i don't believe max scherzer pitched last night because it was tanner roark.ired of seeing the strikeouts. >> go nats. >> let's check in with tucker right now. he's out in culpeper. >> hey, tuck. >> steve -- hey allison, steve i watched the first half of that game last night. it was ugly. that fame was ugly. >> i was texting tucker during the game last night. he made it longer than i did. >> yeah, i made it to halftime. you're right. there weren't too many highlights. i guess you'll tal m that coming up. we're in culpeper already having a great time. i'm outside baby gym snack bar one of the -- this is pretty cool. we'll talk to matt who owns the place in just a minute. this is one of the original fast food restaurants in culpeper and as you can see, it doesn't look like it's changed a whole lot in the last, let's see, probably 70 years or so. so, we'll talk to them coming up in just a couple minutes. also getting a police escort. that is way cool. yeah, i know, you probably think i'm in trouble. so far i'm not, right, sir? yes. >> so far so good. let's go to

ace pitcher max scherzer at bat in the second inning and he takes a pitch to deep left field.. thats over and gone..for his first career homerun. but then came some bad news for scherzer - during warm ups in the bottom half of the inning.. he throws one pitch.. and pulls himself out of the game due to neck stiffness.. m he got from sleeping wrong. he says it's no big deal. nats blow that 6-0 lead.. losing 7 to 6. fans from all over are converging onto richmond to watch redskins training camp this year. some traveling hundreds of miles and one who literally traveled thousands. nigel griggs traveled all the way from england to see his favorite team this year. griggs says he's been a fan of the skins since the eighties. his favorite team has also brought him to his favorite lady. griggs met his girlfriend and fellow skins fan on instagram. that is not all from skins camp. our very own have more from training camp tonight at five and six. to the verizon center now - where the arena could be getting a new name! washington business journal is reporting that capitol one has registered

however, max scherzer is not ruling out a sunday return to the mound.me today after finishing up a three game series in houston. washington carried a three-zip lead into the eighth but needed an 11th inning rally to beat the astros. anthony rendon put the nats ahead for good with a rbi. stephen strasburg looking pretty good. pitched six scoreless with seven strikeouts. tonight nats pack a -- back at home taking on the mets. >>> this is what everybody is talking about in the sports worlds this morning yankees and tigers throwing down in detroit. this is just one of three brawls, three bench clearing brawls during the same game. tigers miguel cabrera having words with the backup catcher and in the sixth inning and then benches clear, five players ejected including both managers and the coach. you can expect the lead to hand down harsh punishment for some of those who were involved in this brawl. >>> just one day away and now until saturday night's floyd mayweather and connor mcgregor fight this one sure to be big money up until go time. on thursday in las

now max scherzer was placed on the ten-day dl tonight with left neck inflammation. this is the second time in his last four starts that the last time was back on august 1st right after he hit his first career home run. however, that injury was on the right side of his neck. tonight scherzer attempted to give it a go in san diego, showing up to the ballpark an hour and a half early. instead, it was determined he would miss tonight's start. the stint on the disabled list is retroactive to august 15th so he can return as early as saturday, august 26th. currently scherzer leads the national league in strikeouts and is second in earned runs allowed. >>> matt grace on the bump for his first career major league baseball start in place of mad max. came two against the padres, but it's howie kendrick starting the game off with a bang. nats take the 1-0 lead. bottom of the second, jarvis also looking to go yard but he missed the memo on michael a. the top of the fifth. >>> baltimore hosting a team from the left coast as well, los angeles. hit five home runs but that was no ma

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he's no strasburg, no max scherzer, no gio gonzalez, no problem as the bats came alive later in the seriesswear it was a night game, looked like overcast skies, no delays. 4-4 in the 8th, bases loaded for one matt tweeters. he's been itcricized lately, not today, grand slam putting the nats up 8-4 and, of course, it's the nats tradition to get the helmet taken off after the home run. nats close it out with doolittle on the mound with beard. 9-4. this could be a preview of dare i say the playoffs. >>> there's davis and then mancini with a jack to left as o's cruise 12-3 over detroit. >>> people ask me how do the redskins look at training camp and i'll be honest. i really can't answer that, but we will know more certainly with our first preseason game thursday night at baltimore. not good watching practice. there was another practice in richmond today for the redskins as the fight for the 53 man roster is well underway and thursday night a chance for us to see where the skins are at and they're looking forward to actually playing somebody else they'll tell you. >> any time you go into baltim

. >>> we will tell you about the last minute switch that took max scherzer of the mound and why fans won't be seeing him pitch for a >>> a >>> can he do it? that ball is gone, out of here! >> out of her. mega machado walk-off last night. driving a ball deep to center field, sue it, clears the wall. orioles walk it off and beat the angels, 10 combined home runs between the two teams comes in third all time for most combined home runs in a game. >> good for him. >> reigning cy young matt scherzer is benched placed on in his neck. this is the fourth time he has been side lined because of it. the earliest he can return, saturday, august 26th. we were hoping it was just a crick in the neck from sleeping wrong and doesn't seem to be the case. >>> the weather taking a toll on the d.c. metro system, flooding forcing trains to bypass the station for a half an hour. you can see how much water flowed into the station. check out this cool video outside our studios in northwest d.c. watch as a lightning strike hits the tower. this is our tower. there it is, pretty cool. >> photographer cesar gonz

his first home run back in a giants uniform -- a huge bomb off the national leagues best pitcher max scherzer.. finger blisters have robbed rich hill of a lot of playing time over the last year, so its odd when he stayed in the game after getting hit in the throat.. we're talkin about practice, man..but when odell beckham makes a catch like this..it counts. pga championship.. jon rahm avoids standing in the creek by chipping backwards, and its nearly perfect.. and finally, justin thomas for birdie..watch the clock.. but did he wait too long??? no. "when any part of the ball overhangs the lip of the hole, the player is allowed enough time to reach the hole without unreasonable delay and an additional ten seconds to determine whether the ball is at rest." thomas won his first major thanks dennis. thanks dennis. coming up in our next half-hour: president trump calling out racist groups by name. how he's condemning the violence in charlottesville.. after criticism of his first response. and new video of inmates pummeling a guard at a california jail. how two cellmates tricked him before the attac

reigning cy young winner, max scherzer is benched, placed on the dl list.s is the second time he was side lined for this injury. he showed up early but had to sit it out. the earliest he can return, august 26th. for a while we thought it was a crick in his neck and he slept long and hoping it's not more severe but looks like it's taken a toll. >> talk about taking a toll, the weather did that yesterday afternoon forcing trains to bypass the station about an hour and a half. you can see how much water flowed into that station. check out this cool video. you're about to see it outside our studios northwest in d.c. watch as our tower last night. look at that. that's awesome. nbc photographer, cesar gonzalez, captured that for us. wow. >> all right. >>> 6:40 right now. a great day to go for a run or bike ride. lauryn tracking it. it's beautiful. >>> and this is one you will enjoy. the last time they saw each other was fleeing the nazis in world war ii. and life's beautiful moments.ns get between you flonase outperforms the #1 non-drowsy allergy pill. it helps b

. >> and listen to this washington nationals pitcher max scherzer and his wife erika offered to cover all adoption fees starting tomorrow and going through surprised. >> what a great way to help out. >> fantastic. >> all right. new tonight the construction of purple line has been a hot button issue for years now. >> groundbreaking ceremony was monday and now impact of that construction is felt. "fox5" maryland is live in chevy chase with the latest. hey, marina. >> hey there, guys, the ripple montgomery country and neighbors here in the town of chevy chase say those ripple effects are happening in their backyards. >> i'll be nearly 70 years old when this is done. will i be able to bike then. >> the notice came late in the night with few eyes keeping watch. tuesday the georgetown branch trail will close. >> for how long. >> four to five years. >> that's -- >> somewhere left speechless. purple line transit partners gave folks here a five-day notice. >> i think more people ride the trail than ever will ride the purple line and metro or somebody should wake up. ridership on metro and the

pick it up in the seventh -- giants down 2-1 -- pablo sandoval sends one to the third deck off max scherzer that ties it up... bruce bochy congratulates panda on his first home run in three years this one would go to extra innings -- bottom 11th -- nats load the bases -- former dodger, howie kendrick hits a walk off grand slam off albert suarez nats win 6-2 matt chapman and the a's trying to split the series against the orioles game tied at 2 -- chapman hits a 3-run bomb -- the a's rallied from behind to score five runs in the fourth inning oakland goes on to win 9-3 marshawn lynch did not play in the raiders first pre-season game last night... but he still provided the game's biggest story... beast mode... chose to sit during the national anthem before the game in arizona... of course colin kaepernick made national headlines by sitting... then later kneeling... during the anthem when he was with the 49ers last season... something lynch at the time supported... lynch says hes been doing this his entire 11-year nfl career... lynch didn't talk after the game... which is not unusual for him...

strawsberg is bad, bad news, max scherzer is injured.strauss back against one of the worst offenses in the major, padres, bad new, strauss not exactly himself, he gave up a first nigger, stroudsburg first base, get, adrian, strawsberg, anthony slow nats score half down 2-1, after the early blemish, great movement on the fast ball strawsberg showing no ill effects, nats currently trail 2-1 in the sixth. from the pitchers to the pitch. dc united in colorado. open shot on goal but tim howard, u.s. national team goal keeper still good. make as save, then red and black one of the worst goals you'll see unless you're a united fan. that is an earned goal. oh, no. yeah, you don't want to see that. look -- just look at the way that goes. currently leading 1-05 >> $72 million for a high school football stadium. >> gradient put on the actual playing surface, >> it's not every day new high school stadium is built but in texas, a new one is now open and ready for the first game of the season. >> well-planned, designed by architects, construction folk

coaches some of the best arms in baseball, gio gonzalez, stephen strasburg and 2016 cy young winner max scherzerdo you lay in bed and say this is surreal? i can't believe this? >> when i'm laying in bed i ain't thinking of them, that is for sure. >> it's fun to show up coming to work expecting to win. that is what separates them from a lot of players. >> you have teammates behind you. the accountability factor, you are a pitcher and when you look at the box score the next day, the win and the loss next to a pitcher's name. >> any one of the guys that you see yourself in? >> a little something in all of us, you know? we tend to cross over. that is where you connect with them. we find some common line. some common denominator that brings us closer. when you do develop relationships, make it a partnership instead of a coach/player, a partnership. we are in this thing together, i think the guys really appreciate that. i know i do. with coach of the week, i'm robert burton. larry: right now, suspicions are confirmed about a devastating fire. the cause and why nothing could have prevented it. too leni

great sneeze, steven straws berg is back, bad news max scherzer is out.still lingering neck injury. easel jibl to return for a week. this is the redskins. that's not it. the good news is strasburg is back. he'll play tonight against the padres. tonight there's stephen strasburg. tonight the reds try to put their woeful season debut behind them with a better showing in preseason game number 2 at home against the packers. jay gruden says he won't know until right before kickoff how long the starters are going to be on the field tonight. they played just six games going out twice. everyone loves to overreact to preseason results, and why not it's fun. for football fans it's all we have. but let's calm down the reactions to the first preseason game. don't go crazy over a bad result. if they blow out the packers tonight then yeah, let's overreact. >> it's good to get in there and get familiar with each other. and get some standed drives, score a touchdown. and just do our jobs and show that we're doing our jobs and execute. >> you want to improve a little bit.

. >> reporter: we have an update on max scherzer who took himself out after just an inning dealing with neck spasms. he plans to see a chiropractor and thinks he will be fine. dusty baker hoping that scherzer will make his next start. saying he went out and bought a nice new pillow. >>> today before camp back here in richmond military men and women going through drills for the usaa nfl boot camp event. participants competing in drills just like those evaluated like the 40 yard dash and then they stayed to watch practice. today as we said a lot of guys getting some rest since the focus was on special teams. deangelo hall working to get back on this team after tearing his acl. as you see h despite being on the physically unable to perform list. he gave me the back story of his tumbling and how he judges how he is doing based on the back tuck. >> i did gymnastics a little bit growing up. everybody thinks because my wife was a cheerleader and can tumble that is where my daughter got it from. i take credit for that. just threw a back tuck. >> reporter: you got to say that is pretty impressiv

it turns out max scherzer and his wife are covering adoptions here at the humane rescue alliance from now until sunday. if you come in and find your pet, that adoption fee will be waived. we're live in northwest. i'm justin finch. news 4. back to you in the studio. >> justin, thanks. > >>> ♪ ♪ >> just a really powerful moment shelters. a group gave an impromptu gospel performance at a shelter in con row, texas on tuesday. touching performance here. proving that even the worst of situations, good things can happen. people find ways to come together. >> according to the daily mail, the lead singer is an admission's counselor at sam houston state university and part of an outreach program to help the victims. >>> we have got some good news about a local choir director fighting for a chance at a million dollars. we told you about the prince george's county choir led by dannel damon. after the choir was on america a's got talent. last night they found out they're moving on to the next round. >> i'm not sure what he said there. but they're happy about it. it's a good -- uh-oh. don't pull yo

to help clear the way for other animals displaced by hurricane harvey, nats ace max scherzer and covering all adoption fees at the humane rescue alliance between now and sunday. meantime a lot of us are wondering how to help those hit hardest by harvey. one way is a donation to the american red dros. text "harvey" to 90999 to donate $10. another way is to eat dinner out tonight. richard reeve is live in northwest d.c. to explain how it works. hey, rich. >> hey, nancy. this is a unique effort that they are doing. calling d.c. dines out for houston. right now we are in arlington. you request see people out here enjoying an evening meal. they are donating $1 for every cocktail they serve here tonight and tomorrow night. among three dozen restaurants are taking part. that money is going to harvey relief. some of the classic places like ben's chili bowl contributing 5% of the earnings to help those in the flood zone. dell frisco's in downtown d.c. contributing the black restaurant group is matching money raised at its restaurant. up to $100,000 to hemp with the cost. both restaurant staffers a

reporter: and can't overlook, again, here, the adoptions are going to be free because nats pitcher max scherzer and his wife are picking up the tab from now until sunday. at northwest, i'm justin finch, news4. >>> gas prices could be going up even more than expected in the aftermath of harvey. cnbc's landon dowdy explains. >> reporter: the nation's largest fuel pipeline is shutting its main diesel, jet fuel, and gasoline lines to the northeast because of outages due to hurricane harvey and lack of supply from refiners. that news has sent gas prices on the futures market to a two-year high. the colonial pipeline connects refiners on the gulf coast to the east coast, transporting about 3 million barrels of fuel per day. and thousands of homeowners affected by hurricane harvey as well and they could be delinquent on their mortgages until the there are twice as many mortgage properties in harvey's disaster area than there were in katrina's. about half have loans backed by fannie mae or freddie mac and borrowers could face foreclosure in the next four months. >>> staying on harvey, a texas law that

max scherzer and his wife offered to couple all adoption fees at both rescue alliance adoption centersnimals at the shelter. they need to make room for more than 20 cats and dogs coming from houston. they broke the news live on air and now we're seeing it's a pretty big deal. if you can and your home do it. >> that's it for us here at f5:00. >> shawn and marina are standing by with your news at 6:00. >> right now at 6:00 the woman caught on camera throwing urine on a metrobus driver is free tonight. we're live with what a judge ordered her to do. >>> plus, a maryland liquor store employee was badly burned after a man tossed a molotov cocktail into the store. tonight the store's owner shared just how brave his employee was before the attack. >>> and the aftermath of harvey rescues, recovery and rebuilding. we'll have the latest from houston. the news at 6:00 starts right now. >> ♪ >> we begin tonight with the fox5 exclusive. the mother of the man accused of throwing a molotov cocktail inside a maryland liquor store is talking to fox5. >> two people burned by the flames, one of them stil

last night his first game back the 38-year-old who max scherzer lovingly called grandpa went yard andowe the marlins. they're closest arrival in the national league east. werth's return almost overshadowed another come back max scherzer the pitching ace not thrown since august 13th mick add couple of starts after hurting his neck right back in his normal form last night gave up one over seven innings. ten strike outs. he's good so the nats magic number to clinch the division now is just 20 games. now, one guy still watching from the dug out bryce harper. even though he's nursing his knee he still has the star of the show tonight because these little throw back items are being given away to the first 25,000 fans that will receive the price harper starting line up figure. true to form as you can see in the starting line up figure right here on the one side of your screen is the real bryce harper and in the starting leap up -- now you can't take away the screen when i'm saying on one side of the screen versus the other. can we go back to the two sides of the screen now? there. now they'r

max scherzer showing bunt.'s first career home run, he would soon leave the game with neck spasms. and his nationals fall to the marlins 7-6. >>> over in houston, evan longoria did something only one other rays player has ever done. hit for the cycle. he got the two toughest parts out early, cranking a home run in the first and a triple in the third. two outs, longoria had hit a line drive for the double. he was initially ruled out but overturned by replay. and the rays top the astros 6-4 in that one, just a great day for baseball, yasmin. >> i know we should be talking about that -- man that is a catch. are we going to bring it up? there it is. i mean -- wow. >> unbelievable. >> and he gets up with no injury. >> no injury. yeah, no injury. pure athleticism there. >> there it goes. he knew he was a winner in that one. >>> still ahead, everybody, anthony scaramucci tries to set the record straight on his ouster as white house communications director. >>> eric trump said he wants republicans to start fighting for

animals they have in that shelter already ahead of time to make room for the houston animals and max scherzercover all adoption fees starting today through sunday. >> rap legend big pun is teaming up with jamie foxx for a harvey relief. the two are organizing that telethon with the people who put together ariana grande's manchester benefit concert. it's scheduled for september 12th. the two received commitments from the major tv networks to run it live in prime time. both big pun and jamie foxx are texas -- i'm sorry, not big pun, bun b. i get them all mixed up. big pun is from new york. >> he's in longer with us. >> time right now is 5:51. we're back with what's hot on the web this morning. >> okay, aerial images are showing the extent of the damage and devastation caused by what is now tropical depression harvey. you can see flooded highways and homes, streets that look more like rivers. more than 50-inches of rain ha area. 31 people have been killed and tens of thousands are now left without a home. >> ♪ >> next up in the wake of harvey an online petition is calling for congress to fund fe

after leaving the last start early max scherzer on the mound after as for the nats other ace stephenllpen session his second since his injury. he shall be back soon. yesterday bryce harper's high school teammate eric fetty. nats offense had his back tied four-four. matt wieters with the home run. that would be a grand slam 'cause the bases were full brings them all home. that's your game winner. nats win nine-four. >> ♪ >> i knew that was a pitch i could get elevated get in the air. didn't get it enough to get it out. if. etty battled for us. he threw the ball great. he battled for us and our bullpen came in and kept us close. we knew we were going to have a shot to make a run and a lot of guys put good bats together and we got closer and were able to break through at the end. guy very popular in philadelphia. darren daulton the all-star catcher who was the leader of the phillies nl championship team passed away. >> injury filled week. redskins no strangers to that. wide receiver josh dotson had a to relieve practice early because of a hamstring injury. >> got to get them ready and t

. >>> update on max scherzer by the way.fore last night's game but dusty baker says let's give him another couple days. he's not going to be ready to rejoin the rotation tomorrow as the team hoped. scherzer battling a sore neck. hopefully he's back on the mound soon. home game for d.c. united playing one of the to that to tt offices in mls that would be atlanta. they ended up picking up one goal and that would do it off the header right there. boop. it w goal but it doesn't matter because it still counts even though at the atlanta player knocked it in. that's the look of when you know you just gave up a goal into your own net. but it worked. that's all they needed. d.c. united ends up winning one-zip. supporters demanded colin kaepernick be signed by the start of the season. >> it's political when the police kill us. it's political when white nationalists act against us and it's political for the nfl not to give colin kaepernick a job. >> the interim president of the naacp has requested a meeting with the nfl commissioner to

max scherzer got the ball out. his first career homerun. >> what? body in the dug out completely ignored him. >> fake high fives were nice. >> gave him the silent treatment. nor inning celebrated unfortunately he had to take himself out of the game. he had a little thing in his neck he said he slept a little funny hadn't a spasm so he was one and done last night. unfortunately so were the nats because even though they had six-zero lead they went ahead in the bullpen blew it last night they lost seven-six. they get day off. one more game in miami, day off and go to chicago to face the cubs on friday. >> this might be the play of year in baseball so far. watch the catch right now and watch the hand place many first of all. going steal homerun right here by going up over and into the bullpen. now, tucker and i asked the question, because he left the field of play -- >> yeah. >> wouldn't it be a homerun? >> oh. >> but i'm thinking because he kept his right hand on the fence the entire time he did the flippy flip. >> yeah. >> he did. >> apparently it coun

. >> career first for max scherzer. miami he hit his first career homer to give the nats the lead. there it is. but the marlins would later rally to within the game unfortunately on the mound max only pitched one inning leaving with a neck spasm, ouch. let me just say. that's manager dusty baker said that scherzer slept funny and he left the game as precaution. >> time right now 7:32. this morning the health departments in d.c. and virginia trying get the word out to dog owners who may have come in contact with dog with rabies. now that dog was a bulldog named fred. fred was seen at the cherry dale vet clinic in arlington on ju july 8th and again on ju july 14th. then fred was boarded at the dog ma daycare on l street southeast from july 14th 32 the 17th and then passed away shortly after the dog was sick at the time but didn't know show any symptoms of rabies. joining us now with more doctor ruben borgesi. morning. >> good morning. thank you. >> how tough is it when you don't know that there are, you know, the dog is n

i will tell you that max and erika scherzer of the washington nationals will paying it possible are tog or a cat for free this weekend. normally costs something like -- up $250. so they're making it possible. the need is here because they want to clear out the shelter to make room for the pets that are coming up from houston. all right. tank i'll give you one more treat. joining us live is dav with the humane rescue alliane here in washington and you have stella as well. >> stella. >> stelle lay is available and so is tank, right. >> absolutely. first of all devastation in the texas area is just heartbreaking. we want to do our part here in d.c. and max and erika, erika is on our board want to do their part as well to help get homes for those animals in houston but all the animals here we have to move into loving homes now that's the immediate need. so people need to come to our shelter this weekend between thursday and sunday, and adopt animals, dogs and cats, so we can make space for houston animals, and then hold physical in few days after that several days we'll be ready to -- thos

. >> any luck we'll have a bunch of dog s named max or erica ka or scherzer. >> thanks >> or basketball. >> they love you, gary. >> they're so cute. ? i'll take them to both home. >> many more >> let talk about what we got coming up. yesterday compared to today, big improvement >> super nice. very short weather cast i'm told, let me ge get to it. clouds increasing but we had a beautiful day, let's get straight to the graphic, tracking harvey's remnants as we get into the weekend, because that's going to be pivot toll. and harvey can be a big player, here's tropical storm harvey right now, center made landfall in louisiana, you still see heavy rain along the texas/louisiana border, the outermost rain bands in the tennessee valley. home here we had a beautiful day, couple of thunder showers popping up. you see them around charlottesville. i believe they stay out towards the west and were quiet but we will see the chance of showers, a cold front approaches for tomorrow. temperatures are fantastic. 78 in dc suffocate in baltimore. 76 in annapolis, 77 out at dulles, as the cold front approac

max had to take himself out of the game. miami rallied and beat the bullpen. final score 7-6. scherzer slept the game as precaution.zer said the first thing full time. day off for the nats before they head to chicago to face the nats saturday. >> redskins training camp in richmond. offense continues to focus on red zone drills during 7 on 7 period. and kirk cousins you threw for touchdown passes and physically unable to perform supposed to be a short one. head coach jay gruden says his serious. this week reed threw to charlotte to see a specialist about his injured tow toe. he's listed as day-to-day. >> redskins up froming calm usaanfl boot camp military members drills. military members think it's vip treatment while watching burgandy and gold practice and finish day with meet and gr greet. always a good thing. >> college park exciting day on tap today. university of maryland hosting dedication groundbreaking ceremony for new coal field house. a look at first phase of inboar door practice fields and phase number two the new coal field house is state of the art facility. brings answering letics and clinicals under o