ian desmond, a swing to the left, nats up 2-0, win by the same score and finish the season series with the mets winning 14 of the 18 games. the nats magic number to win the east is now 11. afterward ian desmond on john lannon's performance. >> tonight these guys were licking their chops, finally get to face a starter that's not throwing 95, 96 and i shuts them down for to save 2 -- he shuts them down for 5 2/3, definitely could have been longer. he looked great and did his job. >>> listen up, brian bolter, o's and rays, bottom of the 9th tied at 2-2. manny ma machado makes the flow to first. bottom of the 9th that is a mighty clout off the wall. here comes machado. o's win 3-2. celebrate, baltimore, you're tied with the yankee as top the al avenue. >>> when we return, robert griffin, iii wasn't the only rookie to shine in new orleans sunday. we're talking about alfred morris and his inspiration for a touchdown celebration when we come back. [ male announcer ] for the dreamers... and those well grounded. for what's around this corner... and the next. there's cash flow options from pnc.

he scores ian desmond, the birthday boy. nats get a solid performance from ross detwiler as well pitching wise. and we can say it, it's official, nats playoffs here we go. >> what's the big deal? [ laughing ] >> it was fun, but it's not what i had my eye on. it's a nice step to get here. but, you know, every manager that is leading the division, that's the only thing that matters winning the division. >> reporter: what a night out here. again, 30,000 plus witnessing this history. the first time a dc area baseball team can say they're going to the playoffs in 79 years. much more coming up in sports. we'll hear from the players at about 11:20. back to you new not studio. matt jablow is live in the studio. matt, what is going on with the celebration. >> reporter: anita, as you can well imagine, there were thousands of extremely excited nats fans. just about an hour ago, 10:01 p.m. when the game actually ended. here is a fan's reaction. >> their first ever playoff. >> this is awesome. >> wonderful. >> 79 years. >> absolutely fan

and here is the winning run in the form of ian desmond.he nats win a game, 6-7 is that magic number, now 17. >> and in to maryland and philly, avenging the loss to temple. with the second quarter, maryland up 10-3 and with that action. the terps at that point and in to that second, no one-3 and no problem, and he goes 11 yards for the score and win 26-27 and are 2-0 in the season. and virginia, hosting penn state and that is since 2002. and michael rocco looks for jake mcgee and with that extra point. that is key and with that last chance to win it and in to charlottesville and win again, uva, 17-16 and they 2-0. coming up on nissan sports extra, i am here because lindsay murphy is in new orleans getting ready. >> i know. >> and that is against the saints. >> and that is nothing at all. >> and to start tomorrow. >> we have to send in some pancakes. >> yeah. >> and thank you. >>> a rare sight in new york city today. a tornado. see how that impacted the u.s. open. next. next.  . >>> severe weather toe across the nor

puso la bola del otro lado de la cerca en el tercer episodio impulsando dos carreras, mientras que ian desmondones en el cuarto. otra victoria de los nacionales. camino al mundial ya ganaron, rusia, alemiania, espaÑa, holanda italia enter otros pero en la conmebol, esta tarde colombia goleo 3-1 a chile en su propio estadio, pero que esta pasando en nuestra region, tenemeos la previa. ya esta en desarrollo la segunda fecha de septiembre camino al mundial de brasil, por la conmebol están jugando uruguay con ecuador y mas adelante les diremos como quedo chile con colombia, pero mas tarde se viene desde asuncion, paraguay que es ultimo de la tabla con 4 puntos que recibe a venezuela que es sexto con 8 unidades y en lima, la selección de peru con su victotia anterior es septimo con 6 puntos recibe al lider argentina con 13 puntos. por la concacaf, ser una jornada nocturna, el primer partido inicia a las 7 de la noche antigua y barbuda recibe a guatemala, guyana el colero de la tabla del grupo 2 recibe a el salvador, en el estadio de columbus crew, la seleccion de estados unidos quiere ganarle a jam

en el parque de los nacionales, adam laroche conectó dos de los seis jonrones de washington, ian desmonds nacionales aplastaron 11-5 a los cachorros de chicago. laroche y jayson werth conectaron cuatro hits cada uno para los líderes del este de la nacional, que se despegaron siete juegos y medio sobre su escolta bravos de atlanta. es la brecha más amplia de la campaña. desmond, el venezolano jesús flores, tyler moore y ryan zimmerman también la desaparecieron para igualar el récord de la franquicia en un juego. en toronto, mark reynolds conectó un jonrón de tres carreras, zach britton lanzó siete entradas para ganar su cuarta apertura consecutiva y los orioles de baltimore vapulearon 12-0 a los azulejos. con la derrota 5-2 de yankees de nueva york ante rays de tampa bay, los orioles empataron a los yankees en la cima de la división este de la liga americana. esto no ocurría desde 1997, el año en el que por última vez ganaron el banderín y avanzaron a la postemporada. por baltimore., el dominicano wilson betemit se fue de 1-0. se viene otras dos fechas de clasificacion al mundial de brasi

en filadelfia, bryce harper conectó su vigésimo jonrón, ian desmond y kurt suzuki añadieron sendos vuelacercasa conquista de su primer título divisional desde que la franquicia se mudó a la capital. los nacionales redujeron a cuatro juegos su "número mágico" para coronarse en la división este de la liga nacional. john lannan permitió dos carreras y cinco imparables en cinco entradas y un tercio para ganar su segunda apertura desde que ocupó el lugar de stephen strasburg en la rotación. strasburg, el derecho electo para el juego de estrellas, concluyó su participación en la campaña luego de llegar al límite de innings de trabajo que se le había impuesto. en baltimore, chris davis y manny machado conectaron dos jonrones cada uno para que los orioles empataran la marca del equipo, de siete cuadrangulare s, y derrotaran 12-2 a los azulejos de toronto, un triunfo que los mantiene a juego y medio del liderato de la división este de la liga americana. los orioles pusieron fin a una racha de dos derrotas frente a los azulejos y pisan los talones a los líderes de la división, los yanquis de nueva york.

bottom of the inning, big spot on for ian desmond. an rbi single to center. scored perez. the nats come back and win 4-3 and take a series from the cards. >> he was going strong. i mean, i -- you know, i've been hooking him a little early all year because of the innings count. i think he had another inning in his tank, but i also didn't want to rev it up and maybe cost him the start. he was vintage strasburg today. >> chris tillman and the o's. three games back of the yankees entering today's game. a man on for chris dickenson. new york up 2-0. tillman would leave after three with right elbow stiffness. top five. o's still down 2-0 until mark reynolds steps to the plate and gets some good wood off of phil hughes. solo shot. his 15th homer of the year. o's within one. top of the sixth. next at-bat for reynolds and he is seeing the ball well. this jack of the three-run variety. reynolds, two homers on friday. two more today. o's win 8-3. they are now just two back of the yankees in the labor day weekend means grand slam tennis in the big apple. headlines from day seven. the

ian desmond scores the game winning run.x hours, nats get to celebrate 7-6 the final. rubber match tomorrow at 1:30. >>> orioles fans backing their birds as they battle the yankees for the a.l. east lead. j.j. hardy at the plate. hardy, he is fataking it to rig. nick markakis hustling in to score. o's up 3-2. that was as good. and here is the bad. markakis takes a 93 mile an hour fastball from c.c. sabathia off his left hand. a broken thumb, he will miss six weeks. o's go on to win 5-4 are back atop the a.l. east with the yankees. >>> beware the fury of the turtle. the terrapins remember all too well how they were embarrassed last year at home by temple. a 38-7 loss. today in philly at lincoln financial field, the terps exact some sweet revenge. they came in as double-digit underdogs. that hurts, but this makes them feel a little better. second quarter, tied at three, the freshman qb. perry hill drops back, and finds matt ferstenberg. later in the quarter, play action, going for more, a deep ball to marcus leak. wide open in

knocks it right passed ia ian desmond. daniel murphy comes in to squoer.rman goes fives innings and gives up two runs. top seventh, a front-row seat for this. tyler moore, another talented rookie with a two-run shot to left. the nationals take a 3-2 lead. in the nooirinth, it's the clos. tyler clipper coming in to seem the deal. and that's exactly what he does. save number 31 on the season. the nationals winl again, 5-3. their 88th win of the year. os hosting the rays and what a night at camden yards. that's a weather picture right there, camera. not so pretty for the rays. jj harding gets ahold 06 one. top four and some bad news. jason hamel lands a bad one. here's the thing, he had surgery on that knee july 15th. the orioles go onto win 9-1. but they can ill-afford another injury. and, finally, one of the most fantastic pieces of audio i have heard in a while. dallas radio show host shawn shariffe, an intern here with george michael back in the day had cowboys owner jerry jones on the show. and shariffe, who is an avid red skins fan, had a little fun wit

ian desmond, the fielding part is good. the throwing part no. they're seven and a half back. maybe it's appropriate that tomorrow's maryland yukon game is set for tomorrow noon. it will be a shoot out. etsel left yukon for maryland. he says he regrets that. can the huskies get revenge. we'll find out tomorrow. and by the way, we're your station for the game coverage. we'll be wrapping up the game and looking for redskins and ravens. that's the appetizer. how about a little friday night football? prep pick. 9 sports brings you the best. robert e lee doing a better job. holding down west springfield. but was it enough to spank the spartans coming up next. >>> it's time for usa today high school sports presented by toyota. >> welcome back to high school football, week three. nothing like a little northern virginia love fest to get things started. robert elee west springfield just 10 miles apart. do you think you can stop the defensive. good luck. they're averaging 41 points a game. let's get to it. that is jordan right there walking out with west springfield. he's a former plard

ian desmond at the dish. clutch. rbi single to center. jerry perez. nats win, 4-3. their 81st win of the year. passing last year's total. 80 victories. incredible ending. bottom 9. two outs. 40-year-old chipper zones. hits a walkoff three-run homer off jonathan papplebaum. braves down 7-1 in the game. against the phillies. score five in the ninth. win 8-7. his ninth walkoff homer of his career. braves now trail the nats by 6 1/2 games in the nl east. speaking of people close to retirement. andy roddick taking on fabio fanini. second set tie-break. roddick in the far court. look at this beautiful winner. his wife, brooklyn decker is loving it. she is very happy. after dropping the third set, roddick, serving for the match in the fourth. fanini send him into the net. roddick his win. and retirement will have to wait. he advances to the fourth round. where he will take on seven seed, juan martin delpotro. coming of in a few, hellie and cool spech co cooley. mark reynolds, big series, os/yankees. and tiger woods and rory mcilroy, in a hunt to didn't deutsche bank champi

ian desmond was on first. would round the bases and beat the throw to the plate. nats are up 3-1.to the 9th. they're up three. drew storen, strikes out the side. the nationals are playoff-bound after the game nats' manager davey johnson reacting to the win -- >> what's the big deal? [ laughter ] it was fun but it's not what i had my eye on you know. i mean it's a nice step to get here. but you know, every manager that's leading the division -- that's the only thing that matters, winning your division. >> that's the truth. the first time in the d.c. area baseball has gone to the playoffs since 1933. now of course they were the expos before they moved here and when they were the expos they made et to the postseason back in 1981. last night's win was the 91st win on the season and that's a record for the nats. the magic number eight to win the division. >> as you can expect nationals fans were ecstatic about the win and the first playoff appearance in decades. >> you got it and matt jablow didn't have

in the seventh, ian desmond singles up the middle. roger bernadina scores, the nationals win 4-3. yankees, mark reynolds was just really his show. a three-run shot, his second home run of the game. same spot. in the 8-3 and trail yankees by two games in the a.l. east. to say there were a lot of redskins' the roster cuts would be quite the understatement. m gano lost the job the day after he won it and chris cooley and hightower were released. n specialist brandon banks made the roster. it's all about looking forward head coach ns and n is competent about where his team stands. >> i feel really good about our football team. you know, it's changed, obviously, completely. and, you know, you've got guys that pitch your system, you've guys that you're hoping will all step up and play extremely well. i like the attitude going in, i like the competition and hopefully we play accordingly. >> at the start of the deutsche bank golf championship, odds rory mcilroy and tiger woods as the favorites. for their king he rd pga championship of t year and both probably didn't foresee a surprise con

second batter ian desmond facing the rookie.esmond gives him a big welcome to the big leagues, kid. a two-run home run. the nats book 2-0. desmond far from done. bottom second. two on. he cranks this one to the wall. it hits. edwin jackson and jason werth come in to score. bottom four. adam laroche. a home run yesterday. tonight he is doing it again. the solo shot number 26 on the season. he would also get number 27. he went 4 for 4. check out who he celebrates with in the dugout. his son, drake. nats win. they lead. >>> orioles and toronto coming into tonight the birds one game back of the yankees. did you see that? the swing is the thing for him in the top of the fifth. four home runs in the last five games. a three-run shot here just clears the fence. orioles up, 3-0. a lot of high fives for that one. man! zack gets a swing. orioles win big, 12-0. the words are tied with new york atop the a.l. east. >>>t the u.s. open andy roddick's match was delayed by rain. roddick doesn't seem to mind waiting for his match or his retiremen

bottom of the first ian desmond at the plate facing the cubbies. a two-run home run, 20th of the rain. nats had a 2-0 -- year. nats had a 2-0 lead. this time two runners are and it's driven to the base of the wall at left field. desmond has four r.b.i.s. the nats lead 5 -0. bottom of the 8th now 10-5. adam laroche who homered in the 4th does it again, his second solo shot, 27e. of the year. nats -- 27th of the year. nats hit a record six solo home runs and lead the braves by 7 1/2 games in the nl east. >> great game, offense. it was fun watching, think everybody got a hit, so good game. everybody in our lineup is capable of going out of the ballpark and, you know, we're in e right now offensively. we've been kind of building to it. i like the lineup. we haven't had the lineup together very long. >>> the orioles north of the border against the blue jays, top of the 5th, no score until mark reynolds goes deep to left field. he's been doing that a lot lately. davis at the wall is going to leap but won't catch that one, a three-run homer for reynolds,

ian desmond scores. nats go up 3-1. now, to the ninth. storen closing things out.ats clinch the first playoff berth since 1981. >>> and the reds are also headed to the playoffs, clinching their playoff berth, as well. >> looking forward to cincinnati winning the world series. >>> tiger woods has a share of the lead as the second round of the tour championship gets under way today. he had six birdies in his first round yesterday. if woods wins the tournament on sunday, it would mean a $10 million payday, which is the largest payout in golf. 10 million bucks. >> not too shabby. and he happens to have a few million already. just to go along with all that other good stuff. >>> here's a remarkable moment from a high school soccer game in massachusetts, straight from a corner kick. watch this. nicolae calabri uses one leg to get to the net. >> he plays on the national amputee soccer team. when he became 13, he was the first person to ever summit mt. kilimanjaro on crutches. >> he's unbelievable. >> oh, my gosh. inspirational. >>> up next, "the pulse," and a car accident

i yap desmond throws -- ian desmond throws home, but it's wild. the braves walk off with a 2-1 win and trail the nats now by 7 1/2 games. >> you have to tip your hat to medlin. he pitched another great game against us. just made a little error at the end. otherwise it was looking pretty good. >> he's already sliding in celebrating. it was probably a one in 10 chance and didn't get it. >>> right now the orioles are tied with the athletics 2-2 in the 5th. >>> coming up pierre garcon questionable sunday. we'll hear from mike shanahan next. when you first got internet at home you probablyly had one thing online. but today, everything's online. in a few years, the number of devices in your home will double and what we are doing online takes internet speed, not every network can handle it, verizon fios is 100% fiber optic so it's faster and can handle it. and now there's revolutionary fios quantum speed, more than twice as fast as anything this country has ever seen. to get your family up to speed with fios quantum -- call the verizon center for custome

and in the first, ian desmond hits a 2-run homer.ore next inning when jesus flores hits a solo shot... rusin gives up five earned runs in just one official inning. seven cubs pitchers allowed a combined six home runs in the game. they lose their 50th road game of the year, 11-5. brian urlacher survived his first practice back from surgery. he tells espn radio that his knee feels as good as it did heading into training camp and whatever knee procedures he had done before camp are not the media's business. urlacher will play in the opener against the colts on sunday. we have some guys that can play football on the outside no doubt about that hopefully they will make my job easier ... they know there's pressure on them ... >>the n-f-l season opens tonight with the cowboys visiting the super bowl champion giants. that's a look at sports. [ male announcer ] febreze. eliminates odors and leaves carpets fresh. ♪ ♪ i've worked hard to build my family. and also to build my career. so i'm not about to always let my frequent bladder urges, or t

ian desmond hit two home runs. 5-1 victory over the mets. nationals look to build on baseball's best record. zimmerman will be on the mound tonight. they are still in new york. >> as the nationals move closer to securing a spot in the playoffs, major-league baseball provided a new twist in the debate over who should pay to keep metro opened if the game ends late. metro wants the nationals to pay $30,000 to keep metro opened on weekdays. major-league but smalbaseball does not want to set precedents in other cities. >> a double header last night. 34-yard touchdown pass to anquan boldin. that gave the ravens a 17-10 lead at than half. . the defense sealed the deal. it was an easy victory for the ravens, 44-13. oakland raiders hosted the chargers last night. san diego took the advantage of the special teams mistakes like that one for the victory. oakland suffered three blocked punts after they lost a pro to a head injury. this punt was blocked. >> one texas town is not big enough for two college football teams. >> it there using spray paint and

same result here with ian desmond. a shot with two on, he had to go get it.of it to send it out it is 9-0. gonzalez had a better afternoon, in the fifth, on= of five strikeouts, 200th of the season. first washington pitcher to strike out 200 since walter johnson in 1916. what the heck was that in the seventh, everyone thought he was hurt. running up to him. he said, yes,÷ú my pride is hur. he tripped over his own cleat. his teammates are relieved. the crowd gives him a standing o, and celebrates win 20 with a gatorade bath. nates take it, ÷ú10-4. pick it up top sixths, two on for ryan flaherty. deep to center. two runs come to score. and the orioles go up 5-3 on the two rbi triple. this one neededç extras. jim thome, man, how old is that guy? he is 42. showwalter with a ground-rule double. orioles win theirç 16th straig extra innings game. >>> college football saturday, highlighted by maryland and the west virginia mountaineers, came in with the country's best offense, it was supposed to be a route. it wasn't. to morgantown. terps, qb, with his first experi

ian desmond get the party started early. since it and deep. makes everybody feel good.he bottom of the fourth inning, out theoche rolls barrel. bomb's away. center field. his 26 of the year. in the sixth inning, ryan zimmerman to center field. the nationals last the cubs, 11- 5. " >> we are watching the scoreboard to see what's going on. >> the rockies beat the braves. the nationals picked up another game. while the yankees lose. share first place in the american league east. a look at sports. . >> thanks so much. 5:26, 76 degrees already. the news continues at 5:30. it is a warm start to this wednesday. deadly end at a victory rally wednesday. deadly end at a victory rally r quebec's new excuse us, while we change into something more comfortable. cool. introducing, the square sunnyd bottle. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. have seen firsthand that changeresident does not who you are. reveals so you are. qwikster ahead, it was a night with passionate speakers at the democratic national convention. ended with first lady obama giving her

ian desmond, adam laroche, ryan zimmerman accounted for several home runs for the nationals in their 11-5 victory. gonzales will be on the amount, to become the team's first 18- game winner. mark reynolds had a big three- run home run leading the orioles to a 12-0 pounding of toronto. the yankees lost to tampa. baltimore and new york are tied at the top of the elite. 59 losses. great to see the o's the nationals in first place. >> sometimes the groundskeeper likes to have fun. this is in tampa at tropicana field. >> here it is. >> remembered the carlton dance from the fresh prince? and his outfit, he came prepared to dance. all right go ahead, carlton. >> maybe he is there a lucky charm. >> workers building the mississippi river bridge in illinois and missouri have a sky high view. >> look what the tv news helicopter found at the top of the bridge, it is a portable toilets on one of the towers. they found another one halfway up. it is a necessity. >> 6:00 hour 269 now. we still have another half-hour still ahead. >> morning rush-hour traffic building. what aaa says could potentially

adam laroche got a home run as well as ian desmond, roger bernadina, and danny espinoza. the nationals won 9-1. tonight it will be jordan zimmermann on the mound. >> a 7-year-old girl in denver is recovering from the bubonic plague. she became sick after camping in southwestern colorado. at first for family thought she had the full. she was taken to hospital with a temperature of 107 degrees. -- thought that she had the flu at first. >> it is rare. there's only a few cases across the u.s. per year. it's one of those things you don't necessarily expect to see. >> sierra's parents say she may have caught the disease after being bitten by insects around a dead squirrel. if doctors put your on antibiotics and she's now doing well. >> still another half-hour of "good morning washington" this thursday. >> a look ahead to president obama's big night at the democratic anncr: this casino's in west virginia. but it makes millions off marylanders every year. now they're running dishonest ads. why? because voting for question seven is a vote to build a... world-class resort casino in

ian desmond hit a solo shot in the eighth inning. not deep enough. the orioles need all nine innings to keep pace with blankets atop the nl east. a great place to third base. in the ninth inning right there. and a walk off shot to right field. a winning run. orioles' winning. >> jim calhoun calling it a career. the longtime connecticut men's basketball coach is expected to announce his retirement today. he has 873 career wins three national titles in his 40 years as a coach. he has suffered health problems in recent years. assistant coach expected to replace him >> the bears crushed andrew luck. the nfl is starting thursday night games sooner in the season so pretty much every team gets to play in prime time the cowboys. >> a camera situated in the cowboys' owner box caught them cleaning jerry jones'glass . it inspired a new product called jerry wipe. those are available in the dallas cowboys online store. >> as the owner of the team, i'm sure he supports the measure. never a person to shy away from a marketing opportunity. >> a businessman. >> comin

in the 2nd, ian desmond hit a home run. nats beat the phillies 8-46789 starter john lannam improved to 4-1. a former philly got booed louder than normal when he came to bat in the ninth. the phillies pitcher gave a little chin music which those mean philly fans loved but werth got the last laugh hitting a two-run single. >>> the magic is definitely back in baltimore. the orioles did something last night they hadn't done since 1985. how about hitting seven home runs in a single game. chris davis and manny machado both went deep twice. 5-2 the final score there. baltimores remain a game and a half back of the yankees in the nl east. their magic number to clinch a wild card spot is five now. >>> check this out. might not be something d.c. and baltimore fans want to see, however, the orioles are on the front cover of the latest issue of "sports illustrated." plenty of the nats and the redskins in there, too. the problem, though, the so- called s.i. cover jings. any time a team appears on that cover, bad luck follows. hopefully

ian desmond, adam la roche and tyler moore, four home runs in the first four innings to put the natsp 8-1. another solid outing by pitcher edwin jackson in just five and two-thirds innings. he picked up his ninth win of the season. the nats totaled six home runs last night with a big win 11-5 the final over chicago. >>> the baltimore orioles in the midst of a pennant race. last night no doubting that this team came to play. mark reynolds got the ball rolling in the 5th, a three-run shot to left, his 17th of the season. the orioles piled it on. after that baltimore wins 12-0 over toronto. they share first place in the al east with the new york yankees. >>> the holdout by ravens bryant mckinney is over. the offensive tackle and the team were finally able to agree on a deal. the ravens on the verge of releasing mckinney before he agreed to restructure his deal which cuts his salary by $1 million. they didn't feel the dispute with be a distraction to the team. >> really no concern about that. i don't think it will be an issue at all. guys are pros and guys understand the business aspect

they kept it up throughout the game so far, bottom of the 1st ian desmond at the plate with jayson werth the shortstop crushes one to deep right center field. not many fans there, not sure why. two-run home run, his 20th of the year, nats lead 2 -0. bottom of the 2nd, now 3-0. desmond, two runners on and to the base of the wall in left field. two runs score. right now the nationals are leading 11-5 still in the 8th inning. >>> you might have seen this saturday night here on fox. the cards and nats, matt holliday with a home run to center and watch the stairway. what would you do if that was your husband holding your child? >> i'd yell at him. >> super dad, adam thomas from chevy chase. his son is sullivan. he said he did it safely and made sure the ball was not going too fast. it's a great play, a great souvenir and a great moment for these two. >> we were sitting out at the restaurant in the outfield. matt holliday came up to the plate and hit a home run and it bounced out on the stairs near where we were sitting and slowing down enough that i felt like i could try to grab it without hi

ian desmond having a career year. home run number 22. that leads all major league middle infielders. the nats beat the mets 5-1 and gio picks up his league-leading 19th win. >> couldn't have been done without the defense and the offense. a lot of these guys go out and it feels like they work twice as hard when i'm out there. you appreciate that and realize what's going on. hopefully we continue to known pile up more wins. >> he did have great stuff and battle and gave me a good six innings so i was pleased with that. great win. i think we eliminated the mets from the pennant race, didn't we? yeah. i figured that. that made me a little happy. >> no love for the mets there. >>> it's been a pretty good year for the britz. they win the tour de france, then they did a fantastic job hosting the olympics. and last night scotland's andy murray wins the u.s. open, the first major championship of his career. murray beat novak djokovic in the semifinal back in august. that had london just rocking. first set tiebreak, djokovic serving near court. tr

bottom 9, ian desmond cost the nats his throw home goes wide. simmons scores. the game-winning run.raves beat the nats, 2-1. news from the caps. the team has signed defenseman john carlson to a six-year $23.8 million contract extension. last year the 22-year-old led the team in blocked shots and recorded 32 points, setting a career high in goals scored. and this afternoon at 12:00 randy edsel faces his former team as the terps take on the u-conn huskies at bird stadium. maryland looking to improve to 3-0 for the first time since 2001. and don't forget fedex field playing host to college football. james madison and west virginia kick off 4:30 p.m. that's your sports minute. hope you have a great saturday. >>> the john carlson signing may be the last bit of good news capitals fans hear for a while. the nhl is set to lock out the players at midnight tonight. the two sides have not come to an agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement. the current one expires tonight. the league is asking the players to take a smaller cut of revenue. regular season games are scheduled to start i

ian desmond the birthday boy scores to make it 4-1 nats. drew storen versus hanley ramirez. dr. drew wins, the nats going to the playoffs 4-1 the final. >> fortous to be guaranteed to play in a playoff game. for what they've been throw is you know it's very special. >> we want to say thanks to them for holding on. it's got to be tough holding on. i know that being a rams fan and everything. >> we always believe in ourselves, we know the talent we have on this team and for our fans to come out and know what was on the line and to win the game and to hear them be as excited as they were. it was just a great feeling to be on the field you know almost kind of send chills through you. >> here's how big of a deals this. it's the first time a d.c. area baseball team going to the playoffs since 1933. 91 wins is a nats' record. the expos had more in their heyday of course. the magic number though to clinch the dig is now eight and whoever -- division and now eight and whoever thought we would say that? all right, have a great friday everybody again the nats winning it 4-1 clinching a pla

bottom nine ian desmond mistake cost the nats. a throw home goes wide. simmons scores the game-winning run and the braves beat the nats, 2-1. news from the cams. the team has signed defenseman john carlson to a six-year $23.8 million contract extension. last year the 22-year-old led the team in blocked shots and recorded 32 points, setting career high in goals scored. this afternoon at 12:00 randy edsel faces his former team as the terps take on the u-conn huskies with maryland looking to improve to 3-0 for the first time since 2001. don't forget fedex field playing host to some college football. james madison and west virginia kick off 4:30 p.m. that's your sports minute. i'm carol maloney. hope you have a great saturday. >> carol, thanks. >>> all right. she already has a gold medal and an american record. >> now team usa's youngest member is getting a shout out from the president. >> katie ledecky may have been swimming in london but she still had to finish the summer reading assignments for her high school english class. where's katie? there she is.