jason marquis is hit in the stomach by the pitch. take your base, right? wait a second, not so fast. he swung the bat. that's a strike and a painful one at that. to the 11th. here's a strike that michael morris takes for a ride. clears the bases for a grand slam nationals break it open and win this one 9-4. that's a look at sports on "early today." i'm mario solis. >> "early today" sports is brought to you by ice blue aqua velva. >> prequels and sequels dominate theaters this weekend. >>> plus, why one group of mall santas say giving is a year-round job. you're watching "early today." >> welcome back. i thought we would check in with our friends in hawaii. some of those showers but that is typical. 87 degrees comfortable. west coast temperatures below average. most areas the exception in phoenix. la today 67. still wearing sweaters and jackets up the coast. pacific northwest not bad. cooler today and tomorrow chilly. it will get warmer as the week progresses. if you are watching us on ktvu, channel 2 in anchorage, alaska. that is your pacific event of the

jason marquis is hit in the stomach by the pitch. take your base, right? wait a second, not so fast. he swung the bat. that's a strike and a painful one at that. to the 11th. here's a strike that michael morris takes for a ride. clears the bases for a grand slam nationals break it open and win this one 9-4. that's a look at sports on "early today." i'm mario solis. >> "early today" sports is brought to you by ice blue aqua velva. >> prequels and sequels dominate theaters this weekend. >>> plus, why one group of mall santas say giving is a year-round job. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back on this monday. over the weekend, we almost had a tropical depression form just south of jamaica. it kind of flared up and now it's died off a little bit. we have about 24 hours before the winds would knock it off. it wouldn't surprise me if it does form more. if it does, regardless, it has no chance of reaching the gulf or areas of florida. it was the chance of becoming the first storm of the season. the heat is wide spread, denver, kansas city, st. louis, i

that is because he and pitcher jason marquis was both suspended. the suspensions came after the two men were ejected sunday after marquis hit arizona's justin upton with that pitch right there. the nats were nursing a one-run lead and hitting upton put the winning run on base. marquis would never have done that and the ump and league should have realized that. the suspensions totally ridiculous. nats trailing the giants 1-0. but two men on for desmond. lance knicks scores. game tied at one. so now the bases are loaded for ramos. a chance to blow this game open right here and he whimps on the curve ball. giants lead 2-1 in the 4th. speaking of the nats, you know you've been in the major a long time when you've still playing and your son gets drafted. >> ivan rodriguez junior was drafted in the sixth round tonight. he's an outfielder. his dad now in season 21. well, if you thought the lockout might heal some of the wounds between the redskins brass and albert haynesworth, it might. haslet he haynesworth doesn't want to do anything. you tell him don't

nats manager jim riggleman and starting pitcher jason marquis were ejected when marquee unintentionally batter after being warned. diamondbacks manager gibson and one of his relief pitchers ejected for the same thing. a debacle in the beginning ended with victory for the nats. bottom five, nats lead 1-0. marquee lifts a high fly ball down the right field line. pay attention, kids. hooking foul but jayson werth makes a catch at the fence. simply glovely. >> saw it coming. >> in the ninth the nats had a 4-1 lead. that disappeared. sean burnett facing xavier nady with runners on the corners with one out. bouncer to short. ian desmond starts the double play. danny espinoza's throw to first, not in time. all three runs were charged to drew attornestorn, replaced by . crushes it deep to center. hits above the yellow line. that's a grand slam, second of his career. the nationals beat the diamondbacks 9-4 in extras. they play in san francisco tomorrow. >>> hagerstown, third baseman ryan zimmerman making his first minor league rehab start today. one of his teammates bryce harper. scary moment, b

a warning had already been issued when washington's jason marquis. into an 11 inning slug fest. one run already in when mike moore hit a drive that was above the yellow home run line. washington wins 9-4 the nationals are headed to san francisco where the giants back in first place by a half game over arizona. >>> well it has not been a good week for the oakland a's. right in the middle of ar west. fred anderson on the mound today in boston trying to prevent a second straight three game series sweep. red sox jumped on anderson for three in the second inning after the first two batters reached bases. five in the year for crawford, three on the year for crawford. >>> it was 3-2, this time barton with a single to right. here comes susuki to second. that was as close as the a's would get. didn't take the red sox long to extend the lead. this time it's adrian gonzalez going the other way with a runner on and two outs. the ball carries over the green monster, boston goes on to finish the sweep on the heels of the yankees doing the same thing in oakland. 6-

jason marquis and the manager were thrown out of the game after marquis hit an arizona batter.n the diamondbacks manager and one of their relief pitcher were also ejected for the same thing. consider the game's ending, first career grand slam home run went extra innings to help washington win, 9-4. nice ending. >> attention, men, how are your suits holding up? may want to hold on to them a bit longer because they're about to cost more. the reason of all things, bad weather in australia. australia is the world's largest wool producer. flooding, followed by droughts there, have caused wool price to double there. the impact is already being felt at retailers. hugo boss may have to adjust prices. price may go up by the end of the year because of wool price. may have to go back to the old polyester. sweet. really nice. >>> would you like to have lunch with billionaire investor warren buffett? >> could you afford to have lunch with him? an on-line charity auction to have lunch with mr. buffett. glide is an anti-poverty group in san francisco that was the favorite of his late wife sus

. >>> the nationals jason marquis has been suspended for five games because of intentionally hittingustin upton with a pitch in sunday's game. he is appealing. meanwhile, last night, the nationals let one slip away as the giants rallied from a four-run deficit to take the ball game. we're in san francisco. michael morris, this guy has been on a tear the last month. it continued last night in san francisco. top of the third. nats up 2-0. he sends it into the gap in right center. roger bernadina scores and laynce nix comes all the way around. nationals were up 4-0. morris drove in three of the nats' four runs. could the nationals bull pen hold it on? the answer, no. to freddy sanchez. the wing run on third. lined that to right field and the game was over. chris stewart scores. the giants win in 13 innings. their eighth walk-off win of the season. >>> you'll love this. last night in hagerstown have you seen this yet? nationals prospect bryce harper was back in the lineup after taking a pitch off his left knee on sunday. bottom of the sixth. crushes his 14th home run. he takes some time