and adam laroche and the nats trying to take a third straight game from the cardinals this afternoon. nats up 4-2 in the second. laroche launches an upper deck shot to the right. bottom of the 6th, nats trailing 8-7 and zimmerman singles to right. jason worth is going to score to tie the game and then watch catcher molina, throws the ball to second. why they did that, bryce harper sneaks around, doesn't stop running the bases and slides in safely. great base running and the nats go ahead 9-8. top of the 9th tied again and world series hero comes through for the cardinals. he singles to left. allen craig scores and the cards win 10-9. >>> today randy kicking off his second season with the terps, hosting william and mary. less than 10 minutes left, maryland trails 6-0. yup, 6-0. and the handoff. he takes it to a big hole. only touchdown. adds the extra point and maryland edges william and mary 7-6. coming up on nissan sports xtra. a one on one with ryan. >> a lot of stuff on deck. >> they have to, you saved this. a little while longer. just ahead, we are staying with sports and introduc

en el parque de los nacionales, adam laroche conectó dos de los seis jonrones de washington, ian desmonds nacionales aplastaron 11-5 a los cachorros de chicago. laroche y jayson werth conectaron cuatro hits cada uno para los líderes del este de la nacional, que se despegaron siete juegos y medio sobre su escolta bravos de atlanta. es la brecha más amplia de la campaña. desmond, el venezolano jesús flores, tyler moore y ryan zimmerman también la desaparecieron para igualar el récord de la franquicia en un juego. en toronto, mark reynolds conectó un jonrón de tres carreras, zach britton lanzó siete entradas para ganar su cuarta apertura consecutiva y los orioles de baltimore vapulearon 12-0 a los azulejos. con la derrota 5-2 de yankees de nueva york ante rays de tampa bay, los orioles empataron a los yankees en la cima de la división este de la liga americana. esto no ocurría desde 1997, el año en el que por última vez ganaron el banderín y avanzaron a la postemporada. por baltimore., el dominicano wilson betemit se fue de 1-0. se viene otras dos fechas de clasificacion al mundial de brasi

adam laroche batting with one on and two out. facing shawn marcum. he's a marked man. laroche launches this two-run bomb. top 4, ryan braun on second. ramirez hits this one up the middle. bryce harper charging. here we go, a play at the plate, nails to save a run. you've got to give props, though, for that great blocking tag by jesus. it continues for harper. top 9, clipper, the closer of the day. but it was not his night. braun rips this one to left. ioki scores to tie the game, next batter, ramirez. clipper gives up three in the ninth. he takes the nats 4-2. >> matt weeders really wants to play in october. he rips it down the right field line. adam jones will follow him. a two r.b.i. single for weeders. >> orioles win 4-2 over boston. birds still one game behind the yankees in the a.l. east. >>> our feature game is called the battle of the burn. let's take you there. broad ron on the run. spartans came in trying to catch up quarterback brady pumps one. find the tight end, dorien jenkins. there goes one and here comes the other. 71-yard touchdown. 17-7. bulldogs answe

adam laroche with a pair of home runs and the nats beat the cubs, 11-5. >>> speaking of home runs, m v.p. candidate miguel cabrera ripped his 14th of the season but it was all for naught. the tiger losing to the white sox increase their chance in the a.l. central? hmmle. they committed more runs in a in week. chicago leads the central by game. thumbs up to the pirates. thumbs down to jose altuve. i got it, i got it. i don't got it. no way, jose. in came two. when it rains, it poors. houston lost their league-leading 94th game. >>> college football after robbing michigan on saturday takes over for the spot in the a.l. post. u.s. open, andy roddick came out paug against eighth ranked martin del potro. the argentinian came roaring back, tied it at six. then the heavens opened, the second rain of the match. all they could do is laugh. they'd continue today. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> well, snooki's baby is a cover boy, and tomorrow night's headache over viewing choices is cured. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>

adam laroche at the plate. two runners in scoring position. laroche pokes it to left for a single. jayson werth and bryce harper come in to score. the nats take a 2-0 lead. ryan zimmerman this is not a single. deep to the bull pen. a two-run shot. it's nats 10-0. the bull pen with the night off. gonzalez dealing in the ninth. he strikes out eight and goes the distance for win. he gets a gatorade bath and how nice is this? a pie to the face later. nats dominate again, 10-0. >>> orioles visiting the yankees. buck says let's go after the division. mark reynolds got the division. top two, man on for reynolds. he cranks it to left. a two-run shot and the orioles go on to win 6-1. they trail the yankees in the division by two games. players some of the most accessible athletes in sports but not on this day. guys like aldrick robinson turned their phones off. but tanard jackson won't be hearing anything for a while. he was suspended indefinitely for violating the league's substance abuse policy. >>> and anthony armstrong caught five touchdowns in two seasons here in d.c. the team elects t

adam laroche take it deep second deck to right. 25th homer of the year. how about the lefty on the mound? ross detwiler a 3-2 pitch to castro. give me a 6-4-3 double play. detwiler with four hits over seven innings. top nine, nats up 2-1. clippard to close it out. but he gets a save number 30 strike out josh vitters. the nats win 2-1. >> i mean we still have to go to atlanta. we have marlins coming in and three more games with these guys. if we win the games there's no way we're out of it. if we keep pushing forward i think we'll be all right. >> the orioles today were winners. the yankees lose to the rays. the o's are just now one game back of new york in the al east. how about that? >>> in blacksburg the season opener for virginia tech. hokies taking on georgia tech. they had one loss in the regular season last year. the crowd at the stadium were fired up for this one. they always are. in the fourth, hokies down 10-7. deep to knowles. he comes down with it. a 42-yard touchdown. back come the yellow jackets. less than a minute to go. washington looks and

adam laroche with a pair of home runs, and the nats beat the cubs, 11-5. >>> speaking of home runs, mvp candidate miguel cabrera ripped his 34th of the season, but it was all for naught. the tigers lost to the indians, 3-2. so with the tiger losing, could the white sox increase their lead in the a.l. central? hmm-mm. minnesota scored more runs in the fifth than some teams do in an entire week. hung ten on the sox, went on to win it, 18-9. chicago leads the central by a game. >>> thumbs up to the pirates. beat the astros, 6-2. thumbs down to jose altuve. pedro alvarez with an infield fly. i got it, i got it. i don't got it. no way, jose. in came two. when it rains, it pours. houston lost their league-leading 94th game. >>> college football, after robbing michigan on saturday, alabama has taken over the number one spot in the a.p. poll. usc dropped to number two. lsu, oregon, and oklahoma round out the top five. >>> u.s. open, andy roddick came out flying against eighth ranked juan martin del potro. jumped out to an early 5-2 lead, but the argentinian came roaring back, tied it at 6-6. th

adam laroche added his home runs here way two-run shot. davy johnson talked about the near brawl. >> that is again frustration from a team that is having a rough year. i was proud of my guys for not really overreacting. we are in a pennant race. we have to be model citizens. we don't start things but we're not going to completely back down from them. >> why don't they put that energy into winning games? >> it was cal ripken night as his statue was unveiled. bottom of the first, the o's built a 6-1 lead. the yankees tied with if w. five runs in theating. the os hit flee home enters theating and went on to win 10- 6. the os hit flee homers in the eighth and went on to -- hit three homers in the eighth and went on to win 10-6. >> reporter: in this city full of museums, you rarely see something quite like this. >> the meat dress. >> reporter: it is the dress made of meat that lady gaga wore to the mtv video awards in 2010. yes, the boots are here too. for the record, it is argentinian steak. >> obviously, being prone to dote ration, it had to

nats up 8-1 and zimmerman in the 6th and that is his 18th of the year and finally, in the eighth, adam laroche hits a solo shot, the 22nd of the game, and the third multihomer game of the year. >> and everybody in the lineup is capable of going out of the ballpark. we're in a good place right now offensively. we're not satisfied and have a whole month left, you know, we want to continue this and to be a part of this, and you know, that hit was awesome. >> and finally, andy roddick's career came to an end as he fell to dell pocho in the fourth round of the u.s. open. brian? >> lindsay, thanks. now you have the news edge. the news is always on www.myfoxdc.com. we're back here at 10 on the news edge at 11. hope you will be, too. see you later.  [ male announcer ] with ultra-filtered water from the first hands-free system, and micro-climate controls powered by twinchill technology, the new ge french door refrigerator puts fresh in a whole new light. come see the new ge french door refrigerator for yourself at bray & scarff. buy now and save up to $500. but hurry this incredible of

adam laroche who homered in the 4th does it again, his second solo shot, 27e. of the year. nats -- 27th of the year. nats hit a record six solo home runs and lead the braves by 7 1/2 games in the nl east. >> great game, offense. it was fun watching, think everybody got a hit, so good game. everybody in our lineup is capable of going out of the ballpark and, you know, we're in e right now offensively. we've been kind of building to it. i like the lineup. we haven't had the lineup together very long. >>> the orioles north of the border against the blue jays, top of the 5th, no score until mark reynolds goes deep to left field. he's been doing that a lot lately. davis at the wall is going to leap but won't catch that one, a three-run homer for reynolds, his 17th of the year, all baltimore would need. the only thing that went wrong was out of the o's control. it began to rain, but there were issues closing the roof, so it rained inside the dome, but the rain didn't ruin the orioles. they bolt the jays 12-0 and are -- beat the jays 12-0 and are tied for first place with the yank

the nats would hit a record sick home runs including two by adam laroche. they end up pounding the cubs 7 457b. the team go back at it again tonight. -- they end up pounding the cubs 7-5. >> baltimore wins 12-0 despite a little rain. zach britain pitched seven scoreless innings. os are tied for first place with the yankees who fell for the rays. i didn't see my man being manny machado in those highlights. >> i think i fell more love for the orioles from tucker than the nats. >>> a message in a bottle washed ashore in satellite beach. >> the woman who found the bottle is trying to track down the person would wrote the message. we have a report. >> reporter: amy neiman hit the sand at satellite beach recently to celebrate. >> we came out if a blue moon party. >> a rarity seen only one every two or three years. >> if i have teen friends all in a circle on the beach with food and drink and we were just waiting for the moon to rise. >> reporter: a great time with no expect taxicab commission of anything unusual. as the party rolled on, amy and her husband took a

adam laroche. a home run yesterday. tonight he is doing it again.he solo shot number 26 on the season. he would also get number 27. he went 4 for 4. check out who he celebrates with in the dugout. his son, drake. nats win. they lead. >>> orioles and toronto coming into tonight the birds one game back of the yankees. did you see that? the swing is the thing for him in the top of the fifth. four home runs in the last five games. a three-run shot here just clears the fence. orioles up, 3-0. a lot of high fives for that one. man! zack gets a swing. orioles win big, 12-0. the words are tied with new york atop the a.l. east. >>>t the u.s. open andy roddick's match was delayed by rain. roddick doesn't seem to mind waiting for his match or his retirement. 7-0 in a round of 16 at the u.s. open. tied at five games a piece when they play it early in the first set. roddick in the near court. roddick wins the game. the set would go to a tie break but then the rains would come. you can see everyone starting to get wet. look at the official how he checks. sneaker,

adam laroche hit two home runs.he nationals will look to win their fourth game in a row tonight against the cubs. all right. looking good. >> yeah. nice for them. >>> 4:41 right now. let's see how the weather will hold out for you today. storm team4 meteorologist has the forecast. >> let's just say more than the last two days we've got better chance of seeing rain across the area today. yeah. it's still warm and muggy. another start for us here this morning. look at the temperatures. plenty warm. 76 right now. franconia, coming in at 75. potom potomac, currently 76 degrees. we do already have spotty, little showers around the area. down around charles county. rain in petersburg. that's west virginia now. i think that will arrive here about 8:00 or 9:00 a.m. showers developing. humid today. your high, 86. drenching storms between noon and about 5:00 p.m. let's hit the roads again with danella. >>> still checking things out in our area. pretty quiet. still a couple of work zones setting up. i-95 southbound garrisonvil

it was a matinee this afternoon, bottom of the 3rd, no score, leadoff batter adam laroche has a toweringt to right and it stays fair reaching the second deck, nats 1 -0. ross detwiler on the hill in control all day, pitched seven scoreless innings aided by two double plays. that is ryan zimmerman who starts the twin killing to end the 7th. bottom of the 8th bryce harper on first, zim with the base hit. harper rounds third base and we know he's not stopping. they don't try to throw him out. nats are up 2-0. that run proved critical because in the 9th it's a one-run game tying run on second for the cubs and tyler clippard gets out of it, strikes out josh vitters to end the game, his 30th save. nats win 2-1, their record 82nd victory. here's clip amped on his milestone save. >> it's surreal, a good accomplishment, but i'm just glad to kind of help the team win ballgames. that's fun. >> he didn't close the first five weeks or something. i know he's counting them. >> clippard stepped up when drew storen was down. >>> orioles against the blue jays, joe saunders making his second start with the

third inning, adam laroche breaks a scoreless tie with his 25th home run of the year.he nats win 2-1 and are now 30 games over 500 and have clinched a winning season. they've also won 82 games, most by any nats team. the nats and cubs go back at it again tonight, weather permitting. doing well. >> let's get up the road. the orioles north of the border intelligence the blue jays. joe saunders pitched six tough scoreless innings and got some solid defense behind him. that included a nice bare handed play by manny machado at third. os win 4-0 and are now one game behind the yankees in the a.l. east. >> one game? >> one game. >> oh, yeah. >> let's talk football now. five days and counting until robert griffin iii will lead the redskins out on to the field for their first regular season game. >> they kick off the season in new orleans against the saints on sunday at 1:00 p.m. the team is looking to improve on last year's 5-11 record. i think that is a given. >> nowhere to go but up. >> brandon banks is back in the fold again after battling the bubble all season. he impresse

adam laroche and the offense gets the game started. bottom of the 1st laroche singles to left, an opposite field hit. jayson werth and bryce harper come in to score. nats lead 2-0. bottom of the 5th nats up 6-0. bryce harper extends the lead singles up the middle. kurt suzuki and jason wet corps and it's 8-0. -- jayson werth score and it's 8-0. shane robinson plays out to center ending the game. gio gets his first complete game shutout of his career. nationals win 10 -0. they outscored the cardinals 18- 1 in two games and it doesn't get any better than a gatorade shower with shaving cream topping. after the game ryan zimmerman talked about the team's recent success. >> it's hard to kind of put people in and out and not have a consistent lineup, but now that we're all here and play with each other every day we're starting to show what we can do. there's no easy out in this lineup. we're all good hitters and work the count a little bit. it's a different person of night. so it's fun to be a part of. >>> the orioles enter the series with t

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ian desmond, adam laroche, ryan zimmerman accounted for several home runs for the nationals in their 11-5 victory. gonzales will be on the amount, to become the team's first 18- game winner. mark reynolds had a big three- run home run leading the orioles to a 12-0 pounding of toronto. the yankees lost to tampa. baltimore and new york are tied at the top of the elite. 59 losses. great to see the o's the nationals in first place. >> sometimes the groundskeeper likes to have fun. this is in tampa at tropicana field. >> here it is. >> remembered the carlton dance from the fresh prince? and his outfit, he came prepared to dance. all right go ahead, carlton. >> maybe he is there a lucky charm. >> workers building the mississippi river bridge in illinois and missouri have a sky high view. >> look what the tv news helicopter found at the top of the bridge, it is a portable toilets on one of the towers. they found another one halfway up. it is a necessity. >> 6:00 hour 269 now. we still have another half-hour still ahead. >> morning rush-hour traffic building. what aaa says could potentially

adam laroche also getting in on the long ball. just mashing this season. two home runs in the game. he now has 27 on the years. fifth most in the national league. the nationals now lead the n.l. east by 7 1/2 games. that's could you. >> everybody in our lineup is capable of going out in ballparks. we're in a pretty good place right now offensively. we haven't had the lineup very long. >>> sfasing adam lind, and gets him to go down swinging. top five, mark reynolds at the plate. four home runs in the last five games. the oar goals win bailing. baltimore now tied atop the a.l. east. lips quiver, tears weld up and fans cheered as andy roddick's career came to an end this afternoon. roddick, the last american man for win a grand slam, and also the last american man to stay standing. roddick was hoping to stave off retirement a little longer. this match seemingly went on forever. roddick lost the next two says. in the fourth, serving, a little back and forth, and andy comes up with a nice shot right there. we fast-forward to match point. roddick just can't keep things alive. he falls in

adam laroche got a home run as well as ian desmond, roger bernadina, and danny espinoza. the nationals won 9-1. tonight it will be jordan zimmermann on the mound. >> a 7-year-old girl in denver is recovering from the bubonic plague. she became sick after camping in southwestern colorado. at first for family thought she had the full. she was taken to hospital with a temperature of 107 degrees. -- thought that she had the flu at first. >> it is rare. there's only a few cases across the u.s. per year. it's one of those things you don't necessarily expect to see. >> sierra's parents say she may have caught the disease after being bitten by insects around a dead squirrel. if doctors put your on antibiotics and she's now doing well. >> still another half-hour of "good morning washington" this thursday. >> a look ahead to president obama's big night at the democratic anncr: this casino's in west virginia. but it makes millions off marylanders every year. now they're running dishonest ads. why? because voting for question seven is a vote to build a... world-class resort casino in

adam laroche had a solo home run in the second. ryan zimmerman doubled in the eighth inning. the nationals now have their first winning record since moving to washington in 2005. edwin jackson will be on the mound tonight. now in college football, georgia tech visiting blacksburg to take on virginia tech. the yellow jackets had a lead on this touchdown. did was virginia tech sending the game into overtime where they would win on a field goal. 20-17. two alleged would be carjackers in knoxville, tennessee, in custody. >> they are to stupido. a driver was stopped at an intersection when the suspect approached them, pulled out a gun, and told them get out of the car. the suspect jumped in. they tried to drive away, but the car had a stick shift and they did not know how to drive it. >> i think it's funny for someone to steal something they cannot even drive. it's wrong anyway. at least they got caught. >> the suspects were arrested quickly. one is being held on $15,000 bond and the other is not in a juvenile detention docility. >> 6:00 hour 27. still another half-hour coming you

adam laroche hit the other. one of the cubs coaches got into a bench-clearing meeting. the second happens in the fifth inning, this one more dramatic. there is bryce harper. and then everybody comes running. a little pushing and shoving and ifand a few injections. >> the nationals will have steven strasburg pitching tonight against the marlins. >> he will have one more scheduled start in new york next week. then that could be it. john gonzalez has more on the national strategy for steven strasburg. >> tonight is expected to be a sellout crowd and a bittersweet night. we all know how well the team is doing with a five-game winning streak heading into tonight's game on top of the baseball world. tonight fans will get their last chance to see the to impose the a's pitcher. 24-year-old steven strasburg will be shut down after pitching 170 innings. he has one more start, but it is in new york. after his elbow surgery, the team is relying on team doctor recommendations to protect that very expensive arm, something the team experience last year with jordan zimmermann, another

adam laroche, his 28th home run of the year.ationals hit three home runs in the inning, and six in the game, but don't forget about the pitcher, gio gonzalez, gave up a scant three hits while striking out nine. gio's record now 18 wins on the season. that is tied for the most in major league baseball. the nats win big. afc, though, davey talking about his offense. >> it's a pretty hard lineup to match up against. harper's been swinging the heck out of the bat lately. seems to be getting more relaxed. same with desi, same with espy. so that's not wu or two guys, but everything. >>> drama late last night at the u.s. open. handley, are you paying attention? have you already seen this? >> i've seen it. >> roger federer, byrdak homes off. federer's string of final appearances ends at eight. that's amazing. i wonder if federer wasn't around how many grand-slam events andy roddick would have won. >> and in a dale, too. >> ready to go in, baby, put me in, coach. ready to play. >>> so embarrassing. >> you knew he had to do this. >> it fi

adam laroche added to his home run tear with a two-run shot. >>> let's talk to the orioles now. hosting the yankees and it was cal ripken night as his attach statue was unveiled. the os built a 6-1 lead. the os won 10-6. >>> here as story for all you parents out there struggling with homework at night. traditional homework is a thing of the past at one public elementary school in maryland. instead, students are being asked to read about a half an hour every night. >> and so far, students and parents appear to like what is happening. john henrehan has the story. >> reporter: some many ways, local elementary school in downtown gaithersburg, maryland looks like any other public school. it's got hallways, a cafeteria and teachers in every classroom. what it doesn't have is traditional homework. when stephanie brandt came aboard ads principal two years ago, she and her staff conducted a review of homework assignments. >> we started evaluating the work we sent students home with. it was a lot of work sheets and the work sheets didn't match what we were doing instructionally in the cla

and in the third, adam laroche and that is a two-run bomb and that is yanked and on the list of homes by a teenager and desmond keeps it going. and with that solo shot, the 21st of the year. could they do it back-to-back? >> and you bet you. danny espinoza, and hitting six home runs the second straight night and thatm is pressive. our neighbors to the north, the orioles, begin a huge four-game homestand with the yankees at cam den yards and trail by a game in the al east. laura, these are exciting times around the parts. the football and baseball, it doesn't get better. >> and doesn't get better than that. thank you very much, dave ross. >> sure. >>> and check out what is coming up next on the news edge at 6. brian? at 6. brian? . >> i wouldn't complain about the orioles. coming up now on the news edge, the light coverage or lack thereof. a d.c. police officer accused of threatening the first lady won't face charges. what is being done instead. >>> and a church community rallies behind a d.c. pastor is being evicted from the home and a bizarre piece of music history on display at the

. >> is it one thing where you feed off of each other now and see one guy doing it, like adam larochend so on and so forth? >> and that is not like a home run. why do you want to get a couple of base hits, you address the team and don't want to be the loose person of the team and everyone said it's contageous. >> and this is, as you closed in on a division title and we have magic numbers out there and that is the sort of thing. what is that like? >> exciting. >> and i have never been in this opportunity. excited and they behind us. you go out there and do what we do and not let down. >> that smile gave espinosa away and they're excited about that and should be excited in baltimore. the orioles put on a show, too and that home run by matt wieners and tied it at 6 and the eighth inning, watch here. adam jones. there it goes. the 28th home run of the year, the os hit six home runs in their own and they trying to match the nats and right now, the orioles are tied with the yankees for first place in the al east and could we have a beltway world series? to quote james bond, never say never

adam laroche's single. allowing five hits striking out eight for the shutout.ats win 10-0 over are the defending world champs. for his efforts, not just the gatorade but the shaving cream pie in the face. let's head to new york where the orioles magic is lighting up at the right time. mark reynold hitting just .224 knocks two home run against the yanks last night. os beat the yanks 6-1. baltimore two games behind in the american league east. roster trimmed down their roster. tim hightower played just five games before injuring his knee and will not be part of the skins backfield this year and anthony armstrong released as well. caught five touchdowns in two seasons with washington. a good guy we hope catches on somewhere. terrence austin, another receiver let go. running back, tristan davis. and released on defense, thompson and linebacker kehl turning in their playbooks. and suspended indefinitely for violating the league's substance abuse policy. that is your sports in a minute. everyone have a great saturday. >>> thanks, carol. >>> a 7-year-old is taking the

adam laroche broke yesterday's scoreless tie with his home run.o teams go back at it tonight weather permitting. >>> hundreds of thousands of students in northern virginia head back to school today. >> we'll head live to fairfax and talk with superintendent jack dale for his plan for his last year before he retires. fox 5 morning news will be right back. ge's county. two thousand construction jobs to build it. four thousand permanent, good-paying jobs when it's done. hundreds of millions for maryland schools... real oversight to make sure the money goes... where it's supposed to. but none of it will happen unless we vote for... question seven this november. vote for question seven. and help build a better future for maryland. >>> back now with a live look at campbell springs elementary school where, in about appear hour, the halls will once again be buzzing with students because today is the first day of school there. elementary students who live within a mile of their school and middlele and high school students who live within a mile and a half

third inning, adam laroche breaks a scoreless tie with his 25th home run of the year.he nats win 2-1. >>> here is a big question for newts fans. they've been talking about this a lot as well. is the too many making the right decision by shutting down star pitcher stephen strasburg to protect histically repaired elbow. >> good question. paul wagner shows us what fans had to think about it. >> swing and a miss. strasburg wins that skirmish. >> reporter: stephen strasburg struck out nine batters and gave up just two hits over six innings in one of the last games he will pitch for the nats this year. a decision the fans seem toened and accept. >> it is the right decision. we'll be good for a long time. we don't want to ruin him. >> i've always said he should have waitened and started in may. kept him in extended spring training but i understand what mr. rizzo is doing. he doesn't want this great pitcher to get hurt again. >> best idea. the only thing to do. we want him for many, many more seasons. he is going to be the heart and soul of this team. >> reporter: although the

adam laroche homered. ryan zimmerman knocked in his 71st rbi right there.ryce harper was run in, run in. scores all the way from first. nats get their 82 ndz win, first -- 82nd win, first winning season since moving back to d.c. evan roiser listed as the starting tailback. will he actually start? mike shanahan had to pencil somebody in so he penciled in the fairfax, virginia native. royster said he's not sure he'll get the call but it's okay. >> it makes us all compete. we're all still here competing and working to get that spot. >> we'll be continuing our coverage of the redskins throughout the week. that's a quick look at sports. i'm dave owens. have a great tuesday, everybody. >>> you may have already refinanced your mortgage, but now it might be time to go shopping for a credit card. more on why coming up. >> plus, many students are on their second or third week of school, but today the area's largest public school system begins classes. 5:24. here's upon came. >>> overall right now, the commute is relatively easy. it's going to get tougher as the morni

adam laroche hit two home runs last night in that victory.he nationals will look to win their fourth game in a row tonight against the cubs. >>> let's take a look now at some of the stories we're following on news 4 this afternoon. pat lawson muse joining us from the newsroom with a preview of what's to come. hey, pat. >> hey, aaron. coming up this afternoon on news 4, starting at 4:00, nicki minaj makes a political statement in one of her songs, and now she's gettinging death threats. we'll have details about that. >>> also, surveillance video shows a mother at a store shoplifting using her kids. >>> and coming up at 5:00 this afternoon, which is worse? the tick or the pesticide that one local county is now using to get rid of the disease-spreading bug. we'll have that story as well, and all the day's latest news coming up tonight on news 4 at 4:00 and 5:00. see you then, aaron. >> thank you, pat. >>> i want to get one final check on our forecast now. veronica johnson is here with that. >> some wet weather again expected throughout our area.

some days it's bryce harper, adam laroche. tonight it was gio gonzalez. he's been stellar all season long. s on one big reason the nationals have a winning -- he is one big reason the nationals have a winning record every month this season. bottom of the 1st laroche singles to left field. jayson werth and bryce harper score. those are r.b.i.s 80 and 81 for laroche. nats lead 2 -0. bottom of the 5th nats up 6-0 and bryce harper singles up the middle. kirk suzuki and jayson werth come on down. nationals 8-0. top of the 9th gio searching for the shutout and gets shane robinson to fly out to center ending the game. gio gets the first complete shoutout of his career. nationals win 10-0 and have outscored the cardinals 18-1 in two games and it doesn't get any better than a gatorade shower with shaving cream topping. tonight was the nationals' 80th victory of the season matching their win total from last year. at 3 p.m. tomorrow is our national special called natitude 2012 before the 4 p.m. national game. >>> coming up next an incredible feat from a man sufferin

the nats would hit a record six home runs, two of them came from the red-hot adam laroche. d.c. wins 11-5 and now leads the braves by 7.5 games in the n.l. east. [ applause ] >> the teams go back at it again tonight. also, the orioles won, too. >>> all right. the nfl season officially kicks off tonight with a couple of redskins rivals. the defending super bowl champion new york giants are hosting the dallas cowboys. replacement refs will be used because contract negotiations with the referee union remain at a standstill. the nfl says it searched for officials with college experience but they admit that they still made several mistakes during the preseason. >>> there have been blue, red even purple, now behold the nation's first outdoor all black football field. the so-called black hole was unveiled during south medford high school's season opener in oregon last friday. i think it's sharp look. school officials didn't do this as a gimmick. rather they were offered a price break of nearly $150,000 if it installed a black field rather than a green one. >> wonder why. >> maybe they

he was talking this offense, and adam laroche for mvp. this was a team that relied on their pitching. now they have so many guys stepping up offensively that you have to feel confident. >> i'm confident. i don't know what to tell you tony. it's a dream season. i agree with jason, you want the momentum to continue. don't want to lose a few games to the braves. division race is over. just want to continue to win. you want to go in there with moment um. the bats have awoken. we've seen that offense on fire last 10 games or so. >> how about the orioles. still tied with the yankees, right? >> right. >> they're playing great ball now. how will it go for them the rest of the season? >> they're in a tougher spot. they just lost to the rays. the rays were a team people were talking about making the playoffs. it's impressive. 13th strait extra inning victory last night. they got the orioles magic back. >> the orioles have a huge series this weekend at oakland. oakland is hot. oakland is in the wildcard lead. critical series for both teams. jp is ri

adam laroche with his 25th home run of the year and ross detwiler pitched 7 shutout innings.> orioles north of the border against the bluejays. joe saunders pitched 6-plus scoreless innings and got some solid defense behind him. that included a nice bare- handed play by machado at thi . the os win 4-1 and are one game behind the yankees in the a.l. east. >>> many people are working to stay out of debt but at the same time it's important to try to plan for your retirement. >> and every little bit helps. coming up next, we'll get some tips from the editor of kiplinger's personal finance. holly? >> reporter: i'm bellied up to the bar. no, i'm not. i'm previewing an event you might want to take part in. we are live this morning at the toledo factory in old town for the fashion night out at alexandria. it's a chance for the bar scene to be fashionable, as well. that and more plus the mayor stopped by to say hi. we'll see what he thinks about the special event live next on "fox 5 morning news."  >>> time for our facebook fan of the bay. today we say hello it jennifer craf

even if strasburg is shut down, bryce harper has picked it up, and adam laroche has been unbelievableats' team has a great offense to go with the pitching staff. >> i despise the cubs, by the way. >> gentlemen, we'll talk to you later in the morning. it is the sports junkies. good to have you back. we'll talk to you during the 9:00 hour. i want to remind you that our coverage of the redskins on sunday starts at 11:00 a.m. with the pregame at 11:30. then fox nfl sunday at noon. kickoff at 1:00 p.m. it's all right here this sunday on fox 5. >>> tv watching. doesn't matter if it's going to be rainy or too humid or nice. because 10 e will be -- tony will be inside. >> the way sunday is shaping up, he might want to grab the tv and sit outside in the back yard. >> okay. >> let's have a look at where things are headed for today. we are actually not doing too badly. satellite radar not a lot going on. a little bit of fog, but other than that, not much happening. sunshine during the course of the day, and more sun today than yesterday. current temperatures, 72 in washington d.c. 68 at hagersto

. >> and that is including two by adam laroche and they're on fire.the cubs and leads braves by 7 1/2 games in the nl east. they go back at it again tonight and we have to give props to the orioles. who did they beat? >> toronto, 12-0. >> tied with the yankees for first place. >> there you go. >> and the nfl kicks off in new jersey. the giants are playing the hated and lonely dallas cowboys and replacement referees. the league searched for officials with college experience. during the preseason, they made several mistakes. >> to be fair, so do the regular referees. >> sure. >> i'm not that worried about it yet. if they start doing knifey things. >> right. >> and look cart wheels on the field? >> i have attitude now. >> me, too. >> you expect them to win. >> that's right. >> that is an attitude. >> love it. >> believe it. >> and what do you have for us? >> warm and humid. more of the same here to start the day and some temperatures in the upper 70s. >> what about the nettitude, tuck? >> what else can we do? it's going to gradually get here and arrive i