you know, it doesn't really matter, having those guys in our lineup is huge. >> bryce harper on michael morseed johnson, when he thought morse was going to bust out. or how long it would take him to find his groove. he said, i expect him to get on a roll tonight. we'll have to wait and see. morse definitely feeling good. moving on, we're talking nba playoffs and a week ago it seemed like the spurs were going to be rolling to the nba finals. then a lead over the thunder. they were riding a 20-game win streak. then oklahoma city now looks like the most talented team in all of basketball. the spurs just can't stop them. okc now has a 3-2 lead in the western conference finals over the san antonio spurs. ginobili usually coming off the bench for the spurs making his first prayoff start and he stepped up. in the third quart, the triple caps a 20-3 spurs run to start the second half. he had 34 in the game. that was a game high. oklahoma city responded. now up by one, tony parker, one of the spurs 21 turnovers here. james harden to kevin durant. and the alley-oop to russell westbrook. part of a 15-4

michael morse starting his first game. steven strasburg struck out the first four batters he faced.res in the fifth inning. flores solo homer, 1-0. nats with two runners aboard. going to be a double unfortunately, only one run comes home. right now they are in the eighth inning. nationals lead it 2-0. buck showalter walter and the orioles trying to snap a losing streak in tampa. it is just a little wide. mark reynolds would score, here comes ryan flaherty, he is going to try to cross the plate but he is out of there. in the eighth inning birds lead it 2-1. >>> the redskins are gushing about rg iii as their quarterback. morgan should provide a huge upgrade, and especially gay gar son. maybe believe he will be the new go-to guy. >> we have a good receiving corps. a leader santana moss, he is a very great player. those guys are very good and fast and athletic. we have guys that are very fast and athletic. we have to find the best for our team and get it going. >> this was last year, rex grossman would be throwing to him. but grossman will be lucky this year to touch the field. no compl

welcome back from tommy john surgery michael morse gets a grounds rule double. harper will score.nkiel pulls one down the first baseline, clearly a fair ball. the ball does not know. he leans over and picks the ball. it's in play. he finally reaized it. he got caught. sorry, friend >>> so far, those four runs are enough for gio gonzalez. he would get kelly shoppach here to end the 5th. right now, it's 4-2. >>> orioles hosting the phillies. the o's get some help him. tied up again at 3 but matt wieters comes through with a base hit to center. j.j. hardy comes in to score and the o's get the lead. right now we are tied at 4 in the 8th. >> chris cooley back and healthy for his 9th season for with the redskins. during his time, he has played with seven different past tors including patrick ramsey, jason campbell and donovan mcnabb. even though cooley is impressed with robert griffin iii, he knows he can't do that alone. yes, he does have the ability to be a successful quarterback but like cooley says, the team has to block right and run the routes right. he has been in ten practices a

michael morse is warming up. there's not going to be much left in that middle lineup. the first two guys will get on and then the thunder is coming. i've been waiting on it. >>> in other scores the o's beat the red sox 2-1. >>> in caps news mike knuble won't return next year following three seasons in our nation's capital. knuble was informed by gm george mcfee. he turns -- george mcphee. he turns 40 in july. in his three years here in d.c. he scored 59 goals with 52 assists. >>> game 4 of the stanley cup finals kings trying to close out the devils. l.a. down 1-0 in the 3rd. drew doughty drove the one timer past martin brodeur tying the game at 1-1. with five minutes left david clarkson to adam henrique. the devils extend the series with a 3-1 win. game 5 heads back to new jersey on saturday. >>> don't go too far, coming up with kevin durant and the thunder finish off the spurs and advance to the nba finals? stay with us to find out. we're sitting on a bunch of shale gas. there's natural gas under my town. it's a game changer. ♪ it means cleaner, cheaper american-made

meanwhile, michael morse making his return to the nats after missing the first 50 games with a strained lat. two on, two out. but he grounds out to short to end the first inning. morse 0 for 3 so far in his return. >>> this game would become a pitching dual. let's go to the fifth, still scoreless. brandon beachy having a good game until jesus flores takes a high fastball deep to left, and out of the park. his second of the year puts the nats up 1-0, right now the nationals up 2-0 in the eighth. >>> chavez and the 0s trying to snap a six-game skid. chavez takes jeremy held i canson deep and exits quickly. the solo shot, his first of the year, orioles up 1-0. to the seventh, tied game at 1. robert deano grounds to third. drew sutton throws it in the dirt, and deano reaches on the error and mark reynold scores from second. flaherty being waved home, the throw from ben zoebros right on the money. right now in the eighth inning. >>> the nba playoffs continue tonight. game four of the western conference finals. kevin durant and the thunder look to make some more noise after beating the spurs

runners on the corners for michael morse. that's a ground rule double.scores and the nats take a 2-0 lead. next batter, ian desmond had a big day yesterday. he had two rbis and he will add a few more today. he scorches one past kevin youkilis. ryan zimmerman and michael moore score. the nats go up 4-0 and go on to win 4-2. gonzalez gets the win. tyler clippard gets the save. he is now 7-7 in save situations. charlie manuel and the phillies for two in a row. out of the pen, the 42-year-old jim thome, the rbi single. juan pierre scores on it and that ties the game at 4-4. we go to extras. still got something left in him at 42 years old. adam jones, he ended 0-18, slump in the ninth. here he is in the 12th. walk-off home run. he was facing b.j. rosenberg who was a rookie his major league debut. so not a good day for rosenberg but a great day for adam jones. and that is his third home run in the 12th inning or later this year. so he's been clutch. the orioles win 6-4. one sore tendon. that's all it took to deprive the world of a possible triple crown winner

. >>> good news for the nationals, michael morse activated off the disabled list. the bad news? nats center to wait a day to see him play because of tonight's tilt with the braves postponed due to weather. the orioles were shut out in tampa 5 -0. >>> but history tonight in new york. for long suv met fans this was a night to remember because for the -- suffering mets fans this was a night to remember because for the first time in the 50 year history, we have a no hitter. johan santana made it all happen at the mets blanked the cardinals in game no. 8,020. the franchise began play in 1962. congratulations to santana. >>> it's been a while, but look who is back in contention at a big time golf tournament, yes, tiger woods! nearing the top of the leaderboard at jack nicklaus' prized event, highlights next. [ female announcer ] with xfinity, you can always expect more. like more on demand shows and movies than ever. and more ways to discover them too. plus more speed from america's fastest internet provider. so you can run more devices at the same time. ♪ feel a firework [ female ann

michael morse looking for his first home run of the season. finally getting his beast mode on. two-run shot makes it a one-run game. but nen in the eighth, controversy would strike. the umps confiscate the gloves of joel peralta. the glove had pine tar on it. peralta ejected from the gave, gives dave jill johnson a tip of the cap, thank you for calling me on you. rays asked the umps to check the gloat. nothing is found. now, rays' manager joe maddon not pleased with davey johnson for calling out a player. it's against baseball etiquette. so today joe maddon and davey johnson went back and forth. >> anytime there's a rule violation as far as i'm concerned it's just a rule violation. my only comments to him is, read the rule book, you know? >> yeah, i mean, i understand that, i totally understand that davey is right, i'm incapable of reading the rule book, and there's also reading between the lines in some situations that need to be looked at, too. >> i don't want to get into a shouting match with joe. i looked him up on the internet and found out he was a tweet, so he can get to

. >> the team says there's an outside possibility michael morse will return tonight. this week with single a potomac he was 3-9 with one double. >>> in the nba the spurs' 20 game-winning streak is over. d.c. area native kevin durant was dominant last night. oklahoma city topped san antonio 102-82. a pretty big win there. spurs still lead the series 2- 1. game four tomorrow night. >>> we are still one week away from the belmont stakes. the race will decide if i'll have another becomes the first triple crown winner since 1978. but there was some drama at belmont thursday. a horse came loose and was just inches away from slamming into i'll have another. with the speed the other horse was going, it would not have been a good ending. >> i thought i was going to have to have my brown pants on after the horse got dumped the rider and ran and just barely missed i'll have another. and our rider. so that was a little stressful. >> a lot stressful. because of the incident belmont announced starting today there will be a 15 minute training window for belmont stakes racers only. a