joe mauer, by the way, 1 for 2 on the night. jason kubel had an rbi among his two hits. cuddyer, another rbi for the twins. glenn perkins pitched well, gets his third win on the season. seven wins, cardinals have lost four of their last five. >> meanwhile, marlins and the rays, b.j. upton in the eighth, game tied at three. deep to right center field. it'll go off the wall. jason bartlett, navarro, gross all score on the double, that's how the rays break it open. and tampa wins it 7-3. they've won three straight. five of their last six. b.j. upton two hits, those three crucial rbi. he's hitting .396 over his last 11 games. 12 rbis. >> giants and brewers in milwaukee, matt cain, 9-1 coming in. bottom of the third, brewers up 2-1. cain wish he is had that one back. that's j.j. hardy with a rocket to dead center, brewers up 3-1. later in the game, during the sausage race, we always see, h a 68 today in the ! second round. he said he hit the ball better than yesterday. maintains a two-shot lead over ryan moore who had a second round 65. rain reeked havoc with day two at the h

joe mauer, mauer went four for four last night, has hit well over .400 here since getting off the dl. it's the highest average by a player with 150 at-bats in 15 years. can he be the next .400 hitter. to go along with that, can albert pujols win the triple crown in the that is league? right now he's 8th in average, wright is the leader. pujols leads in homers by one and he's third in rbi's, only five behind prince fielder, the leader. it would be interesting to follow that and it would really be something if you had a guy, the first guy to hit .400 since williams and the first guy to win the triple crown since yaz did it in the same year and they both have a chance of getting that done. ground ball up the middle. that's going to be a base hit. jones will hold the runner at second. so bass struggling here in the sixth inning. there have been four mets up, a ground ball out, a homer and two singles. >> jim: all balls have been hit sharply. it's one of those nights where it looks like the arm's just down a little bit. when you get behind hitters and you become somewhat predictable, very

we'll talk joe mauer in a little bit. first, bottom of the eighth. adam kennedy. oh, boy. you talk about a guy that's helped out. right now at his current pace, he would finish, based on a 32 games with oakland. he would hit 25 homers and drive in 100 runs. that's how good he's been for oakland. wake up, america. adam kennedy tied the game at 3. bottom of the ninth. it's davis. a's win it, 4-3. only his third r.b.i. this entire season for davis. >> wow. so the odd thing in this game is the guy that you sigh with two hits, you don't see hitting joe ueuer. he goes 1 for 4, and dropped to .410. it's way to early to talk about anybody making a push to hit .400. but based on computer simulations, which we like to do, mauer has a chance of doing .380 or better. what do scouts say about mauer's ating that allows him to be in the annual conversation of guys that could pull it off? >> well, let's face it. c i talked to him recently about his approach at the plate and what's changed this year. and he said he's become more cognizant as he's gotten older about taking advantage of hitt

joe mauer went 2 for 5, and his average stands at .395. >> south africa against brazil in the semifinals of the con federations cup. winner takes on the united states in the finals. 42nd minute. kaka is denied with the diving save. 57th minute. the shot, and caesar with the diving save of his own. 81st minute. comes in to replace santos. 7 minutes later, aaron knees ramirez. so brazil gets the free kick. and the brazillians take advantage. takes the free kick and bends it past. and the substitution, 7 minutes earlier pays dividends for bra disil again, helped by the penalty. made some outstanding saves, but not able to stop that one. bra skill will face the u.s. in the finals. you can see the finals sunday on espn at 2:00 eastern. >> usa versus brazil, another david versus goliath situation. can they beat brazil? without a doubt. but brazil is not spain. spain very disciplined and very predictable in the way they went outside. brazil can beat you in so many different ways. they can dribble on you, do a combination play. and we saw today, they can score on set pieces. what does the usa ha