tom leyden live outside fenway park. i have the latest on alex rodriguez and the bobblehead debacle. the patriots and saints practicing together and they're massachusetts public charter schools are among the best in the country. our charter schools are public, we have a proven record of helping students succeed. and result in more funding for public education. every parent should be able to choose the public school that's best for their child. announcer: vote yes on question 2. for stronger public schools. announcer: vote yes on question 2. award winning interface. award winning design. award winning engine. the volvo xc90. the most awarded suv of the century. >> hi everybody. the yankees and red sox getting ready to start in a few minutes. we've got the patriots an saints practicing together this week in foxborough. pats fans are here. butch stearns was in foxborough earlier. he has all the details. >> the good thing about practicing against another team is that the compete level rises. >> there's a lot of competition i

zach brown band at fenway tomorrow evening by the way. looks good. mix of clouds and sunshine with temperatures throughout the evening hours in the upper 70's to low 80's. out on to the cape and islands. clouds and sun. more humid on sunday. you may have a stray shower monday morning but only a slight chance here 80 chance of some rain showers sunday evening but by monday we manufacture that rain chance and humidity out of new england. 7 on 7 forecast focus on tuesday and wednesday if you have not been a fan of this hot, humid summer low temperatures tuesday morning down into the lower 50's with high temperatures on tuesday and wednesday, pleasant upper 70's to around 80. 7:00.. >> reporter: jimmy vecey had most of the league in a frenzy trying to sign hims a free eight including his hometown bruins. the harvard product and whenny bake area ward winner had his choice, she broadway bound. he agreed it a deal with the new york rangers where he will join his buddy kevin hayes who no doubt did some recruiting. the north reading native was originally draf

david ortiz throwing a big bash for a little boy at fenway park. >> anchor: we begin at 7 with breaking news in a gruesome crime scene in ash bee. a man and a woman found dead. get out to 7's tim caputo in ash bee with breaking details. >> reporter: but i want to set the scene for you right here. this is a dead end street. where this crime happened and you see police and fire set up at the end of the street detectives are down at the end of this dead end road investigating. the da's office saying this appears to be a murder suid excluded home at the end of the street here. a man was found outside that home dead on the ground. an adult female known to him was also dead. there was a couple who lived here in their 50s. they were recently separated. the male victim lived here on the property. the circumstances of the crime itself unknown at this point. from sky 7 hd above you see how kind of butts against the new hampshire border. homes spread awfully far apart. 1:30 this afternoon the body of that man and woman were found outside the home. police came out to investigate. they say at this p

fenway, the fans are very special. the rivalry here has been in epic baseball battle that i have ever seen. i love boston, it's a great city. i love fenway park. my mother and brother and sister are here. i want my girls to go to college somewhere in boston, i don't know where, but in boston. pinchhitting duty but is not in the lineup tonight. ed: four home runs away from 700. time now to flash forward to newscenter 5 at 7:00 and 11:00 -- good evening, maria. berea new tonight on newscenter : 5 at 7:00, and then new at 11:00, new developments after the death of a dog. the trouble the kennel's owner is facing. new 11:00, a police for all those pokers, prodders, shuckers and sniffers, all stop & shop produce is triple checked. we're focusing on fresh... ...so you don't have to guess. ? everything is awesome ? everything is cool when you're watching a screen ? ? everything is awesome, ? when you're sharing a meme ? a voice remote, show me angry kings ? ? you know what's awesome? everything! ? ? apps that please, more self

alex corddry is live at fenway park with more on the sox prize rookie, alex? >>> a lot of people holding their breath on wednesday night when we watched rookie between. only andrew benatendi going down with a gruesome knee injury. he had to be helped off by two teammates wednesday night but red sox manager john farrell happy to announce that there was no structural damage to his left knee adding "that lucky that the acl is not involved so we're optimist being he can return this season." benetendi has been on an absolute roll. he is hitting. 324 but the left fielder said he will do everything he can to return during the regular season. >>> obviously, it's something you don't plan on and it's unfoat it happened and i'm just going to try to get as health eas possible and as quickly as i can and hopefully get back out ther. >>> they just reviewed it and so there is no structural damage which is good news and obviously still realize that there still needs to be healing to be done so like i said i will try to get back and healthy as possible. >> anchor: benetendi on

a local teen getting a chance to play on the big stage in fenway. how the super star in the making rellished in the moment. >> reporter: a nice weekend the rest of the forecast in a minute. >> anchor: and back to school. lucky kids getting a big >> a piano kid stealing the show at fenway park. this 13 year old getting the invite to join billy joel on stage. can you imagine? light together. >> anchor: and his skills earning him serious applause. tim caputo is live at nathaniel hall. i guess the teenager is playing there too. >> reporter: billy joel does a concert once or twice in an entire month. and whether it's in front of 30 people like this afternoon or 30,000 like last night everyone is awfully impressed with teenager. [music] >> reporter: he's only 13 years old and he's a big shot. >> it was an amazing night for me. i had so much fun. >> reporter: performing in front of a crowd at nathaniel hall. last night on a stage at sold out fenway park with billy joel. >> i was euphoric. it was the best moment of my life. >> reporter: he was trying to pla

live at fenway park this morning antoinette antonio, wcvb , newscenter 5. emily: also breaking overnight, two people are in the hospital with severe injuries after a stabbing in dorchester. it happened just before 3:00 a.m. on millet street. no word on any arrests or a motive at this point. and breaking in maryland, at least 20 people, including two firefighters, are hurt as a result of this huge fire. it happened just before midnight in silver spring. first responders say none of those injuries are life-threatening, but they have yet to account for everyone. at least two or three apartment buildings were involved in the fire. no word yet on the cause. randy: this morning we are hearing from the family of two women attacked in a waltham home. the eyeopener's todd kazakiewich is live at the courthouse where the suspect is expected to face a judge in just hours. todd: that relative tells us suspect emanuel louis has a history of domestic abuse. and we are expected new details about that when he faces a judge the suspect alleged went to this weston road home l

live outside of fenway park. >>. >> also at fenway, olympic hero got a shot on the diamond. she the red sox game. big papi escorted her to the found, holding her medals for her. the pitch was short. she exsaid this was incredible and explained why she was not nervous. >> this has been incredible. i have the parade, i'm so excited. i never expected to get all of this support >>reporter: she brought home 3 medals from rio including the gold she wore with the >>> last summer w-gd/ of the meteorologist summer. if this is the last blast, there is no better way to do it. next rain chance doesn't arrive until monday. we do need the rain. it has been a dry month, dry summer, dry year. one and three-quarters of an inch for boston. we missed out on all of the rain we saw, hit and miss location. boston didn't see a drop >>> for today, the hours we did see, the front is sweeping think surpbt/ ly, ushering in drier air for us, high pressure takes control for the weekend, meaning we get the sunshine >> we turn our attention to our next potential weather maker. a new tpropbtd/ sweeps throu

big papi's bobblehead night cancelled at fenway. randy: the reason why fans will have to collect on the team's iou. and police stepping up enforcement on the roads. the recent crashes that's led to i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. in the middle of 5th avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldn't lose any voters, okay? and you can tell them to go f--- themselves! you know, you could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever... you gotta see this guy. ahh, i don't know what i said, ahh. "i don't remember." emily: we have enjoyed these cool, comfortable temperatures. or less humid. cindy: yeah, but things are changing. there is more humidity building and and tonight is the best opportunity of seeing some rain because we all need it desperately. have an umla because we will see scattered showers and downpours and the best chance of the late morning to midday and once again pass today is all about the heat. we have not seen any 90 degree temperatures in august yet but look at this -- starting

a-rod is back at fenway >> sox-yankees at fenway. the excitement is it building and red sox fans, they're ready to say goodbye to the one yankee they might actually miss. >> vanessa: and the scandal at the ballpark before tonight's sox-yankees game. every day, you're thankful for the ones you love. and every day you promise to protect them. off! is here to help with proven protection against mosquitoes. trust our family to protect yours. sc johnson, a family company ? ? ? ? sfx: crowd cheering ? ? >> mark: a self-driving car may have saved the life of a missouri man during an pain in his chesley. the car was in pilot mode, the car maintains speed and brakes when necessary in that mode, but the car moving while neily was in severe pain. >> i called my wife and said something wasldn't breathe, i was gasping. >> blair: the car took him close to a hospital and neily was able to drive the last few blocks to the emergency room. he suffered a pulmonary wo killed him if he didn't get to . general motors is testing self-driving cars on the st

jc: breaking news at fenway bobblehead blunder at fenway. , the red sox abruptly cancelling david ortiz bobblehead night tonight. newscenter 5's shaun chaiyabhat is live outside fenway park with the reason why. shaun? shaun: according to the team, the david ortiz bobbleheads delivered today are "racially offensive," and all the fans that came here will not get one tonight. some say they are upset, others this is what the red sox thought they were going to be giving away. many fans saw the promotion of their ticket and wanted one. bobbleheads were delivered and some were not in the same condition. this is an example of the actual bobbleheads that arrived. the red sox they they are very unhappy, saying that the facial expressions are racially offensive, but did not elaborate how. the bobbleheads are to the vendor to be fixed and say they would have been upset giving something like this. >> that offend you? >> yeah. they changed everything. it's the reason i came here. >> i came here from new york for the bobblehead. >> would you be upset if you got that? >> yeah. shaun: that men came all

now over to you. >>> a head scratcher at fenway. papi souvenirs. why they canceled the give away hours before the game. >> and babies evacuated from a maryland intensive care unit. the deadly outbreak and precautions being taken right now. good morning barry. >> good morning. i expect rain for today. model is expecting more than a half inch of rain. i will have my thoughts and what i think will fall here in terms of rain. we will get some rain out of this but i will let you know how much with the forecast. >>> developing news right now brutal crime spree in worcester. charges police say he racked upin less than an hour. >> a local kennel shut down. the owner facing animal cruelty charges. why one woman says he is responsible for the death of her dog. >> controversy at fenway. red sox are sending back thousands of big papi bobblehead. >> this is wbz this morning. >> good morning to you wednesday august 10. barry burbank is in for danielle. rain is on the way. >> can you believe it. >> much needed. >> we will believe it when we see it. anyway that's

live outside of fenway, jason law, fox25 news. >>> 6:49. and there is a beautiful-looking shot of the city of boston right now. the skyline as the sun starts to rise and a nice morning on tap leading up to a pretty nice day well. to ha he had to work. get your sunglasses out because you are just going to enjoy your lunch break so much. >> shiri: lunch break, morning, dinner. crystal clear throughout the day. a beautiful day and comfortable day but high temperatures will run 5 degrees to 10 degrees warmer than yesterday for the afternoon. scattered showers expected but i am not seeing widespread rainfall like we really, really need and the weekend forecast still dry. if you have saturday or sunday pl we have high pressure. we have clear skies. that is the pattern today. straight into tomorrow morning. let's track that warm-up at 8 a.m., 70 in boston with the suburbs still ranging from the mid- to upper 60s here. by lunchtime, you heard sara say it is going to be beautiful. it is. it is going to be sunny out there with lower 80s in boston. co

mike lynch live at fenway. anchor: time to flash forward reporter: ahead, tom brady is sending a personal message to fans. the fight to live is just like anyone else and new on newscenter 5 at 11:00, angry iphone users are taking action against apple. the hidden flaw that could be lurking in your phone that makes it totally use lest. massachusetts public charter schools are among the best ols are public, and we have longer school days with more personal attention. we have a proven record of helping students in underperforming areas succeed. announcer: question 2 will expand charter school access and result in more funding for public education. every parent should be able to choose the public school that's best for their child. announcer: vote yes on question 2. sky 5 is over a fire on main street between border street and cook ave. you can see the power lines at the bottom of your screen. it seems like they have it under control right now. heather: it is dry and hot, harvey and no end in sight to that. >> we ha

we have the story from fenway. sox versus yankees but it was about more than the game. it was supposed to be david ortiz bobblehead night. instead, the give away was canceled. >> disappointed but i know they will make good. >> reporter: here's the bobblehead in question the likeet inness red sox say is unacceptable and not appropriate. >> they probably made the right move. >> reporter: you think that could be construed as offense knife i do. >> reporter: is that offensive to you. >> not to me i was people a bobblehead. >> they probably made a mistake at the plant when they made them. >> reporter: the company that manufactured the bobblehead says we value our decades long relationship with the red sox organization and its decision to postpone tuesday's david ortiz bobblehead give away. we are currently working closely with the red sox to to ensure the team and fans receive a quality product. the sox say all fans who had different ortiz bobblehead. >> that's relevant the one i sought didn't have the white lips like that. >> it's just a shame because i feel like they had t

live at fenway park this morning antoinette antonio, wcvb , newscenter 5. emily: also breaking overnight, two people are in the hospital with severe injuries after a stabbing in dorchester. it happened just before 3:00 a.m. on millet street. we have not heard of any arrests. randy: this morning we are hearing from the family of two the eyeopener's todd kazakiewich is at the courthouse where the suspect is expected to face a judge in just hours. todd: good morning. that relative tells us suspect emanuel lewis has a history of domestic abuse. and we are expected new details about that when he faces a judge this morning. the suspect alleged went to this weston road home looking for his ex-girlfriend. but police say he ended up stabbing his 52-year-old cousin and his 83-year-old godmother. thee cousin noin gabriel jean told our jorge quiroga about the disturbing scene. >> i mean, very badly. what everywhere. -- blood everywhere. todd: lewis was tracked down about a mile away near brandeis university. the 37-year-old is charged with armed assault with intent to

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live outside fenway this morning, jason law, fox25 news. tied to political favors at suffolk county sheriff's department and describe pay by play culture steve tompkins. >> want to move up fast and quick donate, donate. what else fox25 investigates uncovered and campaign donations and sheriff's response to all of it. >> crowd chanted dump trump but remained peaceful. trump held rally yesterday and town hall style interview where he was asked if he is softening >> certainly can be a softening because we are not looking to hurt people. >> gene: trump was supposed to have a major speech tomorrow laying out immigration reform plan but it was canceled. >>> gene: hillary clinton had event hosted by justin timberlake and jessica beal. photo booth pictures of himself, wife and former secretary of state. the fundraiser was held at couple's home and full of up west coast swing where apple ceo tim cook is hosting ate fundraiser for her. >> julie: it is 7:17 and things are calming down. we had a truck rollover earlier, car fire, those have both cleared

. >> fenway park is about to get a facelift. the approved changes to america's oldest ballpark inside how hot we're about to get and when more showers are in the forecast >>> barely a year out of jail and facing rape charges again. hello, everyone. i'm mark ockerbloom. >> i'm 77 necessary -- i'm in for vanessa welch. fox 25's jacqui heinrich is live outside boston police headquarters, and jackie police say a man tried to elude them. >> that's right. police say edwardo rodriguez cut his gps tracking device off of mass ave at knife point and then raped her. it only took them 16 hours to track him down thanks in part to the victim's bravery. welcome words from boston police. >> we want to announce an arrest tonight. >> reporter: edwardo rodriguez is once again behind bars despite cutting off his gps tracking device. police say around 1:00 a.m. monday he approached a woman on his bmx bike and led her at knife point about a her. police tonight crediting the victim for her strength. i'm sure she's traumatized and want to thank her ver

live at fenway park, michael henrich, fox25 news. well, after several days of nice weather, some rain is on the horizon. >> sara: yeah, we do need it. check in with sta fox25 shiri spear. and just summer. >> shiri: it is sumner full starting late today. it is increasing today. heavy rain. we will deal with it kind of sporadically here. not steady heavy rain. hit and miss. today and friday, a better chance over the weekend and extreme heat. you combine the heat and humidity that we will be seeing the next couple of days could be seeing dangerous heat and heat indices over 100 degrees. humidity on the move. showers out of new york and even vermont tracking even into western new england. they are taking t per hour. we have got time to watch these. by 7 a.m. spreading to keene, new hampshire. boston still partly cloudy and 72 degrees. 60s and 70s what you are dressing for here initially this morning, but by late morning, that risk for showers will hit eastern massachusetts. because showers are weakening as they go, it is not going to be

i love fenway park. my mother and brother and sister were here. i want my girls to go to college somewhere in boston. i'm not going to say where. it should be fun. it should be fun. >> there's no love lost between a-rod and the sox. players. but they still have the respect. >> he's had a great career. and i think he has a lot of respect from everybody. and i wish him nothing but the best. >> meanwhile in foxborough, the -- we have bad news. rob ninkovich tore his tricep. and he wasn't got hurt. >>> this is exactly what you want to avoid in the joint practices. julian edelman left the field, favoring his surgically repaired foot. and this is a scare. and julian is going be a lot of guys -- there's no one like him on the football the patriots needed. great represents against the offense. >> you can talk to them about different route routines. >> and a slot look for the defense. >> you see drew brees who knowings where he wants to go and knows how to move defenders. >> while the patriots are out trying to ebner is playing for the olympic rugby team.

he won a party at fenway park. >> there's something he didn't know. he didn't know up a special guet was also going to be invited to this ballpark bash. 7's brand begun has -- brandon gunnoe as the story. >> big papi crashed a center field party for a 9-year-old boy at fenway mark. >> the boy and got to meet david ortiz. the dominican born boy won the party with papi contest. >> papi gave some batting tips, smashing a pinata for michael ad his friends. >> what did you think of his swing on the pinata. >> michael and his family moved five years ago from the dominicn republic. at up they had it live in a >> he was awarded the chance to meet a red sox legend. >> he gave me all this stuff and the pictures. he teach me how to hit and swin. >> i waited 81 years to meet big papi, even though he's from my country. so it was a surprise for me, because i didn't know i was goig to see him today. >> ortiz tweeted this pic of him before the game. >> it's great. >> brandon gunnoe, 7news today n new england. >> well, if anyone is going to crash a party, it might as

if you're going to fenway park for the 7:10 game today, not so hot for sure. -- at fenway. tomorrow's game 93 to 95 degrees. 95 and 96 degrees here for tomorrow but 80s on the south coast. once again, it's going to feel like 100 or more. a heat advisory likely will be issued again by the national weather service later today for tomorrow. so 88 today but 90 in worcester county, 78 at the coast, 95 for many of us tomorrow except 80s on cape cod. a chance of a few scattered afternoon. not much of any chance of any showers on mooned tuesday. -- on monday and tuesday. it's teetering around 90. there will be a few showers and thunderstorms by early wednesday. that's your forecast. kerry back to you. >> barry, thank you so much. >>> the u.s. is swim ming in gold medals at the oh him bibs. -- olympics. ledecky set a new world record last night. she's the first to sweep all free style races since 1968 and she's only 19 years old. the night wasn't as good for michael phelps, he lost the gold getting second from a 21-year-old swimmer from singapore. this could be his final individual

ed: the special moment at last night's billy joel concert at fenway. and a lot of inventors are preparing to make a splash in the charles. ed: there was a real nice moment at the billy joe concert at fenway park last night. take a listen. maria: the piano man, inviting 13-year-old bradley bartlett. also known as the boston piano kid, on stage. the crowd loved it as the two banged out the root beer rag on twin pianos. bradley also got to pose for a picture with the rock and roll not too many teenagers get to play for a packed fenway park. congratulations bradley. nice job. ed some fun happening at the : hatch shell tomorrow. it's time for red bull's annual flugtag. here's what you can expect if you head down there. competitors build a device, and attempt to fly off of a platform over the water. you can see how it usually ends. the fun starts at 11:00 a.m, . maria riding a bike, something z237yz zknz y237yy ykny which means that in the time it takes mr. wagner to pour a 20 oz. cup of coffee, tommy can download 30 songs, and jan can upload 120 photos. 12

zac brown band concert tomorrow at fenway park features partly sunny skies. temps near 80. and jimmy buffett in paradise having cheeseburgers. awesome. mix of clouds and sunshine early. clear skies once the event gets going. upper 70s. on the cape and the islands, again, you might have a shower early monday morning, very up in the lakes region saturday, sunday and monday looking good. a few showers possible sunday evening with temperatures saturday and sunday in the middle 80s. monday upper 70s. tropics, this is the time of year they start to percolate. we're still monitoring tropical storm fiona. she hasn't strengthened over the last 24 hours. she will weaken into a depression and fade away east of bermuda. your 7 on 7 forecast, there is that pleasant weather tuesday and wednesday. look at that morning temperature whoa. low 50s tuesday morning. have a great weekend. >> kim: you too, j.r. how about this little big shot that got a chance to perform at fenway with one of the best piano players in history. they call him piano kid. bradley bartly o'shea. he shared the stage wit

. >>> big show at last night's billy joel concert at fenway. >> 50, 60 years, i guess. >> billy joel says it took him 60 years. and only 13 years for the local boy to play next to the piano to play last night. and bill belichick sent him massachusetts public charter schools are among the best in the country. our charter schools are public, we have a proven record of helping students in underperforming areas succeed. announcer: question 2 will expand charter school access and result in more funding for public education. every parent should be able to choose the public school that's best for their child. announcer: vote yes on question 2. ?[ music ] ? >> it was a dream come true for boston's bradley roach playing with lily joel in front of a -- billy joel in front of a sold out fenway park. >> one day after the concert of his life bradley is still very much on cloud nine. >> reporter: not everyone can say they've fulfilled their childhood dream at theup age of joel as fenway park. >> i don't think awesome is the right word. >> he's the youngest selected to perform at fan you'll hall >>

. >>> changes are once again coming to fenway park. narrator: let's put this political promise to the test. ayotte: i've been an independent, strong voice for new hampshire. narrator: then why does kelly ayotte still support donald trump for president? independent minded republicans across america put principle ahead of party and said no to trump. but not kelly ayotte. she says she still supports trump. narrator: if she's so independent, why is she still supporting trump? disclaimer: independence usa pac is responsible for the content of this advertising. someone's hacked all our technology. technology... say, have you seen all the amazing technology in geico's mobile app? mobile app? look. electronic id cards, emergency roadside service, wow... yep, geico's mobile app works like a charm. geico. >>> 5:14. red sox are locked in a race for first place, but team owners already looking ahead to 2017 and some changes to america's most beloved ball park. the team asked for approval to make several renovations to the peske pole. fox25's jason

. >> anchor: bad possible heads at fenway park. the red sox were planning to honor david ortiz tonight with the yankees in town. these big poppy possible heads weren't to order and considered offensive. >> anchor: nick emmons outside fenway park to tell us about the reacting. >> reporter: fans not happy, adam. this happened earlier today the team tweeted out that fans showing up to tonight's game against the yankees would not be receiving the ortiz possible heads. the ones they got from the company did not match the ones they promowed earlier. excitement at fenway met with controversy on david ortiz possible head night. >> one of the things that sold us on the head. >> reporter: the team deciding to scrap the give away saying the possible heads were not for distribution. he felt the possible heads were an offensive portrayal of ortiz and sensitive. >> we got here 10:00 this morning. >> i really wanted a possible head. >> reporter: the give away meant to to the line given by ortiz >> this is our [beep] city. >> reporter: many fans c

and tickets go on sale tomorrow at red sox.com slash frons fenway. that's sports. >> 7news at 6:00 will be right narrator: "by almost every measure, public charter schools have been a success." "they are models of inspiration." with "impressive results" and "eye-catching educational gains." it's turned my son's life around. for kids all across massachusetts. question 2 will give parents more choices and result in more funding for public education. vote yes on 2. >> that is our time for 7news at 6:00. as always, we appreciate you sharing some valuable time us with. i'm adam williams. >> i'm kim khazei. we'll be back for 7news at 7:00 and invite you to join us then and otherwise we hope to see you back here tonight at 11:00. kelly ayotte: thanks, buddy. kelly (voiceover): i'm kelly ayotte. and when i take the plate for new hampshire... i'm up against a political machine that plays dirty -- throwing millions in false, negative ads... i'm out here knocking down every lie... because new hampshire deserves better. that's why i'm batting for good-paying job

>> an update on big papi after a painful sight at fenway park. what x-rays are showing this morning. >> new information on the man who climbed trump tower in new york with suction cups. how donald trump is reacting and what that climber was after. >> and aly raisman going for the gold again today. aes best in the world on the eye for this thursday morning. >> 6:00 a.m. on the eye. oppressive heat and humidity on the way today, there is a heat emergency in place in boston, cooling centers, they will be open across the city. good morning, i'm emily riemer. >> i'm randy price with cindy that is the case this morning. oh, it just came in there. >> it is comfortable. >> it is a tropical air in place, and that's a concern today because you go up into the 90s, and you add all that humidity. it's going to be pretty tough later on today, you can see the red color showing up here across southern new england, and this is the impact of the humidity, just oppressive, dewpoints about as high as they ever get here in southern new england, and this is with us al

the article does say when it comes to atmosphere, fenway can't be beat. but it gave the number 1 ranking to petco park in san diego. loss since may. the sox are trying to dump their hitting slump without much success. the latest loss puts the sox a half game behind the tigers for the second wild card spot in the a.l. east. and how about this for a big papi sendoff? the mariners gave david ortiz a 34-pound salmon from the famous pike place market in seattle. there were other gifts too including a watch, a painting, he signed with the mariners as an amateur free agent in 1992. i saw that fish in thought it was going straight for papi. [laughter] cindy: they knew better than to give them coffee, right? [laughter] cindy: here we are, fourth day of august in so far we are running cooler than boston. we were in the 70's the past few days and we should be up over 80 degrees soon. a lot of us in the mid-80's today in your 90 tomorrow. the average this time of year is 81 and notice that we will keep temperatures a little above average. we continue to watch how dry

lights are on at fenway. we may get a brief shower, but most of the heavy activities the humidity is on the tolerable side, getting uncomfortable though. it will just get worse. 60's and 70's. there is a huge contrast going on and that heat builds back into all of new england for tomorrow. we bring back the humidity into the oppressive category along with high temperatures in the 90's. you have the makings for heat advisories. 90's all the way down toward raleigh. thed setting up for new england and behind that we will get a test -- a taste of those 80's tomorrow. oppressive levels of humidity up and down the eastern seaboard. temperatures not dropping that much and worcester and north and east. watch out for stray showers and storms. heat and humidity tomorrow for monday next week. 97 for a high temperature in boston. your future boating forecast real quickly -- watch out for thunderstorms in the afternoon. the beach will be the place to go. hit or miss storms for midday into the afternoon. check it out in y

alex corddry standing by live at fenway with a preview. alex? >> reporter: david price has been on an absolute roll lately. the red sox need price to pitch like he has recently. 1.64 e.r.a. and 20 strikeouts. on monday, his last time on the mound, price shut out the rays in eight innings. chris young tells us the team's confidence is sky-high when price is on the mound. right now, he going out there consistently and giving the sox a chance to win. >> he is one of the top pitchers in the game. that is the reason he came here. a great pitcher. a great competitor. he has been pitchin i feel pretty good about our chances. no matter who we have up on the mound. >> at the end of the season, the numbers will be there. there is no exception to. that he has had ups and downs. throughout the entire season, if we look back at it in november, we will say that he >> reporter: danny duffy has a 2.66 e.r.a. he has an 11-1 record. you guys, that is a league-leading record. danny duffy has to go against the best offense in baseball right now. so no question. it

four of the six proposed projects for fenway park. most notably, replacing the pesky pole, named after johnny pesky, red sox great. the fenway park architect says solid and up to code. the big cumberland farms sign in right field is also coming down. the team plans to replace it with a new video screen. of course, nobody really likes change, two fans spoke out against the video screen, including season ticket holder, christine fry. >> my seat faces the field. i receive green. i receive the -- see green, i receive the ball players and if i want to see video, i know where to find it. >> the reporter: ownership asked for permission to move three dugouts three and a half feet closer to the field, in order to the commission balked at that proposal and said it needs more time to review that change. now here's something else that was approved by the landmark commission, and this is interesting. the outif he would wall right in front of the bullpen is going to be replaced with a removable wall and we're told it's so that fenway park can begin

a hit out of fenway park. that w sox lose 4-3. >>> probably the last time we will see quarterback tom brady shielding questions before his four-game suspension starts on saturday. brady will do the best he can to stay sharp. he can have no contact with the coaches or teammates until october 3. >>> we track traffic and weather together every ten minutes. and i want to remind you about the crash on route 1 a northbound. it is right after the ted williams tunnel and that means scene gathering more information. the crash occurred around 1:15 in the morning. we will let you know when police anticipate those lanes to reopen, because ooeb are important lanes for people to and from the airport and it is important for those who reopen. we know two people have died. one other person was taken to the hospital. right now traffic is being diverted into the airport and on to a service road and then back out to 1 a past scene. we will continue to keep you updated throughout the morning. >>> beside that incident and the closu

the one thing is i love boston, i love fenway park. i sort of here, my mother and brother and sister were here. i want my girls to go to college mike: you might be able to help with that. mrs. jose ramirez. how is that for a catch. let's go to center field. you can hear the catch by ben revere. almost the home run and he brings it back into the ballpa both left patriots practice today with injuries the injury to ninkovich is more disturbing. he has a torn triceps muscle and you should be back in october. he has played in 116 straight games. julian edelman tossed his helmet and frustration, he heard his left foot and took his cleat off and he did walk off under his own power. his injury is not as serious and he should be back on the field soon. just an average august day in maria: chock-full of sports. ed: the weather will be -- harvey: ok. maybe a few storms in the >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live!" tonight, from "suicide squad," cara delevingne. comedian jeff ross. and music from culture club. and now, here's jimmy ki

arod will be in the starting line for new york on thursday at fenway. eyepoppers. a little bit of a disney dilemma here? >> you hate to see this happen. this right here is dopey. >> oh! >> taking a tumble. >> sunday night, during a performance at disney world. he slipped through a railing and fell on top of goofy. don't laugh. both cast members were treated for minor injuries. >> they are ok. >> everybody is fine. would you compose here, and burger king trying to spice things up with this interesting offer, that's a whopper, burrito style, a flour tortilla stuffed with the beef of a whopper with added seasoning and queso sauce with tomatoes, onions and lettuce and pickles. the ceo is saying he's been looking for a way to add tex-mex. this launches next monday at all burger kings. >> first in line, olessa stepanova. >> i am sure. >> oh, my gosh. >> don't let him talk about it any more. still ahead, a new technique to free a seal trapped in a fishing line. and a serious crash caught on camera during a chase in new mexico. the sight starting that what's for dinner ton

here at fenway, with steven wright on the mound. kevin and guys, it is hot and steamy at fenway, but it's been that way all day long, hasn't it? >> elizabeth: kevin could answer that. >> kevin: sure has. the temperature is coming down this evening during the game, they'll drop into the 70's but well in to the 80's right now. mid 80's anyway. it will be that way tomorrow afternoon, but without the humidity, so s the sunshine,. >> elizabeth: wait, i can do this equation. no, i can't figure it out. >> kevin: atmospheric algebra for you. showers coming early monday morning, i'll have a timeline on that and getting the latest on the tropical system trying to form tonight. >> mark: i know some young athletes notice area, high school variety, want it cool, dear fellow citizen, i know what it's like to live a full life. but living for today doesn't mean forgetting about tomorrow. most people spend more time planning their vacation than they do for retirement. but i like to think of retirement like it's a 30-year vacation. so how are you goi

instead of the mistakes vanished from fenway. >> three championship batters you see here in fenway park in boston and celebrate will take 12 to 14 weeks to get the proper bobble head delivered to your door. >> sara: series between sox and yanks. a-rod on the bench and sox rookie andrew benintendi making debut at fenway. and double and yankees said a-rod will play tomorrow night. you will see his last game ever on fox25. yanks play friday night, pregame at seven. first pitch 7:30 and stick around for fox25 news at 10:30. >> julie: 95 looking good and a through norwood and 128. north of the pike seeing residual delays on 93 south and also 93 this section through medford is always heavy and heavily traveled during the weekday commute and dealing with that as well. and 128 to the tobin and 33 the leverett connector. meteorologist shiri spear day ahead, shiri. >> shiri: 15 minutes western mass and central mass now and if it holds together, we have storms going to reach boston around 10:00 this morning and if these ones end up fading look at what's behind it, another batch of storm and this i

he is being charged with two counts of attempted murder. >>> fenway park is getting a makeover in the off season. ted daniel found out that even the pesk e pole is due for a change but ticketholder are not happy with the idea. >> reporter: when john henry owned the red sox, a lot of tweaks and upgrades at fenwa tonight we know some of what you will see coming beginning of next season. >> line drive base hit into centerfield. >> reporter: as the red sox look to win 4-4 on the road in tampa, ownership ended up 4-6 at boston city hall. >> at the intersection of -- >>reporter: the famous peske pole named after red sox great opinion architect said the new pesky pole will look exactly like the original but will be solid and up to code. the big cumberland farms sign is also coming down. the team plans to replace it with a giant video screen. two fans spoke against the giant video screen. christine fry is a long-time season ticketholder. >> my seat faces the field. i see green. i see the ball players. where to find it. >> reporter: ownership asked permission to move both dugouts three and a h

fox25's michael henrich live at fenway this morning. michael, with a look at why sent right back. were report the red sox figured out there was a problem immediately and they decided they didn't want to make things worse by actually handing them out. some fans who came to fenway ended up disappointed in the short term but the team is trying to do right by them in the long run. soon after the bobblehead boxes arrived, the red sox loaded them back on the truck. this is a picture the red sox tweeted out monday ahead of tuesday's david ortiz bobblehead giveaway for the first 15,000 fans, and this picture tweeted out in boston show what the bobblehead actually looked like. you will notice the facial features don't exactly match up with big papi. team it the ed kennedy felt that the baseballheads were a bit racially insensitive. even the company behind the production agreed. value the organization and to postpone tuesday's david ortiz bobblehead giveaway. we are working closely with the red sox to make sure the team and the fans receive a quality product. as for the fans expecting a giv

are you heading to fenway? 82 degrees, looks warm, looks nice. temperatures will gradually cool off into the upper 70s. let's talk a little bit more about the drought here. so here's the month of august. every green box is a day we've received rainfall in boston. but you notice the amounts on there? a trace on tuesday, little over we have .30 inch of an inch on saturday afternoon. it's been a really try month overall. we're over an inch below the average. the whole summer so far we have just over three inches of rain. so we need a big event to change things for us here -- us here. it was a real cool start to the movement the blue boxes representing cooler than normal days. we're going to add a few more red boxes here by the time the weekend is done and we could be on track for the warmest august boston. some other above-average day today, 84 in boston. same in tau ton. mid-80s for manchester down to nashua. maybe 90s in a couple spots. 82 in mash field. 75 on nantucket. it looks beautiful. nantucket, by the way the only spot in southern new engla

benintendi making debut at fenway. in the fifth launches ball to center and ruled a double and home run and then back to double. tough break but go ahead run say a-rod will start tomorrow night. tomorrow yankees play rays yankee stadium fra nht and 7:30 and stick around for the fox25 news 10:30. >> julie: obamas havee the vineyard all week and president obama and spent day with friends and motorcade brought family back chilmark and later seen eatingaw favorite. president has been hitting links as well and played 300 round of golf on vineyard this week. 128 south south of the pike and move north 93 south sluggish through medford and 35 minutes on pikeve. meteorologist shiri spear joining us with more conditions ahead. shiri? >> shiri: humidity fueling showers in place right now. so not looking all that on the map and very close eye on showers as they move toward the east. is morning, think the timeline probably a little fast because you can see we have a little hole toward boston and spots like lowell, get ready, we hav

a-rod's final at-bat at fenway park. gets an rbi. this was good for an rbi that made it 4-2, came down to this. last chance for the sox, it was zander bogart at the play. wow. what kind of pitch is that. that is the ball game. the red sox blow it tonight, 4-2 is your final coming to town to take two out of three, a critical series for the red sox and did not play very well in these three games. but the patriots did play well tonight, they are 34-22 winners and that is your sports story for this night here in foxboro. that's the very lightest from outside gillette, i'm tom leyden, fox 25 sports. back to you guys. leyden, fox 25 sports. back to you guys. ? ? ? award winning design. award winning engine. the volvo xc90. the most awarded suv of the century. ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? one journey. two teams. fios is not cable. we're wired differently, which means we can fix things differently. thanks for calling fios. this is ryan. 's not working. i'm sending you a link to the my fios app that going to let me see what you're seeing. really? yes,

vote no on question 2. >>> things weren't looking bad at fenway in -- fenway until the 6th inning. if you got rid of that inning, they would be fine. >> i feel like we have been saying that a lot lately. not an easy start for eduardo rodriguez. he last started on the 16th of this month and had four scoreless innings without -- before his hamstring. in the 6th, as we mentioned, disaster. the royals scored eight times in the 6th inning and grabbed the lead. the red sox were on the wrong side of a 10-4 score. right now, in the 9th inning. the bullpen, a rough night. things not going well. meanwhile, the toronto blue jays new a little bit about josh donaldson in particular. twins. homered his first at-bat. home is again in the 7th. that give the jays the lead at 6-5 and then he hit his third of the game, 33rd of the season. next, 9-6 over the red sox with a game in half, could be two in just a few minutes when the game ends. >>> coming up in sports finally just a few minutes, a big night as we talk about the patriots. they look ahead to the final week of the preseason and we go one-on-

fenway tonight, it's going to be a wonderful night, 78, less hume i. tomorrow we will put the forecast on repeat. we will talk more about what to expect. back to you, nicole. >>> here is today's it stories, an arrest has been made in the murder of rodney earl sanders has been charged with two counts of capital murder in the deaths of sister margaret and sister paula marrow, their bodies were discovered on tuesday after they failed to show up for work. he is being held in a detention center, before he makes his court appearance. >>> police say the bodies were found outside of a home on friday afternoon. the two deaths are under was a murder-suicide. police have not released the names of these two people. >> nashua, new hampshire, ca k karate, instructor sa facing charges. he allegedly bit the girl on the neck and touched her inappropriately. rogers has taught karate in nashua five years. this case is especially concerning because of rogers positi instructor or teacher, it's concerning that somebody would take advantage of their authority. >> the owner o

. >> i'm not really against 21st century technology, but i still want fenway to be fenway. >> a lot of people do. in the next 20 minutes we'll tell you the fate of the pesky and cat joined at the hip. you have to stay for this. the reason this had to happen for that monkey to survive. >> and this man isfied investigate problems at boston city all and his taxpayer salary may soon jump eight times in i'm hall of famer jerry west and my life is basketball. but that doesn't stop my afib from leaving me at a higher risk of stroke. that'd be devastating. to... a latest generation blood thinner. then i made the switch. xarelto? significantly lowers the risk of stroke in people with afib not caused by a heart valve problem. it has similar effectiveness to warfarin. warfarin interferes with vitamin k and at least six blood clotting factors. xarelto? is selective targeting one critical factor of your body's natural clotting function. for people with afib currently well managed on warfarin, like all blood thinners, don't stop taking xarelto without talking to your doctor, as this may increase you

fenway park. just the way it is. but things could soon change a little. red sox are pitching some big renovations. how it will change the fan experience. >> elizabeth: new video at 6:00 p.m., shows the moment a driver slammed into a work zone in ted williams tunnel last night. the 60-year-old driver hit an arrow board on i-90 before 10:00 p.m. luck live, no one was working at the time of the accidents. the driver will face a judge this week. >> mark: pitching renovation ideas. the red sox are taking a swing at improving america's most beloved ballpark. here in boston, we all know and love fenway park. >> elizabeth: i don't know how they can make it better. it's a great ballpark. it's a part of america's history. >> why in the sox have their way, it will get a lot better. >> elizabeth: it's still a classic. new at 6:00 p.m., ted daniels shows the changes that could be in place at fenway before the first pitch of the next season. boston red sox, there have been a lot of changes and improvements to fenway park, and it's no surprise, the team is planning more

reid: the red sox back at it at fenway tonight. fenway tonight. looking to for all those pokers, fenway tonight. looking prodders, shuckers and sniffers, all stop & shop produce is triple checked. we're focusing on fresh... ...so you don't have to guess. everything nature's promise is so wholesome. and it doesn't take the whole paycheck. announcer: now here's josh brigadier was sportscenter 5. josh: to raise the batting average in late august, going 11-11. dustin pedroia, the hottest offense picture. but he's not the only offense carrying the team. xander bogaerts with pedroia on base, on lansdowne street. it is quickly 2-0 red sox here the royals respond in the only bad inning of the night. a rocket over the monster now 2-1. price's night six innings pitched, he gives up five hits, strikes out kendrys morales. line drive to pedroia making it the last three nights. 11 for 11, tying it for the major league record. mookie betts, electric into the late summer night. his 29th home run. 100 runs scored. eduardo rodriguez against yordano ventura in an 8

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