with the physical ability and it was going to be a big year for him, and so far it has been. joe: here s matt holliday in the hole 0-2. a couple things, scherzer s from this area, st. louis. one of the real good guys in the game. tim: oh, yeah. joe: detroit started the game with a three-game lead over cleveland. meanwhile arizona with their fourth straight win. they started the day two and a half games up on san diego in the n.l. west. here s a ground ball left side. andrews gloves and throws. one out. holliday 0 for 3. take a look at the fox sports one pitching comparison, presented by fox sports one, america s new sports network coming august 17th. there are the numbers for the two 22-year-olds. tim: a lot of people may have forgotten that the san diego padres this year under new ownership with peter o malley and relatives of peter. moving to san diego, the former owner of the los angeles dodgers. joe: allen craig now took a ball. tim: they re doing it right in
randy choate gets the glove up and stabs at it, makes the play, probably saves his own life. dodgers hang on to win 35-4. the pirates are tied for the lead. the last time they were in the playoffs 1979. 1972. 1992, i remember i was watching it, little joey scarborough in pensacola. that was sid who just stumbled around third. what a great guy. three runs in the bottom of the ninth. i forget the pirates. you have two wild card teams this year. the pirates look pretty good. giants need to win over the nationals to stay a game up on the dodgers in the nl west. nats up big. roger hits a liner that hits ryan vogelsong in the throat.
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cooper wins. to pittsburgh, dodgers acquired victorino they knew they were getting speed. the first home run with the blue crew, l.a. up. randy choate, randy flashes leather, more self-defense than a catch, dodgers fend off the pirates, 5-4. sad news out of boston, red sox legend, johnny pesky passed away yesterday, he played ten years with the red sox and was part of the organization for over five decades. in 1948 he hit a game-winning home run that wrapped around the right field home pole which will forever more be known as the pesky pole. he was 92. funny moment to show you from across the bond. red bulls salzburg jonathan soriano with the penalty shot. just him against the goalie. what could go wrong? a lot. soriano boots it a mile high, i don t know if that was a penalty
rangers, third inning, the yankees down a couple of runs, but nick swisher crushes one into the second deck. puts the yankees up 4-2. ninth inning, the newly acquired derek lowe in pin stripes gets soto swinging for the final out of the game. lowe gets his first save in more than a decade. the yankees beat up on the rangers, 5-2. pittsburgh a playoff contender, tie game in the fifth, shane victorino one of the newest dodgers, long drive to right field, two-run home run gives the dodgers the lead. seventh inning, neil walker lines one back at randy choate, look at the hot hands on choate. saves a run, maybe his own life with this play. dodgers hang on to beat the pirates 5-4. pirates are now tied with the braves for the wild card lead and remember we get two wild card teams this year. giants need a win over the nationals to stay a game up on the dodgers in the nl west, nats up big, roger bernadina hits a