josh beckett. two dingers for ichiro. yankees go on to win the rubber match of the series 4-1. embattled red sox fall four games below .500. and it doesn t take my ears to hear the tolling sounds from bobby valentine in boston. melky cabrera may have bad judgment. but you can t fault the man for having creativity. cabre cabrera, cooked up a phony website that featured a fictitious product that would have caused him to test positive. but since the substance in question didn t exist, it would have been difficult for cabrera to use it. major league s baseball team is gathering information about cabrera s scheme, which he thought up last month to explain his positive test for synthetic testosterone. here s a summation.
to find a winner. let s pick it up in the 16th inning. garrity jones, a grounder that bounces off the pitcher s glove. the pirates cheer. but the cardinals would draw even in the bottom of the 17th. tony cruz, a fly ball out to left. that s deep enough to bring home a run and tie the score at 3-3, in the 17th. tied at 3-3, in the 19th inning. pedro alvarez drives one deep to right field. pirates would hang on to win the longest game of the year. 6-3. the five people left cheered. even though they played the game in st. louis. pirates, one game up on the giants in the second n.l. wild card spot. meantime, the yankees hosting the red sox in the bronx. fourth inning. ichiro, coming through the solo shot of the second deck. that would push the yankees lead 3-0. and ichiro wasn t done. he sends one off of the park for