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Albany, NY – WAMC's Ian Pickus goes around the world of sports...
DEREK JETER IS BACK FROM HIS CALF INJURY, BUT HE'S STILL SIX HITS AWAY FROM 3,000. THE YANKEE SHORTSTOP WAS 0-FOR-4 LAST NIGHT IN CLEVELAND .NEW YORK NOT FARING MUCH BETTER. INDIANS RALLYING PAST THE YANKEES 6-3. BUT THE YANKS STAY A GAME AND A HALF AHEAD OF BOSTON RED SOX STARTER JOHN LACKEY LIT UP FOR SEVEN RUNS IN JUST TWO AND A THIRD INNINGS TORONTO HOLDING ON FOR A 9-7 WIN. AND THE METS EDGED THE DODGERS 5-2 CHRIS CAPUANO GOOD FOR TWO RUNS OVER SIX INNINGS.
SCOREBOARD NOW IT WAS THE ANGELS 5, TIGERS 1 TEXAS BLASTED BALTIMORE 13-4. BRIAN DUENSING TOSSED A SHUTOUT AS THE TWINS BEAT TAMPA BAY 7-NOTHING DANNY VALENCIA WITH A THREE-RUN DINGER. THE WHITE SOX TOPPED THE ROYALS 5-4 WHEN AARON CROW BALKED HOME THE WINNING RUN .SEATTLE HOLDING OAKLAND TO THREE HITS IN A 2-1 WIN.
IN THE SENIOR CIRCUIT, THE BREWERS BLEW A 6-1 LEAD AND FELL TO ARIZONA 8-6 MILWAUKEE PITCHER SHAUN MARCUM HAD HIT A GRAND SLAM IN THE FOURTH . ST. LOUIS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE BREWERS' LOSS .THE CARDS MOVED INTO FIRST IN THE CENTRAL WITH A 1-0 WIN OVER THE REDS. ST. LOUIS ALSO LEARNING THAT ALBERT PUJOLS COULD RETURN TONIGHT...HE HAD BEEN TOLD HIS BROKEN WRIST WOULD REQUIRE ANOTHER MONTH OF REHAB. THE PADRES BESTED TIM LINCECUM AND THE GIANTS 5-3 IT WAS THE PHILLIES ONE, MARLINS NOTHING.
THE BRAVES WERE A 4-1 WINNER OVER THE ROCKIES .THE PIRATES BEATING HOUSTON 5-3. AND THE NATIONALS GOT PAST THE CUBS 5-4 IN 10.
NOVAK DJOKOVIC GOT A HERO'S WELCOME IN SERBIA A DAY AFTER HIS FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP AT WIMBLEDON .HE'S NOW THE WORLD'S NUMBER ONE FOR THE FIRST TIME. RAFAEL NADAL IS NUMBER TWO WITH ROGER FEDERER IN THIRD.
JOEY CHESTNUT DEFENDED HIS HOT DOG EATING CONTEST IN CONEY ISLAND .HE DOWNED 62 DOGS IN 10 MINUTES.
AND AT THE TOUR DE FRANCE, TYLER FARRAR BECAME THE FIRST AMERICAN TO WIN A STAGE ON JULY 4TH TEAMMATE THOR HUSHOVD REMAINS IN FIRST OVERALL.