evan longoria hit three home runs. the orioles still have at least one more game to play against the rangers. that will take place on friday. keith mills will have details coming up later in sports. >> president obama is staying in denver this morning. mitt romney is going to virginia. >> tracie potts has a look at one.d >> the point of this debate was to make differences clear. on lowering the debt. we now have trillion dollars deficits. >> you said you would cut the deficit in half. >> the way we do it is $2.50 for every cut we ask for a dollar of additional revenue paid for by asking those of us who have done well to contribute a little more to reduce the deficit. >> the president insisted romney would spend $5 trillion on tax breaks favoring the wealthy. >> it shows that is not a recipe for job growth. >> everything you just said about my tax plan is not accurate. >> they clashed on wall street and medicare. >> cutting $716 billion for medicare to be able to balance thet additional cost of obamacare is a mistake. >

here is evan longoria again. adam jones gives it a good effort.crifice fly. 4-1, the orioles lose. >> the rays have the best pitching in the american league. those guys are good. >> we have had our share of obstacles. >> that's all you have to do, beat texas in one game. if the orioles win, they play the yankees on sunday night. miguel cabrera wins the triple crown. the ravens play on sunday against kansas city. that team has some firepower. one of the most explosive running backs in the league. this was a 90-yard run against the saints. the ravens shut them down in the playoffs. 93 wins. first playoff berth in 15 years. great season and it is not over. >> thank you, keith. the netflix for kids from toys "r" us. >> how did the candidates do and what do they need to work on? >> what was once lost is now in the hands of its rightful owner . >> the oecd debate last night -- ddc the debate last night -- did you see the debate last night? >> the orioles limp into the postseason. >> the forecast as we continue. [captioning made possible by constellation

if evan longoria had been healthy for those 85 games he missed, the rays probably have won the american league east. crista the mound tonight, hoping to get his ninth victory of the year. had they won, but with the post of the what carter on friday. what a show evan put on. 1-0, tampa. he hit 3 homeruns on the evening. the orioles did get 1 run in th 9th. afterwards, you have to wonder if they were down after the defeat. not at all, they say. >> that cannot come close to describing our locker room right now. it is a tough road however you do it. it is a challenge. we feel good about on opportunity we have burnt -- we have earned. >> the orioles will play on that one game friday. against the texas rangers in arlington. later, we will hear from some players about tonight. >> thank you. nearly 18,000 people watched game 162 inside tropicana field. >> there was a healthy amount of orioles fans. >> i took a vacation last year planning for this then upgraded my tickets what we started doing this in good. this has been a magical year. >> it means a lot. it is something we will never forget. 14

anoche en tampa bay, evan longoria sacudiÓ tres jonrones y los rays derrotaron 4-1 a baltimore, con lola liga americana. baltimore comenzÓ la jornada un juego detrÁs de los yanquis de nueva york, que se alzaron con el tÍtulo de la divisiÓn. con estos resultaod, los orioles disputarÁn los playoffs como equipo wildcard o comodin y sera ya maÑana viernes, visitarÁn texas, para enfrentar a los rangers el otro comodÍn. el ganador se medira a los ha sido una buena temporada para los orioles y nacionales. la proxima semana se viene la primera de las dos fechas que quedan pendientes en la concacaf, la seleccion de el salvador entrena con nuevas caras y otros que regresan, todo para su primer partido que es costa rica en el guatemala, honduras, panama, estados unidos y canada luchan tambien por su clasificacion, dejamos el futbol y vamos hablar del en el deporte de la velocidad. se confirmo que el siete veces campeon del mundo, el piloto alemÁn michael schumacher se retirarÁ de la fÓrmula 1 una vez concluida esta temporada de carreras. schumi como le llaman sus amigos, tiene 91 victorias en 302

but the same cannot be said of tampa bay's evan longoria. there was no stopping him. this one, his third homer of the game. tampa bay over baltimore 4-1. it is the second wild-card team in the american league east. baltimore will face texas in arlington, the winner will host the yankees in the american league division. for people stabbed in a bus in oregon. and family and friends remember and family and friends remember those who lost their lives did you know dentures are ten times softer than natural teeth and can be easily scratched? they may also have surface pores, where odor-causing bacteria can grow. that's why dentures require special care. make polident® part of your daily routine. polident's unique microclean formula cleanses gently. it releases antimicrobial agents, including active oxygen, to kill ninety-nine-point-nine percent of odor causing bacteria and reduce plaque. for a cleaner, fresher, brighter denture, use polident® everyday. this has been medifacts for polident®. >> family and friends of the 30 people killed in hong kong gathered today to mourn t

evan longoria who homered four times. with that, the yankees clinched the a.l. for 4 with two home runs and six rbis. new york had a 14-2 victory. they will play either the rangers or orioles starting on sunday. the national league wild card slot will be decided by the braves/cardinals game friday. let's get a check at football. suspended sean payton can attend the game at the superdome on sunday night. finally, to basketball where the nba adopted a new anti-flopping rule that will apply a fine to players for repeated violations. the league official said the exaggerated falls to the floor has quote, no place in our game. we agree. it's terrible acting. now for a look at the weather, here is bill karins with the weather forecast. >> those are great clips. >> put them on repeat. >> the phantom fall. the areas in north dakota and northwest minnesota is where the snow is and coming down hard. interstate 29 is the worst drive. the fog is not going to make it too easy. not as bad as yesterday morning, but there's patchy fog and drizzles and showers popping up in centr

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bottom one, evan longoria, his 15th bomb of the year. this one off chris stillman. tampa bay up 1-0. bottom four, now. longoria again. on fire. 2-0, rays. bottom six, now. guess who? longoria. drills it again. he will be a hero. can't get to it. longoria, three home runs. rays with the win. >>> that's your "sportscenter" update. i'm jorge andres, have a great day. >> we plan on it. >>> the long losing streak of teddy roosevelt is over. >> he was behind george washington, and lincoln. teddy got help from the philly fanatic. >> he tried for his first win in seven seasons. and congratulations to the nationals. >>> up next, "the pulse." move over elephants and donkeys. big bird is the big political star of the denver debate. >>> and hay there. the farmer whose trip into town had drivers doing a double-take. for a shelter dog, there's no better feeling than going home. and by donating our food to shelters in need, pedigree is doing more than ever to help shelter dogs get adopted. ♪ now you can help too. when you buy a bag of pedigree, you'll help us feed more shelter dog

evan longoria homered three times last night. with that orioles loss, the yankees clinch the a.l. east. the bronx bomber's robinson cano went 4 for 4 with two home runs and six rbis. curtis granderson also added two homers to give new york a 14-2 victory. they're going to play either the rangers or the orioles in the a.l. division series. that's starting on sunday. >>> all right. the national league wild card slot will be decided by friday's braves/cardinals game with the winner facing the washington nationals in the n.l. division series starting sunday. >>> let's get a little football in. the nfl has agreed to allow suspended new orleans saints sean payton, mickey loomis and joe vitt to attend the team's game at the superdome on sunday night. >>> and finally in basketball, the nba has adopted a new anti-flopping rule that will fine players for repeated violations. a league official said the exaggerated falls to the floor has "no place in our game." i think us fans can agree on that, right? >>> well, coming up, a scare for ashton kutcher fans and words of advice for honey boo boo.

just too much evan longoria for the orioles tonight. three home runs tonight. what a ballplayer. the orioles did manage to get one run across in the 9th but not enough to come all the way back. they lose the final game of the regular season to the tampa bay rays 4-1 and now travel to texas to take on the texas rangers friday night. texas will start their rookie pitcher yu darvish. he was deciding between saunders and johnson the orioles' rookie. we could find out more about that today. christian schaffer. abc2 news. "good morning maryland." >>> it is set for 8:37 friday night and chris, he's going to be waking up this morning hopping on a flight to texas and i have more coverage for us here at abc2 and our website. abc2news.com. we have a special page set up to follow the o's during the playoff run. just head to abc2news.com/omaizing. >>> we hold our breath on every pitch and every hit and every out. we often forget what we have in common with the guys on the field just like us. people who can be hit with tragedy at any moment and this moment we are getting a stark reminder of ju

slugging the most home runs ever by an orioles team but this is evan longoria night. three homers, in the 4-1 win but the wild card team. a win there sends them back home to camden yards. stop it, don't want to see that. ? the orioles have a day to get ready for the game. >> now it comes down to the wild card game on friday night. we are live in saint pete. a rough night to watch. >> reporter: it was. a lot of fans waiting for something to happen. they haven't done anything the easy way. they figured why start now? when it was a rough night for the orioles bats again which was the same story as last night. unlike last night they gave up a few runs and the rays managed to get the win. if the or could have gotten the win the wild card friday would have been at camden yards. instead it'll be in texas. the home of the range hoarse have been in the world series the last two year this rea good team but haven't played well lately. the orioles couldn't ghetto fence going. buck said that the pitching was most important and he said that at the postseason starts it'll be eveno e

hellickson kept baltimore at bay all night and evan longoria, a big night, three home runs and three rbis on the way to the 4-1 win. baltimore by that loss, now travels to arlington, texas for the one game a. l. wild card playoff friday night. it's not where they wanted to be, they wanted forhere with you at camden yards. but when you consider how far the team has come in a short time. you just tip your cap and get ready for some more postseason baseball. >> i told our guys how proud i am just to be associated with this bunch. they're a baseball playing bunch of guys that you know they'll let it rip in texas. >> i wish we could play at home every game. but i think we're in a good place right now. we know what we need to do. you know we have to go out and get after it. and i think we're excited. >> friday night's one game playoff with the rangers will be in arlington. a team the orioles were 2-5 against in the regular season. should baltimore win that game, then it's back home to camden yards sunday to begin the divisional series against the new york yankees. and megan, our own christ

sox still down in the fifth, and evan longoria doubles in another run off nate jones.eir tenth loss in 12 games, six- to- two. detroit won, so the sox will be eliminated with one more loss*or another tigers' win. the sox finish the season with a series in cleveland. the cubs trying to avoid their 100-th loss in arizona. cubs down a run in the third when alfonso soriano strikes out. anthony rizzo thinks the inning is over and gets picked off at second to end the inning. but the cubs go up and with the bases loaded in the sixth. bryan lahair drives in two runs. they go on to win 7-2 and snap a seven- game losing streak. the cubs return home for a final series against the astros tonight, rory mcilroy needed a police escort to make it to medinah in time for the ryder cup. team u-s-a led ten- six yesterday, but on the 17-th hole, justin rose sinks a long birdie putt, and he beat phil mickleson. europe matched the greatest comeback in ryder cup history to beat the us yesterday, but on the bright side. we won world war 2, and some of them did not. the us led 10-4 at one point

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they fell silent, the regular- season finale with evan longoria rolling out with founder. only gave up four hits in five innings. brian roberts, home run. he wound up hitting his third home run. here is good news for the orioles. they don't see him in the playoffs, but the challenge doesn't change much sense texas led the majors in runs scored this season, finishing fourth in home runs. after the tumble against saddam but, it comes down to this. ballpark in arlington, first pitch scheduled for tomorrow night at 8:37. the winner faces the yankees, the losers go home. they have faced texas seven times as texas won five of those games. you can use all the numbers you want. in a one-game series, it is a matter of who gets caught on that night. more from the ballpark in arlington coming up at 6:00. they obviously have a lot on the line, but so do a lot of businesses in baltimore. fair to say not the only manager for the orioles. >> we are all rooting for the orioles and hoping that they win in texas. camden yard here will be back here with the orioles fans both sunday and monda

yankees for theamerican league east lead,and forcing a one game playoff, the birds thirr baseman evan longoria hit not one, not wo butt three home runs as the rrys took a 4-1 victory on he seaaon's last day...the peague east championship to an the yankeesand has the orioles headed to rlington texas for the wild card rrund... so here's what it sets up... the orioles wiil now travel to dallas to take onntheeexas rangers in the american league wildcard...first pitch is set a hole new round...the first year t's been done..one game...win and ou advance... &plose and you go home.... fuul highlights and post game reactioo from st pete...and we'll hear from the ravees, up at 11:30 it may have been a disappointing eed tonight but eaalier excitement was running &pwere cheering on their o's straighttinto the playoffs. playoffs.janice park is streeming live in federal hill...where despite everything...fans watched this last game of the rrgular season. jannie? janice?jennifer,tonight's loss was tough...but fans say it's been a thrilling season...and all that matters is that we're in the playoffs.some fans

evan longoria, already with a homer on the night, a solo shot to left. 3-0 in the sixth. longoria steps to the plate again. his swing is the thing. on the last day of the season. another home run. this time to center. three home runs of the game for longoria. the rays beat the orioles 4-1. birds have to settle for the second wild card spot. they'll play the rangers at texas tomorrow. after a long wild season, buck showalter is taking them one game at a time because he has to. >> you play so many games, it's hard to do what our team and the rangers are being asked to do. it's hard to pitch in the american league. these are the best players in the world. we've got nine innings. just one of those things you can't hide anything, you show them yours, and they show you yours. see how it will turn out. and i'll have a pretty good seat. >> we'll be watching. opening pitch tomorrow night at 8:30. >>> another award for rg3. griffin named the nfl offensive rookie of the month for september. kerrigan earned the same award last year with the defense. rg3 is leading the way for the ski

the tampa bay rays to stay in the hunt for the al east title but they ran into a roadblock named evan longoria. three home runs in his first three at baths. orioles lose 4-1. that means the birds will head to texas to take on the rangers in the al wild card game on friday. >>> on the final day of the season, history was once again made at nationals park not only did the curly ws wind up with the best record in baseball but president teddy roosevelt ended his six-year losing streak. in the traditional presidents race, good old teddy finally came out victorious. perhaps it's an omen of what's to come. the very next better was ryan zimmerman. he had a home run. we asked zimm about teddy's big win after their big win. >> i'm so glad teddy won so we can stop talking about teddy. people get more excited for the mascot race than a game. yes, i'm excited teldy won. i'm ecstatic. -- teddy won. i'm ecstatic. >> just a little sarcasm. just a little bit. >> i'm kristen berset. have a great day. >>> would you be willing to pay to make your facebook posts stand out more? that story is coming up. >> plus, we

evan longoria and ryan roberts hit solo home runs in the 3rd inning for tampa bay. os lose to the rays 4-1 but the yankees won, too. the tigers first baseman won the triple crown mvp. he went 0-2 last night and got a standing ovation from the crowd in kansas city. >>> it is just about 6:25. still ahead, which local political candidate is under fire for not voting in recent elections? >> we'll have more on last night's debate, including a fast check on mitt romney's tax plan. >>> right now beverly farmer gives us a fact check on your morning commute. >> fairfax county we have issues. sky 9 showing us the scene of the crash. a medevac. southbound will be blocked at monument drive. you're watching 9news now. we'll be back with more news and traffic. stay with us. >>> we're back at 6:29. this is always the place to get your weather first. here's a live look at springfield, virginia. lots of slow traffic in that area. you'll need to take some rain gear with you. mostly cloudy, 69 degrees. >>> thanks so much for starting your thursday with us. i'm mike hydeck. >>> i'm and

boy, that guy, evan longoria shut the doors on the o's.ked three home runs in the rays 4-1 win. the orioles will play texas tomorrow in the a.l. wild card game. winner goes on in the playoffs and loser goes home. new york captured the a.l. east. yankees postgame celebration much calmer than the others we have seen this week. it's their 13th a.l. east crown in the last 17 seasons. they open the playoff on sunday against the winner of the texas/baltimore game. that is a look at sports. >>> today's talkback. criticism of the debate moderator fair? sausage link. mermaid. honey!? driftwood. come on, you gotta help us out here a little. [ male announcer ] febreze eliminates odors and leaves carpets fresh. ♪ [ male announcer ] febreze. eliminates odors and leaves carpets fresh. ♪ olaf's pizza palace gets the most rewards of any small business credit card! pizza!!!!! [ garth ] olaf's small business earns 2% cash back on every purchase, every day! helium delivery. put it on my spark card! [ pop! ] [ garth ] why settle for less? great businesses des

the tap -- tampa third baseman evan longoria blasted three home runs. >> great morning, a little on theor the hybrid a lot of clouds and some showers. there will be concentrated this morning.

but they ran into a roadblock named evan l o longoria., on this final day of the season, history was made once again at nationals park. not only did the nats wind up with the best record in baseball, but teddy roosevelt ended his 6th year losing streak. in the president's race in the middle of the 4th, good old teddy finally came out victorious. perhaps it could be an ohman of what is t come. zimmerman hit a homerun. we asked zim about the win after the game. >> i'm so glad teddy won so we can stop talking about ted tee dy. [ laughing ] >> people get more excited about a mascot race than the game. yes, teddy won. i'm ecstatic. >> at least we're not asking him about strasburg anymore. now we don't have to ask about the president anymore. >> and i do think it is an ohman of things to come.

but evan wasn't giving the os any help. longoria blasts his second in the game. three solo home runs for the night. baltimore falls 4-1. so the orioles are the second wild card team. the loser goes home. the winner takes on the yankees in the a.l.ds. so that addition puts the os in the postseason. it's going to be winner go home against the rangers on friday. also coming up in sports, guys, another big event at national's park. talking presidents, teddy, specifically. >> oh, joy. an attempt to cash on in the net's playoff attempt has failed. today, the commission approved a dollar surcharge. when the mayor heard about that, he said no way. that surcharge is expected to be rescinded tomorrow. in the meantime, the city police force is getting ready for the extra crowds at nats stadium. hundreds of officers at standby. they will not be affected by the coverage. >> tonight, a call to get rid of pepco at montgomery county. a group of customers fed up wants the county to take over the fra franchise. at a meeting tontd, customers and electric officials talked about the