j.j. hardy hit a home run in the fourth inning. the orioles went on to win 6-3, sweeping the red sox. the orioles are in the playoffs. keith mills will have more later in sports. >> kim dacey is live outside camden yards. >> how are the orioles faithful reacting to this amazing season? >> it has been amazing. fans cannot be more excited. the orioles swept the red sox. that win has guarantee them a spot in the playoffs for the first time since 1997. they are still tied with the yankees for first place. the big win last night has fans amped up. this has been a long time coming. it has been 15 disappointing seasons. >> i've been a fan since they were bad. this is my 22nd game of the season. i've been to a lot of games. i love to see them win. >> this city loves baseball. the city goes crazy. >> pete gilbert is in tampa bay for the final series against the rays. he will be live with the very latest as the orioles try to play for the divisional title. kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you. that brings us to our water cooler question

j.j. hardy added to it in the third inning. home run number 22. bol had day for j.j. had dahead day. chris davis again. he has 31 home runs. check out matt wieters from his knees. talk about it gold glove catcher. that is not wieters. he gets the say. the angels spoil the celebration early with a comeback win. there were unable to do it last night in game two. angels down 8-4. 8-7. "not again?" 8-7, texas win. the rangers also clinched a playoff spot. ravens are tied with cincinnati . to nancy won -- cincinnati won today. eagles and giants. offensive pass interference. he misses the field goal. 19-17, the eagles win. baltimore could still host a playoff game in a couple of scenarios. >> exciting. >> 50 degrees at the airport. >> orioles fans are all ready for postseason play. details coming of. >> monitoring several accidents at this hour. >> i have my helmet on and my >> i have my helmet on and my protective gear and you know, i've helped a lot of people save a lot of money. >> i have my helmet on and my protective gear and but today...( sfx: loud noise of metal objec

until the 13th when j.j. hardy comes through, doubling to left, manny machado.asa more exports later. >> with a difference a day makes. 11 sports pete gilbert shows us how last night's big winner has reinvigorated the team. >> in the eighth inning, well before the game would come to an end, there seemed a sense of inevitability and dread. a guide game, two man on, nobody out. -- a tied game. but the orioles did it again. you have to except the fact that if you doubt this game, it is at your own risk. >> great pitching staff. >> 9-9 during the regular season. now 2-2. it is going to be an intense fun game. we have to work it out. >> that is the way the game is. we are all competing together. we all care about each other. as part of the beating a team. >> game 5, we essentially have one in texas. how does that help you? >> i do not know. i think we approach every game pretty much the same whether it is an abomination game or not. you know, so we will be ready to play just like we have been before. close to the 13th i

in the top of the 13th, and j.j. hardy it's a double to left field. the orioles when it 2-1. -- when it 2-1. -- win it 2-1. >> it will be an intense home game tomorrow. >> that is how the game is. we're all competing together and we all care about each other and that is part of being a team. >> the first pitch for tonight's game is 5:07 p.m. cc sabathia starts for the yanks. he allowed to runs in game 1 and he was one out shy of a complete game. >> speaking of the big game tonight, let's look at the forecast that in new york city. a weak cold front is making its way onto the east coast right now. those are the showers them moved to pennsylvania and are now pushing along long island as well. new york city just got a brief bit of showers and now it looks like they are trying out. we do expect -- they are drying out. we do expect the temperatures to be in the upper-50's. but it could be cooler when you factor in the wind. we expect the wind tonight to be northwest at 15 miles per hour and it will be chilly, low-50's the upper-40's. more details on the se

in new york, orioles j.j. hardy hit a double. baltimore held on to win it.me five against the yanks. in washington, the nationals weathered a 13-pitch at bat. the nats are up, 2-1 over the cards, forcing a game five. titans rally in the fourth quarter srting with a five-yard touchdown pass. tieing the game at 23. later, rob kicked his fourth field goal of the night. a four-yarder as time expired for a titan victory over the stealers. finally, michael vick served 18 months in prison on dog fighting charges confirmed he has a dog. he was banned from owning a dog after expressing his design to own one, it set off a fire storm from animal activists and fans who thought he should never be allowed to have a dog. he said our pet is well cared for and loved as a member of our family. let's get another look at the weather. bill karins is watching that. >> a lot of changing weather starting with today. in new england, a cold rain is moving through. it's from syracuse to albany and pushing through portland throughout the mid-morning to early afternoon. we'll have the s

j.j. hardy knocked in the winning run in the 13th, and then the o's pitching staff held on to the lead for the 2-1 vic tr tri. that forces a game five between the o's and the yankees. >> a win tonight would be so sweet. >> it would be too awesome. >>> when you think about baseball, you think 85 degrees and sunny. not the case today. >> fall is here in a big way. storm team 4 meteorologist veronica johnson has a look at chilly temperatures this morning. >> this really is football weather we've got coming up for the next, well, at least half of the weekend. out there this morning, temperatures ranging anywhere from the 30s, upper 30s to the upper 40s. tomorrow morning, the range 20s to 30s. right now, as we get into areas of largo and tyson's and up north in olney, you can see the temperature 42 to 40 to 37 degrees under a mostly clear sky. watch the clouds. just a few drifting through. then we've got more back to the west that will be coming into the area later today. kind of a partly sunny type

j.j. hardy adds his name to an elite group as the only orioles shortstop ever to win a gold glove. in the outfield, adam jones won his second goal glover plays like that, against the wall. put him in it even smaller group, only three outfielders ever won a gold glove. for a second year in a row, matt wieters finished second in the american league. when it comes to this award, he stands alone as the only orioles catcher ever to win a gold glove, which he has now done twice. sandy knocked out power to the ravens facility until this afternoon. mckinney cases the lawsuit in miami dade circuit court for $375,000 in unpaid bills he allegedly ran up at a number of strip clubs in south florida. he called the lawsuit bogus. the arizona cardinals reportedly have some interest in trying to acquire mckinney. he doesn't have a big salary cap number but he does have more baggage than most airlines will let you travel with for free. the team will attempt to bounce back from the most lopsided loss in the john harbaugh era. running the ball more and stopping the run more effectively will likely bec

. >>> to new york where the orioles j.j. hardy hit an rbi double in the 13th. baltimore held on to win it 2-1 and force game five against the yanks. >>> in washington the nationals jason werth weathered a 13 pitch at bat that ended with a season saving walk off homer putting the nats up 2-1 over the cards forcing game five. >>> on thursday night football the titans rallied in the fourth quarter starting with a five yard touchdown pass tieing the game at 23. later rob baronas kicks his fourth field goal of the night. a 40 yarder as time expired for a 26-23 titan victory over the steel jeers. >>> finally, michael vick who served 18 months in federal prison on dog fighting charges confirmed that he now has a dog. vick was ban the from owning a dog until completing his probation period, after first expressing his desire to own one, it set off a firestorm from animal rights activists and fans who thought the star should never be allowed to have a dog. in a statement vick said, quote, our pet is well cared for and a loving member of our family. >> announcer: early to

in new york, the orioles j.j. hardy hit an rbi double in the 13th. baltimore held on to win it 2-1 and force game five against the yanks. >>> in washington, jason werth ended with a season saving walk off homer. they forced game five as well. >>> on thursday night football, the titans rallied in the fourth quarter starting with a five yard touchdown pass from matt hasselbeck to kenny britt tying the game at 23-23. later, rob a reason nis kicked his fourth field goal of the night. a 40 yarder. it was a 23-23 titan victory over the steelers. >>> finally, michael vick who served 18 months in prison on dog fighting charges has confirmed he has a dog. vick was band from having a dog until after completing a probation period. after he wanted to own one it set off a firestorm and fans who thought the star should never be allowed to have a dog. in a statement vick said, quote, our pet is well cared for and loved as a member of our family. >> announcer: early today sports is brought to you by new just for men auto stop. gray is over. >>> just ahead, a roundup

the bases loaded for j.j. hardy. charges and gets him at first. missed opportunity for the birds. top nine? well ux matt wieders and the os. and the yankees advance, may they rest in peace, the season for the baltimore oh, rioles, the final. and here's a proud buck after the game. >> and we talked way back in spring training, our first meeting: they bought into each other. they were good taeeammates. we're going to see them again. >> and we'll get them next year, danl. so jim and doreen, they're counting on the nats. we're going to send it back to you. >> the os are out but the nats are [ female announcer ] it's one of the hardest decisions a family can make... realizing a nursing home is the only choice. for many middle class families, medicaid is the only way to afford the care. but as a governor, mitt romney raised nursing home fees eight times. and as president, his budget cuts medicaid by one-third and burdens families with the cost of nursing home care. we have a president who won't let that happen. [ obama ] i'm barack obama and i approved this message. >>> here at nats par

top of the 1st j.j. hardy slaps a single up the middle. nate mclouth scores from second. the o's have the early 1-0 lead. top of the 7th o's up 2-1. mclouth laces one into left field. robert andino scores in the 3rd. the o's hold the lead in the 8th. if they win it's on to the alds against the yankees. >>> stay with us. after the break county skins reclaim home field advantage? now is the time. we'll hear from players next. >>> robert griffin, iii and alfred morse are tied with touchdowns and the team ranked first in the league for rushing yards for game. so you know what's expected when the falcons come to town sunday. dating back to last sunday, the redskins have not exactly owned home field advantage. if there's ever a time to get that back, it's right now because the next two games are home beginning sunday against the 4-0 atlanta falcons. >> if you want to be a playoff team, you have to be able to defend your home turf. all the great teams do it and that's the type of season and type of atmosphere you want at home. >> we got to play 60 minutes. we come off strong eve

j.j. hardy knocked in the winning run, and the o's pitching staff held on for a 2-1 victory. that forces a game five between the orioles and yankees tonight. first pitch at yankee stadium at 5:07. i made the point before, i live four blocks or so away from that stadium, and i never hear anything coming from the stadium. last night sitting in my living room, i could hear people losing it. >> forget fireworks, they were making their own fireworks. it was so incredible, so awesome. i only watched it on tv, but still terrific. >> everyone a little tired this morning. >>> maybe the chill will wake folks up when they step outside. it's not going to be anything like what tomorrow is expected to be. already for tomorrow morning, a freeze watch is up. th morning we range from 37 to 50. laytonsville. and it's currently 40 degrees in camp springs. we are under a mostly clear sky right now, and i'm expecting a mixture of clouds and sunshine today. i'm not expecting any rain, but there will be another cold front coming through. a rain that will be chilling us through the overnight. clouds

j.j. hardy adds his name to an elite group as the fourth shortstop to win a gold glove as an oriole. adam jones won his second gold glove, joining nick markakis who won last year. adam jones got his second goal glove. matt wieters also got a gold glove. matt wieters stands alone behind the plate as the only orioles catcher to win a gold glove, and in back-to-back years. i'm gerry sandusky. >> congratulations. it has been three weeks since the ravens lost to the texans. the ravens will play the browns this week. the ravens offensive and defensive line will have to play big roles in an attempt to bounce back. the ravens are ranked 19th in running the ball. there will bounce back. time to get to your answers to our water cooler question of the day. >> this morning we asked -- do you think disney's purchase of the lucas film library will be good for the future of the "star wars" franchise? >> i love this one. [laughter] good one. we will read more of your responses in the next hour and post all of t

j.j. hardy adds his name to an elite group as the fourth shortstop to win a gold glove as an oriole. in the outfield, adam jones won his second gold glove, joining nick markakis who won last year. adam jones got his second goal glove. for the second year in a row, matt wieters also got a gold glove. when it comes to this award, matt wieters stands alone behind the plate as the only orioles catcher to win a gold glove, and in back-to-back years. i'm gerry sandusky. i hope your day is off to a fantastic start. >> 6:26. senate causes some changes to the early voting schedule -- sandy causes some changes to the early voting schedule. >> i'm hallie jackson in washington. help people are working to help the people affected. >> normal delays on the beltway. a big delays on the capital a big delays on the capital beltway i've always been lucky. flew 37 bombing missions over germany. made it home every time. i'm lucky to have good friends who are all still around, and we're all lucky to have a friend nam

and then j.j. hardy hits a rbi double. we have more from the yankees stadium. >> in the eighth inning well before this would come to an end there seemed a sense of inevitability, dread. two men on, nobody out. but the orioles did it again. at some point we will have to accept that, if you doubt this team, doubt at your own risk. >> great pitching staff. >> 9-9 during the regular season, 2-2. it is going to be an intense fun game tomorrow. >> that is the way the game is. we all a competing together. we all care about each other. >> we get a game 5. we essentially already have one in texas. how much does but help you? >> i do not know. i think we approach every game the same whether it is an elimination game or not. so, we will be ready to play tomorrow and every game before that. >> and with the victory over the yankees, they beat new york in extra innings. there were 16-0 against everybody else and got the job done 1-3 in extras against new york. game 5 today. cannot wait to see what will happen at yankees stadium. >> that

first inning, j.j. hardy brings in nate mcleod. the first lead in the first ever american league wild card came. third inning, pitching duel emerging. joe saunders. only gave up one run, struck out josh hamilton. fifth inning, hugh darvish, the rangers starter, equally impressive, striking out manny machado. out of the seventh, orioles continuing to show clutch hitting. this time it's mcleod with the rbi, brings in robert andino. 3-1 the orioles. they tack on two insurance runs. rangers made it dramatic, loading the bases in the ninth. but jim johnson shuts the door. orioles advance beating the rangers 5-1. now the orioles turn their attention to the new york yankees in the start of the american league division series. game one sunday night 6:15 at camden yards. games one and two will be at camden yards. games three, four and five, if need, at yankee stadium. it all gets under way sunday night at 6:15. so a spectacular sunday setting up for the ravens and kansas city. orioles at the yard against the yankees at 6:15. i'm jerry sandu

j.j. hardy with the single. the o's have the lead in the first ever wild card game. third inning, pitching duel emerging. joe saunders ponl gave up one run. struck out josh hamilton. fifth inning hugh darvish equally impressive, striking out manny machado. game still tied at one. orioles continuing to show clutch hitting. and this time it's mcclout with the rbi brings in andino. they tack on two insurance runs. rangers made it dramatic, loading the bases in the ninth. johnson shut the door. orioles advance beating the rangers 5-1. now the orioles turn their attention to the new york yankees and the start of the american league division series. game one sunday night 6:15 at camden yards. games one and two will be at camden yards. games three, four and five if needed at yankee stadium. it all gets under way at 6:15. a spectacular sunday setting up for the ravens at 1. the oral at the yard at 6:15. i'm jerry sandusky. with news like that, i suspect all of our weekends are off to a fantastic start. >> happen by but tired fans this morning, too. it was a win 15 years in t

j.j. hardy hit the winning run in the 13th to help the team to their 2-1 victory over the yankees. the os and yankees take the mound in new york in just over an hour. the winner of that game moves on to meet detroit for the championship series. >>> the race for t white house, the day after the vice presidential debate. both sides are claiming victory. but mitt romney is raising questions today about the deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in libya. and what the vice president and others know about it. steve handelsman joins us live from cincinnati with the story. steve? >> reporter: jim, thank you. good evening from cincinnati, ohio. two hours after the debate site. this is a great place to eat. in a key county and maybe the key battleground state. so we hope a good place to gauge the effect of last night's debate. the election could hinge on hamilton county, ohio. cincinnati chili has the lunch favorite. but cincinnati voters swing between parties. barack obama won here in '08 but republicans are relieved today. >> last night's debate is not going to hurt us in the county. >> cong

down two, o's with bases loaded, j.j. hardy, slow roeder to short.eter makes the play in time to first. so top of the 90 now, o's down to their final out. last chance matt wieters grounds out, ends the ballgame c.c. sabathia is the first yankees pitcher to complete the game, orioles fall 3-1 the final. >> as much fun as i've had in the big leagues watching how they've played the game every day and the standard they held themself to and the way they raised the bar in baltimore with each other. it was about them. they cared about pleasing their teammates and playing to a certain standard and want to congratulate the yankees. they're great team and wish them well in the next round. >> a quick turnaround for the bronx bombers, an 8:00 start against the detroit tigers tomorrow night. the o's can hold their heads high, baseball's best turnaround season, 95 wins and their first postseason in 15 years. it's 6-1 nats heading into the top of the 5th. i metro is accommodating nats fans traving home tonight by delaying scheduled -- traveling home tonight by dela

j.j. hardy knocked in the winning run in the 13th, and then the o's pitching staff held on to the lead for the 2-1 victory. that forces a game five for the o's and yankees tonight. first pitch at yankee stadium at 5:07. >> love it. good baseball. exciting, thrilling postseason so far. >> this is good times for baseball lovers right now. >> i just hope we win tonight. could you imagine how awesome that's going to be. >> it's going to be absolutely nuts. >> you're going to hear a lot of celebration tonight. >>> 5:07. a true curiosity uncovered by nasa's rover on the surface of mars. >>> the slow journey the space shuttle "endeavour" is making to its final home. >>> a black bear and her two cubs are back in the wild after spending some time at a montana hotel. concerned workers at the hotel called animal control to tranquilize the bears and take them back to the wild. hotel employees and guests rounded up dozens of pillows and placed them on the ground so the bears wouldn't be hurt in the fall. for

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j.j. hardyd the 13th inning and last night as the as beat the yanks 2-1. new york was 0 for 9 with runners in scoring position. >> there will also be a game 5 in the st. louis-washington series. they gave the nats a 2-1 win last night. the home are came in the 13th pitch of his at bat. in the nfl last night, tennessee titans scored twice in the last four minutes of the game to beat pittsburgh, 26-23. rob boronis kicked the 40-yard field goal. the steelers have lost three straight road games this season. >>> i want to take you now to indianapolis, indiana, where former president bill clinton will be speaking in just a little while here. they're preparing the stage for him. it is called the hoosier common sense rally for obama. again, former president bill clinton will be speaking and you heard the dnc, the former president gave the current president a big boost in his re-election bid. so we'll keep you posted on that. in the meantime, i want to tell you that tonight or today

and now j.j. hardy driving him home. machado strolls in from third base, 2-1. one last chance. this is a-rod's spot in the lineup. bottom of the 13th. he is pulled back to the bench. and this is the pinch-hitter, eric chavez. he lines out to third base. but again, alex rodriguez, not at the plate for his spot in the batting order, down one run in the bottom of the 13th inning. the orioles win, 2-1, forces a decisive game five which starts about 5:00 this afternoon. >> this is a classic series. and these orioles, man, they are something. >> they've been doing it all year. and they get a chance to win it today at yankee stadium. >>> al hunt's squad, the nats facing elimination at home against the card fals. adam laroche breaks the scoreless tie for washington, solo home run. nats on the board after they were shut out a couple days ago. bottom of the ninth, score tied at 1-1, jayson werth up to lead off, just will not go away. fouls off pitch after pitch. 13 pitches, in fact, into the at-bat, with a 3-2 count, this happened. >> 3-2. and a drive hit deep to left field. looking up,