khris davis and an angry bird against the royals. dave is up next. st >>> this is the xfinity sports desk, brought to you by xfinity. your home for the most live sports. >> dave started us off saying 7 1/2. you have better news for us. we're eight games. >> wait. i keep -- >> 8 1/2. >> 8 1/2. >> i keep getting the patriots radio broadcast somehow in my ear. the folks in audio, i'm just stalling basically right now. it's friday. but it probably feels like a month of mondays for the nationals. a three-game series with the mets left the nats seeing red and feeling blue. but we know there is no crying in baseball. only games to play. season might feel like it's over. but the schedule has the nationals in miami tonight to start a three-game series. about 67 fans. one of our staff meetings there at marlins park in miami. miami native gio gonzalez, all his family and friends on the mound. bottom of the fourth, a man on. gets him swinging to end the i think. only gave up one run allowed. four strikeouts in 5 1/3. that's great. top 7, two on, two out for bryc

to khris davis. looks like it comes to an end here. watch milky betts.e has other ideas, robbing a two-run homer. look at the reaction of everyone around him. there's a police officer going nuts. watch this one. the teammates going wild. >> not exactly impartial. >> it's okay. red sox blanked the os, final score, 7-0. m . >>> deangelo hall is out three to four weeks with a toe injury and sean leval has sprained his left ankle according to coach gruden. friday night college football, charlottesville, uva hosting boise state. broncos. start with the ball on the first play, matt johns gets hit and throws an interception here to justin. gets it to the end zone, broncos go up a touchdown early but he would rebound. later on in the quarter h e s w slows one up to t.j. thorpe and thorpe does the rest. this a 75-yard touchdown. he had two trd touchdowns in th game and threw three interceptions and gets benched in the third quarter. boise state led by this guy, nephew of super bowl winning quarterback, mark rypien, can't mess that one up. the 30 yard touchdown, v

khris davis. the orioles and the toronto blue jays. davis with already one home run in the game. in the sixth inning takes drew hutchinson to left center. 40th of the year. 4-2 orioles. now the very next pitch, davis barely in the dugout when matt wieters out near where the hotel is in the skydome. off the glove of ben live revere. the final 10-2. big win for them. >>> to soccer and the united states men's national team. they hit town this week. eager, dare i say it, to reboot? soccer team rebooting. after all, the u.s. was a disnoymt this summer's gold cup, lose. and now with the showdown against mexico less than a month away, tonight's was a friendly with purpose. home field advantage, 24th appearance. most of any stadium in the world. not much advantage early. down 1-0 until the 59th minute. jose altidore's shot is saved, but he would not be denied. they have to give the ball back. nine minutes later, creating space. keeps it alive there is altidore again. united states, yeah, was something you might say to raise your scarf about. a 2-1 win over peru. >>> all right. to college

the bottom of the 11th, khris davis atta plate. he had a home run earlier in the game. he was going yard again. that is home run number 38 on the season. the orioles walk-off winners. davis, he gets mobbed at home plate. the orioles, their six-game losing streak finally comes to end. they'll take this one by a final of 7-6. >>> earlier in the day, the redskins held their annual welcome home luncheon. for the first time, robert griffin iii spoke publicly since being benched. rg3 was awarded the salute award for his involvement with the military community. griffin lost his starting job on monday. and there is now speculation he could be cut or traded away. today he got a standing ovation as he approached the podium to make brief comments. here is a little what griffin had to say. >> in the military, the one thing you have is your word. when you give your word to somebody, that means you're going to follow through. and i give my word to my family, to the redskins, to my teammates and the military that i'll always be there for them. i appreciate you guys. >> all right. a co

the bash brother of his, khris davis taking care of business. opposite field with the game tied at one in the top of the ninth. that's his major league leading 41st home run of the season. the orioles double up the yankees by a final of 2-1. >>> moving on to tennis now. it was very emotional night in new york for serena williams. a victory will put her a few steps closer to capturing the calendar year grand slam. but to advance she had to get past her big sister venus. it was a full house at arthur ashe stadium. the two sisters meeting up for the 27th time as pros. serena took the first set 6-2. in the second sister venus serving the point set here. a little back and forth. mistakes costing serene. that venus would take this 6-1. we head to a third set. serena, she stopped playing around here. check thought backhand winner from serena. she knows she is close to moving on. and then later on, serving with double match point, how about an ace. serena williams goes on the win, 6-2, 1-6, 6-3 to advance to the semifinals. >> that's a picture right the

center fielder mookie betts bending his back stretching over the wall robbing khris davis of the homeut again, the entire bull pen, the boston bull pen erupting interest their ships. even a police officer not able to control his excitement he's there. >> so remind me which team was it that -- >> the boston red sox won that game. 7-0 but they remain mired in last place where i believe the second year in a row. wait till next year. >> you can't just leave it at they won. >> he never can. >> no, mired in last place. >> a good play. >> great catch. >> ron claiborne, diplomat for the ages. >>> we'll move on now to a heroic roadside rescue after a truly terrible accident where two trucks collided and went off a bridge. good samaritans leaping into the fray teaming up to rescue a driver trapped afternoon phillip mena has the video. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: this morning, one man lucky to be alive after a group of motorists turned into first responders. >> they're reporting overturned vehicle, 400 at 285 requesting a single engine tractor trailer overturned with leakage. >> reporter: their