giants. the d backs in the eighth inning, roy holladay, his 12th strikeout of the day. he takes the lead into the ninth. runners on first and second, two-run double with a gap off holliday. diamondbacks rally. holliday strikes out 14 and loses. not necessarily known for his composure all the time on the court. he showed it monday at the cincinnati masters. he double falsed on a serve and responds by launching the ball in the stands. they dock him a point for the outburst. he loses the set and the match. in the press conference, he had an interesting case on the incident. certainly suffer for what i did and put him in a bad
official that he will be unveiling his job plan when congress returns in september. they return early september after labor day. a senior administration official billing this as a major speech and telling us that this is likely to be a mix of tax cuts, of infrastructure spending, and something to address those that are the long-term unemployed. the thing to consider, kyra, all of those things laid out there are items republicans are flatly opposed to or opposed to the way in which the white house and democrats so far have said they want to execute those issues. in the meantime, we are three hours away from the president coming here to this hybrid corn seed warehouse in atkinson, illinois, where he is going to be draefg a croaddressing a cro already lining up to get inside to ask him questions in this town hall meeting. this will be his first it would have today in what we are expecting to be probably a largely friendly crowd here today. kyra? well, our wolf blitzer also had
freddy freeman handles it, connects up the middle off brian wilson. one run comes in. there comes the second run. a walk-off win. and a rare blown save for closer brian wilson. last year s world series champs, the giants two and a half back on the d backs in the nl west. the braves sit atop the wild card standings with a five-game lead on the giants. the yankees won last night in kansas city, the red sox had the night off. they are now tied for first place in the a.l. east. the nfl s first monday night preseason game of the year, jets and texans in houston, just mark sanchez was sharp, completing six of seven. he was sacked twice. jets first-string offense produced four first downs and 73 yards, but only three points.
the second row come down and take the ball from her. come on, man. no shame whatsoever. and after he picks it up, refused to give it back to her. finally, someone in the dugout tossed the lady another ball. that s pathetic. bottom of the tenth, justin upton. a solo home run to right field. gives the d-backs a win. a walkoff home run. coming up on morning joe, congressman anthony weiner resigns at a senior center amidst reporters and heck mrerps more from that scene coming up. and when we come back, we ll huddle up around the watercooler, watch jimmy fallon send mr. weiner off in style. what s up, smart? oh, just booked a summer vaycay. ooo. sounds pricey? nah, with the hotels.com summer sale,
that s infielder wilson valdez. he was pretty good. faced four hitters, got three to fly out. the game was dragging into its sixth hour when the phillies finally scored. recall ibanez with the sack fly to center, in came the winning win. the phillies win the six hour marath marathon. finally, the rockies and diamondsbacks would have gone into extra innings if it wasn t for chris young. wiggington with a deep shot to center, if it is gone it wins the game. not so fast. young, a spectacular grab. a game-saving grab for young. d backs held on to win it 2-1. that s your first look at sports. i m fred roggin. now for another quick look at the weather, here is nbc meteorologist bill karins. another tough day? not as bad. not a quarter as bad. we had one of the biggest tornado outbreaks of the season last night and yesterday afternoon. 81 tornado reports. but we have not up to this point