2007 MLB Highlights June 6-7 (Trevor Hoffman 500th career save)

Wednesday-Thursday, June 6-7, 2007

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GUILLEN SAID ASKING IF PLAYERS WERE IMPORTING STEROIDS FROM THEIR OWN COUNTRIES WAS UNFAIR, BECAUSE BALCO IS LOCATED IN CALIFORNIA. >> ON THE FIELD, YANKEES AND WHITE SOX FROM CHICAGO. A-ROD AND COMPANY HAVE WON FOUR OF THEIR LAST SIX.

THEY HAVE DUCKS IN THE POND IN THE THIRD AND THAT WILL WORK. JOHNNY DAMON AND DEREK JETER WILL SCORE. A-ROD LOOKING FOR A DOUBLE GETS CALLED OUT, AND HE’S NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT. PROBABLY NOT HAPPY WITH HIMSELF

BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT IT, LOOK AT HIM GET OUT OF THE BOX. A-ROD, YOU ARE BETTER THAN THAT. PROBABLY MADE IT CLOSER THAN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN. 3-0 YANKEES. MILK COKE. CHIEN-MING GAVE VAN GUNDY STILL UNDER CONTRACT AS A CONSULT ANT IN MIAMI.

>> THE DODGERS BEGAN THE NIGHT A HALF GAME BACK OF THE D-BACKS AND THE PADRES IN THE WEST. BOTTOM THREE, JEFF PLUM SINGLES TO CENTER. THAT WILL SCORE A RUN. BLUM, BIG NIGHT FOR HIM. DEPROFE IN FOUR OF THE PADRES’ FIVE RUNS. NINTH INNING.

HELL’S BELLS, HERE IS TREVOR HOFFMAN SITTING ON 499 CAREER SAVES, FACING RUSSELL MARTIN WITH TWO OUTS. TAKE A PICTURE. HOFFMAN WHO SET THE ALL-TIME SAVE RECORD LAST SEPTEMBER. THE FIRST PLAYER IN HISTORY TO REACH 500 SAVES.

HE WAS PART OF A 1993 DEAL THAT SENT SHEFFIELD TO THE MARLINS. HOFFMAN THE FIRST EVER TO 500 SAVES. HE SET THE CAREER MARK LAST SEPTEMBER. LEE SMITH IN SECOND PLACE. THE NEXT ACTIVE PLAYER LIST, THE YANKEES’ MARIANO RIVERAA. >> BARRY BONDS’ SHINS WERE SO

SWOLLEN THAT HIS SOX LEFT AN IMPRINT IN HIS LEG. >> NOT IN THE STARTING LINEUP. LOOK AT ERIC BIRNTS, VAN SLIKE STYLE, THROWING AND SO MANIER SALTING. HE GETS WEBB. BOTTOM SEVEN, STILL SCORELESS. YOUNG CHRIS YOUNG IN THE HOUSE.

CHRIS YOUNG OUT OF THE HOUSE, OFF MATT MORRIS. IT’S GONE. 1-0 DIAMONDBACKS. TOP NINE, BOND, SHIN SPLINTS A LITTLE BETTER, PINCH HITTING WALKS. LATER IN THE INNING, VALVERDE LOOKING FOR THE SAVE. HE GETS RANDY WINN. WEBB THE VICTOR. SAN DIEGO AND L.A. TIE

>> THE RED SOX TRYING TO SNAP THEIR LONGEST LOSING STREAK OF THE SEASON AGAINST THE A’S. BOBBY CROSBY TOUCHES HIM UP FOR A LINER. TWO SCORE AND THE A’S TAKE A 3-0 LEAD. TO THE SIXTH. DAVID ORTIZ, FULL COUNT, FACING

JOE KENNEDY, RUNG UP. AND BIG PAPI DOESN’T LIKE IT. HE REALLY DOESN’T LIKE IT. TERRY FRAN CONE COMES OUT TO BREAK IT. >> DUSTIN POID YA. THE UMPIRE SAYS I AM NOT IN LOVE WITH YOUR TONE. THERE GOES THE GUM.

HE HAS GIVEN UP TWO THIS SEASON, WHICH IS COMMENDABLE. THE A’S GO FOR A FOUR GAME SWEEP ON THURSDAY. THE A’S WIN 3-2. >> JOHN LACKEY TRYING TO BECOME THE FIRST 10-GAME WINNER BASEBALL. HE MAY BE THE MORSE UNDERRATE PLAYER IN BASEBALL.

BOTTOM THREE, ANGELS HAVE LACKEY A 2-0 LEAD. KOTCHMAN DOUBLES, ANNIKA CABRERA SCORES. TOP FIVE, 4-2, KUBEL UP THE MIDDLE. COULD BE A DOUBLE PLAY. NO, TOUGH BOUNCE ON CABRERA. ANGELS ONLY GET THE ONE OUT. NEXT BATTER, NICK PUNTO. BY NOW WE CAN OFFICIALLY SAY

LACKEY NORMALLY GOOD, HE IS NO LONGER UNDERRATED. HE IS BACK TO BEING QUARTERLY >>> THE METS BEGAN WEDNESDAY WITH A 3.5 GAME LEAD IN THE N.L. EAST, SEVEN GAMES AHEAD OF THE PHILLIES. HOW ABOUT THE METS’ OUTFIELD? THEY ENTERED WITH NO HOMERS IN 178 AT-BATS.

BELTRAN ENDED THAT STREAK. 1-0 METS. LATER, ONE OUT, RUNNERS ON SECOND AND THIRD. SHANE VICTORINO. LOOK AT THIS. CARLOS DELGADO IS OUT. VICTORINO RADAR FOR THE PHILLIES. TOP SEVEN, ROLLINS’ FIRST HOME RUN IN 37 GAMES AND THE

>> SO MANY PLAYS, BUT ONLY 10 MAKE THE TOP 10 PLAYS. AT NUMBER 10, COUPLE OF GUYS USING BIG BOY SWINGS. PRINCE FIELDER, TWO-RUN HOMER TO CENTER, HIS 21ST. THEN REDS, CARDINALS, ALBERT PUJOLS. THAT IS HIS 12TH OF THE YEAR.

HE HAS A DEFENSIVE PLAY STILL AHEAD. >> NUMBER NINE, SHANNON STEWART OFF OKAJIMA, COCO CRISP. THAT IS A BEAUTIFUL OVER THE SHOULDER CATCH. RED SOX LOSE 3-2 TO THE A’S. YANKEES 10 AND A HALF BACK OF BOSTON. >> DAVID BECKHAM, HE’S A GIVER.

HE FIND CROUCH, WHO FINISHES WITH A HEADER, THEN CREATIVELY, PASSIONATELY, ENGLAND WINS. >> KENDRICK, LOOK AT THIS PLAY! >> BOY THE ANGELS DEFENDING SO WELL ON THIS HOME STAND. >> TWINS BEAT THE ANGELS 8-5 THOUGH. >> AT NUMBER 6, GERALD LAIRD,

POP UP IN FOUL GROUND. SEAN CASEY 0-5 AT THE PLATE BUT A SPARKLING PLAY AT THE FIELD, GOING IN THE STANDS TO MAKE THE CATCH. TIGERS WIN BIG, 10-0. >> WHEN SHANE VICTORINO WAS IN HAWAII, HE WOULD TAKE THE SHELLS AND THROW THEM.

HE WOULD THROW OUT THE RUNNER AT THE PLATE. >> AT NUMBER FOUR, BRANDON PHILLIPS AGAINST THE UNIFORM DIRTY. THROWS OUT JIM EDMONDS. REDS LOSE 6-4. >> I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. >> GO GOOGLE THAT.

SPAIN’S DAVID VILLA WITH THE BOYKINS KICK AND SPAIN WINS 2-0. >> AT NUMBER 2, TREVOR HOFFMAN GETS RUSSELL MARTIN TO BECOME THE FIRST MAJORER TO GET 500 SAVES IN A CAREER. PADRES WIN 5-2. >> HIS CATCHER HAD A HOCKEY

TYPE GOALIE MASKS. ANAHEIM WINS THE STANLEY CUP. GIGUERE, THERE IS SCOTT >>> THE RED SOX HAVEN’T WON A GAME SINCE A-ROD’S HOMER BEAT THEM ON “SUNDAY NIGHT BASEBALL.” IN THE FINAL GAME AT OAKLAND, TOP ONE, BLOW IT OUT, BIG GAME.

DAVID ORTIZ OFF JOE BLANTON, A SOLO, HIS 11TH. 1-0. CURT SCHILLING, THE RED SOX NEED A WIN. YOU GIVE THE BALL TO HIM. JACK CUST, IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SECOND. SWINGING. DAN JOHNSON, BOTTOM OF THE SECOND, LOOKING.

MARK ELLIS, BOTTOM OF THE FOURTH, LOOKING. SCHILLING, LOOKING GOOD. BOTTOM FIVE, IT’S JOHNSON AGAIN. MAKES CONTACT. JULIO LUGO, FUMBLE. ERROR CHARGED TO LUGO. THAT’S THE FIRST BASE RUNNER FOR THE ATHLETICS. STILL 1-0 ON PAPI’S HOME RUN. MARK KOTSAY, MORE AT-BATS THAN

ANYONE IN THE A’S LINEUP AGAINST SCHILLING IN HIS CAREER AND KOTSAY GOES DEEP. COCO CRISP SAYS NOT DEEP ENOUGH. WARNING TRACK. SCHILLING’S GOT A NO-HITTER THROUGH SIX. WE GO TO THE EIGHTH INNING. SCHILLING, THIRD TIME IN HIS

CAREER HE’S TAKEN A NO-HITTER INTO THE EIGHTH. HE’S NEVER RECORDED ONE ON HIS RESUME. TWO OUTS IN THE BOTTOM HALF. MARCO SCUTARO. CONTACT, FLYOUT. SCHILLING, A NO-HITTER THROUGH EIGHT. AT 40 YEARS OLD, WILL HE BE THE THIRD OLDEST TO PITCH A NO-NO?

NOLAN RYAN AND CY YOUNG, OLDER. A LOT OF RED SOX FANS IN OAKLAND TO WATCH THIS ONE. LUGO MAKES THE PLAY AND WE HAVE ONE OUT. NEXT BATTER WILL BE JASON KENDALL. CHECK OUT SCHILLING BECAUSE HE SHAKES OFF JASON VARITEK.

AND THEN GOES FASTBALL AND GETS KENDALL TO GROUNDOUT AND WE’RE ONE OUT AWAY FROM A NO-HITTER FOR CURT SCHILLING. THE NEXT BATTER, SHANNON STEWART. CURT SCHILLING NEEDS ONE PITCH. AND HE SHAKES OFF VARITEK AGAIN, GOES FASTBALL AGAIN.

BUT HE DOESN’T GET THE RESULTS HE HOPED FOR AGAIN. STEWART, SINGLE. SCHILLING, 8 2/3, NO-HITTER OVER. HE SETTLES FOR A THIRD CAREER NO-HITTER AND SOME 20-20 HINDSIGHT. >> I STAYED FOLKED AND, YOU KNOW, HE CAME UP WITH TWO OUTS

AND I HAD A PLAN FOR HIM AND I WAS THINKING AND TEK CALLED SLIDER AND SHOOK HIM OFF AND THREW A FASTBALL AWAY AND NOW OUTING, GETS MARK ELLIS FOR THE GAME’S FINAL OUT. A MUCH-NEEDED WIN FOR THE RED

SOX AND TAKE IT ON PAPI’S FRANCO’S GROUNDER TOOK A BAD HOP. >>> WHITE SOX-YANKS BOTH FACING SUBSTANTIAL PREALL-STAR DEFICITS. JOE TORRE TRYING TO BECOME THE 10TH SKIPPER IN MAJOR LEAGUE HISTORY TO WIN 2,000 GAMES. TOP EIGHT, 1-1.

BOBBY ABREU BUSTS IT OPEN, 12-25 THIS MONTH. YANKEES TAKE A 3-1 LEAD. BOTTOM EIGHT, A.J. PIERZYNSKI REPRESENTS THE GO-AHEAD RUN AND SWINGS AT A HIGH, HIGH FASTBALL AND SLAMS HIS BAT AND SAYS SOMETHING TO BOB DAVIDSON AND PIERZYNSKI SAID, I JUST LOST MY

COOL. THE YANKEES JUST BUST IT WIDE OPEN IN THE TOP OF THE NINTH. ALEX RODRIGUEZ, YOU SEE HIS NUMBERS IN THE NINTH INNING. HE’S OUT OF HIS MIND. THE BASES ARE LOADED. GOOD NIGHT. THOROUGH IN THE BOROUGH. HIS 22ND HOME RUN OF THE SEASON

AND LEADS THE BIGS. AFTER THE GAME, THE BALL GIVEN TO JOE TORRE. BIG HUG FROM JETER WHO CALLED THURSDAY THEY SENT JAKE PEAVY TO THE MOUND AND WAS ON THE HOOK FOR THE LOSS UNTIL THE BOTTOM OF THE NINTH. HERE WE’VE GOT A CHOPPER TO

JEFF KENT. AND THE THROW IS HIGH. GEOFF BLUM IS SAFE. NEXT BATTER IS TRAMMELL SLEDGE. IT’S A GROUND BALL TO NOMAR. OH, BOY, ERRORS, ERRORS, ERRORS, AND THEY’D COME BACK TO HAUNT THE BOYS FROM SO-CAL. PAUL MCNULTY, A CHOPPER TO

GARCIAPARRA AND HE CANNOT BEAT MCNULTY TO FIRST. RUN SCORES ON THE PLAY. IT’S 5-2. NOW ADRIAN GONZALEZ, BASES LOADED. IT’S A GROUND RULE DOUBLE. A COUPLE OF RUNS SCORE. NOW THE PADS ARE REALLY IN BUSINESS. MIKE CAMERON COMING UP.

BASE HIT’S GOING TO WIN THE GAME, OR IS IT? IT’S HIT TOO HARD. TIES THE GAME AT 5-5. PADS LOOKING TO BECOME THE EIGHTH TEAM THIS SEASON, OR AT LEAST THE EIGHTH TIME THIS SEASON AS FIVE OR MORE RUN HAS

BEEN SCORED IN THE BOTTOM OF THE NINTH FOR COMEBACK WINS. SAITO LOOKING BY. FIVE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE NINTH. AND SAN DIEGO KNOCKS OFF LEAKS. — OFF LOS ANGELES. >>> GIANTS-DIAMONDBACKS. THEY PLAYED TO A 1-0 ARIZONA WIN WEDNESDAY. BONDS WALKED IN A PINCH-HITTING

DUTY. THREE HOME RUNS AND FOUR HITS AGAINST LIVAN HERNANDEZ. BUT HE LIFTED A LITTLE BREAKING BALL THERE. AND THEN TOP EIGHT, TONY PENA, 101-MILE-PER-HOUR FASTBALL BY BONDS. DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM? TWO PITCHES LATER, BONDS, STRIKE THREE.

AND THAT’S TWO STRIKEOUTS FOR BARRY BONDS WHO BEAT OUT AN INFIELD SINGLE IN THE SIXTH. TOP NINE, STILL 4-3. JOSE VALVERDE CAN TIE FRANCISCO CORDERO FOR THE MAJOR LEAGUE LEAD. >> YOU’RE NOT THE REGULAR POOL BOY. >> WE GO TO EXTRA INNINGS.

TOP 10, DOUG SLATON, BONDS, ONE ON, ONE OUT. BONDS TO TONY CLARK. THAT’S A 3-5-3 DOUBLE PLAY. THE DIAMONDBACKS GET OUT OF THE INNING. 11TH INNING. OMAR VIZQUEL WITH A RUNNER ON THIRD. BASE HIT TO LEFT. RAY DURHAM SCORES. GIANTS WIN 5-4 OF

THE EAST ATTENTION. COLE HAM ALSO — COLE HAMELS SHUTTING OUT THE METS THROUGH 5 2/3 UNTIL CARLOS DELGADO GOES SOLO ON HIM. DELGADO’S NINTH. THE NEXT BATTER IS DAVID WRIGHT, 0-8 CAREER AGAINST HAMELS WITH THREE WINS. TAKE A WIFF OF THAT.

SMELLS LIKE A TRIPLE RIGHT OFF THE START. THAT’S WHERE WRIGHT WILL END UP ON THIRD BASE. >> THAT’S A WEIRD WALL SETUP THEY HAVE AT SHEA. >> I THINK THAT MIGHT HAVE GONE YARD AND PAUL LO DUCA IS UP NEXT.

I THINK IT WENT YARD. TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT IT. GUESS WHAT? IT WENT YARD. >> WHY DO YOU HAVE A FENCE RIGHT NEXT TO THE FENCE IF IT’S A HOME RUN? >> WE’VE GOT TO CALL INTO SHEA ON THAT. >> DOESN’T MAKE SENSE.

>> TIED AT 2-2. IT WAS ACCURATELY CALLED BUT CHARLIE MANUEL THINKS YOU USE THE SCREEN, YOU CAN’T DO THAT. AND THEN THIS HADN’T HAPPENED SINCE 1989, STRAWBERRY, REYNOLDS AND CARMEN. BACK-TO-BACK-TO-BACK JACKS. BILLY WAGNER, 31 SUCCESSFUL SAVE OPPORTUNITIES. PAT BURRELL DROPPED TO SIXTH IN

THE BATTING ORDER. FORMER TEAMMATE. 17TH HOME RUN AT SHEA. ONLY BONDS AND CHIPPER HAVE MORE AMONG ACTIVES. THIS GAME IS TIED. SCOTT SCHOENEWEIS IN THE 10TH. RUNNER ON BASE. HE DOUBLES AND JIMMY ROLLINS SCORES. 6-3 THE FINAL. THE PHILLIES, FIVE GAMES BACK

OF FIRST IN THE N.L. EAST. >>> BRAVES SLUMPING A BIT, DROPPING 4-5. LOU PINIELLA SAID, NICE TO BE BACK ON THE FIELD. THE CUBS WENT 3-1 WITH ALAN TRAMMELL IN HIS ABSENCE. ANDRUW JONES SAID YOU HAVE TO BE PATIENT OR LUCKY AGAINST HIM. I GOT LUCKY.

JONES’ HEAD. ATLANTA’S LUCK RAN OUT FROM THERE BECAUSE HILL HAD A — IT’S AS GOOD AS IT GETS. ANDRUW JONES GOES DOWN SWINGING AND MATCHED A CAREER HIGH WITH 11 STRIKEOUTS. CUBBIES HAVE WON 4-5. >>> WITH THE FIRST PICK, THE

DEVIL RAYS SELECT DAVID PRICE, VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY. HE IS THE SECOND LEFT-HANDED PITCHER TO BE SELECTED OVERALL. FLOYD BANNISTER IN 1976 WAS THE LAST RINGCONNECT 57600 >> THE CLEVELAND INDIANS CONTINUE TO DO THEIR THING. JASH BARFIELD IN TRAFFIC. INDIANS WIN 8-3.

>> NUMBER SEVEN. THIS IS A REMATCH OF THE WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS. STEWART HOLDEN, THE 25-YARD ROCKET, THE SUBSTITUTE, CAME IN A MINUTE EARLIER AND HOUSTON WINS 2-1. >> MARK KOTSAY DEEP TO CENTER. COCO CRISP, THIS GUY SEEMS TO MAKE A PLAY A WEEK.

THAT’S A HECK OF A PLAY. THIS KEPT A NO-NO ALIVE AND RED SOX WIN 1-0. >> GIANTS-DIAMONDBACKS. SCOTT HAIRSTON TO DEEP LEFT CENTER. FRED LEWIS, NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE OTHER LEWIS. >> TONY PARKER IS A MAN THAT MAKES THE SPURS GO HERE.

WHAT A PASS TO FRANCISCO ELSON, THROUGH TRAFFIC. SEVERAL LOOKS. ELSON GOES UP HIGH. SPURS WIN BY NINE. >> NUMBER THREE, YANKEES-WHITE SOX. TOP NINE, BASES LOADED. BARTENDER, JACK. ALEX RODRIGUEZ, GRAND SLAM. HIS 22ND. YANKEES WIN 10-3. >> PHILLIES-METROPOLITANS. AARON ROWAND TO DAVID WRIGHT

WHO MAKES A BARE HANDED SNAG. THE GREAT THROW. ONE MORE TIME. HE GOES BROOKS ROBINSON. >> HE ALSO HOMERED.