chase for the american league wildcard is a 2, 4 race. with older sister venus knocked out of the u.s. open, younger sister serena showed why the williams name still needs to be feared. and the sooners are dealing with a worst case scenario, thanks to the sam bradford injury. why our expert thinks there s no reason to panic. [closed captioning provided by espn, inc.] available in high definition. will selva, mike yam with you. and when it comes to the american league wildcard race, it s becoming clear every game down the stretch is crucial. no question about it. the rangers did need to watch the scoreboard to see if they gained ground on boston. all they had to do was sweep a doubleheader from cleveland. rangers reliever had a consecutive scoreless streak of 20 and a third innings. in the bottom of the sixth. indians down 5-3. bases juiced. michael brantley threw a bleeder off the lead. two runs come in. same score, marlon bird, up, up and away. three-run shot. four
100 calorie light beer with lime. coming up on espnews, we are all board the queen bound 7 train. citifield gets its first taste of the subway series. first shaq. now amare. there s whispers of the suns shopping stoudemire. and the nfl may weigh in on plaxico burress case before the law does. espnews now. hi. welcome to espnews. now available in hd. you know, the last time they played the subway series, more like the taking of pellham 123. 15-0 in that game. johan santana started. as joe girardi would say, it s the subway series, you re going to see strange things. we saw strange things tonight. mets made three errors in the second inning. the yankees score four in that inning. they have a 9-1 lead. bottom nine, c.c. sabathia, he went seven strong, one earned run, struck out eight. a-rod hit a home run. he passes mr. october, reggie jackson, for 11th on the all-time list. and brett gardner, a career high-five hits, including a home run, a triple. yankees up 9-1. if y