fister gets him looking. three strikeouts in seven shut-out innings for fister. bottom seven, bases loaded for anthony rendon, one out, he lines it toward second. gets him at second, but rendon beats out that throw. no double play for atlanta. a runner scores, nats up 2-0. top nine, it's a 2-1 lead. drew storn in to close it out. he sent andrelton simmons down swinging. struck out the side in the nights. nats win it 2-1. now an eight-game lead in the division. >> royals taking onoston in boston. top six, lined to first, throw to second and bogaerts throw is back off the mark. an error for bogaerts. two runs score on the play. birds beat the red sox 4-0, they're up ten games in the east. less than three weeks to go until we have playoff baseball. >> wow. >> boy, that was fast. >> it's going to be like a blink of the eye. get your tickets now. >> and the redskins in second place in the nfc >> well, everyone's favorite poet has some untold stories and we didn't even know it. >> oh. >> the publisher has enearthed stories dr. seuss wrote for magazines back in the '50s

fister looking for the complete game shutout.asey mcgahee toward second and cabrera makes a great catch. that's it. fister throws a complete game shutout for the nats. they take it 4-0 and wrap-up the best record in the national league. our jason pugh is at nationals park with more. >> reporter: thanks, diana. there is nothing left in the regular season for the nationals to accomplish anymore. division title, check. home field advantage, check. now it's just a matter of staying completely healthy and getting focused for this postseason run. good or bad, all season long, this team has remained the same. >> even though we have clinched, we still have been playing just as hard as if we were fighting to get into the playoffs. and i think that's been even more impressive, because you see, you know, a lot of guys take deep breaths once you clinch. >> that's kind of the precedent, skip, set. you know, and we've got to come in here and play hard and it doesn't matter if it's game 1 or game 162 or if we're in first or last. it doesn't mat

fister looking for the complete game shutout, he's going to get it here. beautiful play by the second baseman as cabrera makes a great catch. fister throws the complete game shutout for the nats and make it 4-0 and wrap-up the best record in the national league. manager matt williams excited the way his team has gone about their business all season long. >> well, it's their dna. it's the way they establish it. so if it is, in fact, your dna, you don't flip that on and off. it's the way you go. it's what you do. >> that's kind of the precedent. skip, set. and we've got to come in and play hard. and it doesn't matter if it's game one or game 162 or if we're in first or last. it doesn't matter. we've got to go in there ready to play. >> reporter: so another great win for the nationals. home field advantage throughout the postseason until the world series wrapped up with that win today. jim handly, get used to that beard, because i've got a feeling this is going to be a long postseason run for the nationals. >> keeping us warm. all right, we're doing it. >> we

plenty of run support for that man, doug fister, complete game shutout. nice catch to end the game by second baseman drew cabrera. national take it and will have home field advantage throughout the post season until the world series. >> that's going to give us some edge in the playof. it's always nice to be home. you got your home fans, we got our own lockers our own chairs whatever it may be, guys are comfortable here. it means a lot. >>> the night cap, jason weatn . this ball all the way to rig. kevin coming frarnd first wi rbi triple. home run shy of a cycle. hill making first major league start. marlins clear the bases, 3-run triple for the fish. take 6-4 lead go on to win it final score 15-7. >>> oriolesiti vis. birds up a run. man on, towards left. looks like it's going to fall but dalton pompei making a great catch. >> it's a lot tougher on that turf. ouch. >> he wasn't done though. getting it done. two outs. man on first. rips this one to right. man home to scor double, two triples from pompey tonight blue jays beat the bird 4z-2. 4-2. two more ga

doug fister on the mound for washington. leighton kershaw trying to be the nats for the fifth straight the firstcome 17-game-winner in baseball this year. right now it is scoreless in the fifth inning. rain caused a delay at camden yards tonight. waited one hour and 46 minutes. it didn't seem to slow down the birds. joseph knox in davis with this single. birds lead by five. they are now very late in that ballgame. the terrapins on the road this weekend. the terrapins, they have got james madison this past weekend. they scored half a hundred on him. cj brown was running all over. brown walked away from that game saying that he didn't play as well as he wanted to. he watched the game, still said he could have done better. the fans didn't like the way he jumped on himself, saying that he needs to be more confident and a better leader. >> you have got to be in that position. i'm holding myself to high expectations. i still stand by what i said. >> i am glad he is on the center, doing it for us. when you play at this level, it is

, the nats reel in another one, the marlins in >>> i got to tell you when the nats picked up doug fister a lot of people were saying this is pretty big but i don't think anybody expected he might be the best pitcher. >> best pick up from a pitching standpoint a huge acquisition, another great win for him tonight. the nationals are playing inspired baseball right now. holds the advantage throughout the post season is something this team desperately wants. good to see ryan zimmermann back in the dugout for the nationals. he could be activated as early as tomorrow. certainly liked what he saw from his teammates early on. adam laroche here, you can kiss this baseball good-bye. two run homer. no fans in the stands. 25th home run of the season. bottom of the fourth. 3-1 nat lead. this is the rookie justin who played for george mason bour got his first career home run, congratulations to him. picking up win 15 on the year, nats take this one, final score is 3-2. >>> over to baltimore now. the o's begin a three-game series with the red sox. we pick this one up in the tenth inning when david orti

tonight the guys are back at it in new york agai doug fister and zach willard is your pitching match-up. that game gets underway after 7:00. derek jeter with one more trip to camden yards after today. he's retiring after this season. the yanks have men on the work 3-0. in the sixth inning, steve pierce trying to bring the birds back. gets ahold of the pitch. he still pulls it to left. 17th home run of the year. the rally though, it fell short for the orioles. the final score, the yankees take it, snapping a six >> all right. thanks, jason. i guess if you're headed out tonight, grab a sweater. absolutely. it will be chilly. lows inside of the beltway in the low 50s. 40s, you might hear the heat turninht in fairfax county we had to cut a lot of waste. we consolidated offices. started sharing printers. we can walk a few feet. replaced computers, but kept the monitors. they still work fine. we even discovered that the phone company overcharged us by three million dollars! i approve this message because congress doesn't need another right winger. they need someone who can balance a budget. o

anthony rendon trots home. 1-0 nats in the third, and that is all that doug fister would need.ree straight strikeouts in the ninth inning. 2-1 nats. andmagic number is now 12, it is an eight-game lead on the braves. the redskins did not get home until 10:00 last night from houston. they had to be back at the park braden early this morning to watch video of the game. jay gruden wanted to get their attention and got it. the skins killed themselves with o turnovers inside the 10. while jay gruden tried but a positive spin on the loss, he got his point across. >> offense, defense, and special teams all had their hand in this loss. it was not like it was just the offense or defense. i think everybody can take a long look at themselves in the mirror and realize everybody could have done something better. >> the detroit lions beat the giants 35-14. the orioles beat the red sox 4-0. the ncaa dropped penn state's bowl ban. there you have it. >> you are not supposed to have that much sports going on. >> busy day. >> germany is a few days away from celebrating oktoberfest. >> a new world

doug fister was the lawn mower man mowing down marlon marlins, nine strikeouts. nats win 4 -0.he nl pennant must go through south capitol street. the nats are in the no. 1 seed. they'll face the winner of the 1 game playoff between san francisco versus st. louis or pittsburgh. that is this weekend. the nats first playoff game a week from today, october 3rd. >>> back to the redskins, the game last night was an unmitigated disaster, an already depleted team taking on more damage. trent williams left with an injured knee. he might have dislocated it. it's only a contusion. he might be able to play against seattle. mean while i think the secondary thought the game was on sunday. dazed and confused is a kind way to put it. it made eli manning look like joe montana. >> you never want to go out losing like that. it's hard. it hurts, but you got to move on. >> one day you're on top. the next day you got to grind. every game we're not going to get 10 sacks, but we got to do our best to put them in those situations you can get after them and when it's time to get after them, get after th

the man of the hour, doug fister. it's mcgee at the place. he thought he had something going. nope! asdrubal with the drive. nats win it 4-0. win number 6 game. little good news in there. i think everybody needed that. >> does that mean they clinched record, which means they'll have home field advantage in the play-offs? stuff. >> all right. now you're good. >> all right. next on abc 7 news at 5:00 -- 100-year-old theater, a recent $1 million restoration. why close the old town theater right >> well, it's sad to report today, but the eld -- old town alexandria isin now up for sale. and so the everything inside the old theater. >> so what the future holds for -- building, kimberly is now live with the story. >> pma bought the theater in 2011. they poured over $1 million into 100-year-old stage. but its second act was short-lived. it was a 100-year run. town, then asld the richmond. tomorrow is anyone's guess. it go.really sad to see when i was little, i came here to puppet shows. have items for auction, everything from bar glasses. martini much of it purchased new in 2012 after an ex

doug fister on the mound, got him going in the seventh.roving manager matt williams was right for leaving him in. and then drew storm, remember him? he brought the 2012 swagger in the ninth, coming in to close it out, striking out the side. and the playoffs field may be here. some not ready for it, others noticing now. >> it was big. obviously a september win against a division opponent that's in second place is a good way to start off, especially with our struggles against the braves in the past. you know, it was a huge win. >> i don't view these games as anymore important than the game on april 7th. that was an important game too. so that's how we go about it every day. last night was good atmosphere, for sure. and that's great. but the game is the same. it always is. and if you do things right and you execute, then you get a chance to win. if you don't, you probably get beat. and that's the bottom line to it. >> reporter: the game may be the same, but the feel is certainly different. playoff fever taking over. you know, guys, you might

an interview room, but i'm not going to compare a mother saving a child with you murdering nancy fister is diminished physically. is it possible he could have committed this brutal crime and dragged this woman into a closet when he can barely stand? >> a major question running through the whole case was trey styler, physically capable of doing this crime by himself. if he was, then everything else was an act. >> reporter: after so many months in jail and so many denials, why does the doctor decide to give himself up? police now wonder, was styler lying before as the degree of his disability to protect himself or is he lying now to protect his wife? some people believe that he had to have had help. >> right. >> reporter: some people believe that help had to be you? >> right. >> reporter: did you help him? >> not at all. >> reporter: were you apart of this? >> nothing like that. and if he had come to me and said, i've just done something horrible, i would have called the police right away and -- >> reporter: but nancy, you were just as angry with nancy as he was. >> yeah. >> reporter: you

in today's new energy, construction has begun in northwest fister.elp the environment. joining us is the project director. thanks very much for coming . how do you go about creating it? >> it is a big challenge. it is new to the u.k.. this is the first in the u.k.. the first resident rble development built true zero carbon. what we mean is we look at the energy that buildings use and the people within the buildings. so it is starting to create a true zero community at northwest bicester. >> where is the energy coming from this town? how sunny does it have to be for this to week? >> it helps when it is sunny because then our solar tv will work it will have a gas energy turbine inside it. inside that it will generate electricity and the part that -- the heat will be kept in a thermal store and pumped to all the homes to give them hot water and heating. at the same time we will generate electricity that will go to the grid. in addition to that, we have the solar p.v. on each of the roofs. we're a net provider of energy. we actually generate more energy