2007 MLB Highlights May 26-27

Saturday-Sunday, May 26-27, 2007

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THREE-RUN SHOT AND JASON MICHAEL SAYS THINK AGAIN. THE INDIANS GET THEY ADVANCE TO THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME MONDAY. >> BACK ON THE DIAMOND, THE BREWERS LOOKING TO SNAP OUT OF THEIR THREE-GAME SLIDE AGAINST THE PADRES.

BOTTOM THREE, PADRES UP 2-1. GERMANO HAS TO TURN AND WATCH IT FLY OFF THE BAT OF BRAUN, A SOLO SHOT. FIRST MAJOR LEAGUE SHOT. TIED AT 2-2. BOTTOM EIGHTH, VILLANUEVA HITS, JENKINS CAN’T MAKE THE CATCH. HOFFMAN FACING MECHE. A ROUTINE GROUNDER.

HE MAKES A BAD THROW TO SECOND TO LOAD THE BASES. NEXT BATTER, DRAWS A WALK. 6-3 PADRES. NEXT BATTER, RICKIE WEEKS, POPS OUT INTO FOUL TERRITORY. THAT IS YOUR BALL GAME. THE 1.0. HE HAS ONLY WALKED TWO BATTERS.

>> ASTROS TRYING TO SNAP A SIX-GAME LOSING STREAK TAKING ON THE DIAMONDBACKS. BOTTOM FOUR, WEBB GETS BIGGIO. AND THEN TOP SIX, GETS HIM AGAIN. SEVEN INNINGS, TWO EARNED RUNS AND EIGHT K’S. BASES LOADED, ERIK BYRNES MAKING THE MOST OF THE OPPORTUNITY.

THE DIAMONDBACKS GO UP 5-2 AS TWO RUNNERS SCORE. TOP EIGHT, CARLOS LEE GETS THOSE TWO RUNS RIGHT BACK WITH ONE SWING OF THE BAT. THE ASTROS WITHIN ONE. TOP NINE NOW, VALVERDE FOR THE SAFE. THEN HE GETS ENSBERG.

18 SAVES FOR VALVERDE AND THE DIAMONDBACKS PATTERSON HAS IT AND THE ORIOLES WIN 8-3. NEXT STOP IS MINNESOTA, BLUE JAYS AND TWINS HOOKING UP THERE. BOTTOM NINE, TWINS DOWN 7-5, TWO ON. MICHAEL CUDDYER, GETS A HIT. TWO SCORE AND THAT TIED IT AT

7-7. ALEX RIOS, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. HE HAD AN EXTRA INNING THURSDAY. 8-7 JAYS. JUSTIN MORNEAU IP THE MIDDLE. CLAYTON STEPS ON SECOND FOR ONE AND THE THROW TO FIRST IS LATE. TOP 13, LYLE OVERBAY >> A.L. CENTRAL LEADING CLEVELAND PLAYING AGAINST DETROIT.

GREAT PITCHING MATCH-UP, JUSTIN VERLANDER AGAINST C.C. SABATHIA. MARCUS BREAKS HIS BAT BUT STILL HITS A HOME RUN, HIS FOURTH OF THE YEAR. CHECK OUT THE BAT SPLINTER. TIGERS UP 1-0. TOP TWO — ACTUALLY TOP FIVE, TIED AT 2-2.

JUSTIN VERLANDER GETS SIZEMORE SWINGING AND CASEY BLAKE. BOTTOM FIVE, SABATHIA GETS OMAR SWINGING. TOP EIGHT, TIED AT 3-3. DAVID DELUCCI WITH A RUNNER ON BOARD AND THAT IS GONE. THAT IS HIS SECOND OF THE YEAR, TRIBE UP 5-3.

BOTTOM NINE, JOE BOROWSKI IN TO CLOSE IT OUT. CURTIS GRANDERSON POPS UP TO CASEY BLAKE IN FOUL TERRITORY AND THAT IS YOUR BALL GAME. >> WHEN ALL THE OTHER NEW YORKERS ARE IN THE HAM TONS, THE YANKEES IN THE BRONX TAKING

ON THE ANGELS. GARY MATHEWS, JUNIOR, THAT IS GOING TO BE A TRIPLE. TWO SCORE AND THE ANGELS GO UP 2-0. THEY HAVE OUTSCORED THEIR OPPONENTS 52-19 IN THE FIRST INNING THIS SEASON. WE MOVE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEVENTH NOW.

DOUG MIENTKIEWICZ UP, AND CHECK OUT WILLIS. WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, WILLIS? UP AGAINST THE WALL, AND HE MAKES THE GRAB. HE HAD MISSED THE PREVIOUS TWO GAMES WITH A TIGHT HAMSTRING. ESCOBAR GLAD TO HAVE THE HELP. BOTTOM NINE NOW, RUNNERS ON THE

CORNERS, 1-1 COUNT ON BOBBY ABREU. THAT LOOKS LOW, BUT NELSON CALLS IT A STRIKE. NEXT PITCH, CHECK THIS OUT. JUST A BIT OUTSIDE, BUT NELSON RINGS HIM UP. LET’S SEE THAT FROM ABOVE. HOW IS THAT A STRIKE? ABREU’S THIRD STRIKEOUT OF RITES THE YANKS

ARE IN BIG TROUBLE. CHECK IT OUT. >> AS FOR THE OTHER TEAM IN NEW YORK, THE METS GUNNING TO WIN SIX STRAIGHT AGAINST THE MARLINS. TOP THREE WITH ONE ABOARD. DELGADO, THAT IS GOOD WID, METS GO UP 4-1 ON DELGADO’S FIRST

HOME RUN IN 47 AT-BATS. AND AGAIN, DELGADO, YARD. THAT IS NEARLY 900 FEET OF HOME RUNS. THE FIRST MULTIHOME RUN GAME OF HIS CAREER AND NEW YORK UP 7-1. BOTTOM SIX, CABRERA STEPS IN AND LINES ONE TOWARDS THE HOLE.

DAVID WRIGHT IS THERE IN SUPPORT OF JOHN MAINE, SIX INNINGS, TWO EARNED, EIGHT K’S. METS WIN 7-2 AND MOVE A >> RED SOX IN ARLINGTON TO TAKE ON THE RANGERS. WE PICK 2 UP BOTTOM FIVE, SOX UP 2-1.

GERALD LAIRD DOWN THE LINE TO THE WALL. FRANK CAT NOT AND KINSLER COMING AROUND. TERRY FRANCONA WANTED INTERFERENCE CALLED. THE BALL GIRL WAS DOING HER BEST TO GET OUT OF THE WAY. I DON’T KNOW IF IF HIT HER OR

NOT, BUT SHE TRIED TO GET OUT OF THE WAY. TOP SIX, SOX DOWN 4-2. MANNY BEING MANNY. 0-2 PITCH. MANNY STUCK THE LANDING. COCO CRISP BRINGS DREW HOME. RAMIREZ WENT 4-4 IN THE BALL GAME. >> PHILLIES AND THE BRAVES. RYAN HOWARD, A CLUB WITH A SHOT

TO GET OVER THE .500 MARK AGAIN. TOP TWO, BRAVES UP 1-0. HOWARD LINING SHARPLY TO JOHNSON AT SECOND. THAT IS A TOP PLAY NOMINEE AS THE PLAY GETS MADE. BOTTOM THREE, SOME CONTROVERSY. WILLIE HARRIS, HE CHOPS ONE DOWN THE FIRST BASE LINE.

THE UMPIRE RULES THE BALL FOUL. BOBBY COX DISAGREES AND COMES OUT TO ARGUE. THE BALL APPEARS TO GO JUST FOUL. COX GETS TOSSED FOR THE 130TH TIME IN HIS CAREER. THAT IS ONE SHY OF THE ALL-TIME RECORD. AND JOHN SMOLTZ GETS TOSSED TOO.

TOP SEVEN, SHANE VICTORINO, HIS THIRD OF THE SEASON. PHILLIES WIN 6-4 AND GET OVER .500. >> PIRATES AND DODGERS. ZAMBRANO ON THE BUMP. HE IS SPORTING A 0 .38 CAREER E.R.A.. BOTTOM FOUR, TWO ON FOR LUIS ZONS, ZAMBRANO BRINGS HIM UP.

NOMAR GARS PARE — GARCIAPARRA SCORES. ZAMBRANO WALKS MARTIN TO LOAD THE BASES. AND THEN LOU PINIELLA GETS HIM. HE GETS THE STRIKEOUT TO END THE INNING. DODGERS THREATENING IN THE NINTH. TWO ON ONE OUT. RHYME DEMPSTER GETS HIM TO

GROUND INTO THE GAME IS TIME FOR “SPORTSCENTER’S” TOP 10 PLACE. THEY ARE GOOD. NUMBER 10, CUBS AND DODGERS. DERREK LEE OVER TO THIRD. THE THREE LEAVES SOMETHING TO BE DESIRED, BUT CAN’T SAY THE SAME ABOUT THE CATCH. GARCIAPARRA THE SNAG AND TAG.

>> NUMBER NINE, A’S-ORIOLES, CHECK OUT BRIAN ROBBLETS. BAREHANDED, MAKING THE THREE IN TIME. >> CAL STATE FULLERTON AND ARIZONA, CANDACE BAKER DUNCAN THE LINE. SHE SAYS GIVE ME THAT. ARIZONA WINS 11-6. >> NUMBER SEVEN, WIZARDS-REVOLUTION, EDDIE

JOHNSON WITH THE HAT TRICK FOR THE WIZARDS. HIS THIRD GOAL, THE DECIDING GOAL IN THE 82ND MINUTE OF THE SECOND HALF. >> NUMBER SIX, MORE SOFTBALL, TEXAS A&M AND FLORIDA. >> IS HE SENDS ONE DEEP, AND IT IS GONE, A WALK-OFF HOME RUN!

IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SEVENTH INNING. AND THE GATORS WIN GAME TWO! >> AND SHE IS ROCKING THE HELMET. >> NUMBER FIVE, METS-MARLINS. REYES DOWN THE THIRD BASE LOUN, AND CABRERA GETS IT. NOT ENOUGH TO WIN. MARLINS FALL 7-2. >> NUMBER FOUR, BREWERS AND

PADRES. YOU SAW GEOFF JENKINS STRUGGLE WITH A CATCH EARLIER, BUT LOOK AT THAT ONE. >> NUMBER THREE, CHUCK ICEMAN LIDDELL AGAINST JACKSON, BATTLE FOR THE LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP. THIS FIGHT DID NOT LAST LONG. JACKSON ABUSING LIDDELL. GOOD THING LIDDELL GOT HIS

“ENTOURAGE” CAMEO. JACKSON THE NEW U.F.C. LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP. >> NUMBER TWO, NATIONALS AND CARDINALS, CHRIS DUNCAN HAD BLOWN A PLAY EARLIER IN THIS INNING, BUT NOT THIS ONE. GREAT GRAB FOR DUNCAN. CARDINALS WIN IT 8-6. >> AND OUR TOP PLAY,

CORNELL-DUKE, LACROSSE. >> THE FEED. GREER SHOOTS, HE SCORES! ZACH GREER SCORES FOR DUKE WITH THREE SECONDS LEFT! THE BLUE DEVILS HAVE THE LEAD THEIR NEXTEL CUP THEIR NEXTEL CUP VICTORY HERE. >> CONSIDERING ALL THE PHILLIES HAVE BEEN THROUGH, A SWEEP IN

ATLANTA THIS WEEK WOULD BE SOMETHING. RYAN HOWARD SAID I AM FINALLY 100%. IT APPEARS THAT WAY. 3-4 ON THE DAY AND TWO HOME RUNS. THAT BALL WAS HIT PRETTY HARD. TOP THREE, 4-1 PHILLIES, DOBBLES A BID FOR HIS SECOND

HOME RUN OF THE DAY BUT THERE IS A RUN ANDRUW JONES HAS WON NINE CONSECUTIVE GOLD GLOVES. THAT IS AS GOOD AS IT GETS. THAT WAS A HOME RUN. HE WAS LOOKING ON IN DISBELIEF. HAMELS SAYS THE HEALTH OF HOWARD IS IMPORTANT.

AND IT HELPS WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE NUMBERS. 223 STRIKEOUTS IN HIS FIRST 33 STARTS. JEFF FRANCEOUR BECOMES A VICTIM. SALTALAMACCHIA STRIKES OUT AS WELL. HAMELS MOVES TO 7-2. HE IS 5-1 IN HIS LAST SIX STARTS. 22-13 IN THEIR LAST 35

GAMES. >> THE METS AND DAVID WRIGHT WHO HOPES TO ROLL CHESS DOING SOME MARLIN FISHING DOWN IN FLORIDA. SCOTT OLSEN IS BATTING AT A .334 CLIP. IT TOOK HIM 44 PITCHES TO GET OUT OF THE FOURTH. WRIGHT HAD TWO HITS AN AN R.B.I.

YOUR NEXT BATTER IS CARLOS DELGADO. HE GOES TO RIGHT. WE ARE TIED AT 1-1. THE NEXT BATTER IS EASILY AND THE RUNNERS ADVANCE TO SECOND AND THIRD WITH THE DOUBLE STEAL. UGGLA WITH THE UGLY THROW AND THE METS ARE UP 3-1. PEDRO FLISSAUNO GROUNDS

>> FINAL SCORE IN THIS THIS ONE LOOKED LIKE THE STEELERS AND THE BENGALS. IT ALL WENT TERRIBLY WRONG WHEN HE TOOK THE BALL IN THE TOP OF THE FIRST. LAROCHE HAD A HIT AND EVERY STARTER HAD AT LEAST ONE.

JASON BAY, SEVENTH HOME RUN MAKES IT 5-0. HE GIVES UP FIVE RUNS WITHOUT RETIRING A BATTER. THE E.R.A. GOES UP TWO RUNS TO OVER SEVEN. ADAM DUNN, THEY MADE HIM YANK A TREE OUT OF THE GROUND WITH HIS BARE HANDS.

REDS PULL WITHIN 2. THEN WOULDN’T YOU KNOW IT, IN A GAME WITH 24 RUNS A COMBINED FOR JUST 20 POINTS AND HAD SEVEN OF THE TEAM’S 15 TURNOVERS. >> TO BASEBALL, COLORADO FOR A CHANCE OF IT’S FIRST EVER SWEEP IN SAN FRANCISCO.

THAT IS BARRY BONDS WHO SINGLED. PLOLET DIDN’T CHECK HIM AND BONDS GETS THE SECOND STEAL OF THE SEASON. THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE PAY TO SEE BONDS DO. HIGH, DEEP AND GONE. THE 439TH PITCHER BONDS HAS TAKEN OUT, THE 746TH OF HIS CAREER.

WHEN HE HIT IT, YOU DIDN’T KNOW IF HE WAS POSING OR HOPING? THE FOLKS IN THE STANDS SEEMED TO BELIEVE IT, AND THEY WERE RIGHT. FIRST HOME RUN SINCE MAY 8TH. GAME GOES TO EXTRAS. WE ARE TIED AT 4-4.

RUNNER ON SECOND FOR THE ROCKIES. TROY TRITS WAS TWO WHEN BARRY BONDS BROKE INTO THE BIGS. TULOWITZKI BRINGS HOME THE GO AHEAD RUN IN MATSUI. TULOWITZKI GETS TO SECOND AND THE ROCKIES MADE ANOTHER RUN. IT IS 6-4. BOTTOM 10, MATT HOLIDAY SQUINGS

>> BEST RECORD IN BASEBALL AND THE ROFERT RECORD IN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE. IT IS BOSTON AND TEXAS. BOSTON HASN’T BUSTED OUT THEIR THREE GAME ROAD BROOMS SINCE 1973. COCO CRISP, LOOK AT ME. I CAN BE CENTER FIELD. TOP NINE, BOSTON UP 5-4.

ERIC GAGNE AGAINST PEDDROY. THESE ARE ONE OF THOSE AT-BATS THAW DON’T READ ABOUT IN THE BOX SCORE. THE NUMBER NINE HITTER FOULING OFF PITCH AFTER PITCH. HE FOULS OFF 11 PITCHES, AND THE 12TH PITCH IS THE FIRST RUN

ALLOWED BY GAGNE IN 11 APPEARANCES. THEN HIDEKI OKAJIMA CAME IN, AN GAVE UP TWO HITS AND A RUN. SAMMY SOSA THE WINNING RUN. HE FLIES OUT. THE RED SOX WIN 6-5 AND THEY SWEEP TEXAS. >> ANGELS TRYING TO BREAK OUT

THE BROOMS IN THE BRONX. WELL KNAVE ELSE, 1-27. HOW ABOUT A 2-2 DAY AND A BIG HIT EARLY THAT GIVES THE YANKEES THE LEAD. YANKS UP 2-1. MIKE MUSSINA THAT PULLED AFTER 95 PITCHES. SCOTT PROCTOR COMES IN AND GIVES UP A WALK.

THEN SPEAKING OF A GRITTY AT-BAT, AYBAR FOULED OFF PITCHES AND FINALTLY BALL FOUR AND THE GAME IS TIED AT 2-2. AND THAT REALLY SEEMED TO UNDO PROCTOR. THE NEXT BATTER FIGGINS, ON FIVE PITCHES HE WALKS IN THE GO-AHEAD RUN.

JOE TORRE COMES IN AND THE BRONX CHEER SOUNDS LIKE THIS. ROUGH TIMES IN THE BOOGIE-DOWN. HIDEKI MATSUI, A GROUNDER TO FIRST THAT GETS JOHN LACKEY OUT OF THE INNING. SPEAKING OF A GUTTY AT-BAT, DEREK JETER UP THERE, 10TH PITCH OF THE AT-BAT.

JETER HITS IT HARD, NOT ENOUGH WOOD ON IT. MATHEWS SQUEEZES IT AND THE ANGELS GET THE WIN. JETER SAID WE ARE NOT GIVING UP. YANKEES HAVE LOST 11 OUT OF THEIR LAST 16. THEY ARE 12 1/2 GAMES BEHIND THE RED SOX.

THERE IS SO MUCH TALK ABOUT ROGER CLEMENS, HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP, B >> A SWEEP FOR CLEVELAND IN DETROIT WOULD SEND QUITE A MESSAGE. 2-0 THIS SEASON CLEVELAND IS AGAINST THE TIGERS. 6-13 LAST YEAR. AND HERE RYAN GARKO SMOKES A

SHOT OFF MIKE MAROTH, HIS SEVENTH AND IT IS 4-0 TOP OF THE FIRST. IN THE THIRD, CARMONA HAS BEEN TOUCH TO TOUCH THIS YEAR, FILL MONROE HITS IT. NEXT BATTER, STHEELED, PERALTA IS ABLE TO STOP IT, BUT NOBODY OUT.

ORDONEZ IS HAVING A FANTASTIC START AND THERE IS ANOTHER BASE HIT. THREE IN A ROW. THAT WAS THE EXTENT OF THE DETROIT OFFENSE IN THIS ONE. BOTTOM EIGHT, BETANCOURT >> TWINS AND BLUE JAYS HAVE TRADED ONE-RUN WINS THIS SERIES.

A.J. BURNETT HAS WON TORRE STARTS IN A ROW ENTERING THIS CONTEST. HE SAID I MADE A MISTAKE AND IT COST US. FIELD THE CHOPPER BAREHANDED AND CHUCKS IT AWAY. LOOK AT THE SLIDE BY MORNEAU. THE BOYS ON THE BENCH ARE LOVING IT.

SAYS THE SKIPPER, IT WAS THE JUSTIN MORNEAU SHOW. THAT’S WHY HE IS THE M.V.P. THIS IS WHAT WE ARE ACCUSTOMED TO SEEING. A TWO-RUN HOME RUN, HIS FOURTH IN FIVE GAMES, 15 THST OF THE SEASON. WHY? BECAUSE HE GOES MASTER SHAKE ON

IT. HE WAS SITTING ON IT, AND HE TOOK IT OUT. REGULAR SEASON. GOOD TIME TO GET HOT. >> BREWERS HAVE BEEN FLAT. THEY HAVE LOST FOUR STRAIGHT. BREWERS IN SAN DIEGO FACING JAKE PEAVY. THIS IS PEAVY THE HITTER

AGAINST SUPPAN AND HE DOUBLES. HE SAID IT WAS HUGE. A 2-0 LEAD. 2-0 IS A LOT OF BREATHE K ROOM. JUST ASK TONY GWYNN JUNIOR, BRAUN AND GROSS. PEAVY 6-1 ON THE SEASON. IT IS GOING VERY LOW. IT IS FIELDER, GROSS, ASK JMPLETS J. HARDY, BEGIN THE

PARTY ON SUNDAY. SIX INNINGS, TWO H GIVEN UP JUST ONE HOME RUN. >> THAT WAS TELEVISION’S NEIL EVERETT. LOU PINIELLA AND THE CUBS LOOKING TO FINISH UP A WEST COAST TRIP 3-3. TOP SEVEN, SCORELESS. MURTON POPS ONE UP. MARTIN GOES INTO THE CROWD.

SAID HE LOUND LAND THAN ON A