alfredo simone to the mound. a wild pitch and zimmerman scores. nobody happier than he.hose are the two winners today. the new orleans saints are pressed to find an interim coach while their leader sits a year in suspension. he takes over in game 1 when he suffers a suspension of six games. he will likely hinder the reins to aaron cromer. -- hand over the reins to aaron cromer. this 240 pound sturgeon was tagged and released by the department of natural resources. set the record by nearly 30 pounds. but more interesting, the estimated age of the 7 foot 3 inch female, 125 years. and she would have wait another 30 pounds, but recently laid eggs. 125 years old and procreating. that is impressive. stay with us. >> here is what we are working on for 11 news tonight, reaction from trayvon martin's family. how they reacted during the charges against george zimmerman. bentonite compound police one bentonite compound police one europe -- and the sleep number bed. the magic of this bed is that you're sleeping on something that conforms to your individual shape. wow! that feels rea

alfredo simone on the mound throws a wild pitch to roger bernadina.yan zimmerman comes racing into home and that is the way they win the game, 3-2. hey, a win is a win. nats are now 5-2. let's head up to the concourse. that's where we'll find dave owens. he was in the locker room with the players. hey, d.o. >> reporter: hey, kristin, how's it going? no hoopla in the locker room, just a businesslike approach, the guys trying to keep things in perspective. this was kind of a yo-yo. they had the game, they lost the game and then they got it back. let's listen to the guys right now. >> we showed a lot of life today and ramos did great job behind the dish. there's so much credit you can give the game, victory to all players today. this is one of those thing we can take home and continue and stay hot. >> today we're all happy because we won, but gio should have got that win and i wish i would have been able to close it out for him. he did an outstanding job and deserved to win. >> we got a bunch of fighters here. no one's going to call it quits. >> reporter

locales y les cuento que, ryan zimmerman anotÓ con un lanzamiento descontrolado del dominicano alfredo simÓny los nacionales de washinington derrotaron por 3-2 a los rojos de cincinnati. los nacionales comenzaron la temporada con cinco triunfos en siete partidos, su mejor arranque desde que se mudaron a washington. por los rojos, el dominicano wilson valdez se fue de 4-1 y por los nacionales, el venezolano wilson ramos se fue de 4-1. vamos con el resumen de la copa libertadores con mas clasificados a la siguiente ronda. tenemos imagenes que nos llegan desde brasil donde flamengo derroto 3-0 a lanus de artentina con goles de welinton silva a los 17 minutos, david de souza alos 42 y luis antonio a los 50, pero de nada le sirvio porque a la misma hora emelec derrotaba 3-2 a olimpia y clasifica lanus con emelec. en el otro grupo alianza lima perdio 2-1 con libertad y nacional perdio 1-0 con vasco da gama. aca clasifican libertad y vasco da gama. vamos ahora con el actual campeon de la copa libertadores y que ha iniciado la

the former orioles pitcher alfredo simone with a wild pitch, bases loaded, ryan zimmerman comes in and scores and the nats win the game 3-2 and their record is now 5-2. derek, they are off to one of the best starts in franchise history. >> reporter: like i said, we'll take the wins as we can get them even if they're a little ugly like the one here today, but 40,000 fans were here to see it, so nothing wrong with that. >> reporter: we talked to gio. i do have the fans listen to what gio had to say after the game. okay. never mind. we don't have gio anymore. let me paraphrase. he was happy. it was a good game. >> reporter: i think you can speak for a lot of fans as well. a great home opening day and a lot more ahead. at 5:15 we take you along for a kid's very first baseball game and around 5:30 you know those guys who show up and you think maybe they came from work? they did. we'll talk to them later and at 5:45 we'll break down the game today with our friend at wjfk radio and at 6:15 we'll show you the nationals park new monster menu item called the strasburger and i got to tell you, on

alfredo simone throws a wild pitch to roger bernadina. ryan zimmerman comes in and scores and that is how the nats win their home opener, 3-2 over cincinnati, hey, a win is a win. the nats now go 5-2 on the season, one of the best starts in franchise history. now this series against cincinnati is four games long. so we'll see if they can get the sweep. from nats park i'm kristen berset. >> sweep would be nice. >>> gas prices fell overnight in the d.c. metro. the average price for a gallon of regular is now $4.04. that's down a penny from yesterday, but up 19 cents over the last month and just six cents shy from the all time record. >>> it is those kind of increases that could end a blast from the past beloved by an entire community. rising gas prices are causing a virginia station to pull the plug on a type of service you're hard pressed to find anywhere anymore. peggy fox has the story from hall and hall automotive in alexandria. >> reporter: when you think of pumping gas, this what is you think of. you come here and get your hands a lit

nats with two on, two out, alfredo simone with a wild pitch, ryan zimmerman from third with a game winning and the nats defeat the reds 3-2 in 10. gio got a no decision, but he got some high praise. >> i'm super excited about what happened today and definitely our team was very excited, too. they're all pulling for it. nobody wants to fail here and everybody wants to continue to do good for the team. so to see that it just puts big smiles on everybody's faces. >> gio is gio. totally in command, made it look easy out there. he had more in him, just an outstanding effort and unfortunately we didn't save it for him. >> what about gio gonzalez, a guy you know well from high school. you got the better of him in high school. he got the better of most of the reds today. >> absolutely. he pitched great. he had all his pitches working and he was around the zone and working quick. he also got a knock, too. >> reporter: his first ever. >> first ever, yeah. a swing like that shows there will be many more to come. >> reporter: gio gonzalez saved the ball from his first pitch. michael morse is shut down

alfredo simon is pitching for the reds. a wild pitch. zimmerman scores. the nats win.new orleans saints have named their interim coach. coach for the baltimore colts. interesting situation in new orleans. hopkins and maryland in lacrosse. dwyane wade has backed off on his claim about olympic athletes should be paid. >> that is the subject of our water cooler question of the day. >> this morning we asked -- do you agree with dwyane wade's comments that athletes should be compensated for competing in the olympics? >> i love the way leonard pts uts this. >> keep sending us those responses. we will read more of your responses inhe next hour and post all of them on the front page of our website, wbaltv.com. what does it all have to be about money? >> great point. >> he is dead on. >> he makes $60 million a year. >> i think he will be ok. thank you. jury selection continues in the trial of john edwards. >> police in serbia arrest a suspect in eight valuable robbery. what was stolen? >> the governor is stopping by our studio to talk about key issues from the recent general as

three hours and 12 minutes after the first pitch, alfredo simon with the wild pitch and zimmerman is a hero. three-2, the nats, survive a scare in 10 innings. before the final play, the bench coach made a prediction. >> i am sitting it there next to randy, and randy said, you know, if they don't bring it in, that is a good time for a wild pitch. it was. and i thought it was far enough to take the chance. it was great. >> and a great win for the nats coming up later in sports and we'll hear from joey gonzalez with the first win of the season. >>> two notes to know, drew storm had surgery on his right elbow and he is, of course, a reloewer pitcher and michael morris is going to be out six weeks. he aggravated an already bad back scenario. the good news, today, the nats win in 10 innings, much more including lindsay murphy telling how the fan experience was on opening day. live from nats park. back to you, laura. >> thank you very much, feldy. >>> and we have some exciting news to share with you. fox 95s was honored with -- fox 5 news was honored with five awards. >> the digital news as

and didn't take long for pitcher alfredo simon, acquired by the cincinnati reds, he spent part of fouro's, in the mix for the starting rotation this spring. but he was let go after injuries and inconsistent performance in exhibition games. and the nfl draft three weeks away, the college playoffs making the move into the pros. they will have the uniforms waiting for them. ray rice, the showing of the nfl's new nike uniforms. the apparel company didn't make major changes to the traditional look of each team, but other lines were added, looking sporty and sleek. the commissioner, roger goodell, attended the fashion show in new york today. >> talking to the players, they don't want to take them off. they love them. they believe they will perform better with the uniforms. and i think they will. >> reporter: ray rice said you look good, feel good, play good. here are some of the new details of the ravens' uniform. you can see the collar there, no major changes. each team had a say in how much the look was changed. finally one night after kentucky proved to be the biggest, the best in men's c

former runner, alfredo simone. zimmerman is crossing the plate. nats win on a walk juv.-2, atop the n.l. east, by a half game nfront of the new york mets am meantime, four, count them, four, national hockey league teams set off. including the washington caps, lacing up against boston in boston. >> i don't think somebody can say who is favorite or who is not in the play-offs. you know, last couple of years, i think everybody said we were going to be undefeated. and it's going to be easy for us. and we lost. >> oh, they lost. but we'll have highlights at 11:00 tonight. >>> last night marked one of the more unusual ways of announcing. 7-foot super star, normalins norwell, considered the best big man of high school ball. he told everybody where he is going to play. here's the word from headquarters. >> i'll be taking my talents for college to play at the university of... kentucky >> you know, a lot of people say that this guy is already a better shot blocker than freshman anthony davis. the guy from kentucky that led them to the national championship this season. got out of

gio seven scoreless innings, two hits, bottom of 10th, 2-2, alfredo simone with a wild pitch.es in from third. it's the game ridging run. the nats defeat the reds 3-2 in 10. right before the game winning may bench coach randy norr made a prediction. >> i'm sitting there next to randy and randy said if they don't bring in the lefty, this is a good time for a wild pitch and there it was and i thought it was far enough we had to take a chance. it was great. >> nats are 5-2 off to their best start since arriving in d.c. back in 2005. tomorrow same two team goes at it and jordan zimmerman will be on the hill for your nationals. shawn, back to you. >>> a local man is running in one of the most elite marathons in the country this weekend, a far cry from where he was a short time ago in, prison. find out how he turned his life around step by step. >> at 11:00 facebook hearing your complaints about privacy, how to find out what you're sharing on the news edge.   >> closed captioning on the fox 5 news edge brought to you by the southern maryland hospital center, a heal