the red sox and yankees battling head to head for first place. here s nbc s bill seward. hi, everybody. if you re a baseball fan it doesn t get much better than the yankees and red sox with first place on the line at fenway. ninth inning, sox down one, man on third. all pedroia has to do is hit it deep. he does that. sac fly to left. we re off to extra innings. completed it in the tenth. reddick with an rbi single and red sox walk off with a 3-2 win and take over first place in the a.l. east. to texas, the rangers hung a five spot, elle just andrews scored a pair. they beat the tribe, 5-3. rays and a s, that rhymes and so does this, wham, bam, thank you willingham. tough for the mets. reyes left with a strained
hamstring and an acl was torn on 28. chipper jones singling the go-ahead run and mets lose in more ways than one. nascar, despite breaking his ankle, brad keselowski won his second race of the year at pocono. the big story in golf was supposed to be tiger woods return. instead his recently fired caddie stole the spotlight. woods struggled for the third straight day. bogey and tied for 37. tiger s old caddie scott dominated and won, 145 wins as a caddie. 72 of them with tiger, but stevie said this one thumps them all. was that at a shot at his old boss? to be continued. that s your first look at sports. i m bill seward. now for another quick look at
18. two putt for the win at 42 years of age. the irishman finally wins his first major. taking the open by three strokes. and the shot of the day wasn t from the open. former colorado avalanche joe sakic on the million dollar 17th hole. he shoots. he scores. $500,000 for him and another 500 grand for charity. not a bad day on the links. that s your first look at sports. i m bill seward. and now for another quick look at the weather, here s nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. bill, good morning once again do i m not going to be a popular guy this week. no weather person is. we ll be hiding in the ac along with everybody else. let s break down the new england forecast. showers and storms that have rolled down through vermont, heading for southern new hampshire, in the boston area i think you ll get clipped by rain, portsmout, new hampshire. it s going to take too long for
a three-stroke lead to the final round and phil mickelson, eagle on 7. lefty pulled even. clarke with room for error on 18. two putt for the win at 42 years of age. the irishman finally wins his first major. taking the open by three strokes. and the shot of the day wasn t from the open. former colorado avalanche joe sakic on the million dollar 17th hole. he shoots. he scores. $500,000 for him and another 500 grand for charity. not a bad day on the links. that s your first look at sports. i m bill seward. and now for another quick look at the weather, here s nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. bill, good morning once again do i m not going to be a popular guy this week. no weather person is. we ll be hiding in the ac along with everybody else. let s break down the new england forecast. showers and storms that have rolled down through vermont, heading for southern new hampshire, in the boston area i
the car was trying to avoid a tree, clips the lead rider. flips off the road and through a barbed wire fence. amazingly, everyone involved stay in the race. if you ain t rubbing, you ain t race willing. that s your first look at sports. i m bill seward. yeah, definitely not what they meant. for another look at the weather, here s nbc meteorologist bill karins. can you believe they continued riding? i watched that video like this, one eye open, one eye shut. into a barbed wire fence, nonetheless? oh. good morning, if you re just joining us, we have severe storms, dangerous weather rolling through iowa. even a few tornado warnings just to the east of ames, iowa. these will continue into the quad cities. also in wisconsin, very strong storms from milwaukee to sheboygan. later this line will head through chicago and indianapolis. if you re traveling in those areas, it will be a rough