yankees, fourth place right now, 7.5 games out. vanderbilt won last night in game one of the college world series, 8-2. they re playing mississippi state in an all s.e.c. college series. vanderbilt could win it all tonight. of particular interest, jack lighter, one of our two star pitchers, he pitched a gem last night as he usually does. the sophomore from new jersey, expected to be a top five pick in the draft with the boston red sox sitting at number four and the draft is in a couple of weeks said to have eyes for jack lighter. jack lighter said to be excited about the potential for playing in fenway. you could watch them win the college world series and then see him in a red sox uniform a few weeks from now. we had garrett richards on the mound last night where a couple of weeks ago hit rpms,
from a 0-2 deficit to win the world series so there is a little bit of hope. let s go ahead and take a look at highlights from last night. the first inning, crossing a 2 run homerun, that ties the game at two a piece. stephen strasburg was lights out, on fire on the mound last night, two earned runs, 7 hits, one walks, 7 strike outs. the top of the seventh blasting a homerun to give the nationals a 3-to lead, that is out of there. they scored 9 more with a dominating 12-3 win. accuse night on the field. a really cool story here of a local guy named mattress mac. a local story that has become a national story because everybody is focused on this guy named mattress mac and the back story
the houston astros, the first team this season, to get to 100 wins. they also clinched a spot in the playoffs last night. andy is not buy yaiased at all. astros fan. i may be more fond of this news than others. still big news. it s easy to forget how far the astros have come in a short period of time. they lost more than 100 games in 3-straight seasons, from 2011-2013. they have won 100 games for 3-straight. the first team ever to do that in the same decade. they had one of their aces on the mound last night, garrett cole. cole striking out ten batters. eclipsing 300 strikeouts of the season. the astros, they beat the rangers last night, 3-2. yankees fans showering c.c.
the red sox legend karl ja yastrzemski taking to the mound to throw out the first pitch. he was throwing to his grandson, mike, who plays for the giants. the 80-year-old, look at that, throwing in a strike. and mike hit a home run in his fenway debut last night. i tell you what, dave. it seems like baseball genes transfer better than any sport. we see so many familiar last names, biggio, guerrero, ja yastrzemski. indeed. that manning family, they ve done all right. that s just one family in football. in baseball, it s over and over and over. andy, thank you. a whistleblower took action after the president made a promise to a foreign leader. what was that promise? and when will the acting spy
last night at 9:00 last night, for the first time, every person in the courtroom stood up in unison and the gallery included when the jurors walked in. i don t know if they saw it or noticed it. it was very different, chris. it was like a moment in court. they have been through it. 40 hours a long time. the judge giving them a night off to go back to their families and compromise from normal sequester. no matter which way the verdict comes out, the reporting along the way is the analysis of how tricky this decision was on the three counts and why. again, no matter how it comes out. jean, thank you for the reporting. there was a moving moment on the mound last night s congressional baseball game. do you know who that is throwing out the first pitch? that s david bailey. the wounded capitol police officer came out and threw the first pitch. he was one of two officers shot by that gunman targeting