and adam laroche two-run homer, that was the big blow in that, but he did pitch very well against the pirates in his major league debut for the most part. mccutchen hitting a .281. a chopper foul. an on-base average of .339. not a bad 0-2 pitch. over a bit low. mccutchen is only 22. out of fort meade, florida, where he was a politicallity- sport star in high school. stammen jams him and get as foul ball. there he is, 2-4 with two of his season's three rbi's last night. lastings milledge. 2-2. stammen's 14th start, opponents hitting .266 against him. and turning on that one, mccutchen, the left-field line. he struggled and hit fair and at the wall. it is a home run! josh willingham couldn't get it! and that is the one corner of left field where you can get a 325 or 30-foot fly to leave! >> rob: well, 2-2 pitch. too much of the plate. mccutchen. he get as good whack at it. and it doesn't make great contact, but just enough to clear the wall right by the fair pole. crazy. >> bob: you know, i've noticed teams play their left fielders pretty far off the line here because it is so shallow d

adam laroche had a pair of home runs last night including a go-ahead solo shot in the 7th. nats lose 6-2 and begin a four- game series in cincinnati tonight. >>> our time is 6:24. >>> ahead a check on the virginia gubernatorial race one candidate talks tax and the other talks crime. >>> and a special living smart report. a local woman takes on head lice ans mad kea big career out of it. kenny burns is watching our traffic. >> good morning. i'm watching the sousa bridge in the district. as you can see it is all clear. kim, how about the weather. >> i'm watering the plants for a good reason today. you want to do the same thing. we will talk about the forecast and look in to the week, as well. you are watching 9 news now. there's the beautiful capitol dome cethis thursday morning. we'll be right back. hmmm... well... naaa... yeah! calculating for getaway. ♪ find your way to a perfect destination at busch gardens... and water country usa... where family-fun surrounds you... and world-class rides astound. start at buschgardens.com. when morning comes in the middle of the night..

in lane, 2ndinning, anderson had a solo home run for the privileges and then adam laroche with another homer, just two batters later. now, washington's ronnie belliard tied the game with an rbi hit in the 7th but the nats bull pen gave up another homer to adam laroche and they fall 6-2. washington starts the four- game series in cincinnati tonight. >>> in baltimore, the athletics taking on the orioles. in the 8th, a pitch gets away from mark hendrickson and the a's score. baltimore goes on to lose 6-3. >>> the wizards made what might be their final off season move on wednesday. the team signed 6'10" center from argentina. he gets a one year deal worth $2 million and is hoping for another trip to the postseason. >> in the playoffs. just be interesting. work hard, be ready for when we have a chance to show what we can do. >> we felt we still needed one piece to our puzzle and that is to get a better and big man. someone with a lot of playoff experience and someone that can give us added depth at the forward position. >> reporter: in a world cup qualifier u.s. and mexico tied in the 82nd

adam laroche hit two solo home runs and the braves dowd the nationals 6-2. the nats have now last two in a row after that great eight-game winning streak. >>> wizards brass now thinks they have the final piece to the puzzle in place for a deep playoff run. yesterday, oberto introduced the newest member of the team. the former spur will wear number 21. >>> in soccer, team usa just can't win on mexican soil. the united states down in mexico for world cup qualifying, and although they started strong, they couldn't snap their south of the border funk. the u.s. falls to mexico 2-1. they are now 0-23-1 in mexico, date back to 1937. >>> that's your sports minute. i'm dan hellie. everybody have a great thursday. >> all right. let's take a look at what kind of thursday it will be as far as the weather goes. here's meteorologist tom kierein. he is up in storm center 4. tom? >> hi. we had some nocturnal thundershowers that have sce temperates.edur erndaround the region o i arlow0nto the low 70s. montgomery,s.70n m arlington, fairfax,ri nt whehe i ttesies. n thehefa the

adam laroche showed up an hour before the game.2-3 in his debut. >> brett favre probably spent today riding around on the tractor on his farm in mississippi. he may have been drinking a cold beverage on the porch when he went inside and turned ton tv. that's when he heard the news. vikings quarterback tarvaris jackson got hurt in practice today. maybe favre will change his mind and come out of retirement after all. jackson sprained the m.c.l. on his left knee after getting tangled with a defensive lineman. for now jackson is day to day but it depends on how bad the sprain is. john clayton says a one or two will dictate if theth viks call numbermb four. >> good news from the vikings standpoint, they believe, although it's still early in the process, may only be a first degreeey m.c.l. sprain which pus the day-to-day range. if it was aul second degree that possibly could take it four to six weeks. that is concerning because an m.c.l. is not one you can go in and surgery repair it and have him back in a week or two. but i guess the go

fifth straight win against his former team, the dodgers in the atl on top. 2-1: matt die as, and adam laroche in the second inning. manny ramirez had some struggles. he's coming on here. his fourth ribbie over the last three games after having no rbis in his previous ten. >> mota and milwaukee's brins fielder were fined but not suspended after tuesday's game. mota, and fielder with the pitch. and after the contest, the brewers first baseman charged the clubhouse yelling obscenit obscenities looking for mota a his teammates convinced him to walk back into the dodger clubhouse. >> after testing positive for performance enhancing drugs. the nba suspending him without pay because lewis tested positive for dh ea, a steroid's precursor which combats fatigue. rashard lewis says i take full responsibility for this. and accept the corning penalty. over the season i took an over-the-counter supplement which i didn't realize was a substance banned by the nba. i apologize to fans, my teammates and this organization for not doing the research that should come with good judgment. i hope every athlete can l

now adam laroche and matt diaz have homer -- homers and the braves lead the mets 14-2.he marlins under way in houston. they are in the 3rd inning 3-2 houston. there's the base bunch, gonzalez at third hilt by a pitch. helton the infield hit off valone and the walk to tulowitzki. the count is 0-2 to brad hawpe. that's a good breaking ball. too bad he didn't bounce it fair. hawpe hitting below .260 again left-handers this year. that's why riggleman wanted lefty lefty here. .there 21 versus right-handers. most of his power off righties. 13 homers versus 4 lefty lefty. and the 0-2 pitch again. swing and a miss! and for the third time tonight, the rockies have stranded the bases loaded. 10 in the game, it's a 4-3 contest into the bottom of the 6th. @x@0@p@0@6p)@)@)p,  everybody having fun tonight  trying to squeeze a couple more evenings of fun out of what's left of summer here. quite a ball game, 4-3. the nats coming up. the bullpen and except for one swing when river heir gave it the home run. bottom line, bullpen doing the job. it's time for offense to bail

adam laroche, entering this game 5 games since coming over. he is batting .50. >> mets and padres.wo-run homer, he's got 29 round trippers on the season. >> lebron james was asked if he'd be in cleveland beyond 2010. his response, i hope so. when asked if he would do anything differently, he said he would have spoken to media but not shaken hands. after 82 games in the regular season, he says we never shook hands. jeremy roenick officially announced his retirement today. ending his 20-year career. he played for the blackhawks, kings, sharks. one of just four american born players to five 500 or more goals. he's tied for second all time. >> coming up, j.w. stewart and mike yam will take you through the night. the battle in the bronx is almost over. braves and dodgers in los angeles. derek lowe will his face his former team. at 155 miles per hour, andy roddick has the fastest serve in the history of professional tennis. so i've come to this court to challenge his speed. ...on the internet. i'll be using the 3g at&t laptopconnect card. he won't. so i can book travel plans faster, chec

they send adam laroche to atlanta. casey kotchman. >> laroche is going to help the braves. >> going to talk to mike lowell, maybe david ortiz, and now your manager comes in. and guess what, victor martinez is going to play. >> is that what you on do? you call to say the dynamic has changed? how does that work. >> i don't think anybody does it as well as terry francona? but you take each case. start with authority, and the respect he has for the veteran players of the there's going to be enough bats for everybody. and the thing you saw at the end of the day we're going to have a better chance to win a world championship with victor martinez. and the guys that don't say i'm in, probably aren't going to be there anyway. >> darren washburn goes from the mariners to the tigers. very interesting what they did at this deadline. they were buyers and sellers. they got jack wilson to play shortstop. and they sent washburn to the tigers for luke french and robles. and washburn is having one of the best seasons for a pitcher in th

this lineup, save for make laroche, he didn't know anything about, -- save for adam laroche, he dentt them. that's not what his forte is. he puts that ball down and in, back to the corner of the plate. that ball was down. ball hit off him. he made sure to field the ball, but there's the hanging breaking ball. he wasn't thrown five of them in any of his outings. so just a real simple thing, location. fastball away, but it's hit off the end of the bat. couple of bloopers, but that mixed with some bombs, and balls finding homes made for a short day -- finding holes, made for a short day. >> we saw the pitching coach trying to get him straight. afterwards, mick catty had words for the entire staff. >> i didn't make the pitches when i needed to, didn't really throw too many competitive pitches out there, you know, and got beat. the coach told me this happens at every level, and that was back at the low levels of the minors, and they're embarrassing, and unacceptable. but you have to learn to bounce back from and deal with it. >> so very interesting stuff there that was talked about after

and the laroche boys can hit. adam is a lefty and andy is a right-hander and they're both good line drive hitters. he's 2-3. brandon moss, the hitter, 1-2 with an rbi. >> rob: nick doubled in that game in florida. he was thrown out trying to stretch it. >> bob: he was? i saw where he was oh-fer one, had been on base once early in the game. they have him batting in the number two hole tonight and the marlins are trailing the cubs 5- 3, bottom of the fifth. >> rob: he knocked in sanchez, an rbi double. >> bob: the braves beat the dodgers this afternoon. and they have a chance tonight if florida loses to be back within a game of the marlins for second. and the phillies are at san francisco later tonight behind joe blanton. >> rob: by the way, cliff lee, the first win with the phillies last night. they beat the giants. >> bob: lincecum for san francisco tonight. that's a swing and a foul. the count is 1-# on brandon moss. -- 1-2 on brandon moss. a.j. burnett starts for the yankees today and they lost 14-4. they were in chi

adam dunn. his glove cost them a run. 3 for his teammates there. great play laroche to willingham another double, you got to be kidding me. >> bob: they look like they he have a gold glover in every position. >> rob: unconscious defense here. laroche diving. gets up. >> bob: think what the score would be had they he not made all the plays. nats are hitting it well now. >> rob: absolutely. nothing to show for it until this inning. >> bob: morton taking teammates out to mortons after the game. >> rob: uh-huh. >> bob: some night the way they played behind him. duke... he gets jammed. fouls it right side. >> rob: get out of here. come on. >> bob: nationals now hit 98 homeruns this year. dunn has 27 of them. >> our differential is bet are than the royals. >> bob: dukes, rams one into left field. he is on for the second time tonight. >> rob: by the way he hit it and it happened to go too far. that was at and so... >> bob: give the kid a break. i like the kid. i talk to williams had to trade four or life of his prospects. he said i hope every one of those guys produces for