to get michael morse to the all-star.he missed the last two games in the starting lineup, but he is in the starting lineup tonight. and his buddy, john lannin is campaigning for the big guy to get to the all-star game. morse is certainly deserving, the 29-year-old having a breakout season. morse is batting .300 with 15 home runs and 46 rbis and he ha come up clutch this season, including hitting a walk-off home run against the padres in may. defensively, morse is solid, as well. he only has one error in 398 chances. bottom line, michael morse should be an all-star. >> it would be a dream come true. that's basically -- you know, you play hard the whole year, and, you know, you play to get to the world series, you play to get to the playoffs, and as a personal goal, you know, you play to get to that all-star game. and i've been through a lot in my career, so this is a great accomplishment for me right now. >> how cool would it be to have michael morse there with you? >> it would be awesome, man. i'm a lonely guy as it is,

bottom of seven, here comes michael morse, bramos falls off swinging away, apparently he missed the sign john soon says let's run it again guys and have it work this time. morse counting his blessings. this time, the squeeze works. ramos gets the bunt down, that's what he meant to do last time. morse crosses home plate and a gutsy call gives the nats a 5-4 lead. could you imagine that? a guy swinging away, you're coming down the third baseline and a guy swinging away? >> no. >> i can't imagine that. it never happened to me when i played. nonetheless. top of the nine, drew store on to close it out facing soriano gets him to pop it up. earns his 22nd save. nats defeat the cubs and improve to 45 and 43. michael morse, how about that squeeze play? >> whew! that was a tough one. that was a first. never seen that happen before. but you know what, in the end, we got the run in. he got the bunt down. that was great. >> the rate we've been going, figured it might be a good time, miss the first one. i've seen it happen before, but thank goodness nothing, you know -- he didn't get one in the chops.

they're campaigning for michael morse to go to the all-star game. that's a pretty good approval rating right there. rookie danny espinoza, takes randy wells out and gone to right. and capitals coach bruce boudreau in the house. he loves baseball. espinoza has 16 home runs. ryan zimmerman up with a runner on. and he gets ahold of one. drives one to left for a two-run home run. his fourth of the season. nats take a 4-2 lead. but the cubs tie it up on a two-run home run by aramis ramirez. bottom seven, wood pitching to ramos. ramos fouls it off. take another look. morse running on the play, ramos swinging away, apparently missed the sign. davey johnson said it was the first time he ever called a suicide squeeze. morse counting his blessings. davey calls the squeeze again. this time it works. the bunt goes down and morse reaches home plate. michael morse said after the game, i almost got hit. thank the lord right there. top nine, nats still up by one. drew storen on to close it out. the pop-up to left for the final out. he earns his 22nd save and the na

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the nats' michael morse sprinted home from third during a pitch that was supposed to be a squeeze play, but the batter didn't know the squeeze was on, he swung and fouled the ball off. he missed the charging morse, though, luckily. the nats weren't ready to give up. they tried the same stunt later in that at-bat and executed it perfectly. more scoring what turned out to be the game-winning run. the nationals beat the chicago cubs 5-4. good for them. >> uncomfortably close, though. >> the squeeze -- the suicide squeeze is always scary. >> michael morse is a big guy. look at that soupy sky, joe. >> that is really a mess. let's go to tom kierein. we've got fog and humid. >> and dim sun. and that's some fog. right now. we have had it thickening up over the last few hours. so watch out for that. there's some patchy fog around and temperatures in the low to mid 70s. right now, 74 at reagan national. we'll have this patchy fog about us for the next few hours. and then we'll get some sunshine over right now it's clear over the fog. we'll get that sunshine breaking out this morning with hazy su

>> the nationals michael morse learned that last night at a game against the cubs.amos missed the sign for a suicide squeeze and swung away as morse charged home. fortunately ramos fouled the ball back and the ball missed morse and morse didn't get a bat in the teeth, either. he was just about ten feet from the plate. here's the kicker, they executed it perfectly during that same at-bat. ramos laying down a bunt and morse scoring. what turned out to be the game-winning run. the nats beat the cubs 5-4. >>> michael morse is not a little person. >> no, he's not. >> he's a big guy. thank goodness it ended the way it did. it could have been ugly out there. >> very dramatic and very gutsy to try it again after it failed the first time. >> and worked. go nats. all right, gentlemen, here's a little advice if you're thinking of proposing to your girlfriend. first of all, make sure she says yes. although, can you really make sure she says yes? i don't know. >> no, you can't. and secondly, do it in person. >> yeah, that's an important one. >> listen to this. the dallas cowboys

michael morse. the nats take a 6-0 lead, later go up 8-z. top seven it's 8-6 nats. todd coffey pitching to starling castro, into the gap in left. roger bernadina dives and makes this sensational snag. love that play. >> that's good stuff. >> that was the first out of the inning. >> my goodness! >> exactly, he does that all of the time. two batters later, sean burnett in facing carlos pena with a man on leaves it up in the zone and that's what pena is a professional hitter, says thanks very much. we're tied at eight. it's the largest blown lead in nationals' history. bottom eight, nats trail 9-8. michael morris who didn't win the final vote for the all-star game, delivers. run or third, base knock back up the middle. that plates roger bernadina. nats tie the game at nine. top of the ninth now, same score, henry rodriguez facing darwin barney and the little dude comes up big for the cubs. runner on second, two outs and shoots one into the right field corner. tony campana scores. chicago takes a 10-9 lead. with two outs. bottom nine, last chance for the nats, roger ber

michael morse ties the game at 9. but then the cubs score one more and keep the lead. the nats lose a heartbreaker 10-9. yikes. up 8-0? how does this happen? >> that would be a good question. if they could figure that out, maybe it wouldn't happen again. let's go to tom kierein, to find out when the storms might happen around here today on this friday. here's tom from the stormcenter. >> good morning, eun and joe. >>> right now we don't have storms around the region. overnight, there were heavy downpours across northern maryland, up around baltimore. they had to rescue people out of swift water up there a few hours ago. now those storms are long gone. we have a partly to mostly cloudy sky around the region. low to mid-70s throughout much of the area. right now around 4:41 on this friday morning. 77, reagan national, prince george's, montgomery, fairfax, arlington counties in the low 70s. heavy downpours. see the moving color in northern maryland. those have dissipated quite a bit. there's quite a bit of rain in the ohio valley down into kentucky. that's going to be com

michael morse. >> yep, fans voted for the phillies' shane victorino instead. pitcher tyler clippard remains the nats' lone representative. that's in the fair. >> it is not fair. show me the rest. >> let's get to it. nats going for the four game sweep of the cubs and it looked great when wilson ramos into the corner. nats take the 8-0 lead. but, ooh, this was a stinker, the nats lose their largest lead in franchise history, falling 10-9. this was a close one. johnson, what did you say to the team afterwards? >> i said a few words and i'll say a few more. but that one -- you chalk up to me. i mean, i -- i was just trying to save some guys in the bullpen that i think had been overworked. i didn't have my closer storen and just get me through six i could probably you know, save a bunch of people. didn't work out. >>> on to football news and the labor -- news and the labor talks. >> that's right, the nfl owners and players association met again in new york for 12 hours and went deep into the evening last night. the major sticking point is how to divide revenues for

. >> i'm going to be the campaign manager for michael morse.s my boy. >> i love it. >> first baseman. trying to get him to the all-star game. >> who is going? >> i'll tell you right,000. one big league manager describes nats r. leaver tyler clifford like this. he's the guy with the funny glasses that pitches all the time. well, now the guy with the funny glasses is an all-star for the first time in his career. clipper's 57 strikeouts ranks second among major leaguers. morse is among five national league players for the national fan vote. meantime, nats wrapping up their series against the pirates today. and when clipered found out he made the all-star team he said pretty shocking, pretty awesome. jason marquee facing andrew mccutchen with a man on. he drives one into right center. andrew mccutchen not on the all-star team. that might be a snub. garrett jones scores. part of a five-run second. marquee lasted an inning and a third. gave up six earned runs. ouch. top four, colin balancester in. this is the play of the game. roger bernardina on the

. >> ramos missed the sign for a suicide squeeze last night, and swung away with teammate michael morse sprinting home from third base. fortunately, ramos fouled the ball back and missed morse, who was about ten feet away from the plate. here's the kicker. they tried it again, at the same at-bat and they were successful that time. ramos executed a nice bunt, and morse scored what turned out to be the game-winning run. the nats went on to beat the chicago cubs 5-4. >> he almost got scalped. so good thing it worked the second time. my goodness. >> worse than a baseball in the teeth. >> i know. could be bad. >> it could be bad. 4:51 now. time for weather and traffic on the 1s. are we getting some rain? i think we need it now. >> yeah, yeah, some of us are getting out. some of the lawns are starting to get a little parched and we could use some. does look like a likelihood of some rain coming in late this afternoon, tonight, and off and on tomorrow. so be prepared for that. right now, no travel problems weatherwise on this thursday morning. right now, we're in the low and mid 70s throughout

and michael morse needs votes. >>> top of the 2nd, nats down 3- 0.ith two on flies one over the outfielder's head. gave up 7 runs six were earned. bottom of the 7th, 8-0. deep to left for a homerun. he would add a double, but not much else went right for the nationals today. they fall 10-2. >>> the orioles in atlanta against the braves. when mark reynolds is up, it's either a strikeout or homer. this time a homer. his third in two days. also the game winning hit as the birds edge the braves 5-4, ending a five game losing streak. >>> wimbledon final, nadal, a 20 match winning streak in wimbledon. tracks down the dropped shot and replies with one of his own. djokovic wins. he'll be ranked number one tomorrow for the first time ever. >>> the mystics hosting the seattle storm. 3-point play brought them to within 5. mystic fall 73-63. >>> coming up tonight on sports extra, why one terrapin player is working with nfl trainer. >> what a mess. >> we'll tell you all about it. >>> how would you like to have this as a problem? a run away baboon. how would you l

the nates michael morse sprinted home from third during a pitch that was supposed to be a squeeze play, but the batter, wilson ramos, didn't know the skeez was on. he swung and fouled the ball. luckily, missing the charging morse, but the nats weren't ready to give up. they tried again and this time, executed it perfectly. morse scored what turned out to be the game winning run. the nats beat chicago 5-4. >>> the wait is over for some lucky harry potter fans. right now, the world premier of deathly hallows part two is underway in london. they have camped out since monday for a chance to see their favorite stars on the red carpet. even the square itself is bewitched for the epic battle for the wizarding world. but nothing could keep those harry potter fans away. >> been here about 72 hours. we've been counting down somewhere. and i'm sunburned from monday and tuesday when it was really hot and now, i'm soaked from when it rained last night, so english weather. >> the enchanted red carpet stretches nearly three quarter of a mile, making it the longest in the world. this is the eighth mov

and current first baseman michael morse has a chance to be named to the team as well. the slugger is part of the final man competition. to make sure he makes the team, you can head to nationals.com and vote for him. >>> little pop quiz for you on this fourth of july. what year did the u.s. declare its independence, and from what country did we become independent? >> this is a shocking and somewhat depressing poll that shows a large number of americans do not know the answers to either questions. according to the marist poll, only 51% of americans know the united states declared its independence in 1776. 24% did not know that america broke away from great britain. and the future of america could be a little in jeopardy because the age group that got the lowest score on both questions, well, they were adults under the age of 30. >> pretty sad. this is like one of those jay walking segments on the jay leno show. people said france, china, japan, mexico, and spain. >> we declared our independence from all of them? from any one of those or all of them. >> orgy but djibouti

michael morse ties the game at 9.n the top of the ninth, the cubs store one more and this time keep the lead. nationals lose a heartbreaker 10-9. what a bummer. >>> let's talk about bad manners. number one women's tennis player caroline wozniacki was about to serve match point when a cell phone started ringing. she was about to serve, but it just kept going. turns out it belonged to her opponent. how bad is that? in the middle of wimbledon. how bad was that? it only delayed the inevitable. wozniacki won the next point and then the match. >> talk about bad form. >> it's just embarrassing. can you imagine? everybody's looking around, and you're the one that goes over to the bag. >> exactly. >> ouch. >>> our time is 5:27. coming how do i deal with joint pain?. [ male announcer ] introducing icy hot naturals with natural menthol. it's gets icy to dull pain, hot to relax it away fast. new icy hot naturals. >>> history in the making. the shuttle "atlantis" is on the launch pad, but it's yet to be seen whether it will liftof