now they might not even make the playoffs. tampa could earn a share of the wild card. b.j. upton broke his bat. the ball and bat go between the shortstop s legs. in came a run. the season just keeps getting better for the phils. a day after clinching a playoff spot, they delighted their fans with a walkoff over the marlins. ryan howard with the honors. phillies can do no wrong. the cubs and reds played a four-hour game. and that was long enough for jay bruce. reds won it 8-6 in 11. the giants pablo sandoval needed a triple for the cycle. he weighs 240 pounds so that s no easy task. hit went off the wall in the sixth. and watch him rumble around the bases like a mack truck rolling downhill. he slid into third and the big man did it. a cycle in colorado. the giants won it, 8-5. college football, number three lsu and 25th ranked mississippi state. tigers pull away in the fourth.
it s a necessity. i find investments with e-trade s top 5 lists. quickly. easily. i use pre-defined screeners and insightful trading ideas to dig deeper. work smarter. not harder. i depend on myself the one person i do trust to take charge of my financial future. [ bell dinging ] welcome back to first look. in sports, the mlb playoffs are just starting to take form with the phillies clinching the first postseason berth. here is nbc s fred roggin. good morning. no celebration no champagne party in the locker room, just business as usual as the phils clinched another playoff berth. started to be old hat for the phillies. made the playoffs for the fifth year in a row. polanco singled in the only run.
the party, spoiled everything with base hit, close, but not close enough, a s won it 7-0. phils swept the braves with a walkoff single in the ninth. the phils are rolling after a 3-2 win. and finally that s mike napoli s grandfather, mike and the texas rangers and his grandpa was there to root him on. grandpa, here you go. mike with a towering blast to left, and no doubt about that one. look at gramps, he s on his feet and he couldn t be prouder. a moment grandpa will never forget. that s your first look at sports, i m fred roggin. and now for another quick look at the weather, here once again is msnbc meteorologist bill karins. the big weather story overnight is the flooding concerns, southern new york, on the susquehana river and down into pennsylvania, 100-year type flood situation and now the heavy rain is moving over philadelphia and the delaware
enough is enough. walkoff home run. the white sox zach stewart was just one inning away from pitching a perfect game when danny valencia breaks it up in the eighth. but all is not lost. stewart strikes out nine. chicago wins, 4-00. philadelphia s cliff lee picking up his 16th win with a little help from his friends. foul ball down the line. that s a great grab and he also hit a home run. the phils beat the braves 9-00. the giants pablo sandoval had a good conversation with his bat. and the giants beat the padres. and finally, don t adjust your tv, those are possibly the ugliest or greatest jerseys in college football. whatever they are, they re good luck for maryland the. up two against miami. the hurricanes threatening in the fourth when cameron chisholm
indianapolis colts. here s mario solis. hey there, good morning. we start with news from the nfl. colts quarterback peyton manning is recovering slower than expected from off-season neck surgery, and according to sources, could need another procedure. in essence, he s out indefinitely. to the diamond controversy between the phillies and marlins. the shot to right, brian peterson is there, yet can t make the catch. but wait, peterson says he s interfered with, and he s right. a fan reaches over the wall to grab the baseball. umpires review it and call the out on fan interference. to the 14th, tied at four. bases loaded and david herndon walks in the winning run. nothing going right for the phils. two days after suffering a stroke, hall of famer leroy sellman passed away yesterday. the first overall pick by the tampa bay buccaneers in 1976 he was a defensive end with the oklahoma sooners. he was 56 years old. wild scene at the baltimore grand prix. on board with helio castroneves