The Sports Mac: Daily Fives: August 27, 2010

Top 5 Stories From Yesterday

1.    Tiger Woods shoots his best round of the year with a 6-under 65 to share the first round lead at The Barclays with Vaughn Taylor.

2.    Albert Pujols becomes the third youngest player in MLB history to hit 400 home runs, but the Cardinals lose to a below .500 team again, falling 11-10 to the Nationals.

3.    Aaron Rodgers looks ready for the NFL season throwing 3 touchdown passes as the Packers blow out the Colts in NFL preseason action.

4.    The Twins are able to get to Cliff Lee and salvage the final game of their series with the Rangers winning 6-4.

5.    St. Louis wins a thriller over the Patriots, but the biggest story is the injury to Rams WR Donnie Avery and how long he could be out for.

Top 5 Games From Yesterday

1.    MLB: Nationals 11, Cardinals 10: Washington comes from behind twice and wins the game in the 13th on an Ian Desmond infield single.

2.    NFL Preseason: Rams 36, Patriots 35: St. Louis scores the last nine points of the game including a Josh Brown 37 yard field goal to win it on the last play.

3.    MLB: Twins 6, Rangers 4: Minnesota gets to Cliff Lee early and hangs on for the win to win the final game of the 4 game series between the division leaders.

4.    MLB: Indians 3, Athletics 2: Cleveland scores 2 in the 6th to come from behind and hang on for the win as Oakland had the tying run in scoring position in the 9th.

5.    NFL Preseason: Packers 59, Colts 24: Green Bay’s offense looks very potent as they cruise to a preseason victory over the defending AFC champions.

Top 5 Performances From Yesterday

1.    Ian Kennedy, Diamondbacks SP: 0 runs on 1 hit with 12 K’s over 7 IP and the victory in ARI’s 11-5 win over SD

2.    Aaron Rodgers, Packers QB: 21 for 29 for 195 and 3 touchdowns in GB’s 59-24 preseason win over IND

3.    Edwin Jackson, White Sox SP: 0 run on 3 hits with 10 K’s over 8 IP in CHW’s 8-0 win over BAL

4.    Tom Brady, Patriots QB: 18 for 22 for 273 yards and 3 touchdowns in NE’s 36-35 preseason loss to STL

5.    Alex Rios, White Sox CF: 3 for 4 with a HR and 3 RBIs in CHW’s 8-0 win over BAL

5 Performances That Weren’t So Good From Yesterday

1.    Kevin Correia, Padres SP: 9 runs on 9 hits over 3.1 IP in SD’s 11-5 loss to ARI

2.    Elmer Dessens, Mets RP: 2 runs on 3 hits in 0.1 IP in NYM’s 11-4 loss to FLA

3.    Jordan Zimmerman, Nationals SP: 5 runs on 7 hits over 4 IP in WAS’s 11-10     13-inning win over STL 

4.    Yovani Gallardo, Brewers SP: 6 runs on 8 hits over 6.1 IP in MIL’s 7-1 loss to LAD

5.    Fred Lewis, Blue Jays LF: 1 for 4 with 3 K’s and a CS in TOR’s 7-1 loss to DET

Top 5 Events To Follow Today

1.    MLB: Red Sox (73-55) at Rays (78-49), 7:00 PM: Might this be Boston’s last shot to make up ground on the co-division leaders?: (Great match-up: Lester (BOS) vs. Price (TB))

2.    MLB: Yankees (78-49) at White Sox (69-58), 8:00 PM: White Sox trying to stay in the playoff race against the Bronx Bombers; (Burnett (NYY) vs. Garcia (CHW))

3.    NFL Preseason: Chargers at Saints, 8:00 PM, CBS: The AFC West favorites visit the defending champs as Week 3 of the preseason continues.

4.    MLB: Dodgers (66-62) at Rockies (66-60), 9:00 PM: Two teams looking to climb back into the NL wildcard race meet in the Rocky Mountains; (Great match-up #2: Kershaw (LAD) vs. Jimenez (COL))

5.     MLB: Phillies (70-57) at Padres (76-50), 10:00 PM: Philadelphia starts the final West Coast trip of the season looking for some offense; (Great match-up #3: Oswalt (PHI) vs. Latos (SD))

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