matt kemp and andre ethier score, the first runs surrendered by gio gonzalez. top of the 7th bryce harper turns on a breaking ball, one of four hits to the nats, the 2nd of his career. nats are shut out for the first time this year, 2-0. dodgers tweaked the three-game series. nats have lost a season high four straight. >> it's pretty tough. they kept the ball in almost the whole series and we didn't make a lot of adjustments. you know, i guess they sprouted and we didn't get after it in there. tip your hat. they got a pretty good pitching staff over here and have done very well. we pitched good enough to win, just wasn't good enough. >> despite the loss price harper supplied the play of the game at the bottom of the 4th, juan uribe to center and harper wall grab. he was a catcher before being drafted by the nationals but does a terrific job adjusting from the leap to the cancer even had the presence of mind to try to double up the run -- catch, even had the presence of mind to try to double up the runner at first base. >> i was thinking if i get a ball in the g

. >>> meanwhile, the team right behind him in the nl, the dodgers, and that guy, matt kemp.what a start for this guy. it's tied in the sixth until he crushes one 454 feet, puts the dodgers up a run. tied in the ninth, 40-year-old chipper jones, chipper sneaks the grounder through the right side. that brings home the go-ahead run. dodgers lose it late 4-2, still though in first in the n.l. west at 13-6. that was matt kemp's tenth home run of the season. >>> you know the ballpark has long been a magical place for children. it's a place to take in america's past time, watch your favorite team, maybe with your dad, and perhaps sob uncontrollably when the woman next to you snatches the foul ball you had your heart set on. kids, let it be known, yankees announcer michael kay, at least, during last night's game between the yankees and rangers, has your back. >> here's what happened. he tossed the ball. oh, my god, they can't give it to the kid? that's awful. wow, they're actually like rubbing it in the kid's face! >> they're taunting the little kid! as he sobs. just give him the ba

fly ball to center field, matt kemp made the grab. niger morgan beat the throw by the slimmest of margins, brewers walk off 3-2 win in 10. that is the early look at sports on "early today" i'm fred rogan. >>> britney spears is inching closer to the x factor. early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> one kentucky high school senior's fairy tale night all complete with a prince charming. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." the weekend forecast looks interesting on the east coast. if you have plans on saturday, through pittsburgh, northern new england, cold front going through with rain. a lot of questions as to the storm in the gulf. how much moisture and how far to the north that storm travels will depend who gets the wet weather. in the southeast, pay attention to that. by the time we get do sunday the storm should be cooking off the east coast, along i-59 the best shot of rain heading north ward during date on sunday. stay tuned, update the forecast for you tomorrow. watching us in au

fly ball to center field, matt kemp made the grab. here's the throw. niger morgan beat the throw by the slimmest of margins, brewers walk off 3-2 win in 10. that is the early look at sports on "early today" i'm fred roggin. >>> britney spears is inching closer to the x factor. early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. plus well tell you about one kentucky high school senior's fairy tale night all complete with a prince charming. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." we have a weak storm system approaching and moving onshore today in the northwest. more or less cloudy skies, few showers here and there. we're watching one of the last cool days in vegas and phoenix for a while. upper 80s and low 90s because you'll be near 100 in the next four or five days in a row and tomorrow we jump to 97 in vegas. slight chance of a shower tomorrow in the northwest but not a lot of wet weather. if you're watching us in seattle, explore lost hidden and forgotten works by dr. seuss, secrets of the deep. that's your event of the

he struck out matt kemp twice in the inning.am laroche, the national's hardest bat continues. a solo home run. it's 1-0, good guys. later in the seventh, harper's third at-bat of the game and he finally gets into one. over kemp's head. harper wants that double badly, and he gets it. harper feeling good. his first big league hit. and then in the bottom of the seventh, ellis singles off strausburg. and harper is coming home. a play at the plate. and ramos tags him, but he gets his hand in there and gets through. the nationals lose to los angeles >>> and then frank robinson honored with a statue. chris davis, watch him get a hold of this pitch. it is gone. i may way gone. off the warehouse in right. his fourth home run of the year. the orioles win 10-1. >>> talking hockey now, 1-0 against the rangers. got sloppy and it costs them. a below-average performance from a rookie goalie, and combined luck put the capitals in a hole they could not dig themselves out of. one thing to remember, holtby is still playing in his first season. and

matt kemp smacked an rbi single to give l.a.n early lead but it was tied 2-2 in the seventh and dodger's hairston kept it that way with a diving catch. in the tenth, ryan braun hit a sac fly to score nyjer morgan and a close play at the plate for a 3-2 brewers win. >>> in boston, second inning, kevin youkilis hit his first home run of the season, driving in david ortiz and the red sox led the rangers 2-0. but in the third, mike napoli's two-run homer put texas ahead. and the rangers went on to a 6-3 win. >>> but on ice, the rangers didn't do quite so well, that's the new york rangers, in nhl playoff action in ottawa. tied in overtime, turris snapped a shot home and the senators won 3-2, tying the playoff series at 2-2. >>> to the nba, oklahoma city at phoenix and the thunder's james harden hit five three-pointers en route to a career high 40 points. ken durant added 29 as oklahoma beat the suns 109-97. >>> when we come back, sending out an sos, a sailing trip on lake michigan goes horribly wrong. goes horribly wrong. [ jennifer

in the sixth, matt kemp smacked his tenth home run this month, tying a dodgers' record for april. in the ninth, closer vera gets nailed in the side of the face. incredibly, he's okay. he stayed in the game, too. braves over the dodgers 4-2. what a trooper. >>> the white sox paul konerko hits his 400th career home run against oakland. it sent the game to extra innings. but the a's rally to beat chicago 5-4. >>> and the oldest living former major leaguer celebrated his birthday yesterday. conrado marrero turned 101 years old. he's now one year older than boston's fabled fenway park. the cuban pitcher took the mound for the washington senators from 1950 to 1954. he pitched against some of baseball's greatest legends like mickey mantle and said beating the yankees was the sweetest feeling in the world. >>> when we come back, breakfast for your head. berries aren't just sweet to eat. a new study shows they may have brain-boosting powers as well. chili's lunch break combos are full of delicious choices, starting at just 6 bucks. choose from savory favorites or our new philly cheesesteak

harper's third at-bat, ripped a shot over matt kemp's head in center.arper hustles to second for the double. his first major league hit. he was 1 for 3 with an rbi in his debut. save that baseball, of course. tied at three. here comes kemp. crushes one to center. no doubt about that one. kemp's 11th home run of the season. dodgers win 4-3 and walk off fashion. also, a note from the giants game. pablo sandoval had his 20-game hit streak snapped in the eighth inning today, and marvin jones, wide receiver for the calbears is now a cincinnati bengal. >> thanks for the cal push. thank you. >> let's check in with rob on just a spectacular day out there, and a pretty nice forecast, too. >> it looks like the warmest weather we're going to see in the next seven days happening right now. tomorrow is going to be warmer than the weather today, and outside right now, we still have 50s to near 60 outside in concord. 58 in san jose. a little breezy still around the north bay, and eventually we'll see the winds dialing back, switching back to northwest directions tomor

the second game in a row, the brewers beat the dodgers with a walk-off, sacks full for ryan braun, matt kempe the grab, here's the throw, niger morgan beat the throw by the slimmest of margins, brewers walk off with a 3-2 win in 10. that's your "first look" at sports. >>> and bill and are still laughing about the twins reference, now for a look at weather, let's check in with bill. >> you had to be watching and listening to get that joke. >> you had to be paying attention. >> it's good ha we were for once. >> it doesn't happen often. >> the east coast, we've been talking about the drought over the last week. we'll get the new drought update but for the most part, severe drought is expanding and even extreme conditions are expected probably later today in areas of southern new england, but improvement is coming this upcoming weekend. let me take you through how the forecast is going to play out through the upcoming weekend. first off, saturday, a cold front coming through the great lakes up into northern new england, light rain from pittsburgh to syracuse to buffalo. a cloudy, rainy, cool day

matt kemp shows off opposite field power. insurance, dodgers win the game, 5-3.phen strasburg through a gem for the nats scattering five hits over seven innings, did not factor in the decision but they beat the cubs at wrigley. >>> 13 more start their season today including the yankees taking on the rays in tampa st. pete and tim lincecum going for the giants against the d'backs tonight. >>> new details emerged yesterday in the new orleans saints bounty scandal when a documentary filmmaker released recordings of saints defensive coordinator gregg williams giving instructions to his team before their playoff game with the 49ers. williams makes specific reference to targeting the injuries of opposing players and to landing hits to their heads. >> kill the head and the body will die. kill the head and the body will die. we've got to do everything in the world to make sure we kill frank gore's head. we want him running sideways. we want his head sideways. every single one of you, before you get off the pile, affect the head. early, affect the head. continue, touch an

now matt kemp with a walk off home run, bottom of the 10th, 3- 3 to deep center field. measured at 429, the 11th of the year. nats fall to the dodgers 4-3 in 10. this afternoon nats looking to avoid the sweep to the dodgers. bottom of the 4th, deep center field. watch bryce harper against the wall. nice. harber extends and makes the catch. pops up, relays it to first base. he was down on a knee for a bit but was fine and waved off medical attention. he has a single and three at bats and right now 7th inning nats trail 2-o. royals hosting the a's. birds on the verge of being shut out first time this year. orioles trail 2-0. drive to deep left field. it hits off the wall. jj hardy will score followed by adam jones. game tied 2-2. three batters later, wilson bedame, just enough to clear the wall for a three-run home run. third of the year. it's the game winner as orioles score five in the ninth. baltimore 5-1 in the home stand. six games over .500 for the first time since july of '05. >>> no surprise when the redskins made their selection. they took two qbs. the redskins s

let's take a look at some of the highlights last night in the top of the fifth, matt kemp sends the pitch deep and gone. that's his league-leading seventh home run of the season. this guy is on an absolute tear. dodgers with a one-run lead in the eighth inning when jerry hairston coming up with a nice defensive play. to preserve the lead. check it out again. wow. wow. hairston saves the day for the dodgers. throws from his knees from third base. they hold on to win 4-3. the nationals, looking to keep their strong start going against the astros down in d.c. three triples in the inning. top of the first, jose gets one, bangs it in to right field. he winds up on third base with a triple. triples galore in this ball game. same inning, off the right field wall. are we doing these highlights? i guess we're not doing those highlights. okay. astros win 11-4 i'm told by my crack staff. back in new york, when we come back, we're going to talk to mr. mike barnicle, right up there, he's sitting up on the green monster. at the top of the hour we're going to do some politics, as well. we've got senator

bottom of the third, matt kemp robbed. nice play by prado.on't feel too bad for kemp, still batting .460. >>> bottom of the eighth, dodgers up three, uribe drops one with the bases loaded into right field. that scores a couple, dodgers win 7-2, they're 13-4, best record in baseball and still a perfect 7-0 at home. >>> the rangers knocked the yankees out of the playoffs last year. the bombers came to arlington looking for payback. yankees up a couple of runs when a-rod goes deep against his former team. puts the yaivg yeez up 6-1. derek jeter off to a great start this year. he's on fire. four more hits yesterday. yankees go on to win 7-4, new york now shares the lead in the a.l. east with the blue jays. red sox trying to shake off a couple of horrible games against yankees. valencia crush the no-doubter to center. the twins take a lead. but the red sox find their savior, cody ross a solo shot into the second deck, ties the game at five. still tied in the ninth, ross again goes the other way this time. sox up a run. his second home run of the g

but matt kemp and andre ethier score. dodgers go on to win 2-0. they sweep the nats. the nats now have lost four in a row. >>> to denver. mets-rockies. college teammates peyton manning and rockies first baseman todd helton catching up. the two -- peyton was the starting quarterback at tennessee over helton. but you know, what helton can hit. doesn't have to throw. with the bases loaded, that's a grand slam right there that ties the game at 4. and that, folks, is the reason he chose baseball. the man can absolutely hit. and look at peyton manning. he says that's my boy, lou. i know that guy. peyton actually worked out at the rockies facility with helton when he was cut by the colts earlier in the year. >>> let's go to the mets. mets-rockies. so that was good. but this was bad. tied at 5 in the 11th, new york's ike davis with the ground ball to left. that brings home david wright as the mets beat the rockies and their number one fan peyton manning. >>> all right. let's go to baltimore. can the oriole magic continue? bottom of the ninth. o's down 2-0, taking on matt weed

the dodgers matt kemp is off to one of the hottest starts.ep it going today in houston. the astros with a sliding catch. kemp got slowed down, 0-3. the astros teed off. two in the first and in the second, he hits a drive right with the bases full. ethier couldn't make the catch. they put lots on the boards. 12 and three pitches for a shut out -- 3 pitches for a shut out. -- pitchers for a shut out. >> a game in los angeles between the thunder and the lakers. he calls him metta world peace, looks like ron artest on this play. a lay up and elbow to james harden. not exactly walking the walk for a guy who wants to be known as world peace. an ejection for the peaceful one. count on a suspension coming. who are the guys high fiving him. it went to two over times. kobe bryant comes up bick. lakers, 114-106. >> it came to a halt for the sharks last night who fell to st. louis. interesting to see what kind of change occurs during the off season. playoff games today, alex ovechkin and the caps with a chance to finish off boston. the caps trail 3-2. wa

kershaw getting help from matt kemp grabbing the ball from jose jose altuve.emp with no. 9 home run. an emotional evening at the oakland coliseum and then the pratfalls began. all year the a's were celebrate celebrating the 50-year anniversary of their 1972 world championship team. a good contingent on hall as rolley fingers throughout out pitch. i guess queer going to get the scoreboard as the a's lose to the indians by a score of 5-1 in that one. >>> crazy wild game between the yankees and red sox at fenway parkment boston led 7-0 in the 5th and when ross belted this two-run homer offer phelps it was 9-0. in the 7th, 9-1. swisher goes opposite way over the green monster and yankees get 7 in the inning and put it away in the 8th. swisher doing the damage again. ross runs ot of room in left- center. swisher with three hits and six rbi's on the day. new york puts 7 on the board and goes on to win 15-9. >>> still to come on this saturday night sportswrap, the top two teams meet in the mls . >>> the warriors continued to play out the string with the best possible

matt kemp spoiled his debut by winning a game with a walk-off homer in the tenth inning. >>> and onedead and others injured by a collapsed tent. nbc's francis coe has the story. >> reporter: celebration turned into a nightmare. strong winds from a powerful system barrelled through the area. the brutal storm destroyed an outdoor tent where some cardinal fans barely escaped. >> the storm hit and the wind took the tent -- >> reporter: one man died although it's not clear if he was struck from debris or suffered a heart attack. metal poles and chairs and rigings were spent flying. >> everybody inside the tent got beat up with the poles. >> 100 people were reportedly hurt seriously. people were giving cpr. it was crazy. >> reporter: a city official confirmed the tent had a permit and passed inspection, but the fire chief said these kind of outdoor tents concerned emergency workers. >> this gives us nightmares. as you can see, it caused one. any type of wind, it's not going to happen. it happened. >> leaving distraction and disbelief behind. francis koe, nbc news. >>> a deadly attack at a

matt kemp is off to one of the fastest starts in history., billings wasn't fooling anyone after giving two runs in the first. andre etier back but cannot make the catch. you can see how close ethier was, the ball tipping his glove and into the stands. three houston pitchers combined for a shut out. >>> the golden state warriors just can't seem to get it right. the team that's had such a great start winning, now can't lose when it should. the warriors at minnesota were the tallest living american. egor vockkavinski was demonstrating just how tall. 7'8.3" is. minnesota scored 32 in the first quarter. the timberwolfs with the position to try to tie but the ball was taken away. mcguy makes the lay up. golden state a 98-88 winner. the warriors back to eighth worse in the league which would not allow them right now to keep their first on traft pick. they have two games left. >>> two of the league's best in los angeles. the guy who now calls himself metta world peace going strong to the hoop then busting like ron artest with an elbow to harden. the

it was a 3-3 game when matt kemp came to the plate and that will send everybody under the l.a.s win on kevin's major leaguer leading 11th honor. >> the a's played in a proverbial lamber and they were not on the righted to a side of it. frank robinson honored with the unveiling of his statue. that was henry aaron who accompanied frank. itjohnny gomez accounted for this run with the homer. no. 4 for gomez, but the only run that was aloud. chris davis gets this pitch in the 7th davis with 3 hits and four rbi's on the night. the three-day nfl draft was wrapped up and today the 49ers address another need and alsoing depth to the roster. in the hpd round they picked guard loney of wake forest. he is expected to compete for the right guard spot where the 49ers have an opening in the 5th round they took darrius fleming of notre dame. fleming played defensive end fort irish. for the irish. rounding out of the rest of the draft, nineez had two sixth round choices on safety trenton robinson from michigan state and offensive lineman jason slowey of western oregon. cram johnson of virginia.

matt kemp and andre ethier come in to score. the nats have now lost four in a row. loss a lot of people talking about harper's big catch. >> before that pitch even happened i was thinking if i get a ball in the grass i'm going to go as hard as i can and not let the guy on first base score. i didn't want it to drop. it was a 0-0 ball game. in that situation you want to catch everything. i cramped up actually when i landed. that was the only thing that bothered me. but it's better than running into -- >> all right. there you have it. bryce harper the redskins by the way have signed jonathan goff a linebacker who used to play for the giants and virginia tech is going to hire former assistant james johnson as their new head coach according to multiple reports. didn't take them long to replace him down there in blacksburg. game two. big one tonight for the capitals. they can't afford to go down 0-2 to the new york rangers the top seed in the east this year. we'll have highlights and post game reaction, hopefully good news coming up at 11:00. >> hopefully you will. thank

we have a great young team, matt kemp and carkershaw, our great young picture. >> did you see "moneyballit was great sni. >> it was. >> what made you do that? you have restaurants and so many things around the country. >> so many athletes are broke around the country. what do you know? >> number one, i took my ego out of it, had great mentors, and i formed great partnerships. when you think of howard schultz and starbucks and guggenheim and walters. great partnerships. they were able to help me understand business in terms of the ceos who ran those businesses, and then i just took that model and took that over to urban america and it made me successful. >> speaking of partnerships, tell us about you and larry bird and where it exactly began because it was an intense competition going back to college? >> charlie, you're absolutely right. when he played for indiana state and me for michigan state, you talk about like the celtics. they were already rivals before larry and i came into the nba. so we got a chance to play against each other again. we hated each other. >> you hated each other.

of course the latest issue of "forbes magazine" featuring matt kemp is on news stands right now.much for joining us about. >> good to be with you. >> let's talk about the story that i just read there about wasteful spending in terms of the government. obviously this is not just an issue under president obama. it's a larger issue. how do we rein in and get a grip on some of the spending? >> well, don't do it. cut back what the government does. you can have many agencies, they become emmercied in the bureaucracy syndrome, and at the end of the day, you'll have massive waste and corruption, so cut back the scale of government. the government is doing a lot of things it does not need to do, so that's the way you do it and uchb fortunately, i love his outrage, but starting with your trillion dollar plus stimulus packages that didn't stimulate but wasted hundreds of billions of dollars of taxpayer money. >> that's exactly the point. we have to cut back, but how can we manage to do that and if a republican comes into the office, will they successfully inmplement the cut backs? >> presid

straight over matt kemp's head, digging at him. harper's so far one for three in the game with that double. and then later in the seventh, a.j. ellis singles off to left field. harper's charging, he's coming home. jerry hairston trying to score. perfect throw from harper, look at hairston, the wylie veteran knocks the ball out of ramos' glove. right now we're tied at one going into the eighth inning. >>> in baltimore, the legendary frank robinson honored with a statue just beyond the fence in left centerfield. those due in big part to 24 guy, chris davis. get that stuff outta here. off the warehouse in right. man, his fourth home run of the year. the o's win with big, 10-1. >>> talking hockey now. game once against the rangers, got sloppy for the capitals and it cost them. a botched line change and below average performance by the goalie. one thing that's easy to forget, you know what, he's still a rookie, this is only his second career playoff series. second period, mike green trying to play defense. look at them wrapping them up