an amazing finale for jordan zimmermann. sports is coming up. >> and now that we own the sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. >> it could not have been scripted any better, the last matchup of the regular season. jordan zimmermann, the no-hitter. the first no-hitter in nats history. in the third, denard span with a line shot. hit of the 184th season. crazy history today. back to jordan zimmermann, he was on fire. swingingghth inning, to end the inning. the no-hitter still preserved. top of the night fitting, two outs. ich lines went deep to right center. steven souza comes out of nowhere with the diving catch. break out the gatorade. and that's win 1-0, the first no-hitter in nats history. >> it was awesome. i was just all smiles. the guys have been playing great behind me all year. to end like this is special. >> would got to two outs and i figured something crazy was going to happen. i wanted to be ready. i would sacrifice anything for him. as soon as the ball was hit, i threw everything i had in my ta

jordan zimmermann, though, he's a given. he wanted to make sure the fans had something >> and that catch. >> souza made that unbelievable catch on the last out of the game. and he just made this an occasion for the history books. >> i played with them for years. the one thing i want to do is make sure anyway i could catch that ball. >> with clinching the division, running on the field and acting like fools. but i'm glad we got it done todayed and have some momentum going into the playoffs. >> the first no-hitter for the nationals. first no-hitter pitched in washington since 1931. >> yeah, baby, playoffs! >> i love when he said it's the momentum. cap it off. great season all around. so happy for the team. so awesome to see. >> let's hope they keep the mojo going. we have several days off. that can break the pattern. >> but you have the beard. >> keeping it going center we're officially moving into playoff territory. so tom and i have been growing our playoff beards. so as long as they're in, we'll keep growing. >> eun is lett

back to jordan zimmermann -- he was on fire. your he is in the eight inning. swinging to the inning, a no-hitter. top of the night, two outs. he would line one out to deep left edger and look at this -- steven souza comes out of nowhere with a diving catch. bring out the gatorade. that would do it for the no-hitter -- the first no-hitter in nats history and the high in the face. >> it was awesome. those guysmiles and were playing great behind me all year. >> it was too easy and i just want him to be ready. as the ball is hit, i took off. i made sure i secured it. poppy resented with a piece of the green monster. many boston legends on hand. a little handshake and hug right there. top of the third, gio it's a chopper to third. jeter is taken out for a pinch runner and goes out in style with an r.b.i. singh -- r.b.i. single. tip, and he hat leaves with a standing ovation. yankees win this 1, 9 25. pretty sure the panthers remember a wide receiver by the name steve smith will stop if not, he had a reminder today. game against his former team. they will take it al

suoza, sees got it -- souza, he's got it, a no hitter for jordan zimmermann. >> jordan zimmermann tosses a no hitter, the first ever in the nats history in d.c. and it comes on the very last game of the regular season. dave owens is there to see history in the making today at nats park. >> reporter: 35,000 fans were here and you couldn't hear yourself think. this place was absolute bedlam. let's take a look. perfect day for baseball, 80 degrees and little did we know perfect would become the theme of the day. jordan zimmermann entered the game on a pitch count, 6th inning. that was the plan. then he started mowing down and retired the first 14 batters and gave up one walk. the pitch count went out the door because he was blowing marlins away, then the no hitter intact in the 9th. two down. look at steven souza, one of the many backups who played today getting horizontal to claim a little piece of history, great catch, historical pitching. first no hitter in franchise history, wow. >> it was awesome. i was just all smiles and those guys have been playing great behind me all year and at th

it's a no hitter for jordan zimmermann. >> come on. i've heard that ten times and i can hear it ten more. thatthe catch of the year. it was spectacular for jordan zimmermann. the nationals aren't that old in d.c. but it's also the first since the 1930's here in washington. amazing in the regular season. now it's down to the playoffs on friday. the nats will host the winner of the pirates-giants wild card game. metro announced it's going to have late night train service for the game. american university is going to foot the bill. super cool. i got a chance to go to consume of games this year. one of the games i went to just happened to be jordan zimmermann bobble head doll day. congratulations, mr. zimmermann for the no no. we'll keep it up right here. >> you have to love the fact that the rookie makes the catch. these guys play in the minor leagues. they get extra callups in september when they can expand the rosters and he made the most of his opportunity. >> what a great, great game. >> it was awesome. >> very cool. >>> the nats are

jordan zimmermann! >> so nice right there.e diving catch to save the no-hitter for zimmerman, the first in nationals history. they blank miami 1-0. so nice right there. down to the end. >>> in boston, derek jeter ends his career with an infield rbi single. the future hall of famer exited the game after his second at-bat before the yankees beat the red sox 9-5. manager joe giardi emotional after that game. >> it's been a blessing. to play along such a great player. to manage a guy that is what you want in every player. what you want every player to care about. what you want every player to fight for. what you want every player to do. and it's been a real blessing. >>> i want to check your weather, bill karins is here. >> those boston people may be all right after all. >> you think? i was asking if the fans were nice. >> they were more than nice, they were reverential. >> were you nice? >> i was. >> you stood up? >> i am a derek jeter fan. i'm not a yankee fan, i'm a jeter fan. >> there's a difference? >> you have to like that.

jordan zimmermann gets a no hitter. thanks for joining us. zimmer mesne's no hitter -- zimmermann's no hitter comes on the last game of the season. >> reporter: it's all quiet here at nats park right now, which is a little ironic because three hours ago 35,000 fans were in this place and you couldn't hear yourself think. what a great day for baseball. 80 degrees, perfect weather. little did we know that perfect would be the day like you say, jordan zimmermann started mowing down the marlins. meanwhile the pitch count went out the door, blowing miami away with ten ks. no hitter in the night as you just saw it, two down. trying to spoil the party, but look at souza with a great catch, historical pitching, first no hitter in franchise history. and all you can say is wow. >> i mean it was awesome, you know, all smiles. those guys, they've been playing great behind me all year. and to have it like this, it is special. >> we wanted to get them through five, six, but you cannot deny the opportunity. >> it was special, bruce, always superstitions sur

jordan zimmermann with the fifth no-hitter. the best way to maintain momentum. >> i think the guys are focused on continuing to do things right, into doing to play the game well, and that is all we can ask as a staff, that they just keep the intensity up, and it will be a challenge over the next four days to do that, and they have done a nice job of keeping that intensity, regardless of the situation we are in. >> the national wild card game will be played in pittsburgh, and the nationals have winning records against both of those, and you can see they have really turned it on. they have played excellent baseball. and here we go again. friday, nationals park. it is a five-game series, and that has magnified. to fall behind and win the series. a lot of pressure. >> but they have responded well to pressure. >> yes, they have. >> all right, love it, love it. are alle all know, they sold out, but what if you really, really want to get one? coming up, we will tell you what it will cost to get your hands in for these. and some local

jordan zimmermann. >> 1931 the last time this no-hitter. jordan zimmermann did it in a big way. heading off into the playoffs. >> it is really something to the fans. >> we will turn to storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. our resident chief nats fan. >> are you ready to go? >> let's hope we can keep the movo going. what an incredible catch. what a gorgeous weekend. this morning we have had a change occur. storm team 4 radar showing a few sprinkles coming from that disturbance. just to the west, the areas in the light green, light scattered sprinkles. from martinsburg, frederick, leesburg. elsewhere, staying dry this morning. temperatures right now are rather cool. hovering around 60 degrees. live this monday morning. sunrise 7:02. by 8:00, still mostly cloudy. mid-60s by noon time. we may get a few sprinkles in the metro area during the middle and latter part of the afternoon. checking on problems this monday morning with breaking news. >> montgomery county, crash at 108 at olney between brookville and georgia. your alternate is duncaster or georgia. this is going to be in th

the nats won 15 of their last 20 games ending the season by making history between jordan zimmermann's incredible pitching and steven souza's no hitter saving catch, basically the nats starting pitchers have been giving us the best we've seen all season. >> the thing that i'm most pleased with is their approach to the whole thing. it's aggressive. it's making pitches. you know, you certainly never ask for that type of finish to a season, but their approach has been fantastic and they're ready for the next step. >> the start times for the divisional series were released a few minutes ago. if the nationals play pittsburgh, start time will be 12:07 friday afternoon. if they face the giants, the game will begin 3:07. >>> jordan zimmermann has been named national league player of the week. he allowed one walk and struck out 10 batters in picking up his second player of the week honors. >>> washington wizards hit the practice court tomorrow for the start of training camp. the moves they made in the offseason resigning marcin gortat and luring paul pierce tells this team is hungry for more. t

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one out to go for jordan zimmermann on the hill facing christian yelich, fastball and yelich, he getsdeep to left center, are you kidding me? first no-no in nationals history. nats celebrate, the entire stadium does as well. next up, the playoffs. we'll have so much later in sports and then after in the redskins final. we'll tell you why we still don't know who the nats will be facing in the post season. adam? >> so cool. thank you very much. >>> here is a live look at nationals park right now. with playoff baseball getting under way at home in just a few days, the question is this, will the weather cooperate? storm team 4 meteorologist here with the first look. >> good evening to you, adam. the orioles first playoff game in baltimore on thursday for that, the weather is looking great. of course, we still don't know the times for either of the games. nationals or orioles, but again, the weather on thursday looking to cooperate. unfortunately, the nationals first playoff game on friday, if later game is scheduled, rain is threatening the evening forecast as well. and not just rain, but

. >> sunday jordan zimmermann not pitchedged -- not only a perfect game but made franchise history. >> it is a no-hitter. >> would that hurt? zimmerman became the first nationals pitcher to pitch a no-hitter. moves nats fans all over the dmc. >> i saw my dad cry. he has never seen one in his whole life. >> i can't believe what i just saw. >> the playoffs start this week and the national game will be on friday against the wild-card winner of the pittsburgh giants games against san francisco. no one can take away that no-hitter. >> nobody could have written an ending to the regular season like that. then i yesterday was jeter's last game in boston. they were actually cheering for jeter in boston. we had a no-hitter so who cares? i talk about a few shower chances. it is just kind of grade now. i know i am going to be about 30 minutes. this is a beautiful sunrise picture. or two.n wouldnow and then the sun poke in from time to time. a little bit more oyster in the atmosphere. watching the doppler you see rain all around us. i will show you a little bit closer in these areas. the showers t

the topic around the watercooler was jordan zimmermann, and espn was blowing it all up. it was only the fifth this season, and number 287, to be exact, in baseball history. and then the player made this catch. it was huge. the no-hitter. that is historical. and the 25-year-old, it is a day he will never forget. >> it is unbelievable. we have nothing to play for, but we come out here and compete, and for a performance like that, it was unbelievable. >> we do the hard work during the season, and now this is what everybody plays the game four, for a chance to chase a world series dream. >> and the nationals play friday against either the giants or the pirates, the two teams playing on wednesday. it is a survive and advance game to see who gets the trip. nationals have a winning record against both of those teams this season. now, the orioles are the american league division champs. as you know, they will play at camden yards on thursday. the orioles are just one-five against detroit this season. all right, let's go to basketball. beginning the 16th nba season. anybody was t

everything is still talking about yesterday, jordan zimmermann's no-hitter. ofgives the team a whole lot momentum. a great catch! williams knows he wants to keep that. folks, jordan zimmermann gave the nationals the first in franchise history and the first no-hitter here in didington sincen burke it -- since burke did it in 1931. only five no-hitters pitched in the majors this year and less than 300 in the history baseball. 287, to be exact. this one was almost perfect, zimmermann walked only one minimum 27faced a guys. the nationals played the best september of any team in the national league. their e.r.a. is 2.2, the best pitching staff in the national league. up to matt williams to keep that momentum until friday's game against either the the giants. >> so that will be fun. >> tough to do. knew, they're peaking. a the other thing is, in five-game series, which this will be, every loss is magnified. it's not like a seven-game series. five games. the pressurend and compounds. >> will make it so much better, though. going?you >> yes, i'm going. >> ha ha! them

jordan zimmermann has put an exclamation point on a season that was insatiable. today he was named the national league player of the week for the second time this year. they have not had a no-hitter in washington since bobbi burke of the senators in 1931. the wizards have reportedly --ned davis from can sag a from gonzaga. like his dad, the great john stockton. the wizards met the media to talk about the upcoming season. getters, but paul pierce is the guy with big-time experience in the locker room. 10 time all-star, 2008 nba finals m.v.p. >> i'm just here to share my experience. i want to be a leader. that's what i want to be. redskins will be practicing tomorrow in full pads. that's all you have to know about how jay gruden feels about being 1-3. tuesday is normally their day off, but the schedule, they are playing in full pads. you have to believe he wants to get kirk cousins to mentally get ready and perform at a higher level. position.very tough one of the main things i've said all along as a quarterback him you have to be mentally tough. you'll have some r

. >>> jordan zimmermann threw a no hitter yesterday. first ever in the nats brief history here in d.c. >> what a day to do it on the final day of the regular season. dave owens had a front row seat for that no no. >> reporter: 35,000 fans were here and you couldn't hear yourself think. this place was absolute bedlam. perfect day for baseball. 80 degrees and little did we know perfect would become the theme of the day. jordan zimmermann actually entered the game on a pinch coat. six innings. that was the plan. then he started mowing down marlins. he retired the first 14 batters he faced and only gave up one. he was blowing marlins away. so the no hitter intact in the 9th, two down, chris trying to spoil the party but look at steve so sousa. one of many backups getting horizontal to claim a piece of history. her tore cal pitching. -- historical pitching. first no hitter in franchise history. wow. >> it was awesome. i was all smiles. you know, those guys have been playing great behind me all year. to end it like this, it's special. >> we w

it saved a no-hitter for jordan zimmermann. no-hitter for washington since 1931. >> since when? >> 1931. they finished with the best record in the national league. they'll play the giants or pirates in photograph season starting friday. would you believe that mr. zimmermann probably did something really nice for mr. souza? >> i would think so. go, mr. souza. what was best was the announcer. he's got it! what a feeling for steven sousa. what great game. >>> welcome back to "cbs this morning." coming up in this half hour, drama on the gulf. seven people including children stranded on the water. we'll take a look at the simple step they took that may have saved their lives. >> how chelsea clinton has changed the lives of grandparents and how another grandfather knew it would. that's ahead. >>> at least one member of the obama administration is defending the secret service. the post says it took the secret service four days to realize gunmen shot at the white house in 2011. earlier this month another man jumped a fence and made it

jordan zimmermann. this outfielder preserves the no hitter. fifth no hitter in the majors in year. >>> the oakland a's clinched the a.l. wild card spot by beating the texas rangers. they play the kansas city royals on tuesday night. wednesday night, the pirates and giants play the n.l. wild card game. that game on espn. >>> sunday night football. cowboys and saints. demarco murray. another outstanding game on the the ground. look at that move. jerry jones and the cowboys go the to 3-1. >>> you know what that music means. "monday night football" tant. patriots and chiefs. for more, check out a live edition of "sportscenter" coming up at 9:00 a.m. eastern time on espn. >>> an incredible milestone to mention accomplished in berlin. it's our "play of the day." >> hat's off to dennis kimetto of kenya. set a new world record for a marathon yesterday. 2:02:57. >> 26 seconds better than the previous record. absolutely incredible. you just can't compete with that. >> not at all. congrats to him. >>> one more sports note. the cincinnati bengals says the

jordan zimmermann. >> what a way to and the regular season -- the national mosque gordon zimmerman pitches-hitter against the marlins. we will have war highlights coming up and sports. coming up, it was a chaotic -- late last night at six flags upper marlboro. one person was hurt in a fight in the parking lot.

jordan zimmermann gets a no hitter. thanks for joining us. mesne's no hitter -- zimmermann's no hitter comes on the last game of the season. >> reporter: it's all quiet here at nats park right now, which is a little ironic because three hours ago

this year it was jordan zimmermann no hitting the marlins. matt williams, manager, had planned to pull him after five or six innings. with one out to go the marlins almost spoiled the big day, but steven souza makes an incredible catch to preserve the no no. zimmermann delivers the first no hitter in national history. >> it was awesome. i was just all smiles and those guys been playing great behind me all year and to end it like this, it's special. >> it's one of those special days that everybody is proud to be a part of. certainly a fantastic end to our regular season. it's great to see them get mobbed by his teammates and have that celebration on the field. that's wonderful. >> check out this angle. once the ball is up, it was a double. you could see the disappointment in his body language but then the catch. he pumped his fist in the air as all 30 five thousand plus nats fans that -- 35,000 plus nats fans that were getting mobbed. the hero of the day is also outfielder steven souza. this guy made his big league debut just this year and on

jordan zimmermann throwing a no-hitter, the first in nats' franchise history. the catch by steven caesar jr. going down in history. you can see it all over social media today as it plays over and over. and now on to the playoffs. an incredible day at nats park. while the baltimore orioles will get their playoff party started thursday against the detroit tigers. >> we are ready. >> we are so ready. >> you can see jen is getting ready. >> working hard. >> we're trying. >> like yesterday -- >> doug ahead of me now. >> i'm glad i'm not in this game. >> and where is the gnome? where is the jason jayson werth gnome? he's going down past the shoulders. what do you call that? >> smug show. >> there we are, an intense interview last week. a few questions. >> yeah, a few questions. >> a man of few words. all right. we've got our next item poll too. we asked you how you think things will shake out. which team will go further in the mau playoffs, our nbc washington survey of the gay day. text or call us at 202-601-3444. >> most folks are stayiaying th nats will go farther.

jordan zimmermann throwing a no-hitterer. this catch by steven sousa jr.ill go down in team history, preserving the -- no, he said he would break his neck to catch that ball. and now it's on to the playoffs. >> you want to pitch well at the end of the year. and i feel like we're all doing that. we're peaking at the right time. and you know, hopefully take it into friday and saturday. >> for me, something good is coming. every time i think -- i line to think positive. we have to enjoy every moment in this sport. so hopefully all the guys are aggressive in the field and we've got a lot of opportunity to win in this year. >> from a winning team to a team that needs some help. in one week, the washington redskins will play the super bowl champs. they've had four days off. they're back at practice tomorrow preparing for the 2-1 seattle seahawks. it's make or break here. and in this week's cooley report, the tight end explains kirk cousins can still turn this around. >> i always have hope. i think we're making the playoffs. but realistically, i do have hope in k