here we are in the 14th, brad lidge in the game after four previous relievers pitched seven innings,hit, no run ball, that happens. mark ta shero drops that one to right. the yankees take a 5-3 lead. lidth has been struggling, his era is now under 9. bryce harper had a tough day. the last chance for the nats, he was 0 for 6 at this point. and now, he's 0 for 7. he grounds out to renned the game five strikeouts included in his 0 for day. the nats fall 5-3. >> i've never seen him swing a ball on his own. i mean, he was chasing balls. you get in that mode. you're trying to make something happen. that's part of the youth. this is probably his first really tough game. he was chasing balls and over anxious. and that's showing his inexperience. >> that happens in the big leagues. orioles in atlanta, jason hamill, 0-3 in his career against the braves. tonight a completely different story in the third inning. he gets brandon for his fourth strikeout of the game, in the 7th, he's still rolling. brian mccann goes down swinging. hamill retires 17 straight, no hits in 6 and 2/3 innings. later in

. >>> after two poor performances this weekend nationals released brad lidge. the two time all-stars allowed three runs in friday's loss in new york and was a losing pitcher on saturday. the nat enacted ryan mattheus. >>> orioles closing out their series with atlanta. baltimore getting it done everywhere. mac reynolds gets the -- mark reynolds gets the bird on the board first, but their defense was just as good. pitcher to shortstop to first gets the double play, baltimore shutting out the braves two days in a row, 1 1/2 games behind new york. >>> after the first two rounds we seemed poised for a tiger woods weekend. he started around three in the final pairing tied for the lead, but the tough course of the olympic club got the best of his yesterday shooting 5- over and today he hasn't been much better. tiger started tied for 14, now tied for 39th. tiger bogeyed four of his first six holes and double bogeyed hole 3 at plus-10. the leaders jim furyk, graeme mcdowell teed off not. >> long ago. fredrik jacobsen and bo hustler the 17-year-old amateur plus-3 for the

teixeira getting to brad lidge for the two-run double. yankees win it 5-3.traight. we talk about the all-stars from the cubs-red sox game. david ortiz, who represents the chicago cubs in kansas city in a month? >> i probably have to go with starlin castro, but that would be by defall. maybe jeff samardzija. i'm a notre dame fan. >> joe: next saturday baseball night in america returns. a full slate of interleague baseballs. yankees and mets, dodgers rangers, braves, red sox, and nationals-orioles all in action. we will see you next week.

brad lidge trying to work out of a bases loaded jam. jeter grounds one to short. throw from ian desmond bounces past adam laroche. two runs score on the error. that was the breaking point for the nationals. yankees go on to win, 7-2. snapping the nats' six-game winning streak. >>> the orioles and atlanta, taking on 19-year big league veteran chipper jones. orioles up one. jones takes the pitch to right. look at chris davis, nice catch. he robs chipper. davis, he's never plays in the outfield before. maybe he should have been out there more. but davis couldn't save madi from that one. simmons ham trz mers it to left. atlanta wins 4-2. snapping baltimore's five-game winning streak. >>> all right. golf round two of the u.s. open today. it's no secret this major is a bear. do you like the u.s. open? golf fans. >> yeah. >> it's relaxing. liable baseball, too. we'll be watching. finishing at par in the u.s. open is a solid feat because it's so difficult. 1 under could win you the whole tournament. it's a fact jim furyk knows well as he was story of the day. jumped seven

fans reliever brad lidge is done with the team. this is good news because he allowed three runs friday and gave up another two on saturday. things weren't much prettier as they wrapped up their series with the yankees. granderson had home runs, the nationals lose 4-1. they begin a series with the rays tomorrow. >>> the winning drought is over for dale earnhardt jr. finally he won yesterday's sprint cup race at the michigan 400. tony stewart finished second. matt kenseth was third. >>> ahead the impact of this weekend's big election in greece. >> and maryland's governor gives a blunt history lesson about the war of 1812. >> why is it that washington just can't seem to get into this? >> because they got their bleep kicked. >>> right now monika has a quick check on traffic. >> reporter: long slow stretches on 95. the accident southbound right before i-95 causing delays. more coming up in my next report at 6:30. you are watching 9news now this is a live look at brandywine, maryland. it is 57 degrees there and you can see the roadway is

the 14th inning it's mark teixeira doing the damage for the bombers with a two-run double off of brad lidge yankees win 5-3. they go for the sweep this afternoon. >>> orioles in atlanta. seventh inning, jason hayward breaks up jason hammels' bid for a no-hitter. he flows a complete game one-hit shutout. >>> at the u.s. open, graeme mcdonnell ties jim furyk for the 54 hole lead while tiger woods shoots a 5 over 75 and falls to 14th place. he's five shots back of mcdowell and furyk entering this afternoon's final round which you can see on nbc4 at 4:00. >>> d.c. united wins the fourth straight. a 1-0 victory over philadelphia. have a great day. >>> now look at this. a pool with a unique view. the holiday inn in shanghai, china, has a glass swimming pool. they can see the bottom of the street. one of the swimmers says it feels like flying. >>> apple is planning to build a spaceship style building in silicon valley. the four-story building will have 2.8 million square feet of office space. t it could open in 2015. >>> microsoft is planning what it calls a big announcement tomorrow and there are

but in the 14th inning it's mark teixeira with a two-run double off of brad lidge.ey go for the sweep this afternoon. >>> orioles in atlanta, jason hayward breaks up jason hammels' bid for a no-hitter. that would not derail them from a "w." hammels flows a complete game. >>> and at the u.s. open, graeme mcdowell shoots a 2 under 68 to tie jim furyk for the lead, while tiger woods a co-leader after round two shoots a 5 over 75 and falls to 14th place. he's five shots back of mcdowell and furyk entering this afternoon's final round. which you can see right here on nbc4 at 4:00. >>> one final note, dc united wins the fourth straight. a 1-0 victory over philadelphia. have a great day. >>> mark your calendars we are less than six weeks just 40 days away from the 2012 olympics in london. >> can't believe it's almost here. it's july 27. a few athletes from our region will get to participate in the parade of nations. >> they include a field hockey player. >> good morning, guys. in 2005, katie o'donnell was the youngest member of the u.s. field hockey team at 16. she was con

brad lidge coming back a week earlier than expected and replace rodriguez in the bull pen. >>> redskinsontinuing organized team activities at redskins park this afternoon. the last ota before minute ycamp. when asked what the difference between otas and minikarcamps w. derek said minicamps are mandatory. otas are voluntariy. massive changes in the secondary. we will likely see two new starters. in addition to a new coach. as for the players who have been here, the question of training camp came up. specifically, moving training camp to richmond. >> i'm excited, you know? like i said, you know, we get an opportunity to get away, you know, from any distractions that may be around here. maybe five guys going to eat and another guys another place and eating and sleeping in the same place. >> it's going to be different. it's going to be probably a lot more like camp, you know, when you go away you leave the kve confines of your own home and going away on breaks and things like that so it's different. i think all of the guys, you know, definitely looking forward to it. >> you look at the hist

brad lidge trying to work out of a bases loaded jam. derek jeter grounds one to short.e throw from ian desmond bounces past adam laroche. two runs go to score on the error. they snap the nets six-game winning streak. orioles takes on chipper jones. jones takes the pitch to right. but chris davis lays out and robs chipper. davis has never even played in the outfield before tonight. but matis is cool with him being there. he couldn't save him from this. he hammers one to left. two-run shot. that puts the braves back on top. atlanta wins 4-2. they snap baltimore's five-game winning streak. >>> round two of the u.s. open yesterday. there's no secret this major is a bear. and finishing at par alone is a solid feat, one under could wen you the whole tournament. it's a fact former open champ jim furyk knows very well as he was the story of the day. he jumped seven spots on the lead are board. let's go to the olympic club. who knew that course credentials could keep the kiddies occupied? jim furyk entered the round tied for seventh. he birdies number three there. that moves him

. >> mark it down near what is known as brad lidge park. >> arthur highlighting his contributions in the u.s.. i am sorry. ralph fines park. thank you. [applause] >> i wanted to ask a question and bring the evening to close. it seems to me that one of the most significant developments has been the institution was asian of -- institutionalization of politics of the right that gain the enormous support by way of the civil rights movement. to the degree the civil-rights movement was successful in the 1950s and 1960s, the significant shift in a rights movement in this country, for most of the 20th century with the exception of the 1920s at a slice of woodrow wilson's presidency the country was increasingly moving to the left book ended by theodore roosevelt's progressive politics and culminating in the lyndon baines johnson administration. the question that i have is here is a man who is not only black, is painted red not as a socialist pink and is gay. he carries the tremendous burden of representing a kind of politics, personal empowerment wedded to social justice that costs people the