sideline. i hope you didn t waste your time watching that. a pivotal game in the east. a pair of homeruns in the home debut and edwin diaz locked down the first two-inning save as a provement sounds trumpets and the mets beat the braves 6-4 last night. big start to the series for them and they extend their lead over the braves in the nl east to 4 1/2 games. in anaheim the los angeles angels matched a dubious major league record against the a s yesterday becoming the second team ever to hit seven solo homeruns, and still lose. two of those homeruns by ohtani. oakland wins 8-7. it seems on a daily basis either ohtani or trout do something historic and the angels still lose. there is a twitter meme about this. and it came to life again last night. time for the weather. and let s go to meteorologist
there you have it. the national baseball hall of fame, welcoming seven new members yesterday including that guy, boston red sox great david ortiz, who shared those parting words with some 35,000 baseball fans, all gathered in cooperstown, new york. ortiz, on the strength of that 20-year career that included 541 homeruns and three world series titles, becoming the first career designated hitter to be inducted in his first year on the ballot. meanwhile, in boston, the defensive struggles for big papi s former team continued. the blue jays beating the red sox 8-4 yesterday. completing a three-game sweet that started with toronto s 28-5 win on friday night. boston slips to fourth in the american league east. just half a game ahead of the lowly orioles. balm was held at bay over the weekend by baltimore was held at bay over the weekend by the best new york yankees. and aaron judge, the 37th homerun in yesterday s 6-0 victory. that capped a three-game sweep.
total of 53 homeruns. beating each of his three opponents by one homerun including in the final against julio rodriguez. and knocked out alonso in the finals, more than doubled his salary as a rookie runner-up which comes as a payout of $750,000. rodriguez and soto great young stars for the game. and we could see another spinoff tonight, to decide the game in case there is a tie. according to the new rules obtained by the associated press if the score is after nine innings, three players selected from each league will get three swings each to decide the game. the american league and national league all-stars square off tonight, my boys will be watching tonight at 8:00 p.m. the u.s. women s soccer team meanwhile is headed for the 2024 olympics in paris. team usa earned the olympic birth with a victory over canada last night.
for the third straight derby title. the champion has to win three rounds by hitting more homeruns than they re opponent in the allotted time frame and it is a season total to july 12th and we will be watching. time now for the weather and let s go to meteorologist michelle grossman for the forecast. i got a word for you. hot. here is another one. humid. what else you got? you pretty much covered it. hot and humid. excessive heat continuing today. and really no relief in sight. we will show you 35 million people, under heat alert from the west to the inter mountain west and midwest and the lower mississippi valley and the heat and humidity well beyond with another day of dangerous heat across the u.s. we are looking at temperatures in the triple digits, and look at dallas, 109. and 91 degrees in minneapolis. and going to feel like 99. and 107 in little rock and this
blue jays notched three homeruns on the way to a 7-2 victory. boston off to a bad start, to a stretch in which they face the division rivals toronto, tampa bay, and new york, 20 times in 23 games. and tennis competition, and the first day of play at the competition, djokovic needed four sets to seal a first round victory in the bid for four consecutive wimbledon championships, and seventh overall at the grass court grand slam. two-time wimbledon chance andy murray overcame a slow start feeding off the energy of a home crowd and earning a spot in the second round. on the women s side a share of the british highlight for the u.s. open champion who had a straight set victory. time now for the weather. let s go to meet your michelle