johnson will top it, hit it down to a smooth fielding first baseman, adam laroche, 2 down.ationals bullpen and that was craig stammen, way back in the sixth, giving the orioles one bait hit. he had a scoreless sixth. perry, two scoreless and now rodriguez, 2 outs in the ninth. so the stage is set for the bottom of the inning, for the top of the washington batting order, and is he the best closer in the game right now? he is certainly the most effective. >> he has the longest streak right now, as far as consecutive closes are concerned. when you look at this, if you are the nationals, could this be one of those things you look back on, if you could put something on him in the ninth inning. they are scuffling, we know that. have you a guy out there in the bullpen, probably going as good as anybody in the game. what you can do, go to the bottom of the ninth and troy to put something on, one of the best closers in the game. >> robert andino, 2 hits tonight, 2 rbis, a run score scoreed. >> rodriguez starting to get loose now. >> 98. >> 98. we saw nors, 96 in there. starting to g

johnson will top it, hit it down to a smooth fielding first baseman, adam laroche, 2 down.ationals bullpen and that was craig stammen, way back in the sixth, giving the orioles one bait hit. he had a scoreless sixth. perry, two scoreless and now rodriguez, 2 outs in the ninth. so the stage is set for the bottom of the inning, for the top of the washington batting order, and is he the best closer in the game right now? he is certainly the most effective. >> he has the longest streak right now, as far as consecutive closes are concerned. when you look at this, if you are the nationals, could this be one of those things you look back on, if you could put something on him in the ninth inning. they are scuffling, we know that. have you a guy out there in the bullpen, probably going as good as anybody in the game. what you can do, go to the bottom of the ninth and troy to put something on, one of the best closers in the game. >> robert andino, 2 hits tonight, 2 rbis, a run score scoreed. >> rodriguez starting to get loose now. >> 98. >> 98. we saw nors, 96 in there. starting to g

that also, career hit number 1,000 for adam laroche. he now has 29 rbi.t the pirates. 7-4. >>> to kansas city. os/royals. top nine. os down 3-2, they stage a rally. brockston. flarety. clutch hit. we are still tied at 3 in the 12th. nba playoffs. the celtics big three carried them to victory tonight. pierce, garnet, rondo combined for 74 points. as the the cs take a lead over the sixers. over the sixers. >> who? >> cannes/cannes, sickers/sixers. whatever. and celtics up. rondo out to kevin garnet. just inside the three-point line. he got it to go. garnet, 27 points. 13 boards. fourth quarter. celtics up. on the break. there we go. this guy its getting it done. take a look at this. rondo behind the back. paul pierce. 14 assists for rondo. 24 points for pierce. the celtics run away with it. 107-91 the final. to the united. colorado rapids. rfk. lou ilis neil. great pass. third goal of the season. united up 1-0, celebrate their run. second half. 60th minute. louis neil. bronco boscovich. and the goal. third in four matches. united wins >>> some of hollywood'

adam laroche batd .172 in 43 at- bats before undergoing season- ending surgery on his shoulder. after signing a two- year, $16 million deal. there was talk between mike dumpin and prince fielding. glad they didn't. last night, the bottom of thrix th is and -- billion of the 6th, a one-two count and the drive to deep right field. a solo home run, the seventh of the season and with some nats in front, 3-1. laroche with the bases loaded and two outs. the drive into the right-fold corner and clears the bases, three for four, four rbis and the 7-4 victory and hit ago .339 with 29 rbis and the manager, davie johnson said he heard the offseason rumors. >> and he is only huge. what were you thinking about? and are we sure -- last year and to see what he's done this year and did not have much of the play and from day one, it's micey big. >>> to the bottom of the 6th, and following up the solo home run with one of the own. back-to-back home runs, the third of the year and in the hundredth of his career. maybe in a post game interview, doesn't see michael morris and be very, very quiet and

the deficit 6-5 and the next batter, adam laroche and that full count. the game over, 6-5 the os, lost three in a row ander abouts won five straight. >>> and the 2-1 first in that heaven -horse field. almost a carbon copy two weeks ago. >> he's in front. i'll have another. and it's brodie mesiter and the i'll have another. and can i have another get there. and -- . >> to win the preakness. >> i'll have another wins by a neck to make it two straight wins. and i will have another and the owner will have a chance to be the first triple crown winner since 1978 in three weeks at belmont. >>> d.c. united hosting winless toronto. 57 secs into the match, on the free kick and into the box. the second fastest goal in franchise history and that is 1- 0, black and red. the 43rd minute. a nice stuttering pass to you know who and with the second goal of the season. and in case missed it, the mystics drop the season opener, 69-55 and to will which -- the chicago sky. they got lost in the mix. and -- . >> and did not know that. i'm not stealing your thunder anymore. >>

adam laroche scores. by the time the reds relay it in bryce harper scores and the nats are in front 4-2. bottom of the 8th now nats lead 6-3. jay bruce with two outs, fly ball to right field. bryce harper has no idea where this ball is. he's like where is it? i don't know. it's over his head. lands on the track. two reds score. nats lead slides touchings 5. the nats one strike from -- slides 6-5. the nats one strike from a win. the nats are defeated 9-6. atlanta takes over first in the nl east and afterwards bryce harper was asked about what happened when he loss that fly ball. fly -- lost that fly ball. >> i had no clue. i have no idea. it happened. i had no clue where it was. i was just hoping ankiel saw it and could catch it. i was trying to read danny, but danny had no clue. so there was just -- had no idea. >> reporter: it happens. orioles hosting the rays at the ballpark, a perfect place to spend the afternoon with mom on mother's day. bottom of 9th, orioles trail 9- 7. adam jones two on, two out, h

to-1 national spirit it was almost the same spot down the right-field line for adam laroche.wilson ramos will be out of the nationals lineup for quite some time. he went down with a knee injury last night. he tore his anterior ligament in his right knee. as you can imagine, he will be out for some time. the nationals have called up catcher jesus flores. to better news, the orioles hosting the rays -- he beat satow to first. the ball gets away from carlos pena. this will do it, though. a grounder to third. rodriguez gets the out. and the orioles come back from seven-one, but lose nine-8. now that the motion has down a little, a little, it is time to break down what went wrong in last night's game 7 for the capitals. a lineup -- only toward 29 goals and 14 postseason games and the caps only had three shots on goal in the third. they rented triple overtime. they ripped the victory at of the caps hands. that was an unlucky break in the series. they are now headed for russia for world. >> you see the teams in the playoffs now. it is a tough game out there and they are playing it.

adam laroche won't 3-4 last night. four runs batted in and a home run.had seven innings and struck out ten. nats topped the pirated 7-4. >>> "cbs this morning" begins at the top of the hour, dennis quaid and michael chiklis stop by to talk about the new show coming this fall to cbs. >> before that we have one more check of traffic and weather. keep it right here on 9news now. achoo! nasal allergy symptoms like congestion, runny nose, itchy nose and sneezing can hit you year-round, indoors or out. prescription nasonex is clinically proven to help relieve nasal allergy symptoms any time of year. [ female announcer ] infections of the nose and throat and slow wound healing may occur. do not use nasonex until your nose has healed from any sore, surgery or injury. eye problems, including glaucoma or cataracts may occur. have regular eye exams. nasonex can increase your risk of getting infections. avoid contact with infections like chicken pox or measles while using nasonex. side effects may include headache, viral infection, sore throat, nosebleeds, and cough

adam laroche, mccutchen made a leaping grab.obbled the ball, crashed in the wall and made the grab. the sixth, andrew again, another solo shot. two home runs and catch of the night, doesn't get much better than that. pirates won it 5-3. >>> that is the early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> the lowdown on the new films trying to knock the avengers off this weekend's box office list. your entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> a special bond in an age when parents and their kids seem to spend less and less time together. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today" on this friday morning. the only troublesome weather over the weekend, afternoon storms will be typical down in florida, also in the central plains. not today, really not much on saturday. as we go to saturday, minneapolis and denver, slight chance of storm or two, so much of the country is literally perfect this weekend. sunday, i think the cold front will be lined up near illinois, iowa, back down through oklahoma a f

next batter, adam laroche looking to keep the rally alive. johnson does what? gets him swinging.e. orioles hang on to the 6-5 win. tonight the nationals have to live with the outcome. >> tonight i'm going to let it sink in a little bit. i feel terrible about it, our team was there. they put up five runs on the pitching staff. we need the win when we do that. >> i think we're a team that will never give up. we got a pitching staff that keeps us in the game pretty much. if we could get some more runs for them it would be great. >> it's been 34 years since the last triple crown winner in horse racing. let's go to paul for the 137th running of the preakness stakes. a chance to become the first triple crown winner since affirmed. the favorite and derby runnerup body meister well in front. that's i'll have another right there outside, chasing him down. yes, he will -- i'll have never just beats out body meister. the last leg, the belmont stakes is in three weeks. >>> mls action. dwayne derosario and united hosting toronto. the free kick. and the goal. fourth best goal in team history.

. >> adam laroche who had one of those homers and then drove in three runs late in the game.so the 1,000th hit of his career. ge geo gonzalez had a great night too. >> that was the beauty of baseball. then you make this biggs turnaround, 7-4 win. >> my first grader caught a pop fly in his little league game yesterday. i'm just saying. >> hat's off to him. let's go tom kierein and get the forecast. >> today's going be a home run. beautiful day, wispy high clouds. reagan national's at 69. elsewhere darker green. generally in the suburbs, we're right around 60. light now in manassas we're around 60. by mid morning still in the low 60s and a few clouds in and out by noon time. then overnight tonight it's going be cooler by midnight, down the 50s. this time tomorrow morning into the 40s. a look at friday and the weekend. your seven-day outlook in ten minutes. how's traffic? >> taking the beltway, starting in virginia, if you're taking the outer loop only the left lane get fwis roadwork there. to the inner loop of the beltway, this time at little river, they get by. traveling on th

last season, mike morris hit 31 home runs and that is&cleanup for the nationals and with that, adam larocheed into the cleanup spot and he may not want to get too copfy and yesterday, finished up extended spring training in florida and tonight, began the rehab assignment in woodbridge, video virginia and could be there by the offday in time for the six-game home stand against the braves and mets and the plan would be to begin playing left field again by june 6th, if not sooner. this has been a longtime coming. >> very anxious. i wish was playing months ago and i have gone this far and i don't need setbacks now. i'm red and that is it. 100%, i feel great and they're playing great and sounds like a good combination to me. >> and last night, angels hoping -- hosting the bottom of the fourth, tied 4-4 and sending one to center field and with that chase. they collide and crash into the wall and tumbles into 3rd base and they were able to switch it off and swisher nearly made the catch and to the bottom of the 9th, taking corey wade to deep left field and that is staying inside the foul poll and

just like last night adam laroche, jim johnson, the gun. baltimore win it is 6-5. they're 13 games above .500. series finale tomorrow at 1:35. >>> this is a cool story right here. currently this gentleman is the only fan to be mucky enough to get his hands on a bryce harper major league home run. he caught the second home run. the first one went to the grassy area so no fan could get to it. stevenson is the only fan to hold a bryce bomb. he said he's not going to sell it. this one will stay in the family for ever. >> i maybe glanced for a second. i saw the ball. of course then i've got to thank bryce harper. aim' 50-year-old man and he made me a little kid again for one minute of time. >> that is cool. that is his son scott and daughter shelby with him. they were actually going to switch seats and move to another area. i would say that was a good move on their part. >>> let's talk horse racing. the prevailing thought was bodemeister. the runner-up was the favorite. it was a perfect day. absolutely gorgeous at pimlico for the 137th running. let's get right to the st

bryce harper got the catch, got the throw to adam laroche, nice double play. bryce is pretty good out there. bottom of the 3rd, phillies leading 1-0, shane victorino with two on, no outs. edwin jackson goes seven innings allowing seven hits and three runs. cole hamels had a no hitter through five innings. top of the 6th, a base hit to right and espinoza tries to score. hunter pence's throw home is in time. nats fall to the phillies 4-1. afterwards high praise for hamels who pitched eight scoreless innings. >> we just couldn't get fog going against hamels. you have to -- nothing going against hamels. you have to give him credit. by the time we get something going, they made a great play. you tip your hat to hamels. he's tough. seven wins, pretty good. >> this afternoon orioles hosting the red sox bottom of the sic, o's trail 5-2. nick -- 6th, o's trail 5-2. nick johnson gets a two-run home run and earlier hit a solo shot. orioles down 5-4. bottom of the 8th, orioles trailing 6-4. wilson betemit with two on, two out, a fly to shallow right. nick march markakis t

adam laroche with the bases full lines one into right field. harper, ryan zimmerman all come in to score. a bases-clearing double for laroche and it's career hit number 1,000 as the nationals beat the pirates, 7-4, a big night for adam laroche. >> first of all it's surprising. i knew i was getting close. didn't realize, you know, that was a thousand so i started looking back on quite a few years and that first hit. wife, kids with me along the way. pretty exciting. it's nice to do it here at home too. >> i've always been a laroche fan. he is a great defender. he's the glue on the infield. one constant from day one. driven a lot of big runs. just a great player. >> davy johnson also said he is hoping the cleanup hitter mike morris will be ready to come off the disabled list on june 1st. >>> all right. three things are certain in this world. we know a couple of them. death, taxes, and if the new york rangers lose, john tortorella's press conference will last about 60 seconds. the eastern conference finals all square after new jersey scored a late

adam laroche mr. reliable, not tonight. baltimore wins it 2-1. tough loss, great game. >> great showing from the fans, obviously our fans are out strong. it's nice to play in front of a packed house. fun and exciting game. extra innings with your cross town rivals. the bullpen pitched good. one pitch, ball game. >> no surprise, this was a pitcher's duel. edwin jackson, excellent performance tonight. he was brilliant in defeat. but afterwards he took the loss like a man. >> old fashioned country battle. it was well played baseball on both ends. nobody gave up. i mean, we end up losing the game, but we fought hard out there tonight. >> good news, davey johnson says mike mohr is is ahead of schedule. which is when they thought they would be back. morris hasn't played a single game because of a strained muscle. all right, even a kentucky derby win can't make odds makers believe in i'll have another, even though he ran down at churchill downs, he is a slight underdog heading into saturday's preakness, but his owner says that's all right. doug o'neil s

top of the 9th, nats trails, 3- 2 and the next batter is adam laroche.r nat to the deep right center field. the 2-run home run, the fifth of the year and give the nats a 4-3 lead. bottom of the 9th, rob barajas off of rodriguez. a game-winning 2-run home run to the left and supper a -- to the -- suffer a tough loss. >>> last night in baltimore, the texas rangers josh hamilton went berserk and had a record night at the expense of the orioles and that outfielder hits four home runs and to be the 67th major league player to accomplish the feet. the first to do it since the blue jays in 2003 and hamilton with the double and goes 5 for 5. an american league record, 18 total bases and rangers with the victory. and the story here, the caps have to win. they trail three games to two and he's optimistic and won a championship, remember, with the blackhawks and said this has the locker room to continue and doesn't want to look ahead to winning the stanley cup but they definitely have the mental thity to stave off elimination game. live fromver e zon center, i'm da

chad tracy filling in at first base for adam laroche. hit like him tonight. a good thing. and goes down, gets the pitch. five fingt. bottom of the eighth now. a 3-2 game. nats down by a run. and john mayberry diving for it. can't get it. that its good news. tracy chugging around third. coming home. it is a tie game. it would stay that way until the bottom of the 11th. pinch hitter, wilson ramos. bases loaded. base run wins it. that's what he gets. nats doing it again. yeah, flying high, isn't he? and scores the game winning run. colombian native. three hits on the night. ramos, nationals win 4-3. fifth walkoff win of the year. 17-9 on the season. likes the way his catcher has been playing it. >> swing the bat really good lately. and down on the last man. we have been playing a man short for half the year. but i mean we had -- we had opportunities, the whole ball game. and just -- but the offense, you know shows life. that's, that was a good thing. that's what we have been waiting on. >> same two tomorrows. 1:00. baltimore, mark reynolds, had 37 home runs last year. none so

adam laroche goes yard directly followed by davey nady. here is geo. tonight. to jump stephen strasburg for the stop spot. nationals take it 7-4. >> we got some pretty good pitchers over here. you know, when you have that, it keeps the pressure off your defense. >>> orioles not kansas city taking on the royals. top of the 9th o's down one. j.j. hardy with the single to center right. flaherty going to try to score all the way from 2nd. he just beats the throw from jared dyson. what a throw to tie the game. it's 3-3 in the 12th. >>> d.c. united is going through a similar situation as the nationals, in that they have 9 people on their injured list. thankfully they have a long break coming up giving players time to heal. nonetheless, though, united seems to have figured out a way to compensate in the time being. d.c. united hosting the colorado rapids in the 25th minute, d.c. united on the rush to wayne de rosario. finishes that one 1-0 d.c. united. second half, ball goes into the box. franco boscovic gets denied. but hamde gets it to go. d.c. united wins

adam laroche changes that with a drive to deep center field, a two-run home run, laroche's fifth of the year, nats in front 3-2. bottom of the 6th, strasburg walks the bases loaded but he gets garrett jones to strike out to end the inning. it was his final pitch. strasburg goes six, allows five hits, two runs, striking out 13. nats defeat the pirates 4-2 and strasburg is 3 -0. >>> orioles and rangers, game 1. the birds hit three consecutive home runs to starter. nick markakis with the third. the orioles had five hits all home runs and took game 16-5. the night cap was more of the josh hamilton show. the guy hit four home runs tuesday, at it again today. a two-run home run in the first, his 15th of the year. the rangers win 7-3. he's on pace for 552 home runs. >>> hockey you and for the second straight series the nats won an -- hockey now and for the second straight series the nats won an elimination game. saturday night against the rangers gape 7 for all the marbles. 2nd period the caps -- game 7 for all the marbles. 2nd period the caps 1-0. jason chimera on the doorstep, his fourth goa

adam laroche's first game off the injured list. a two-run walk off homer. pirates win this one 5-4. >> we had the right guy in there, didn't play too good in the 8th inning. we should have got out of that inning. but it was interesting ballgame, both closers giving up. that was kind of rare. >>> the rangers, josh hamilton making history tonight in baltimore. five at-bats, four homeruns, tying the league record as the 16th player ever and the first texas ranger to do that in a single game. all the while, single-handedly crushing the orioles as texas wins this one 10-3. the washington mystics back at work hosting media today. as they prep author their 15th season, debuting an almost completely new roster. the mystic season opens may 19th. >>> the capitals know how to make it hard on themselves. they're no strangers to rebounding after a tough loss. they've been doing it since the regular season, finding a way to come together as a team and win. but it's not just losses that seem to strengthen that bond after a late game penalty by joe ward gave new york the a

that was really close, hard to t adam laroche would homer in the ninth. only run of the game. they fall in philly, 4-1, the final. >>> buck showalter and the o's hosting the red sox this afternoon. red sox up 5-2. nick johnson at the plate with one on. and this one is gone. his second home run of the day and the orioles now down just 5-4. bottom eight, it's 6-4, red sox on top,@ wilson betimit. this is a clutch catch by lynn. the o's now a robust 28-17 on the season. they host kansas city on friday. >>> there will be a decisive game seven for the celtics and the sixers on saturday. philadelphia able to stave off elimination by the wiley celtics. neither team's lost back-to-back games in the playoff this is season. and the sixers control this had one for most of the night. kevin garnett getting pumped up$ bemhqugame. second Ñe pietrus driving. andre iguodala gets the dunk. the sixers go up. 20 points in the game for iguodala. later, tied at pas celtics, good passing. rondo to garnett. garnett had 20 points and 11 boards. that's a double-double for the big

way down the right-field line, adam laroche scores and bryce harper comes around third.e, too, will score. and it's 4-2, nationals. got to like that. bottom of the eighth. hits the five-ball to right. should be an easy play. harper, angel in the outfield. i don't know, 20 feet behind him. two runs score. it's 6-5, nationals. 19 years old, come on. seriously, slipping away. bottom of the ninth, boom, joey votto crushes it to right center. grand slam homer. the third of the game. that's 96 home tomorrow to play the san diego padres. wilson ramos will be out of the nationals' lineup for a significant amount of time. tore an anterior ligament in the right knee. last night they called up the catcher to back up jesus forrest. hitting pretty good, .319 with a home run, 12 rbis. orioles hosting the rays. adam jones hit the slow roller to third. he's back on the track. he beats it. the ball gets away from carlos pena. j.j. harding came on home. 9-8, rays. next batter. shawn rodriguez. throws to first. that will end the game, 9-8. >>> for the winner of the players' championship, i

top of the sixth adam laroche at the plate with one on. this one is gone. over the wall in center field. laroche's sixth home run of the season. that makes it 3-2 nationals. they had three homers on the night. and they salvage a game in this series with a 4-2 win. the guys in cincinnati tomorrow. >>> in the american league the o's and the rangers playing two in baltimore today. what a first inning for the o's. first man up is the first man to hit it out. ryan flaherty. and that's his first major league home run. second batter j.j. hardy not to be outdone. his eighth homer of the season. into the seats in left. next up nick markakis, and he completes the home run hat trick. back-to-back-to-back home runs for the orioles. the first time that's happened in american league history. the o's win game one 6-5. tommy hunter, one man on for josh hamilton. i'd say he's been seeing the ball pretty well this week. what do you guys think? his sixth homer of the series puts the rangers up 2-0. top of the fifth now. we're tied at 3. one man on for elvis andrus. ground bal

adam laroche, mccutchen made a leaping grab.heck it out again, he bobbled the ball in the air, crashed into the wall and held on to make the grab. the sixth, andrew again, another solo shot. two home runs and catch of the night, doesn't get much better than that. pirates won it 5-3. that's your "first look" at sports, i'm fred roggin. >>> now for another look at the weather here once again is nbc meteorologist bill karins. why are we going back to you? >> i honestly -- >> really? don't you get breakfast or something? >> unless the weather forecast has death, destruction or devastation in it you're just not interested. >> i guess so. >> you just don't want to sit there and glaze over and look at the bright sun? >> go ahead. >> here we go. leaving areas of new england this morning, you do want to bring a jacket, a light jacket and even with the kids as they head off to school because temperatures are in the 40s. they'll carry it home later today as it will be another day just like yesterday, chilly start, beautiful afternoon. we'r

and adam laroche returned to the team after an injury, hitting a two-run home run. >> coming up on 40 after the hour. tom kierein, seems like that radar has been pretty busy for you as of late, tom. >> yeah. we've been needing this rain. there's the live view from the h.d. city camera. right now the respite from the rain is over washington. don't have any rain now in the metro area. over the last 12 hours, we've seen rain surging through. we've had a quarter inch to a half inch. where you see the green, it's raining in southern maryland, northern neck, and now exiting montgomery county into howard and on the eastern shore. a few breaks in the clouds farther south and west. temperatures around the region are in the 60s. reagan national now at 67. we're off it a mild start. out of the mountains, 50s now. here's your day planner. sunrise at 6:01. by 9:00 might have sun, mostly cloudy, near 70. mid 70s by noontime. may hit upper 70s mid-afternoon. by then we should have more showers, maybe some thunder and lightning, too, moving through mid to late afternoon. you'll need the umbrella agai

adam laroche scores from third and then all the way from first, here comes the phenom, bryce harper.es. nats take a 4-2 lead. bottom of the ninth, nats up by one. henry rodriguez on for the save. but the bases are loaded for joey votto. two homers on the day. why not make it a third? gets that high fastball for a walk-off grand slam. reds come back to win, 9-6. the nats fall out of first place in the n.l. east for the first time now since april 10th. only a half game back, though. buck showalter's orioles looking for a sweep of the rays. in the bottom of the seventh, the o's down six. they are down only three. nick markakis hammers one deep to center field. b.j. upton going back. and he can't come down with it. it is a two-run double. robert andino and j.j. hardy. troy patton working a third inning of relief facing elliott johnson. that's not very relieving for the orioles. gives up the bomb, deep to left. raise up two now. very next batter, ben zobrist, back to back jacks for tampa bay. and that puts them up three. the rays hold on to win, 9-8. baltimore still atop the a.l. east. th

adam laroche hits a ball to deep right center.er to the left and just like that, the nats lose 5- 46789 the team goes back at it again tonight. >>> history was made in baltimore last night. first inning, the os and rangers, scott hamilton gives texas the lead with a two00 run homer to center that. would be the theme all night long. hamilton added four homers in one game. >>> the guys will try to rebound from their heart- breaking overtime loss to the rangers tonight at the verizon center. the puck drops for game six at 7:30. new york can close out the series. the caps win and we head back to new york for a deciding game seven. >>> nevada boxing officials will likely decide today or tomorrow whether or not to go ahead with the major rematch between d.c.'s lamont peterson and amir kahn. >>> the star-stud cast of the new movie what to expect when you're expecting hit the red carpet last night for the film's new york city premier. >> fox's julie chang caught up with some of the actors to get a sneak peek of what we can expect from the

adam laroche with the drive. back against the wall, leaps, the ball off his grulove but ge it on the way down. mission accomplished. it's time for this fan in cincinnati to play the lottery. now it's one thing to catch mike complete's home run ball in the stands. it's another when the very next batter hits to basically the same spot. and caleb lloyd makes the catch again. pretty impressive. so much that you'd think he does it all the time. even more luck on the golf course. j.j. henry on the fifth hole from 163 yards out at the byron nelson. lands on the green. and gets quite a roll. all the way into the jar for the hole in one. if you think that wasn't luck, check out henry's reaction. even he can't believe it. you remember the famous howard cosell boxing call? down goes frazier. from his fight against muhammad ali, of course. in the kings playoff series, it was deja vu. the hit on the kings collin frazier into the day owities bench a coyotes bench and down goes frazier ppd and finally rush of our frisbee favori

adam laroche would homer in the ninth. nationals only run of the game.dvan vance called him safe there. we have the benefit of replay. >> nats, 26-18 on the season. >> give him credit. by the time we got something going, made a great play. you know. tip your hat to him. he has done that to quite a few people. come back on friday. >> all right. to the hard wood. remember this guy? >> yeah. >> iverson. a.i. in the house. he said he still wants to play. michael says please don't block me. drew holiday gets the ball up court for the dunk. awn zra had 12. sixers up 28-23 at that point. later, we are tied at 31. celtics with great passing. rhonda to kevin garnett. garnett had 20 points. 11 rebounds for the celtics. philly takes control up by six. driving and switching hands there he is. 20 points. 82-57 the final. sixers force a game seven. that will take place on saturday. heat trying to close things out against the pacers. >>> chad ochocinco, you probably heard of him, he loves his coffee. the new england patriots wide receiver took to twitter yesterday. rep

the big story, adam laroche drove in one and then three runs in d game is his 1,000th.spz gonzalez. >>> march mad seasons coming to the verizon center. georgetown will host the east regional next year. it will be the sixth time verizon has hosted the ncaa men's basketball tournament games. it should be a lot of fun. >> $40 million. that's how much sketchers will pay about the claims of its shoes. the shoes claimed the shape--ups toning shoe helped lose weight, tone body messles and come bait hart disease. they say this an important step in getting markets to ensure they have important evidence. consumers who bought the shoes will be eligible for refund. >> i hope common sense will tell you no amount of shoes is going to make you look like brook burke 50 burke. >> reagan painter was shopping for bargain deals at his lot ca k-matters noechl it issed a lot of items remaining and he bought the items and donated it for charity. >> this year we'll have enough hats, clothes, and flovs. >> there won't be any needy people cold this win termination i don't think. >> painter said

adam laroche had four hits.ats are now back in place in the national league east right where they need to be. >>> to the os now. the os and royals went to the 15th inning last night. adam jones broke a 3-3 tie with his first home run of the year deep into the seats in left field. baltimore wins 4-3. the team wraps up their series later this affect. >>> and straight ahead at 6:00, all of our top stories plus weather and traffic. >> we continue to remember the life of legendary godfather, chuck brown. stay with us.  [ male announcer ] hot outta the oven, it's the pizza sub! featured $5 footlong™ of may! melty cheese, kickin' pepperoni and our signature marinara sauce on freshly baked bread. this may only, it joins our many $5 footlongs™! subway. eat fresh. molly, ordinary soap. would they switch? ♪ notice a difference? it feels a bit tight. [ female announcer ] soap leaves behind soap residue that can cause a tight, draggy feeling. with one-quarter moisturizing cream, dove cleansers rinse cleaner

adam laroche should be back after relaxing a sore muscle.ason werth will not be back on the field for several months. he had surgery after breaking his left wrist in sunday night's game. nats expected to be gone 10 to 12 weeks. a different injury to his wrist kept be out of the 2006 season. >>> that's what this pitcher gets for admitting he plummeted bryce harper on purpose. bryce harper got the last laugh. stole a home a few batters later. basic will you put a clone suit on him, -- clown suit only. >>> still to come, the family of chuck brown tells us the real reason the miewrk legend -- music legend is in the hospital. >>> would you like to get an xbox for just 99 bucks? jessica doyle tells us you can do it but there are strings attached. >>> in loudoun county, belmont ridge road is closed between hay road and route 7. it's been that way since early this morning because of a serious crash. authorities are on the scene. i'll have more on that situation coming up in my next report at 6:30. you're watching 9news now. stay with us. >>> welcome

top of the 8th nats lead 5-3, adam laroche with a base hit to right field. 6-3 nats after roger bernadina trots home from third, but bottom of 9th, bases loaded and two outs, there's henry rodriguez, oh, henry goes to deep right. a walkoff grand slam. cincy's first grand slam ending since adam dunn connected in 2006. three-run home run. the nats are defeated 9-6. washington returns home tomorrow to begin a homestand against the padres. >>> orioles hosting the raise, the ballpark a perfect place to spend the afternoon with mom on mother's day. that's sweet, isn't it? happy mother's day. bottom of the 9th, orioles trailing 9-7, adam jones two on, two out, high chop to the left side, sean rodriguez, an acrobatic throw to first, j.j. hardy scores. deficit 9-8. next batter matt wieters grounding to the left side again to rodriguez, a one hop throw to pena at first. orioles fall to the rays 9-8. >>> last night the caps season ended in new york. there would be no trip to the eastern conference finals, something they've only done twice in franchise history, another

adam laroche with a two-run homer to take a one-run lead in the ninth.close the deal. a walk-off homer in the bottom of the ninth. the nats lose a heartbreaker 5- 4. >>> josh hamilton made history in baltimore last night e hit a two-run homer to texas to give texas the lead. he added three more home runs on the night to power the rangers to a 10-3 win. hamilton by the way is the 16th major leaguer in history to record four homers in just one game. >>> you know tayse must-win for the caps tonight. they are going to face the rangers in game six now of the second round play offseries at verizon center. the capitals win and they accepted it to a deciding game seven. the loss and they are done for the season. the puck drops at 7:30 tonight. >>> nevada boxing officials wilikely decide today or tomorrow whether to go ahead with the major rematch between lamont peterson and amir kahn. peterson admitted he tested positive which says came from a one-time use to low testosterone levels. >>> time to say good morning to our facebook fan of the day. it is janet cobb t

adam laroche. one on. good-bye. out of here, center field. sixth home run of the season. put the nats up 3-2. go up to win 4-2. skipper davey johnson. >> all the guys have been pitching good. the problem is, offense, haven't been given any leeway. score three runs, four runs, that seems to be the max and makes it tough on starters and the bull pen. but, you know, i think better things are coming. i think that it went well, and i would probably hit that out a few times. >> maybe it's a d.c. thing, because davey is awfully laid back too. he has that little wry smile, like he has a lot to tell you. jill gonzalez, we're talking about golf. he's on the hill for the nationals tonight in their series opener in cincinnati. now we're talking golf. tiger woods is not what he used to be. stop the presses. in fact, going in to today's second round, tiger wood in jeopardy of missing back-to-back cuts for the first time in his professional career. we wonder if he will ever come back. after a less than stellar two over 74 on thursday's round, he did do better. second round in the player

adam laroche goes yard directly followed by nady. back-to-back homers, nationals lead 4-1.n high ten strikeouts last night. jumps him to the top spot in the national league, nationals take this one 7-4. >> we got some pretty good pitchers over here. you know, when you risk that -- i'd say it keeps the pressure off your defense. >>> d.c. united hosting the colorado rapids last night. 25th minute, d.c. united on the rush. dwayne derow zaire owe finishes that one. second half ball in the box, boss slow vick is denied but d.c. united wins picking up their first shutout of the season. >>> settics 76ers -- tied at 1 apiece. boston having no problems last night. a dominant second half. kevin garnett 27 points, 13 rebounds as the celtics pound 76ers 107-91. they lead the series 2-1. that's a look at your morning sports. have a great thursday. >>> security is tightening up in frederick county ahead of tomorrow's start of the g-8 summit. >> plus d.c. fans remember the life of local music legend chuck brown the godfather of go- go. delia? >> to many fans chuck brown was full of life a

the next batter, adam laroche, who just returned from injury, hit a two-run homer giving the nationals the 4-3 lead heading into the bottom of the ninth. with the team just one out away from the win, the walk-off home run gave the pirates the victory. >>> an impressive feat, something only 15 other baseball players have ever done. hit four home runs in a single game. the rangers' josh hamilton became the 16th player. the epic performance came against the baltimore orioles at camden yards. hamilton whoa who has had a public battle with drug and alcohol addiction says it will take some time for the significance to sink in. hamilton also had eight rbis in the rangers' 10-3 win. >> excellent. congratulations. >>> the clock -- not you, aaron. >> you looked at me. >> it was a good read. good for you. >>> the clock at georgetown's healy tower is working again. the university put a new pair of hands on the clock yesterday. someone swiped the old hands on april 29. the alleged thieves sent an e-mail to the campus community claiming that they sent the clock hands to the vatican. school officials

adam laroche at the plate, ryan zimmerman on base, both back from injury and making an impact.oche hammers this 3-2 pitch to center and that's gone. a two-run home run and this guy's pretty happy. he has himself a home run ball. nationals come pack to take the lead, 4-3. but in the bottom of the night, oh, henry! henry rodriguez, one out away from his seventh save of the year, but he ain't going to get it. rod barajas takes care of that. a walk-off two-run home run. rodriguez blows the save and takes the loss as the pirates win 5-4. orioles and rangers, huge night for josh hamilton. we pick it up in the top of the seventh. rangers up 5-1. hamilton already has two homers in the game and he's doing it again. another two-run shot. hamilton's first career three-run game. but he was getting greedy. going for more. facing side armer, darren odeignen, what a day for hamilton. his fourth home run in the game, ties a major league record. hamilton is the 16th player to ever hit four in a game. more rare than a perfect game. an historic night for josh hamilton, as the rangers bead the os,

the next batter, adam laroche, who also just returned from an injury, hit a two-run homer that gave the a 4-3 lead heading into the bottom of the ninth. but the team just one out away from the win -- rod varahos hid a walkoff home giving the pirates the win. >>> just up 95, an impressive feat, something only 15 other players in baseball history have been able to do -- rangers outfielder, josh hamilton, hit four home runs in a single game. the epic performance came against the baltimore orioles at camden yards, hamilton, who has had a very public battle with drug and alcohol addiction says it will take some time for the significance to sink in. hamilton also had eight rbis in the rangers' 10-3 win. >>> in news for your health, there's an alarming rise of girls suffering from concussions while playing sports. for one group of girls, what happened on the field changed their lives. nbc's kate snow reports. >> we found a team in chester springs, pennsylvania, with a remarkable story to tell. >> show of hands, how many of you have had a concussion? how many of you have had more than one concu

adam laroche scores from third and all the way from first.s bryce harper and the nationals take a 4-2 lead. bottom nine now. nats up 6-5. h-rod. henry rodriguez on for the save. but the bases are loaded for joey votto. joey votto is good. and you can tell why. oh, man. this one is gone. pounces on that fastball. walk off grand slam. the reds come back to win, 9-6. today davy johnson was defending his closer. >> you know, we're making a big issue. i had a question the other day. is he still my closer? yes. he's been very successful at closing. in a job that's not that easy. as far as i'm concerned he has been great. you know, here's a guy that just last year i think he got his first save in the big leagues. and this year he's been outstanding. he has had an outstanding spring. i'm not going to answer these questions every time there is a little blip on the radar screen. is he my closer? yes. >> you've got it. >> i guess we understand. >> he's my closer. next question? >> and at this point it's not a little blip but when davy speaks we listen.

next batter, adam laroche looking to keep the rally alive, but johnson gets him swinging at strike threehold on for the 6-5 win, and they will go for the sweep this afternoon. >> tonight i will let it sink in a little bit. i feel terrible about it, because the hitters were ready to hit p. they put up five runs on that pitching staff, which you know we need to win when we do that. >> we battled to the end. we're a team that will never give up. they are in the final of the ninth inning. you know, if we could get more runs for them it would be great. >> it has been 34 years since the last triple crown river in horse raining. i'll have another got it. kentucky derby winner looking for that chance to become the first triple down winner since affirm. and that's "i'll have another" chasing him down. yes, he did it. he had another, and he beats him out. >>> and then united hosting nute, a free kick. and it heads in for the goal. fourth best goal in 57 seconds. it's the same score in the 43rd minute. and that's goal number two on the night. united goes on to win, 3-1. >>> the mystics opening up t

laroche back from injuries for tomorrow's game. meanwhile, a wild game in boston. tied at 6-6 in the 16th. yes, 16th. chris davis pitching. aviles. hit one in the gap. adam jones, relay to j.j. we have a play at the plate. matt weiner's great play by the os catcher holds on and we are going to a 17th inning. that saved the game. who is pitching for boston? how about left fielder darnell mcdonald with two men on. leaves one up in the zone for jones. this one is gone! over the green monster. and that's the game. os win in 17 innings. mcdonald takes the loss. davis gets the win. first time since 1902 two position players factored into a decision. the birds now 19-9 this season. they have the best record in baseball. p all right. >>> >>> talking football now. mike shanahan did not waste any time in naming robert griffith iii the starring quarterback. today shanahan and several other redskins hitting the links at trump national. and -- some good times out there today. usually running into opposing players. today getting run into by his own coach. coach, what's going on? taking another look. maybe orakpo didn't get up for drills in time. coach having a good ti