game.ct ninth inning, passing trevor hoffman for the most saves in history. rivera etches his names in the record books after a 6-4 win. for a brief moment, the rays were a game and a half back in the wild card race yesterday. 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. a quick bounce off the wall. that's all ellsbury needed. kick it into high gear. 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. no, 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 home run against the braves. marlins did something the 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. he's now 27 points behind with nine races remaining. finally, one play you have to see i

he did it against the yankees a couple times.at it keeps rocking. you come and you kind of have a swag wither about you. versus if you were coming on -- >> donny, you've got a swagger at funerals. seriously. >> that's part of success. versus doing a show not knowing if you're getting canceled. playing the way you're supposed to. playing to win. >> and pat buchanan, you've seen it with sports teams time and time again. the sox were tentative. willie you saw this. they dragged back into the dugout. and at the end it got them. let's talk about the rays. the rays had seven of their last ten gameshis year were with -- against the new york yankees, right? seven of the red sox last ten games were the orioles. that's why fans knew even though the sox may not deserve it, they would make it into the playoffs 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 do

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the yankees keep rolling. and the raiders try to tame the broncos. plus tom brady and the pats beat up on the fish. your "first look" at sports is straight ahead. ( singing along ) ( singing high note ) that should do it. enjoy your new shower. ( door opens, closes ) >>> welcome back to "first look," i'm lynn berry. in sports, tom brady opened up his nfl season last night with an impressive display that emphasized why so many say he's the best quarterback in the game. here's nbc's fred roggin. >>> michael vick may have the $100 million contract, but there's no doubt that brady is the best that money can buy. career night against the dolphins, one touchdown in the first half but got things rolling in the third. connected with wes welker. pats up 21-14 and lead the rest of the way. last year's mvp capped it off in style with his back against the wall. he went to welker, it went for 99 yards. brady set a new team mark with 517 yards through the air and four touchdown passes. patriots head their way with the dolphins 38-24. >>> record in miami and also o

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yankees and mariners needed extras and rodriguez ended it with one big swing, seattle's luis rodrigueza solo shot to right. mariners walked off with a 2-1 win in 12. >>> finally, the dodgers won't make the playoffs but they're making the final weeks of the season pretty entertaining. we'll take you back to tuesday night against arizona. hong-chih kuo almost took para's head off. parawasn't happy, and he stared kuo down. a few pitches later he did this, a solo home run. parra watched the ball go over the wall and that didn't sit well with the dodger dugout. clayton kershaw gave him an earful as he crossed home plate. we fast forward to last night when kershaw did more than just talk. in the sixth, parra at the plate and clayton exacted his revenge, hit him on the elbow. that was it for kershaw, immediately tossed. manager don mattingly came out to defend his pitcher. he was tossed too. kershaw got his man, earned his 19th win of the year, and more importantly, made our show. that's your "first look" at sports. i'm fred roggin. >>> now for another quick look at the weather, here is nbc m

. >>> the yankees. mark teixeira makes it 5-0. but the rays make it a game. 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. the cards clench the wild card. >>> so just to recap, cardinals in, rays in, atlanta cannot hang on to a ten-game lead, the red sox blow a nine-contest lead. so it could hurt worse. >>> coming up, he's got more facebook friends than most of us and he'

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