rain, some pain and some fans that border on >> mother nature your clubhouse leader after round one of the u.s. open. heavy rain suspended play at bethpage black. no one played more than 11 holes. phil never even teed off on. one usga official said finishing on sunday would be borderline impossible. tomorrow looks like the only day this week where the rain might hold off. 20% chance of showers, under cloudy skies. saturday and sunday, a call for rain showers throughout the day and into the evening, if you're wondering, monday's forecast is similar to sunday's. >> there you have it. espnews, he's mark morgan, i'm anish shroff. we are keeping you current with the latest scores, highlights and breaking news. while the beltway just dominated the big apple in baseball. >> we begin with the melt mets and orioles in baltimore. orioles down 4-3. francisco rodriguez, oh, boy. walked adam jones. scored, tied at 4. k rod's second blown save of the year. two batters later, aubrie huff. it's hero time. the single to right. scores nolan rhyme old. the orioles with the walkoff win, 5-4. give k rod his second blown save this year. huff, his second straight game with a game-winning hit. he had the two-run homer on wednesday. huff, 3 for 5, and he was the hero. >> >> yeah, we really battled this game. gave us a good game today. kept us in the game. felt like the momentum for them switched. and cawlgt my line drive with the bases loaded there. to be able to come up with a situation like that and come through, you know, it felt great. >> nice to see them now get the no decision. after the pick. >> yeah, berk inpitched a great game. he neededgr that. he's a good young pitcher, and to be able to k k k k the game like he did allowed us to come back. >> this is the first time that this team has won after trailing after the eighth i inning. is this turning a new leaf for this team to show that youha hae the ability to come back? >> i hope so. it just shows a lot of character, lot of heart, we have a lot of young guys that bring a lot of energy to the team. so it's very exciting now for all the young guys here. >> you went through a tough stretch a little while ago. how good does it tole to turn things around and get the game winner in. >> it's been a real two weeks, to be able to get this last four or five games, it felt good. hopefully that swing will carry me out the rest of the year. >> meanwhile, the bronx, rain delay the start of the yanks-nats game, almost five and a half hours. in the fifth. 2-0, washington. joba chamberlain, dealing, ryan zimmerman, ripping. that is into the gap. guzman scores, 3 of-0, nats. bottom 7, nobody out. a-rod denied by harris. that would be big, because the yankees would lower the bases in the 7th. derek jeter, pinch hitting, grounds into a 6-4 fourth. nice play by guzman. jeter did start with a sore ankle. top 8, still 3-o nats. austin kearns, shopping at the gap. watch brett gardener, makes the catch. but hits hard into the wall. he whiplashed against the plexy glass wall. little woozy, he was carted off. yankees lose 3-0. stop the presses. first time in 35 games that no team homered at the new yankee stadium. is. >> the nats not only beat the yanks two in a row, but the nationals win two in a row for the first time in a more than a month. >> it's over with. i mean, we've got to go out and get on a plane and get ready to play tomorrow. we realize what we've got to do better and move forward. >> i just said i'm not going to talk about it, because the more we talk about it, the more people think about it. bottom line is we have accomplished hitters. you've got to look for a good pitch and put a good pass on it. and if you do those things usually good things are going to happen. sometimes they're not. but for us to continue to talk about it, you've just got to find a way to get it done. and everyone in that room knows that. >> meantime the jays hoping to complete a road sweep of the phillies. brad mills making his first career start for toronto. jimmy rollins, rockets that pitch off mills in the bottom of the third for his sixth home run of the season. that's a two-run shot. shane victorino, the scoring single. that's rollins onf his horse, tied at 7. top of the ninth. rod barajas, watched that. off madsen, a towering shot to deep center. it's gone. his sixth home run of the season. jays up 8-7. that is your final. toronto which entered this series 0-6 in interleague play, completes the three-game sweep. the phillies struggling. they have lost five of six, and fall six games under .500 at home. it is the third worst record in the majors at home. got the major league best record away from home, 23-9 on the ro road. >> white sox and cubbies finale of an abbreviated windy city series. bottom 8, it's 5-1 sox. here come the cubs, derrek lee, that is a three-run shot. his eighth of the year. cubs down a run. it's 5-4. next batter, soto. not a good sophomore season. but he'll take that. his fourth of the year. still only hitting .220. cubs tie it up at 5. all four runs in the #th. unearned. alfonso soriano, another member of the slumping cubs. 2 for 24. and cubs go through with the bloop single and wins the line drive in the box score. cubs win 6-5. ninth career walkoff hit for soriano. said lou piniella of soriano, he's too talented to have a valley as big as he's been in. you can have peaks and valleys, but he's been in a gorge. >> rays and rockies, the rubber match. trying to right the ship. he's struggled a bit lately. a solo home run. his eighth of the season. 3-1 rockies. >> tampa bay with back-to-back losses. the rockies 16 and 5 under jim tracey. >> alex ovechkin has been named the hart trophy winner of the nhl and mvp. he's the first nongoalie to win back-to-back hearts since wayne gretsky in 1980. >> the trophy goes to the nhl's top goalie. it was boston's tim thomas. had a career high 36 wins. he was first in the nhl in goals allowed average, and save percentage. >> the rain is very visible on our screen. it's starting to come down heavier now. clearly a bad drive. it's disappointing. >> to make a hard course that much tougher, rain, mother nature playing a part in round one of the u.s. open. monsoon-like conditions at bethpage black. play was suspended. no golfer finished. in fact, many of them did not even tee off. espn.com's bob harig is covering the u.s. open for us. bob, can you describe what the fairways and greens are like right now? >> it's a mess out there. and it makes you wonder if they're going to be able to get it b ready for friday. they've had a lot of rain here coming into this week. we've had a couple of nice days before today, but it just never stopped raining. i mean, i it's still kind of sprinkling right now. if they get anymore rain overnight, it's going to make a real tough job for the grounds crew to get it ready in time to go back out there. >> we know the usga has strict rules. if these conditions persist what's their feeling on the lift, clean and place rule? >> their feeling is they won't do it. it's a fairly common practice on the pga tour because it's more a matter of getting the competition completed. but with the usga they feel pretty strongly which is that you play the ball as it lies. if they feel that athe conditions aren't good enough for that, they'll suspend play. so there will be no lift, clean and place at any point during the u.s. open. >> right now, who do the conditions favor? >> i think they favor guys who can just roll with this. who don't get bothered by having to get up at 4:30 tomorrow morning and warm-up, and then maybe not play or have to wait or play a few to get back in. so it's guys who can deal with this. there are going to be a lot of long days. a bunch of guys never even teed off. so they're looking at trying to get their first round started and then maybe the second round. it's going to be a a long weeke, so nobody that can deal with that will be farther ahead than anybody that gets agitated by the whole thing. >> is that an advantage, given what the weather was? or is there no real advantage for not teeing off, considering you're going to have to do maybe double the work on friday? >> yeah, i think you can look at it both ways. guys who got off to a bad start today are certainly going to think that it's a disadvantage that they played. but the guys who kind of hung in there for a few holes are that much farther along, they'll have that many fewer holes to play. at some point they'll play a lot of holes. either saturday or sunday, they'll look to play at 27 or 36 holes if they can get to it. and the ones who have played the least are going to have it easier in terms of their fitness and the long days that they're going to have. >> if they have to play 36 holes on sunday, can tiger's knee hold on? >> that's a great question, because he really hasn't had to do that yet. i mean, there's been little tests along the way, playing back-to-back weeks, that sort of thing. >> the events that tiger's played, i'm sure he'll down play it. he'll say he's ready to do it. but i think it's a hurdle in the back of his mind that he'll have to cross and see how it goes. >> try to stay dry down at bethpage. >> thank you so much. >> coverage of the u.s. open, friday, all over our family of networks. "sportscenter" goes live, beginning at 7:00 a.m. eastern, with updates from bethpage black. full u.s. open coverage begins at 10:00 a.m. runs until 3:00 on espn. coverage3: continues at 5:00 eastern until dark. that is also on espn. meanwhile, here on espnews, 7:30 to 10:00 eastern, we'll be live with updates. that's followed by u firsttake from 10:00 to noon. updates throughout the day here on espnews, beginning at noon eastern. they'll try to cram in a lot of golf tomorrow at bethpage. we'll be all over it. >> the nfl has suspended browns receiver donte stalworth indefinitely without pay. stalworth began serving a plea bargained, 446 day sentence for a d.u.i. manslaughter. in his letter to stallworth, roger goodell said, the conduct m your guilty plea resulted in a tragic loss of life, and is inexcusable. it is my responsibility to determine appropriate league discipline for your actions which have caused irreparable harm to the victim, his faply, your club, your fellow players and the nfl. >> straight ahead, heavy rain suspended first round play at the u.s. open at bethpage. our crew on site will let you know how the players and course officials are apoint can ing to the soggy conditions. >> and some drama at the world world series, and a surprising turn around. arizona state-north carolina in an elimination game. an update on the ( theme from a summer place plays ) ♪ with greasy fast food, what are you really getting? try a tempting new subway tuscan chicken melt instead. seasoned chicken and melted cheese with 9 grams of fat, part of a subway fresh fit meal. it's a simple way to enjoy eating better. subway. eat fresh. ( rhythmic clapping ) ( chanting ) ( shouting ) gatorade-- that's "g." that. 2-2. against nate striz. against nate striz. >> three runs already in at this point. the single to left, two more. it's 9-4, sun devils. will selva in a state of euphoria right now. that's when he's not doing an impression of you. next batter, drew mcgee. went to arizona state, give me a break. up the middle. two runs scored. looks like north carolina's going home. it is now 12-4. they got another one, so 8 runs in the 7th inning. and north carolina led this game, 4-0. and cole calhoun put arizona state on its shoulders for a while. the two-run double, and arizona state, close to knocking off u unc. >> our top story, weather issues in a moment. monsoon-like weather. and the tigers pouring it on 6-3. detroit trying to snap a four-game losing streak. also trying to avoid a sweep in the series. now we're talking weather issues. back at the congressional, friday, second round, suspended. play was called at 8:30 p.m., with 45 players left on the course. second round resumed. it was suspended late in the afternoon due to heavy thunderstorms. then after play resumed it was called with 21 players still on the course. who could forget 2000 at pebble beach. suss penned at 3:56 p.m. in the afternoon. action suspended for the day at 6:28 p.m. round one resumed following a 90-minute delay. both finished on friday. now this is the 7th time in the last 15 years that inclement weather has caused the usga to suspend play at the u.s. open. >> up ahead on espnews, rain wreaked havoc. scott van pelt, and rick riley. beware the bengals, yeah. cincinnati wideout, chad ocho cinco makes a bold prediction cinco makes a bold prediction for the com - ( cheerful tune playing ) - learned how to change my own oil. think i did something wrong! but you know how pricey these german cars are to maintain. right? max: actually, volkswagen has no-charge scheduled carefree maintenance. even the cc. 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[ sfx: hairdryer ] no hard feelings. >> tiger woods, and the black course has, and the par 4's, measure more than 500 yards. the 7th is the longest par 4 in u.s. open history. >> the all americans is one of the most prestigious events. it's also one of the most challenging year in and year out. it means challenge, it means a test. ever since i was a little kid, the u.s. open was the pinnacle of golf. without question, the one i wanted to win. the u.s. open is thee event. it means a lot of pressure, it means a lot on of grease and possibly gray hair. it's everything in golf. >> momentarily, we take inventory of tiger on the day, history of the five fairways for the sixth green. that one double bogie stands as significant, though it was offset immediately there after by a birdie. we welcome in rick reilly, a casualty of the weather. perhaps it's fitting that tiger woods had a wardrobe change. >> yeah, this is suit number two. because some of us aren't smart enough to bring a rain suit. for guys like me that love to see pro golfers suffering and disorganized and wet, it was a sort of soggy pair diez. >> golf is very big on jackets. green jackets, red jackets, blue jackets. jackets made of former couches. even occasionally, straight jackets. but, thursday, the u.s. open set an all-time record for taking off and putting back on of jackets. breaking a record previously set by suzi orman. >> the man who seemed to be most con founded by his pullover, half sleeved goretex jacket was tiger woods. the man couldn't seem to decide whether to wear it or not wear it. jacket on for the drive at 1. jacket off for the flamingo on 4. jacket off for the double bogie on 5. but jacket on for the birdie at 6. >> exotic dancers have changed clothes less. you had to feel for his caddy, stevie williams. not only was he having to work the umbrella, the towel, the divot, the ball, the head cover, and the clubs, he also had the job of wardrobe guy. he was carrying a walking closet. then again, if it keeps raining as bib lickcly has it has at bethpage. everybody is eventually going to need a life jacket. >> appreciate rick putting a smile on faces that have been wearing frowns much of the day. and the significance of the next shot tiger faces, i think, it's fairly interesting. because he's got a lengthy par putt. how important is it? >> trust me, that will be a thought of his for a lot of hours over the in exevening. but the case is if he's got that 6, 7, 8-footer to save par, it could be a huge putt. it's going to give him a lot of momentum going into the rest of the round. and he's in a stretch of holes that are the most difficult on the golf course. >> and you'd hate to give one back, as you say. there is a formidable slew of holes awaiting tiger when he begins his or i should say continues his first round on friday. we'll see it, 8:00 a.m. eastern time on "sportscenter" 8:00 to 10:00. and then full coverage begins at 10:00 eastern on "sportscenter." so from 8:00 all day, u.s. open from bethpage. >> don't forget, complete coverage of the u.s. open tomorrow on our family of networks. "sportscenter" is live beginning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. an update from bethpage. full coverage starts at 10:00 a.m. goes until 3:00 on espn. then continuing coverage later on from 5:00 to dark on espnews. from 7:30 on, we'll have updates throughout the day as well. >> the bengals receiver formerly known as chad johnson is trying to put his controversial past behind him. thursday marked the opening of mandatory mini camp. and optimism was high. number 85 promises big things in '09. today he said the bengals will make the playoffs. that's right, make the playoffs. >> he says he can spell euphoria. >> j.w. stewart will have these stories. now that you're up to speed, nadal looking forward to wimbledon, maybe, and announcer: want a four-star hotel at a two-star price? go to hotwire.com. when four-star hotels have unsold rooms, they use hotwire to fill them... so you get the lowest prices on four-star hotels, guaranteed. ♪ h-o-t-w-i-r-e ♪ hotwire.com