so in today's inside pitch kushner helps us get to know fister just a little bit. >> reporter: doug fister is coming off another dominating performance after gate bating the mets in two hours and 30 minutes. he is good and works fast. two reasons why his teammates love him. [ inaudible ] >> i try to get out there and get it back in. >> reporter: the only thing fister isn't good at is batting. he's only had one hit at 29 at bats. [ inaudible ] off the field fister is taking advantage of the scenery d.c. has to offer. >> all the monuments we went to. spent some time in the museums. catching in on the history and momentos that define our country. >> so what does a good guy like fister do when he isn't pitching or sightseeing? how about heading them to the two great danes he rescued. >> those guys are still warm welcoming. >> reporter: doug fister, their nats and fans are lucky to have him. >>> our own nicki did it and we will see someone else take the ice bucket challenge. i'm m-a-r-y and i have copd. i'm j-e-f-f and i have copd. i'm l-i-s-a and i have copd, but i don't want my breathing prob

. >>> he's not as famous as maybe gio gonzalez or strasburg, but doug fister has become the nationals top man on the mound leading the team with 11 wins, the latest coming wednesday night against the mets. >> in today's inside pitch holden kushner helps us get to know fister a little better. >> reporter: doug fister is coming off another dominating performance after beating the mets in just over two hours and 30 minutes. he's good and he works fast, two reasons why his teammates love him. >> the work ethic. i try to get out there and get them back in. >> reporter: the only thing fister is not good at is batting, just one hit in 29 at bats, by far the worst of all the pitchers on the staff. >> that sucks, yeah. >> reporter: off the field fister has taken advantage of the scenery d.c. has to offer. >> all the monuments we've definitely gone to, spent a lot of time in museums, kind of catching a lot of the history and momentos that define our country and some of the things that go along with it. >> reporter: what does a guy like fister do when he's been pitching or sight seeing -- when h

the sixth, the wheels came off the card for fister. neil walker with a grounder back to fister. doug fires way off the mark. politico scores the pirates have added another run. pirates in thee sixth inning. orioles and indians. at 1-1.e tied double.es scores a of thethe seventh, one best homerun hitting teams in baseball cranks it up. steve pearce goes deep for his 12th of the season. jonathan schoop added a home run in the ninth and the orioles win four-one. tomorrow night becomes a big dresser her soul for robert griffin iii and the redskins. they square off against the cleveland browns at fedex field tomorrow night at 7:00. griffin and the starters will get a quarter of work. watching to see how griffin response to different situations , the coach says it is all about getting ready for the season opener. >> if certain situations come up, we have got to handle them. if they are long third and short, they might be red zone. all those are very important for us to get a test moving forward to the regular season. if they don't come up, they don't come up. hopefully we will get a l

fister allowing just one run tonight. eighth inning now. nats up 6-1.ng deep again, and nats put up seven runs on the board. they are now ten games over .500 with 7-1 victory. north of the border, lake ontario there. os taking on ontario. baltimore on the board. that is a solo home run. 19th of the season. 2-1 ball game. but there would be change. this is jose batista. two-run blast here. upper decker. they go on to win this game 5-1 is your final score. >>> also, tiger woods will play in pga championship. said his back is pain-free. >>> if you don't like your office, consider this one. nearly on the beach, at least. in japan, though, you sit in the reception area and you can feel the sand beneath your feet. you can watch the waves as they wash across the floor. it's all done of course with 3-d projectors. it creates a realistic look of the ocean. complete with star fish and waves and sound of seagulls. the sand though is real. they brought in tons of it. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york c

yeah -- >> reporter: off the field, fister's taking advantage of the scenery d.c. offer. >> all the monuments we've definitely gone to. spent a lot of time at the museums and kind of just catch you know catching a lot of the history and mementos that define our country and some of this things that go along with it. >> what does he do when he's done pitching or sightseeing? how about heading home to the two great danes that he rescued? >> whatever happens out here on the baseball field, i go home it doesn't matter. those guys are still warm and welcoming and love me mo mat -- no matter what. >> for wusa9 sports, i'm holden kushner. >> after bryce harper won the nats' series with the mets in the bottom of the 13th yesterday. washington is in atlanta tonight to start a three game series. >>> playoffs we're talking playoffs. another washington, d.c. team is preparing to make a playoff run. >> and an american icon most of us grew up with a turning 70 years old. wusa9 is back after this. z%v well, not that kind of fresh. on the freshness of our chicken. but i can guaran

it will be doug fister's responsibility to shut down philadelphia. the nats lost last night and that was hard to take. matt williams, how do you move the team forward from here? >> errors are going to happen. again the replay thing, you don't know. so it doesn't make it any worse that because we tied the score, we ended up losing. a loss is a loss. >> the redskins are in tampa for tomorrow night's time preseason game. they just got there. jay gruden says the starters with ilnot play, so -- will not play, so rg3 will not get more reps until the opener against the texans. all rosters have to be down to 53 by saturday. so a lot of guys will be on the bubble and a lot of guys will be trying to get good video for the coaches. rambo is not a danger of being cut, but merriweather's suspension is a liability. rambo says he's up to the tang and continues to get better -- task and continues to get better. >> i have grown a lot for myself. it's like night and day. i have matured how i see the game. , a lot different. i'm mentally prepared. the game has really s

fister has three strikeouts through five innings of work.ttom of the second, his catcher, wilson ramos, trying to open this game up for the nats, neil walker making a great defensive play there, the throw from his knees, gets ramos out at first. remains scoreless in this game in the fifth inning. >>> o's looking to avoid the sweep. visiting the indians today. kev vip gas den on the mound, bottom of the fifth, two on for jose ramirez. to gosselin to who makes the snag and throw to second, j.j. hardy turns the inning-ending double play. one run allowed, two hits for gosman. two on, two out for hardy, this one into right. steve pierce coming around to score. the throw not in time. birds with their first run in 17 innings on hardy's rbi single there. we're tied at 1-1. very next batter, chris davis slices one into left. that's down the line. adam jones scores easily. that's an rbi double for crush. the birds add a couple home runs and take it 4-1. their 70th win of the season. >>> all right. it's been over a week since the tragic death of race c

fister allowed four runs and struck out three.iants snap the nats' ten-game winning streak with a 10-3 win. >> we haven't had that feeling in a while, fortunately. tough loss, no question. just the way we got it. other than that, looking back it was an awesome stretch. >> it was a good run. just a lot of excitement for the last ten days. we came back, had a lot of come from behind wins. it was a lot of fun. >> all right. bad news in baltimore. orioles third base manaudouy machado expected to miss the remainder of the season. he's been out with a knee sprain since august 11. he'll undergo surgery. there is no timetable on his recovery now. the orioles say they will update his injury in the morning. top of the fifth. two on, two out for caleb joseph who drives the ball to right. chris davis is coming home. but the throw by ryan sweeney is perfect. tagged out before he tags the plate. great throw by sweeney to get out of the winning. bottom of the frame. baez at the dish. showing off the power here. just an a absolute monster of a ho

fister had the defense going all night. here he is getting help facing ben and werth throws him out at the plate. werth saving a run there. he could not save this run. byrd, he goes yard off and that untied the game. phillies lead 2-1. fister went seven innings and struck out three and he gave up just two runs. bottom of the ninth. here is the new guy. had a chance to win it but he goes down swinging with two men on. nationals final out there. the phillies take this game, your final score is 2-1. they have now lost four of their last five ball games. over at cam den yards, the orioles beat the mariners tonight 2-1. let's move on to training camp. the redskins first preseason game will be here soon. before they host the patriots for an exhibition, new england, they will head to richmond. with more, here is diana. >> fan appreciation today here in richmond. the players, they are looking forward to monday. the new england patriots are in town. tom brady and rg 3 will practice on the same field for three days, a time to learn,

seven shutout innings but fister wasn't the story. michael taylor making his major league debut again the mets. early on he got to see how it's done. top of the seco wa man on. this is bryce harper going opposite field. that's a two-run shot. fifth home run of the season. the nats are up 2-0. then came the rain. city field brought out the tarp. a 25-minute rain delay. it didn't cool down the nationals' bats. desmond's 20th long ball of the season. he hit 20 or more home runs in each of the last three seasons. the nats are up. it's the kid. how about that? opposite field home n there for the kid. his first career major home run. a two-run dinger. nats win over the mets. matt williams happy t youngste >> gratifying for everybody. they are more excite great for the kid. certainly a memory he'll remember forever. >> congrats to michael taylor. the nationals have so many talented young players in this organization. the future is bright. >> oh, yeah. 23 years old. >>> there is a turtle with a new lease on life thanks to a samarita who spott

doug fister on the mound. what a year he is having. in of the lowest e.r.a.'s the majors. he is going against tim hudson. is 17-5career, hudson against the nationals. not intimidated by anybody right now. >> it has been incredible. this team has a lot of fight, a lot of heart. we never die. win ball games, of course, and hope things get us to first place. >> playing like little kids again. singles to right. chris davis will try to score. here comes davis. the tag. he is out at home. this play was reviewed. did he block the plate? he is out. the four-game win streak is now over. is weeku know, this three of the preseason. you would normally call that a dresser herself for the regular season. the stars may go all the way to the fourth quarter. ryan clark of the redskins says the skins just have to take care of business, eliminate penalties, stay aggressive. clark has become one of the leaders on the defense. he said the extended playing time is an opportunity to come together with team chemistry. he says having played with the steelers all those years, he knows the ravens. s

doug fister made a couple mistakes, momentum with the other way and boom goes the dynamite.san francisco with 14 hits. here is the rookie, 4-5. top of the fourth, with two runners on base, he sends this to the clowns, ballgame over. three run dinner, changes the complexion of the game. that's ok, it was one heck of a run for the nets. -- it was one heck of a run for the nats. >> those don't come around often. we will get to work tomorrow and see fog start another streak. >> reds-braves, atlanta with the no-hit gem. billy hamilton into centerfield, single. tiee goes the know know, game at 1-1. atlanta just scored two top of the 12 and the braves have taken a 3-1 lead. win streak was on the line in chicago. taylor joseph singled to right, chris davis tries to score. here comes the throw, here comes chris davis. the tag come out at home. this was reviewed, but they called him out. o's lose 4-1. fans, this was a big day in washington with the annual welcome home redskins luncheon. the big day for mark richt and . the 46th redskin to go into the ring of fame. the redskins-ravens

doug fister on the mound. have had a bad defense as they catch gregory polanco, but he throws the ball away. 1-0 pittsburgh. russell martin brown to third. but marine reaches on a -- martin reaches on a bad throw. right now pirates lead 2-1 in the 7th. >>> nats and royals are the indians. just stays fair. adam jones comes around to score giving the birds the lead. they struggled all weekend, but today showing why they are division leaders. with the one shot to orioles avoid the sweep beating cleveland 4-1. >>> well it's what we needed. you know, it was another big game today for the travel trip. we didn't want to get swept. we came out ready to swing the bats today. >> the washington redskins host the cleveland browns tomorrow night decides all the story lines involving johnny manziel, we'll finally get a chance to see robert griffin iii and all his weapons in ac. tion they are expected to play tomorrow night for a bit of the first half as they have been sidelined with injuries and a knee for jackson. coach is

doug fister facing grady sizemore and sizemore get the better of that match-up. that gave phillies 5-4 lead. nats go on to lose this one, 8-4. the national league east now down six and half games. they will have the day off tomorrow to regroup. >>> orioles at home taking on the tampa bay rays tonight. no score in t first but tampa is threatening that choice. ground to second. jonathan trng make a play at home and too late to get ben zobrist. rays get on the board first, they are up 1-0. bottom of the second, 3-0 rays lead. chris davis changes that. his 23rd home run of the season. but just one of two hits on the night for the o's. they can't t any closer. they fall on this one 3-1. to the rays. huge news coming out of comcast sportsnet. snyder says the team has plans of building a new stadium. a lot of people on social media and twitter, they've been bashing fedex field. i want to sa it's not that bad. i think fe is a good stadium. >> and it's not that bad but we would love to see more around the stadium and see it brought into -- >> closer in. >> some would like

game in the 6th, former nat marlon byrd gives the phillies a 2-1 lead with this blast off of doug fistersame score in the bottom of the 9th now, cabrera with a chance to be the hero. he's up, two on, two out, strikes out. nats fall 2-1 to philly. ryan zimmerman being on the dl the nats are 24-30 without him. they're 34-19 with him. they need him to get back sooner than later. >>> here at wusa9 we have the campus correspondent program. we give budding high school journalists the chance to become reporters. today we gave away $10,000 in scholarship money to our top three students. katie pickup of tc williams, michael green from magruder and andrew homan from gonzaga. we'll be right flight 294 is now boarding... looks like we're about to board. mm-hmm. i'm just comparing car insurance rates at progressive.com. is that where they show the other guys' rates, too? mm-hmm. cool. yeah. hi. final boarding call for flight 294. [ bells ring on sign ] [ vehicle beeping ] who's ready for the garlic festival? this guy! bringing our competitors' rates to you -- now, that's progressive. ♪ at air wick, o