bottom 3, bryce harper hits one into the gap in right field. jayson werth scores all the way from first. bryce get his sixth triple that year. nationals have a 3-0 lead. next batter, ryan zimmerman hits it into left, bryce harper scores, nats now leading 4-0. bottom 5 harper again, this time he gets all of it, a solo shot, no. 12 on the year. nats win 5-2 taking the series from the mets. they are five games up on the braves. >> good bounce back game for us, just couldn't get the bats going yesterday, but today everything went good and that's how this team has been all year. we've kept our heads down and seemed to get the wins we need to. >>> the nationals franchise has not reached the postseason since 1981. d.c. itself has not experienced a playoff team since 1933 and that's when the washington senators made the postseason. this year's nats on the verge of ending that long drought. adam laroche is one of the few players on the roster with playoff experience. he has some advice for his young teammates. >> it's a small thing, but it can turn into

you can meet bryce harper and go out there and just play the camp.l. >> it's pretty incredible he can look up to a major leaguer who is just five years older than him. how often does that happen? the work ethic he demonstrates as a player, i couldn't be happier to be out there running down every play with every ounce of energy he has. >> after about an hour of practice, the big moment came. >> that's the one thing. >> it's huge for kids to see that we're just like normal people playing the game we love to play. i want them to know that. we love being out, playing baseball. that's them. they have a dream of playing major league baseball. i was that age at one time, too. >> another great piece of advice bryce harper gave a kid, to have fun. every single time you're out there, remember to have some fun. in fairfax county. megan mcgrath, news 4. >> good advice. that's all for "news4 this week." i'm barbara harrison. thank you for joining us. have a terrific week.

>> i want to learn how to play hard like bryce harper? >> i think he's pretty cool, and they -- they go there, and just -- >> it's pretty incredible he can look up to a major leaguer who's just five years older than him. how often does that happen? the work ethic he demonstrates, i couldn't be happier to see a player just running every play down with every ounce of energy he has. >> bryce harper! >> reporter: after about an hour of practice, the big moment came, bryce harper just home from wednesday's game in san francisco, took to the field and gave the kids some insider's advice. >> hu physical, snazz the one thing you can control. that's hustling. i think it's huge for kids to see we're just normal people playing the game we love to play. i want them to know that. we love playing baseball. that's them. they have a dream of playing major league baseball. i was at that age one time, too. >> reporter: another great piece of advice he gave the kids -- have fun. >>> here's what's trending today, after michael j. fox's is eyeing a return to

play the camp and meet bryce harper. i think it's going to be pretty cool. >> it's pretty incredible that he can look up to a major leaguer who's just five years older than him. how often does that happen? the work ethic he demonstrates, as a parent, i couldn't be happier to see a player out there running every play down with every ounce of energy he has. >> bryce harper! >> reporter: after about an hour of practice, the big moment came. bryce harper, just home from wednesday's game in san francisco, took to the field and gave the kids some insider's advice. >> just work as hard as you can. hustle, that's the biggest thing. that's one thing you can control, and that's hustling. >> reporter: and another great piece of advice that bryce harper gave the kids is to remember to have fun. every time you're out there, yes, you should hustle, but the most important thing is to also remember to just take a moment and have a good time. reporting live from fairfax high school, megan mcgrath, news 4. barbara, back to you. >> thank y

bryce harper pops out to center. a final chance for the nats. adam laroche chops it to first and the nationals are shut out for the first time since july 21. they have a four-game lead over atlanta in the nl east. here is johnson. >> he had a good slider and curve ball. he had -- his best pitch was his moving fastball. it was throwing hard, and it was a better sinker than i've seen all yearlong. i mean, the good left-handed hitters, contact hitters were swinging right over it. >> that was davey on edwin jackson. meanwhile, the orioles taking on the tigers. bottom 1st, bases full of tigers. ground into the 6-4-3 double play. just like the nationals did for defensive battle. two on for the tigers. the orioles are still scoreless in the 6th. let's go to the top of the 7th. thank goodness for chris davis. he finally gets something going. davis goes to left field. that's a three-run home run. the orioles would hold on. they win 3-1. >> more baseball tonight. the red sox in new york to take on their rival, the new york yankees. top of the 1st, adrian

bryce harper was teaching kids baseball today. 220 athletes. of them pretty excited to be standing next to an all star like bryce harper. he also donated $3,500 to the washington area urban league. now, orioles looking to sweep the red sox tonight at camden yards. we pick this up at the top of the 6th. a bouncer to third base. matato not good. can't keep a hold on it. we can't seen too many errors from him yet. but they take the lead on that one. they beat the birds 6-3 and avoid the sweep. the redskins also wrapped things up before heading to the windy city for their second pre-season game. we'll get to see much more of the starters on saturday against the bears rgiii expected to play well into the second quarter. and it's another chance for mike shanahan to determine who he eventually wants on that final 53-man roster. of course, these games don't mean anything for the skin's overall record, but for the players a win means a boost in team confidence. >> we want to win. we want to win at all cost no matter what it is. pre-season, regular seaso

bryce harper and michael morse tonight were very attractive.ent 0 for 4 at the plate but they didn't need his bat tonight. michael morse in the bottom of the fourth, first grand slam by a nationals player this year. third career grand slam for morse. bryce harper at the dish, man on. he has been struggling. no longer. that is being as sexy as you can. two-run shot. nats go up 6-2. harper's third homer in 165 at-bats. tyler clippard gets the fly out and the nats win 6-4. >>> drama, guys. bottom of the fifth. peralta grounds to third. the throw, mark reynolds. is he out? take look look. ball in glove toes on the bag. out. ump says he's safe. mark reynolds gets thrown out. buck gets thrown out. fielder in the bottom of the eighth. two-run shot. tigers win 5-3 over the orioles. four of those runs coming off prince fielder. >>> first cut down for nfl teams to get from 90 to 75 is on monday the 27th. you got to think that team shanahan has made up their mind about a couple of folks. now if you're looking for something good from your franchise tomorro

bryce harper trying to help the nationals take one of the two games. the top of the fourth, following a jason worth single and harper to right. a two-run shot made it 2-0 nats and he adds another homer in the fifth, making it 14 total in the season. the marlins coming back in the 8th with a tieing run on second and two outs. drew story comes in and gets justin ruggiano to ground out and ends the threat. the nationals hang on for the eight-4 win and ends the five- game skid. >> on to come back here and turn it around and kind of pull it into the flooding game home stand with momentum. and working in our direction that we need and we're going to face the cardinals. >> huge, you know, especially coming against st. louis now, a good team and for another playoff run. we needed that one and when we saw the braves get through and we have to get there to make a run for this. >> reporter: bryce harper, we talked about him. he had two home runs and did not end as well as it began. in the 9th inning, he grounds into a double play and threw his helmet in frustrati

bryce harper not starting the game.e in nine days bryce has been given the day off hitting pretty well, at least last night. but not at-of-as well as michael morse. a fun game to watch if you're a nationals fan. good to see ian desmond back. 0 for 4 at plate, bat wasn't needed. bottom four. 2-0 mets. going bismo. first grand slam for the nationals. puts the nationals up 4-2. morse coming out for a curtain call. bottom five now. bryce harper at the plate. man on first and he's been struggling, but not anymore. gets ahold of this one a two-run shot and nationals are up 6-2. bottom nine now. tyler in a bit of trouble. two on, two out. gets ruben at a flyout to left. picks up his 26th save of the year, and the nationals win it 6-4. they've now won 11 out of their last 13 games, and, jim, i've been thinking about this for a while. if it happens, covering playoff baseball in redskins season -- hasn't happened in 60, 70 years. can you even fathom that? >> i can't fathom it, because you're going to need a clone. >> very true, m

bryce harper and the washington nationals. the kid tossed out of the game, but not before smashing two home runs. two of the best teams in baseball and neither of them named the new york yankees. >>> hurricane isaac continues its slow crawl. an update when "way too early" comes back to the elephant bar in tampa at the republican national convention. this is the plan that revolves around you. introducing share everything. unlimited talk. unlimited text. tap into a single pool of shareable data and add up to 10 different devices, including smartphones and tablets. the first plan of its kind. share everything. only from verizon. get $100 off select motorola 4g lte smartphones like the droid razr. is now in our new starbucks refreshers™ -- a breakthrough in natural energy. made with real fruit, starbucks refreshers™ are delicious low calorie drinks you can feel good about. ♪ rethink how you re-energize. ♪ get a boost of natural energy with a new starbucks refreshers™, in three ways. natural energy from green coffee extract, only f

bryce harper's bat wasn't the only thing making highlights though.e'll show you why he got ejected. coming up next. bryce! >>> in sports, the nats look to end a five-game skid in miami. bryce harper hit a two-run blast to the right to get on the scoreboard first. he would go at it again with a solo hem run in the fifth but the rookie ended up getting tossed from the game when he slammed his helmet in frustration in the ninth. the nats still go on to win 8- 4. >> he is not very happy. >> you might have caught a movie or two over the summer but the fall is promising real blockbusters too. >> adam housley gives us a sneak peek. >> reporter: the summer movie season is winding down but fall promises more blockbuster releases. >> welcome to the new mi6. >> james bond is back in the franchise's 23rd film. stolen stars nicholas cage as a former thief. dread 3-d is about few if you are crime fighters. lian neeson is on the run in taken 2. tyler perry is alex cross playing a grief stricken detective out for revenge. paranormal activity take on the unknown and

bryce harper with a blast to right field, a two-run shot. nats have a 2-0 lead. >> reporter: but young bryce far from done, up again and again. he goes deep right field his second home run on the night, 14th of the year. nats are cruising at this point up 5 -0. >> reporter: sometimes when you have so much good, there has to be a little bad. in the 8th harper would lose his control, grounds to first. they turn the double play and harper slams his helmet and gets ejected by the first base umpire. the nationals hold on to win, 8- 4 the fine pall. the orioles lose 8-1 -- final. the orioles lose 8-1 to the white sox. >>> in new york in soccer duane delsario gets the goal. unlimited talk. unlimited text. tap into a single pool of shareable data and add up to 10 different devices, including smartphones and tablets. the first plan of its kind. share everything. only from verizon. get $100 off select motorola 4g lte smartphones like the droid razr. i'm barack now mitt romney's attacking the president on medicare? the nonpartisan a-a-r-p says obamacar

tonight, a woman is being questioned and bryce has been found alive. according to the national center for missing and exploited children, since 1983, 131 babies have been taken from hospitals. most of them found. only five are still missing. most of the times, those babies aren't taken from the nursery but from the mother's room. >> the victim turned her back, went to take a shower. the suspect placed the baby inside a tote bag and tried to leave. >> reporter: that's what happened earlier this month in southern california. watch as this women also dressed in hospital scrubs posing as a nurse walked into the room to tell a new mother to take a shower before the doctor examined her. she walked right into a high-tech security web. the baby was wearing a tiny i.d. bracelet that works like a homing device. it triggers alarms if you get too close to a door or an elevator. baby bryce had on a similar bracelet but it was removed by a nurse while his mother watched because he was about to go home. tonit, he finally will. sharyn alfonsi, abc news, new york. >>>

advice from bryce harper. that's not even a clown question or statement from him. >> what a treat for them. the grownups, i saw them watching too. >> up close and personal. >> it hasn't been that long since he was a little leaguer. >> exactly. >>> coming up, the masterpiece hiding in the storage area for half a century? >>> and for all your news, physicals >>> a fisherman set up this surveillance camera. sure enough, video shows a guy using a shovel to remove the prawns. he was arrested this week and charged. if you're wondering what's the big deal. 100 pounds of shrimp is worth about $300. >>> plus we've got a warn about a disturbing encounter on metro, and another shark sighting in a popular vacation destination. those stories plus breaking news as it happens tonight at 11. >>> final check on the weather, doug? >> real name. >> reporter: my name is doug kammerer. >> your name is mr. hot dog. >> reporter: my name is now steve. i have to tell you, just a beautiful day. thank you to katrina. thank you very much

in the top of the fourth, bryce harper at the plate with one homer in the game already. let's make that two. a monster shot. 425 feet. this lands in the upper deck. harper's 14th home run of the season. i think he might get to 20 as a 19-year-old. top of the ninth. grounds out to first for a double play. but he thinks he beats the throw, tosses his helmet, he is tossed. davey argues to no avail. harper tossed but the nats win 8-4, snapping the losing streak. >>> and d.c. united ties the new york red bulls 2-2. still trying to clinch a playoff spot in mls soccer. the redskins finish up the pre-season on a high note but it is just the preseason. >> when do they start? >> the regular season? >> yeah. >> they start the regular season the exact date i think is september 9th in new orleans, ironically. the superdome not supposed to be damaged. maybe doug kammerer can roll by to check things out there.

bryce. how do you want to end? >> i'll just point to a recent study by i.h.s., which said that's shale revolution, shale development, unconventional natural gas, will support 1.5 million jobs in the u.s. by 2015. these are jobs that are depth rattily needed. do we need to protect the environment? of course. but the natural gas revolution, unqualified good news for the u.s. economy. >> brown: brie kate sinding, thank you both very much. >> thank you. >> woodruff: you can watch our complete energy series, read a detailed report on fracking, and find a link to prairie public's extended look at the oil boom in north dakota, on our web page. >> brown: next, a new book takes a look at the roots of the first lady's family tree. gwen ifill has that story. on >> living in the united states on the eve of the civil war, there was a 10-year-old girl, who siearnry and a half later would turn out to be the third great-grandmother of michelle obama. even mrs. obama didn't know this family history until "new york times" reporter r

today bryce harper held a clinic kids 6-14 years old in himself to the community. theuring himself to community. things i wantt of to accomplish. that havearound me a long the game for time. around us that do, if it can make this be great. >> let's go to the orioles. -5 including this one. he tries to get to third and nailed trying to advance. the red sox avoid the sweep. as nfl training camps close this week, rookie hazing continues. first they posted this message. got them, heie his car which had been saran wrap. after he finally got in it to full oft was shipping popcorn. 6 foot 3 inch freshman isrterback harry hill running the first team out of f maryland.ity o you like to see the future of terrapins, there is a .crimmage open to the public >> wait until you see your car saran wrap. >> we will see. you keep hearing amazing things about verizon fios. blazing fast internet. the best tv picture quality. but you're still sitting on the fence. so they're making it as easy as possible. noww, you can switch to fios without an annual contract. they'll even set up your

. >> reporter: newcastle pitcher bryce pinkard can relate to that.er this year, bryce saved his entire family when their house caught fire and burned down-- along with his trophies, his uniform and his first home run ball. angie smith is bryce's mother. >> when i would start getting upset like this about material things and then i would look at kay john den and think "i didn't lose anything. >> reporter: it's already been a victory for new castle, a town with over 10% unemployment and little to cheer about-- until now. they play again tonight and if they lose the fair tale ends. but they'll be okay. this team has overcome much worse. dean reynolds, cbs news, williamsport, pennsylvania. >> o'donnell: and that is the "cbs evening news." for scott pelley, i'm norah o'donnell. thanks for joining us and good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >>> this is 9 news now. >>> tonight we continue following the breaking news out of prince george's county where an accident on i i-95 claimed the life of a poli

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bryce admitted last night he needs to get a control on his temper a little. charlie, are you worried about that at all or he's a young guy? >> he's a young guy, 19 years old. he does everything full bore 100% and he knows that he's got to try and contain himself. davey said it's enough with the broken bats, the smashing of the helmets. this situation last night throwing the helmet right was a turn out of a beat of the umpire. the umpire is watching the mate and doesn't know if there was any -- plate and doesn't know if there was any intent and davey told us it cost us a chance for the 9th inning. if you can't control your emotions, it not only hurts you, it hurts the club. >> reporter: dave, also news out today, which i don't know how much breaking news it is, stephen strasburg will get shut down in two or three more starts, but i feel like that's what we've heard from davey johnson. what knowledge do you have of that situation? >> it's like you say. this is what we've known all along. if he makes two more starts and goes about six innings per start that, put

and bryce harper scores. ryan theriot kicks into right field. he is one of the vogelsang gets. everybody's eighth another run scores. kurt suzuki delivers a knockout blow a three run double. gives up eight runs and two and two-thirds innings washington blows out the giants' 14-2. up with that loss giants fall back into a tie for first with the dodgers. >>> pearson hold only 5 ft. 2 pulled in a five-foot 125 lb. catfish the biggest freshwater fish ever caught by woman in a the united kingdom. >>> i love fishing stories i finish my wife was said what is a megabyte that is a good day fishing. a lot of people name their cars. mine should be sporty. maybe i'll give mine a name. something hot. ya know, i could name it the dragon, or the green machine. oh! i'm british racing green, actually. just to show i appreciate all...uh, turtle does. turtle? turtle gets me to work, to school... no, no, i'm a cool car. so i always fill up with chevron with techron. oh. well in that case, yeah, i am cool, after all. [ male announcer ] your car takes care of you, care for it. chevron with techron.

and bryce harper scores. ryan theriot kicks into right field. he is one of the vogelsang gets.verybody's eighth another run scores. kurt suzuki delivers a knockout blow a three run double. gives up eight runs and two and two-thirds innings washington blows out the giants' 14-2. up with that loss giants fall back into a tie for first with the dodgers. >>> pearson hold only 5 ft. 2 pulled in a five-foot 125 lb. catfish the biggest freshwater fish ever caught by woman in a the united kingdom. >>> i love fishing stories i finish my wife was said what is a megabyte that is a good day fishing. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,, >>> david letterman coming

so long that bryce harper's parents weren't even born yet. i caught up with bryce this afternoon to ask him if he was aware of history in the making. >> do you know the last time that this town hosted a major league baseball playoff game was? >> i have no idea. no clue. >> 1933. 1933. and you have the chance to be a part of that in your rookie season. have you even allowed yourself to think about that? >> that's the only thing i'm worrying about. trying to win games every single day. as long as we're this first place and keep things rolling, that's all that matters to me. everybody gets so caught up in the numbers and what i'm doing, you know, what i did this game or that game, i just really think everybody needs to look at our team and really see that this team is unbelievable. we've got a lot of guys that can play the game. it's a lot of fun to watch. >> you may need to come out with a quote book. you have a new one at the kids camp where you tell them to be as sexy as you can be. that was caught on camera. where did they come about. >> you

espinoza's 14th of the year. 2-0 nats and then it's bryce harper and you know bryce is not stopping. when he hits the gap, it's three, yeah, triple for bryce. 3-0 at this point. then bryce show your roll, son. you don't have to run. jog around those bases, 12th jack of the year. nats win 5-2. >>> how about thes to looking for two in a row against the tigers in detroit. tigers have two on for jhonny peralta. oh, ninth dodge of the year. chin had some struggles in the 1st. o's trying to mount a comeback. j.j. hardy, happy birthday to you. double down left field line 5 -0. o's making that comeback. they would complete it here. nate mcclout, a triple. o's take the lead 6-5 go, on to win 7-5 and are now 5015-0 -- 15-0 after leading for seven innings. >> that was a love tap right there. >> thanks for joining us. we'll see you at 10:00. 

bryce harper, young, 19 and airmails that throw to home, ouch. got talked to by davey johnson after the game. don't miss the cutoff man. top of the 2nd, ross detwiler and look at ryan zimmerman, a heck of a throw and gets the out. everything changes in the bottom of the 4th, still 2 -0. michael morse beast mode, op field, grand salami, yeah, his third of his career, 12th home run of the year, 4-2 nats at this point and then bryce harper will make amends for airmailing that throw with his home run right here. he had been 3 for 32 on the last road trip, not any longer, two-run shot, 11th of the year. nats return home, defeat the mets 6-4 and morse continues to earn the respect of his teammates. >> just trying to make the team, comes out a huge year last year, get hurt, comes back right where he left off. it's been a pretty good story for him so far. hopefully we can keep it going. >> sometimes the celebration hurts as you can see there. >>> the o's in detroit against the tigers, bottom 5, johnny perreault arks the grounder. look at manny machado. i

. >>> rookie bryce harper spent his off day yesterday at the bryce harper baseball pro-camp in fairfax. it was for little leaguers between the ages of 6 and 14. some of them not much younger than 19-year-old harper. he says he's happy to give back and build the nationals' young fan base. >> when i was back home, i loved going out and seeing little leaguers play. being around and really doing things for the community. i think, you know, coming into d.c. and really trying to do things for this town, this city, for the kids and stuff like that, i think, you know, it's always a lot of fun and i have a blast out here with everybody. >> harper and the nationals will take on the new york mets tonight in washington. yay, nationals. >>> e-bay says it is getting out of the black magic business as part of a new policy. the online auction site says it will no longer offer psychic readings and healing sessions. and the same goes for magic potions, spells, prayers, and hexes. e. may says if t is trying to -- e-bay says it is trying to build trust in the marketplace. >>> the president and the first l

of course as you can imagine, bryce harris is super thankful for what his co-workers and first responders did for him. >> thanks. i wouldn't be here without him so all i can do is thank him from the bottom of my heart for saving my life. >> just think if it was closing time and he was the only one left and tried it. >> doesn't that give you a different respect on all the eating videos we do? that's horrifying. >> it could have been anything that he could have eaten that he choked on. >> cappicola is good, but it's not that good. don't eat six pieces of it. >>> surveillance video picked up two separate crimes at two separate bob's burgers in albuquerque, new mexico. this first video, this armed robber is pointing axd gun at t bob's burger store manager. as you can see, the armed robber does not keep his mask on. >> he shows up without anything on his face and then puts his shirt on his face. >> so he's clearly seen. here's the thing, the person at the store is like wait a minute, i know this guy. we went to high school together! >> oh, snap. >> so they were able to identify him and they're

. >>> bryce harper back in the lineup. >> one of our interns came up -- bryce yourself. had him not start for two games. he came in to pinch hit and played the outfield yesterday. kind of a break. been struggling since the all- star break. nationals were streaking. 8straight. hoping to continue and tie their longest win streak in franchise history of 10 games. diamondbacks trying to avoid their first home sweep since 2004. bryce harper, a wild first inning. reaches first up the middle and he runs into the umpire. he's safe. moments later he gets picked off. ends up in a pile of dirt on the ground. not his day. bottom of the 3rd, 1-0. they pile it on. two runs come in to score. diamondbacks win 7-4 and the winning streak is now over. >>> the orioles at home looking to split a four-game series against the orioles. bottom of the 2nd. ball to deep right center. appears to be out. wait a minute, the umpire says let me look it over. they review it, rule it a homerun. starts his mlb career with six hits in his first 13 at bats, five for extra bases. bottom 6th, tie game, reynol

we're ikea, the life improvement store. >>> turned out to be bryce harper night in miami. he hit a two high pressure run homer to get on the scoreboard first. he would go at it again with a solo home run in the fisk inning. bryce ended up getting tossed from the game when he slam his helmet in frustration in the ninth. nats go on to win 8-4. >> glad they won. >> no kidding. >>> maryland governor martin o'malley is leading a bush to get more families into more energy efficient homes. >> he says the cost of savings over time complements when the initiative does for the environment bob barnard shows us how. >> reporter: they are building a community of new homes near downtown frederick priced from the mid 200s built as smart green home where they say it almost pays to go green y we got our first bill. it was 50 cents for the electric. we are expecting that eventually, they will be paying us. >> reporter: maryland governor marten o'malley toured the community and praised the builder's work. >> we all know we live in changing times. question is what we are going to make of thes

it is over bryce harper's head and that is going to clear the bases. a two-run double and i can tell you harper wishes he could have that play back. it was 2-0 atlanta. the nats won't go down without a fight. harper on third and mike morris rips a bis hit into the corner. he cruises in to make it a 2-1 game and that's his hit. two batters later, ian who has been so reliable chucks one to short. a 6-4-3 double play. he comes up limping, but he was okay. the nats cannot pull this one off. they fall 5-1 and are six games up in the division. here is bryce on the one that got away. >> hit it hard and had to bust my butt. just because he's off a certain foot, he's excellent. it's a good hit. >> tonight, the orioles down in texas against the rangers. bottom of the 4th, the rangers put nine runs on the board. mitch with the biggest blow. a grand-slam homer, off of tommy hunter who surrendered. the rangers were leading 8-1. adrian beltre who homered earlier. he takes kevin gregg, that was his third home run of the game. he added five rbi's. the orioles fall to

bryce harper tracks home to make it 4-1. in the 9th now the nationals lead the astros 4-3. >>> the orioles hosting the mariners bottom of the 2nd, mark reynolds with a shot this one to the wall. the mariners struck the relay. the birds lead 1 -0. two batters later nick markakis hits one into left, his 11th of the year. the o's beat the m's 3-1 and baltimore trails first place by 5 1/2 games. >>> college football, maryland begins its season september 1st hosting william & mary and the stadium now features a new state of the art field which boasts being the coolest fedex turf field in the nation. 15 total starters returned on offense and defense. the terps hope to rebound from last year's 2-10 record under first year head coach randy edsall. >> biggest thing is i think everybody is just ready to move on and we're going out swinging. last year is a new year. we started that in the spring. everybody is ready to go and kind. itching and just ready to -- the thing is that there's no secrets really and just go out and work as hard

bryce harper sends one into the gap in right center. jayson werth will score all the way from first base. bryce gets his sixth triple this year. nationals lead 3-0. bottom 5, harper, but this time he gets all of it, a solo shot, 12 of the year. nats win 5-2 taking the series from the mets. they are five games up on the braves. >>> last night the bears provided a whole new set of challenges for robert griffin, iii. unlike last week against the bills the rookie quarterback was pressured from the start. third play from scrimmage he's able to say, but should have thrown the ball away earlier. instead he meets julius peppers. later in the 2nd quarter griffin scrambles 14 yards and sets up a neil rackers field goal, but there were only five 1st downs generated. the rookie admits there is one thing he need to learn. >> when pep pushed me down, i probably should have got rid of the ball earlier, but those are things you figure out through the course of the game and season. it's not that i've never been in those situations before. sometimes you

. >> tonight, the nats look for win number 71 in arizona tonight and with that 19-year- old bryce harper was not in the starting lineup. he did -- and struck out. the top of the 5th, the nats down by 3 and they rally. zimmerman is there. and here comes espinosa and that is gone and tied up at 4 and the next batter is michael morse and where's off there and into that play. and so, michael morris is into that mode. the next pitch, base hit and trots on in. the nine-game hitting streak and the nats with 5 in the fifth and led 6-4 at that point and they're in the ninth, claiming to a 6-5 lead. >>> and it was pouring in baltimore. a lot of people on hand because it was eddie murray night. they're all there to honor the former oriole great and with that play. deep to left and just like that, 1-0 and in to the second. homers for the second straight night and with 3-0 at that point. >>> and the nets, they did hold on to win 6-5 in arizona. >>> coming up, tiger woods out of the beach and on to the green s. he still in contention at the pga? stick around to find out. find . >>> welcome back to the

and bryce harp her a good game last night and a rough patch. the top of the 4th, scoreless game. going the distance with the deep fly to right field. a two-run blast and the nats had a 2-0 lead. next inning, top of the fifth. more harper and this homer is an absolute blast. an upupper-deck shot to right. the 14th this season and the national his a 5-0 lead. and when you have some good, there is bad. in the 9th, it's harper and he gets frustrated, grounds into a double play and afterwards, slamming the helmet and earns him his first major league injection. the nats win 8-4 and this is the rookie that moment. >> i am never satisfied. you don't want to go into a double play to go around first and behind you and some guys, trying to be perfect every aspect of the game and some things like. that that is something slu to grow from. >> i talked to a couple of teammates and she's 19 years old and davie johnson agrees telling the umpire he was glad they threw him out and this is a process bryce has to go through as a young rocky in the big leagues. >> thank you, lindsay. >>> and this is a

bryce harper has struggled a bit in the last couple of months, but tonight not so much. might be changing. in the fourth, bryce harper with a shot to rate, a two-run home run gives the nats the lead 2-0 over marlins. but what is better than one home run? how about a pair. harper becomes the 10th youngest with a multi-homer game since 191. nats win ending their skid. >>> orioles, joe saunders making his debut. saunders allows four runs in the 1-1 loss by the oh after the accident, but they are still in one of the two wildcard spots. >>> the nationals open up a home series against the cardinals tomorrow. and, like i said, nfl preseason for the redskins is over. live at fedexfield, kristen berset. >> the clock is ticking on the beginning of the regular season. what is it, 10 days and cowngt? >> ten days. >> we're ready. we'll be right back.

bryce harper has a wild inning. reaches first on a ball up the middle and as he takes the turn, he collides with the umpire. harper is safe at first. then moments later he gets picked off and end up on the ground, as he slips in the mud. bottom of the inning, harper chases after a ball hit by chris young and makes a beautiful diving grab, saving at least a double. bottom 3 we go, diamondbacks have one run on and piles it on. arizona wins 7-4 ending the nats' win streak. >> there's no giving up on this ball club. they're going to keep battling. also an opportunity to get guys off the bench and into the game. they did very well. but, you know, they weren't planning on using their closure. anything can happen at that point. >>> the orioles at home looking to split a four-game series against the royals. man chat o continues to dazzle in the bigs. the umpires look at it and rule it a homerun. third round-tripper in four games. birds up 2-0. bottom 6, game is tied. reynolds singles to left, jones score. they are now 9 gam

cliff lee, the pitcher, over the head of bryce harper. 1-0. gets worse. next drive, jimmy rollins, taking zimmerman way out. two-run shot. wild play here in the top of the 5th, or 7th, rather. watch adam laroche. this is gone, right? oh, off the top of that fence, and bouncing back into fair play. werth stops at 3rd. laroche is caught in a rundown. we got all kinds of issues here. do you believe this? should have been a homerun, maybe at least a double, and a run scored. instead, nobody scores and out for laroche and nats lose 4-1. >> i mean, this is a game you never take anything for granted. my two veteran players took it for granted the ball was out. i asked laroche, what are you thinking? said i was going for three. i said, you weren't going very fast. but, you know, that's kind of a mental mistake. you can always review it. never put yourself in a position with the ball still in the field, you know, and two veteran players messed that up. >> davey johnson's honesty. >>> orioles and bluejays rained out today. will be made up september 24th, double hea

. >>> and in sports next, dan sits down for a one-on-one interview with nats rookie bryce harper. >>> stick around for news 4 at 6:00, it's chuck brown day. we are finally getting a look at the special park that will be dedicated to the godfather of de[ male announcer ] you paid in to medicare for years. every paycheck. now, when you need it obama has cut $716 billion dollars from medicare. why? to pay for obamacare. so now the money you paid for your guaranteed healthcare is going to a massive new government program that's not for you. the romney-ryan plan protects medicare benefits for today's seniors and strengthens the plan for the next generation. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >>> he's on a roll, his team's on a roll and you just sat down with bryce harper. >> yeah. the kid is just trying to fit in and be a part of the team. >> i think he's fitting in pretty well. >> i think he's doing really well. the nationals in rare fied air these days. if they can sweep the braves tonight they'll have an eight-game lead in their division for the first time in franchi