dickey over the last couple of years. he told us, tim, before the game that, yeah, he was upset that he didn't get a chance to start tonight. and he was upset for mets fans, who have been in this with him, that they wouldn't get a chance to see one of their own start this 83rd all-star game. that said, he was happy for matt cain. he didn't complain openly about it. tony la russa was able to start cane, go to dickey, and it's been a shutout so far, allowing just five hits as a group. here's the 1-2. to the right side. lahair backs up. this is going to be a race and hamels wins the race to the bag. we go to the eighth. the national league coming to the plate. having fun tonight. up 8-0. >> mount kilimanjaro, i climbed it. all 19,000 feet up. >> joe: he did that this past offseason. climbing mount kilimanjaro in the african country of tanzania. he and his wife are raising funds for the bombai teen challenge. an organization rescuing young women from forced human trafficking in bombai. for more information go to teenchallenge

dickey over the last couple of years. he told us, tim, before the game that, yeah, he was upset that he didn't get a chance to start tonight. and he was upset for mets fans, who have been in this with him, that they wouldn't get a chance to see one of their own start this 83rd all-star game. that said, he was happy for matt cain. he didn't complain openly about it. tony la russa was able to start cane, go to dickey, and it's been a shutout so far, allowing just five hits as a group. here's the 1-2. to the right side. lahair backs up. this is going to be a race and hamels wins the race to the bag. we go to the eighth. the national league coming to the plate. having fun tonight. up 8-0. >> mount kilimanjaro, i climbed it. all 19,000 feet up. >> joe: he did that this past offseason. climbing mount kilimanjaro in the african country of tanzania. he and his wife are raising funds for the bombai teen challenge. an organization rescuing young women from forced human traking in bombai. for more information go to teenchallenge.org

dickey not so much. he's the pitcher for the new york mets. taking the mound tonight. >> i'm not going to break down in tears but at the same time i'm a competitor. i want to pitch, i want to start. i feel like i had a good enough first half to be considered. but i'm not the boss and i don't have to necessarily agree but i have to respect it. >> reporter: for the first time four giants will be starting in the all-star game. matt cain on the mound, posey behind the plate, pablo sandoval and melky cabrera. reporting live in san francisco, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> you have the g-men dominating. half the starting roster so feel hike they take it over. >> cane pitching to posey. perfect. what about here? it's going to get hot. >> nice to see them win out there as we've been waiting for sometime. we've got a good looking day shaping up. they will be back at it friday here at at&t park. you can catch that game, nbc bay area. mostly cloudy this morning. these clouds are going to come in clutch later on this afternoon. as temperatures will en

dickey and the mets and cole hamels and the phillies. instead, david wright would ruin all that.ls, 5-10, in 19 year starts with the mets. mets up three. jimmy rollins, taking dickey to the corner. hamels had a nice night. bottom nine. mets down one. and they give to jonathan papelbon, literally. that's daniel murphy. next batter, david wright. a little flare into shallow right. still looks like a laser in the box score. and the mets come back to win, 6-5, in queens. >>> elsewhere, in the n.l. east, you have the giants wearing the throwbacks, taking on the nats in the nation's capital. angel pagan, to right center. pablo sandoval. he's big. but he can hustle. giants, down one. bottom seven, danny espinosa, let the come back begin. not off mr. perfect. it's matt cain. later in the inning, bases loaded. adam laroche. it's the walkoff fielder's choice. nats win, 6-5. >>> sunday night, yankees/red sox, as they wrap up a four-game set. 8:00 p.m. on espn, espn3 and the watch espn app. >>> and we have an update on a story we told you about yesterday. you'll remember murray, utah, mayor,

dickey in the home half of the sixth. facing mike trop. slaps one to center.oungest all-star in history with a hit. dickey gets cabrera to roll into the 6-4-3. that inning over. bottom nine now. cinco ocho time. he flies one right there. that's what your local grocer calls a can of corn. n.l. win this 8-0. >>> make a note, the 20th installment of the espys. the top player of the year will be revealed. plus, you can make your voice heard as far as the best plays in the last 20 years are concerned. it's wednesday, on espn, brought to you by capital one. >>> all right. coming up next, "the pulse" this morning and a sneak peek at what team usa will be sporting at the opening ceremony of the olympics. >>> and "c" is for clever. hear how cookie monster is spoofing the hottest song of the summer. [ lane ] your anti-wrinkle cream is gone. but what about your wrinkles. neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair. it has the fastest retinol formula available. it's clinically proven to visibly reduce wrinkles in just one week. "why wait if you don't have to." rapid wrinkle repair.

dickey first all-star nod and we'll all be watching next week. thank you for watching tonight.e you tomorrow night. good night >>> tonight at 6:00 breaking news, the search for children investigators believe started this fire in south san francisco. >> and developing news, high-speed rail on the line. a crucial vote just wrapped up to decide its fate. >> and a woman's effort to protect her computer leads her into a scam. i'm michael finney a head on 7 on your side, how you can avoid being ripped off. >> and the new front line in the fight against human trafficking and professionals being tapped to stop criminal autos abc 7 news at 6:00 starts now. >> it's happening south san francisco. firefighters have gotten a handle on a brush fire burning above the iconic south san francisco industrial city sign near san francisco international airport. >> this is a live look. investigators are looking for kids who they believe started the fire, possibly from playing with fire works. flames chewed up the brush on sign hill so no homes were threatened. firefighters saved the signs from burni

dickey, the husband and father and this year a dream season.city field, the pitcher emerges from the dugout. the man of the moment with that ten-game winning streak. >> great to meet you in person. the only knuckle baller in the major leagues right now. >> you said it best. i'm just trying to be in the moment with it as much as possible. >> it's been a long and trying journey. the mets pitcher famous for his knuckle ball is a survivor in every sense of the word. abused as a young boy, he would get through it. >> i don't know. if i had to go back, i think i would wrap my arms around it. >> he reveals that struggle in the new book, the boy who kept it all a secret, even from his wife who he met in the seventh grade, first break in baseball t major league contract for nearly a million and the team taking back the offer. >> the rangers reduced the bonus to $75,000. he took it around determined to prove himself, for years playing for the rangers t brewers, the twins, back to the minors in between. his time now if f with the mets and perfection of th

meteorologist jim dickey with accu-weather is going to join us now and whether you're a storm victim or dealing with a heatwave, it's 100 degrees at this hour in some places and so what is the forecast, jim? >> well, it's still very hot in many spots tonight. many spots toppled all time record highs, that includes knoxville, tennessee, charlotte, north carolina, good news, bad news, a lot of storms again and those are cooling things down and rocky mountain north carolina, they came down earlier and triple digits down to the 70's, with this, some of the storms especially in in complex that moved through eastern north carolina, once again, 80, 90 mile per hour winds and downing more trees, more power outages with that, and again, temperatures going to soar again on monday, and core heat from the nation to the central plains into missouri and eastward into the southeast and raleigh, north carolina and when you factor in the humidity, 110 to 115 degrees, and going forward here, middle part of the week, sort of the same pattern, rebuilding, and the jetstream stays northward and a hot air

dickey su primer descalabro en tres meses al ganar por 5-2 a los mets en apoyo al triunfo de gio gonzÁlezadas crispantes. ryan zimmerman ampliÓ su racha de imparables con otros tres. esto ocurria anoche. porque hoy al medio dia terminaron la serie y los nacionales volvieron a ganar 5-2, le barrieron la serie a los mets en su propia cancha y la novena da washington se consolida en el primer lugar en la tabla de posiciones como el mejor de la liga nacional. ro en andem yard, los rays de tampa bay ganaran por 3-1 a los orioles de baltimore. el futbol internacional no para. anoche se inicio la copa sudameriacana de futbol con dos partidos, en paraguay cobreloa de chile derroto 1-0 a tacuari con anotacion de patricio troncoso, mientras que danubio jugando en uruguay empato 0-0 con olimpia de paraguay. hoy liverpool montevideo recibe a universitario sucre de bolivia y en venezuela, tachira contra barcelona de guayaquil. a nivel nacional hoy hay fiesta en filadelfia. esta noche a partir de las 8.30 sera el partido de las estrellas de la mls contra el chelsea de inglaterra, el escenario sera el l

that's a total value of $7,942. ♪ >> dickey: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live"!ight, billy crudup, fred willard, and music from grace potter & the nocturnals. and now, here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ]. >> jimmy: thank you for watching. i'm jimmy the host. thanks for all of you for coming. i have some major late breaking news for you. steven tyler announced a few hours ago he will not return to american idol for this fall season. he put out a statement today that said i strayed from my first lover a smith, i've got two fists in the air and i'm kicking the door open with my band. it sounds like he might be leaving american idol to take karate lessons. we'll give you $20 million a year to just sit at a table and go i just wasn't feeling it for 12 weeks. how can you leave that? but he left. steven tyler will no longer be a judge on american idol and return to his true passion debazing women's pants. >> i wonder who they'll get to replace him. is there anybody left? i'll mismiss that old lady. i really will. i'll miss the steven tyler creepy lyric of the n

dickey in the midst of a dream season.ow much mets representation will be on tony la russa's national league all-star squad? squad? >> kevin: r.a. dickey might be starting. you still have to look at johan santana. he has done a great job. he is 67-4, obviously, doing what he has done. listen, they could potentially have the three guys no doubt about it. >> matt: dodgers, maybe clayton kershaw. matt kemp leads the national league outfielders though he has been hurt most of the first half. >> kevin: ethier and kemp, they hurt. we don't know how bad the ethier situation is. this is a team that gets interesting because who goes? >> matt: reminder next saturday, last week of primetime baseball. baseball night in america big game of the week. yankees and red sox. braves-phillies. twins-rangers. also in action. starts at 7:00 eastern, 4:00 pacific. coming um next except for the west coast, your late local news. for kevin millar, matt vasgersian. good night. captioned by closed captioning services, inc >>> another very hot and hum

. >>> meteorologist djim dickey with accu-weather is joining us now. it is still 100 degrees at this hour in some places. what is the forecast, jim? >>> it is still very hot out there in many spots tonight. many spots toppled all time record highs including knoxville, tennessee, charlotte, north carolina. good news and bad news we have storms those are cooling things around. they dropped temperatures from the triple tdigits down into th 70s. abo with this, 80-90 per hour winds. downing more trees, more power outages with that. temperatures soaring again on monday. the core of the heat from this section plains into missouri. eastward once again into rai leshg ig -- raleigh north carolina. same part of the week pattern rebuilding. hot air mass build up in the nation's midsection and spread its way eastward on the forth of july. in the northeast staying on the cooler side. >> hopefully not triggering any more storm systems like we saw. >> there will be thunderstorms like we saw tonight where we have the heat and humidity. really easy to pop the strong thu

dickey: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight, howie mandel, nba chris bosh and music from linkin park, with cleto and the cletones. dickey: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight, howie mandel, nba champion chris bosh, and music from linkin park, with cleto and the cletones. and now, here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: hi, everyone. thanks for watching. thank you. very nice. i'm the host, jimmy. thank you all for coming. and welcome. it was a beautiful day today here in southern california. really nice, sunny 70 degrees. we're very lucky. lot of the country is suffering through intense heat, temperatures over 100 degrees in a lot of places. heat advisories issued for illinois, new jersey, ohio, tennessee, nebraska, indiana, oklahoma and kansas did you know that in kansas if the temperature goes over 100 degrees it's legal to go to work naked? did you know that guillermo? this morning the supreme court ruled in favor of president obama's health care plan. you know what that means, free pap sm

dickey for the national league. >> the one edge that i thought would make sense, we have buster poseymatt cain is legit as far as getting the honor, and then we will play the game. >> going to be huge for me and cool for me to -- my third one, but this is the first one to be able to start the game, it will be a huge honor for me and i am excited. >> the giants will have four starters in the game tomorrow night but the story remains tim lincecum. right now, no joke, he is statistically the worst pitcher in baseball. a lot of people calling for tim lincecum to go to the minor leagues. his next start is saturday at home worse the astros. reggie jackson will not be hanging around the yankees for a while. he is a special assistant, signs autographs, shows up at events, the club said don't come around for a while after reggie jackson made statements that alex rodriguez's number were tainted. the yankees insist reggie jackson will remain but right now he is not to come around the club. a shocker for the stanford basketball family, the captain of the 1998 stanford team that reached the final

dickey picked up. >>> braves are the model of efficiency. they only had three hits against the giants, two of them homers. the other an rbi triple. >>> british open scott was your leader after the opening round. tied the course with a 6 under 64. tyinger starts the day three strokes behalf. >>> rafael nadal has withdrawn from the olympics. he said he was not in condition to compete. >>> team usa basketball red to go may not be as good as the 1992 dream team but they can play defense with the best of them. russell westbrook finished on the other end. the mernls up 19 at the half. anthony davis the latest at the team but he's fitting in nicely. usa won it by 14, 81-78. two more exhibitions before the olympics. >>> finally when you think the dream team couldn't get any better, lebron james reveals his secret weapon. he spins, fakes, switches hands, and there it is, yes, unstoppable. probably so. will he do it in a game? well, we can only hope. who needs agent 86 when you've about got agent number 6. just another reason why you'd never want to p

dickey not so much.e pitcher for the mets who thought he would take the mound first tonight. >> not in tears over it but at the same time i'm a competitor, i want to pitch, i want to start. i feel like i had a good enough first half to be considered and you know, but i'm not the boss and i don't have to necessarily agree with it but i have to respect it. >> so again, matt cain starting at pitching, buster posey catching, pablo sandoval on third base and melky cabrera taking left field. the game tonight in kansas city. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> always a fun one to watch. >> a lot of giants flavor. should be great to see our local guys. out here nice to watch a little weather. >> indeed it will be nice to stay indoors and watch that game with your air conditioner kicking. it's going to be a hot day. tomorrow, peak warmth so getting even warmer as we head through tomorrow. but let's get to it this morning. lots to talk about starting with the embarcadero. the micro climates are goin

dickey picked up his 13th win, and the mets won it, 9-5. >>> braves are the model of efficiency. they only had three hits against the giants and two of them were homers, the other an rbi triple. braves did just enough to win it, 3-2. >>> british open, australian adam scott was your leader after the opening round. tied a course record with a 6 under 64. tiger starts the day three strokes back. >>> rafael nadal has withdrawn from the olympics. the running gold medalist has released a statement that he said he was not in condition to compete. >>> team usa basketball ready to go, routed great britain, may not be as good as the 1992 dream team, but they can play defense with the best of them. chris paul forced a turnover, sparked a fast break. russell westbrook finished on the other end. the americans up 19 at the half. anthony davis, a late addition to the team, but the kid is fitting in nicely. usa won it by 40, 118-78. two more exhibitions before the olympics. >>> and, finally, just when you thought the dream team couldn't get any better, lebron james unveils his top secret weapon.

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elsewhere in atlanta, the mets' ra dickey against the braves. eric hinski, bad decision.s torres got him out by a country mile in atlanta. atlanta wins it 8-7. >>> major league lacrosse tonight. john grant jr., backwards flip miss mises, but he finds michael kimmel, the second overall draft pick. michael scores, and he has that goal for the #-2 lead, and the bayhawks beat the rattlers, 13- 7. mll has the first-place can chesapeake bayhawks doing well. that was a bit come boblated --, >>> a strange attraction in south korea where mud slinging encourages people to get down and dirty at this mud festival. you will need a shower after that, huh? [ male announcer ] want the most enjoyment from your home entertainment? here's the perfect solution. switch to a verizon fios triple play and upgrade your entertainment equipment with our 100% fiberoptic network and whole home solution, including a high-speed wireless router, plus a new multi room dvr and new hd set top box free for 12 months. hurry. switching has never been easier with the fios whole home solution. upgrade your home

dickey, they are tied for the major league lead with two a piece. the os in action.his pitch. and upper deck job. two-run shot, jones said his hand is still hurting him. 22nd home run of the year, os out front, 2-0, they needed a win december pretsly. bottom of the eighth -- desperately needed a win. bottom of the eighth. patton, uh oh, gets out of the jam, the shift was on and it worked. the twins leave the bags full and the os break their three-game losing streak with a 2-1 win. >>> robert griffin, iii ready to get itt itty -- getting it goin. he has all his contract money fully guaranteed and just over $13 million will be his signing bonus. >> sweet. >> yeah, skins have an option for a third year. getting him in before training camp was crucial, although hold outs will be more rare because of this new rookie wage scale, regardless of the reason, rg-3 is here and his teammates know how important it is to have qb 1 in camp on time so there's no excuses and the expectations will be high. training camp starts one week from half an hour from now. >> your signing bonus

dickey. caine joins us suppose in the line of small night's in kansas city.r around you the judge. they're more wins more strikeouts also the lower earned run average the today tony la russa of sony's president explained to us kane for is body of work. did police i'm disappointed as for sure. i thought i had a shot at it would agree should be used with the mets organization and i thought the numbers will be the numbers. for there was a knuckleballer and all that other stuff. but as of the matter deserves it. >>> david ortiz put it is a tonight at a home run derby after winning it all last year yankee struggles of the best share of the night from the kansas city crowd on the flip side sledder prince fill their seven into the kansas city fountain. the challenger was toronto's to get into the finalists. >>> finance it was still there taking the hardware 12 to 7 in the finals in his second career three title. hope so low was warned by the anti-dumping agency today because she tested positive for substances which are not performance enhancing. >>> meanwhile star-l

night came in named the league's starting pitcher for tomorrows all-star game the giving of our aid dickey. caine joins us to pause in the lineup in kansas city. david ortiz was in the balls fly in the stadium at a home run derby prince outfielder hit 16 long balls in the first and second rounds seven of them went to the famous royal fountains. toronto's jose bettis said needed a swing of the angels to get into the finals. and in those finals it was prince victorious party said to of this at this second his second derby title. the tower collapsed played pickup basketball and in new york and was on the stanford team that tina went the final four in 1998. it is a bittersweet day for mike montgomery had coached and then in monte agreed to a two-year contract extension today with cal the deal keep him in berkeley through 2016. did waves some of these guys get to that home run derby. if and direct their swing. the swing so high that no good for the all- star game. ruins them. that's ok. there's four giants. that's all the matters. ♪ [ ping! ] [ ping! ping! ] that's why i use new tampax radiant.

dickey pitched a jewel early on this afternoon, but the nationals' gio gonzalez wasn't nearly as successful up 2-1 in the 2nd. ike davis, he 0 another. gio -- he adds another. gio got rocked today. craig salmon not much better in relief. david wright send a three-run shot over the center field wall. it's now 9-1 mets in the 4th. drew storen finally getting some action today after a long stint on the dl. pitched the 9th inning keeping the mets from tacking on any more runs. the nats tried to rally, but the deficit was just too big to overcome. the mets win this one 9-5. >> a lot of good things happened in that ballgame. when you're nine runs down, you come back and a couple times, of -- every time running on deck it's not just a complete bad day. there were a lot of good things there. >>> team usa facing great britain in london today, darren williams starting in place of chris paul responded well with 19 points. williams 5-6 from downtown helping the u.s. pull away from britain, 118-78 the final. the team will face argentina this sunday in spain. >>> it was a great day for tiger woods and a

dickey. he won his 13th game. >>> round one of the british open.conditions at the often windy st. anne's course helped keep scores unusually low here. the first round leader is australian adam scott. his precise putting and accurate approach shots yielded a 6 under 64. a dozen other players are within three shots of the lead, including tiger woods. he finished with a 3 under. 67. the nba's board of governors voted to permit advertising on team uniforms starting in the 2013-14 season. could yield $100 million a year in new league revenue for the league. i just want to see what that's going to look like. >>> the uniforms the team usa will wear have been widely criticized. but get a load of this. spain's team will be hard to miss in searing red and yellow. garish is one word used. the spanish have more colorful ways to express their feelings about this. ugly. when we come back on a friday morning, they say fences make good neighbors. but what about good drinks? a little boy's ice cold drink to help a neighbor rebuild a house. dollars bp committed n ha

dickey. it was the 8th for chipper jones. got a hit in. in his one plate appearance. retiring at the end of the season. >>> the major leaguers weren't the only ones having fun. minor leaguers in redding, pennsylvania, held a different kind of home run derby. lots of differences. how about targets for hitters. like a guy in a flag outfit bouncing on a trampoline. a kid perched in a dunk tank in the outfield. another suspended from center field from a crane. plus pink flamingos. all for laughs with the more than 8,000 fans that turn out. that's the event you don't stay sober at very long. >>> still on the subject of baseball, an ohio man made an allstar discovery. hundreds of baseball cards that hadn't seen the light of day in decades, an expert say the collection is worthy of the hall of fame. >> jen steck has the story. >>> carl kissner took a step back in time as he was cleaning out the old house that his aunt and grandparents once lived in. digging through boxes of hats, dresses and knickknacks from the 1920s and 1930s, decades of his family's history and memories u

he is ryan zimmerman who tags -- it's ryan zimmerman who tags dickey, a solo shot, deficit 2- 1. davis greets gio with another big fly to center field. you see roger bernadina. he runs out of room. solo shot, 3-1 mets. geonot happy. top of the 3rd 4-1, andres torres scores, gio 3 1/3 earnings allowing six earned runs. the nats lose 9-5. here's davey on gio. >> it's one of those days he didn't have too much, didn't have much command. a lot of things be with going for him, just of with those -- things weren't going for him, just one of those days. it's not always a complete bad day. of there really a lot of good things that -- there was really a lot of good things that happened there i was proud to see. >> the good part of the day was the return of drew storen. the orioles against the twins, top 8 bird down 1, mark reynolds with the bloop hit to center field. matt wieters scores and wilson betemit. the orioles enthe twins 4-3 and earn a split of -- edge the twins 4-3 and earn a split of the four-game series. >>> hoops, first half the red white and blue in transition, lebron james t

manager tony larussa named cain and not dickey for the starter for tuesday's game. >> it's a huge honor, i can't thank tony enough to get this opportunity to be able to start a game. thinking back on it, i think of starting the world series and the playoff games and how fun that was. to be able to start this l-star game the first one to be able to play in, will be really really fun. i'm looking forward to it. >> it will be really special. we found out yesterday, and we were both fired up, and cain's a fun guy to catch. looking forward to it. >> in addition to matt cain, buster posey, melky cabrera and pablo sandoval will also be starting. the four giants starters represent the most in team history. reporting from kansas city, jamie sire, for nbc bay area news. >>> ronnie cook is the lone a's all-star representative, cook has come out of nowhere to be the team's closer and one of the premiere relievers in the american league. i'm not saying he's just happy to be there, but well he's awfully happy to be there. >> it's been a wild ride. i told everyone earlier. i came into camp to try to m

dickey both tied with 12 wins apiece today.ot rocked today going just three and a third innings giving up six runs, including two homers and only striking out two batters. good news on the pitching front with the return of closer drew storen. he pitched a scoreless 9th inning looking pretty sharp but the nats were in too deep a hole to climb out of. the mets avoid the sweep 1-5. nats open a four-game series with atlanta tomorrow night. >>> finally on the hole, phil mickelson shot from the bunker. watch this. it disappears. that's a deep bunker. it disappears into the lip of the bunker. the worst part is it took seven people, look at that almost two minutes to find his ball in the grass. he took an unplayable lie, bow geed the hole. >> the rest is history. >> he's tied for 99th. >> he's going to have to shoot well tomorrow or miss the cut. >> she's rubbing that in. ñ'

stil tied in the 6th and dickey has been great so far in season for the mets, but guess, what dam laroche figure -- adam laroche figured him out. nats led 3-1. gio gonzalez would do the rest accident not struggling tonight, seven -- rest, not struggling tonight at all. he earns win no. 13 which is tied for the most wins in the national league. the nats take the first two games in new york and beat the mets tonight 5-2. >> i tell you gio, you know, after they roughed him up over at our place he pitched a masterpiece. he was dominant from the first pitch on and i felt bad in the 8th inning. i pinch hit for him and -- because he's going back out there, you know, and he wasn't too hard on me, although he did come up and i said you can still shake my hand. >> davies sounds like he's at a club. >>> the birds hosting the rays tonight. there's a two-run shot in the 5th and the rays take the lead. bidding for insurance runs in the eighth, a shot to center. jones gets the beautiful dive in catch. it's just not enough ats orioles fall at home 3-1. >>> we have more sports stories after this break inc

a match-up between the national league's top two pitchers, gio gonzalez versus ari dickey. >>> a nationaln a against the twins. the top of the 8th the bird down 3-2. mark reynolds gets a hit to center field. two rounds score. the orioles edge the twins. >>> usa hoops in manchester, england for an exhibition against great britain. lebron james to kevin durant. kd make his first start for the 2012 team. third quarter, door enwilliams with the smooth crossover and the pass there to lebron

tonight, gonzales takes the mound against a fellow all-star dickey. the orioles could not complete the sweep in cleveland, bad days running decisions caused them a couple of runs twice in the 3-1 loss to the indians. they open a three-game series against tampa tonight. >> if you want cold cash, listen carefully. we will give you the chance to win $200. it is this week's facebook contest give away. to enter, go to wjla.com/ facebook and we will announce a wonder -- winner monday, july 30, right here on "good morning washington." >> it can always come in handy. let's say hello again to doug hill. >> shaping up to be another hot one. >> looking that way. temperatures in the mid. to perhaps upper 90's. the sun is rising a little bit later and setting earlier this time of year. very hot humid, kind of breezy. temperatures already in the 70's, humidity levels up. 75 in washington and frederick. 75 in fredericksburg. as far as what is happening in the sky, lots of sunshine. clear skies. but a cold front is on the way. sunshine this morning, clouds this after

dickey to start. >> as matt cain was checking into his hotel on thursday night, he got the word thatd be starring in the all-star game. >> it's a huge honor, i can't thank tony enough to be able to get this opportunity to be able to start a game. thinking back on it, i think about starting the world series and the playoff games, how fun that was, but to be able to start this game will be really, really fun and i'm looking forward to it. >> we want to reward matt cain for a career of excellence, it's getting better and better and he had a great example of that during the summer and one of his pitching days. it's a tough call, but whenever r.a. pitches, or anybody pitches, or plays, i think it's a great experience and it's only a little more special to start the game. >> i haven't had the pleasure to see matt pitch in person. the most i saw was from his perfect game and i actually sat down and watched the end of that and just you know, the incredible poise he had specifically in that game a. >> buster posy received the most votes ever for an nl player and will start behind the plate fo

. >>> all good things come to an end and they did for ra dickey. 11 game winning streak now over. the mets falling to washington 5-2. it is his first loss in 3 months. >>> fisherman getting a giant surprise literally as a flying make coefficienting tournamern o fishing tournament. >> oh my god. >> a giant mako shark leaping from the water. the shark was 10 feet in length and between 500 to 800 pounds. >> that is pretty cool. >>> 40 minutes after the top of the hour. she hit a $1 million jackpot. remember this. but she still kept collecting welfare. her punishment is in. >> it's your last chance to answer our question of the day. trading in your honeymoon for a buddy noon? would you bring buddies along for the ride? we will read some of them next. [music] see life in the best light. transitions® lenses automatically filter just the right amount of light. so you see everything the way it's meant to be seen. experience life well lit, ask for transitions adaptive lenses. every communications provider is different but centurylink is committed to being a

bottom one, one of the hottest pitchers dickey facing ryan zimmerman, takes the knuckleball, home run, 2-1 mets on top. zimmerman has more home runs than anyone in the national league. geo ranked after 3 1/3 and gaved six earned runs. david wright doing it again. this time a home run of the three-run variety. his second of the game. he also had five rbis so it's 9-1 mets. michael morris and deysi comes in to score but fans loving the hustle but it's 9-3, mets on top. here's drew, haven't seen him all season. he gets david wright to ground out. storen went 3 up, three down in the first action of the season. good to have him back. bottom of the ninth, nats trying to rally, two men in scoring position but bobby parnell shuts the door. the nationals fall to the mets. they have a three and a half lead gain. as for today, geo just didn't have it. >> i was just trying to go out there and give a couple of innings in trying to save the bull pen. but unfortunately that is not what happened so next time it's how you do it, turn the page and move forward and try to go after him a again. >> you ca