D.C. Sports Round-Up with Joe Lewis

In Baseball, the New York Yankees clinched their 27^th World Series titled on Wednesday night with a 7 to 3 win in Game 6 against the Philadelphia Phillies. This marks the first World Series win for the Yankees since 2000. A sell out crowd of over 50,000 fans was in attendance at the new Yankees Stadium. Yankees designated hitter Hideki “Godzilla” Matsui was named the series MVP after he tied a record with 6 run batted in. Philadelphia second baseman Chase Utley tied Reggie Jackson’s 1977 record with five homers in the series.

In Basketball, the season is still young but the Washington Wizards are already struggling. Last Friday, Washington lost 89 to 100 at Atlanta. They won on Saturday at home against the New Jersey Nets, 123 to 104. On Tuesday the Wizards suffered a 90 to 102 loss at Cleveland, and on Wednesday they lost at home against Miami 89 to 93. The Wizards’ season record is currently 2 and 3. They play tonight at Indiana to face the Pacers. Tip-off is at 7:00 pm.

In Hockey, the Washington Capitals are fighting to break out of a three game losing streak. They lost last Friday in overtime against the New York Islanders, 3 to 4. On Sunday, the Caps had another overtime loss, this time against the Columbus Blue Jackets. The final score was 4 to 5. Alex Ovechkin left that game in the second period with an undisclosed upper body injury after tangling with Columbus forward Raffi Torres. Ovechkin did not play on Wednesday when the Capitals lost 2 to 3 against the New Jersey Devils. The Caps play again tonight against the Florida Panthers. The puck drops at 7:30 pm.

Finally, in Football, the Washington Redskins are coming off of their bye-week. They travel to Atlanta on Sunday to face the Falcons. Kick-off is at 1 pm.