tomorrow, nats and rockies, we'll get you going at 2:30 with "nats xtra." this has been a presentation of masn. with johnny and phil right now, so long for just a while from the booth in colorado. >>> well, thus far, if rockies have taken two out of three from the nationals. johnny holliday with phil wood. our "nats xtra" postgame brought to you by verizon. and a ball game that was tied up, phil in the 3-3 ball game in the 7th inning. that's the defining moment and the nats gave up an unearned run in the 7th inning. >> johnny, a journeyman catcher by the name of paul phillips gets the run. then seth smith hits the ball over the middle off the glove of sean burnett. fielded by ian desmond who throws the ball into the dirt and the winning run scores. unfortunately, that's the way the ball bounces and the rockies get sweep today. >> and burnett because he gives up the unearned run gets tagged with the loss. his first of the year. corpas gets the save. adam dunn, a homer in the first and second game. nine of the season for the second baseman. bernadina goes 2-3

it's the nats postgame. first time this year, the nats have lost two consecutive ball games, 2-1.y were not able to move the runner up and fowler got the job done for the colorado rockies moving the runners into scoring position with the sacrifice slide. >> go back to the nationals 7th and here we are in the 7th inning, and this is fowler putting down the bunt and it's a good bunt put out at 1st base and hawpe comes to the field and 2-1 at that point and of course the nats 3 outs left and couldn't do it in the top of the 9th inning. >> olsen is 6 and 2/3. guzman gets a couple of base hits. francis goes 7 and first start since 2008. and tulowitzki goes 1 for 4 with a run scored and a double but the nationals lose 2-1. take a look at the up to the minute standings now in the national league east, the phillies have a 3-game lead over washington. the mets will come to town this week. so chance to make up some ground. when they get back home, it's two games to go for st. louis tomorrow night. >> it's extremely important because they want to come back home on a high note after losing 3

desmond with the nats.ats? that's a record that has stood for over 100 year with the tigers. >> ray: wow. >> rob: ty cobb only had 26. >> bob: yeah, but he spike ed second basemen on the way to doing it. [ laughter ] the 0-1 to desmond. well, pitchers throwing strikes and he's pumping the bat. now it's 0-2. >> rob: leroux come in pumping, low-to-mid- 90s. cut down and try to go the other way. >> bob: pretty good 0-2 pitch. >> rob: the toughest thing for ian right now -- he doesn't know a lot of pitchers unless he faced them in the minor leagues like josh johnson. all he is going off is reports and hearsay from his teammates. [ cheers and applause ] >> bob: continue to swing and miss throughout this weekend series. 11 more strikeouts today. it's a 7-3 game. >> bob: at the ballpark here in miami, 13,169 at sun life stadium on this day. here's our ford drive of the dame. a hard time handling hanley ramirez. well, going on five years now in his big league career, straight away center, three run homer is the big

with the dance to put the nats on ton.ot in trouble for it. >> last year he bought one of the worse in bible. 6th highest with runners in scoring position, .33 6- not very good. >> third highest in major league baseball, third worst in the national league. >> josh in a bits of a slide. he's walk add couple of times, had inrushing rbi hit last night night. that's a walk. >> he can't keep moving his hands. they call time, but paul the second base umpire, watching him closely. that's worth a call. >> you start to move your hands even the slightest bit. 1-2 sliverry. stopped by john baker. this is two messages ago. sitting in holding holding holding. en see them? >> they josh called timeout so they gave 84 ere him time but you can't move your glove and twitch. that's a walk. >> #-2 to josh. came down and through the ball. good pitch though. showing that was a nice pitch. willing hamm shows it foul by a foot or two. second innings, let's talk about all things deal with with deuces. ryan zimmer animal got his fifth last night. g

he's shut down the nats running game. that ball is hit long way to left center. 2 runners are tagging and morgan will score and desmond stops and the nationals lead 1-0. >> guzman on a count of 0-2 is very productive. >> bob: right now, it doesn't look like francis has something to put it away with. good changeup, and about a 90 miles per hour fastball but they are right around the plate. he's going to have to bring it down a little bit. you have to make him come to you. you don't nope what he has because he's coming off an injury and it's been so long since you seen him. make him throw a few pitches. i would assume they are going to be careful with zimmerman here and then you have willingham on deck. sincecincinnati is the best 2349 league with 15 and -- in the league with 15 and only 23 errors. they are right at the top on defense. that's what has been tough this weekend. >> speaking of cincinnati, they knocked out penny after 5 innings today. they are about to move into 1st place in the central. >> never stepped foot i

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last three innings averaging 134 pitches per here's ryan accidentallerman that's the last hit by the nats bare handed throws it well ryan has had to stretch out that hamstring a couple of times he took a stumble there after getting beyond the bag, appears to be okay >> appears that we may have woken in team up with our play last night they look sluggish and kicking the ball all over the place this is good hustle biozyme >> little bit of a stumble after that, he's all right here's adam dunn >> this team had no business being on the field last night >> hello to everybody at the crystal city sports club tonight regularly chat with him during the game at masnsports.com we wish he had better transmission for you at the moment maybe in the last three minutes things will change hope you guys are have a good night let's see what dunn can do ing withham to follow you can go on the online and chat join line keep watching us at the same time >> absolutely we're all pulling in the same direction here two balls two strikes to dunn scored the nats only run after that offspeed pitch misses 73 miles an h

nats take on the marlins friday.out early, the first 10,000 fans 21 and older receive a free cooler bag presented by miller light, and don't forget free game brews are just $5. throats of fun at the ballpark on thursday, friday, and saturday nights. miller light party nights, and here is jason heyward. they're going to walk him. i don't blame 'em. welcome to the world of sluggers young man. they'll take their chances with melky cabrera. >> rob: well, the braves fans are doing the booing, not the washington fans, and you're going to walk the guy with 8 home runs to get to the guy batting .200. >> bob: with no homers. >> rob: yeah,, so -- >> bob: this becomes the i big itself out of the night for livan hernandez to get. on the verge 0 leaving the ball game, about to throw to his 110th pitch with mccann ahead of heyward at second and first. a base hit to the outfield does not guarantee a run here. late reaction by cabrera, and the count is even, 2-2. >> rob: carefully working cabrera after he walked heyward. beautiful c

the nats lead 5-0. and gaby sanchez. first pitch, they're going up hacking. i think that's a real key against florida. they're a three swinging power team and if you get ahead of them, they don't always sit there the rest of the night and wait the count. they'll make out for you. fredi gonzalez one of the most aggressive os of the league. >> rod: when want to get back into a ball game you need some base runners. you need some guys to get on base. you can't hit a five run home run here if you're paulino. i don't know why he's taking such a big cut. >> 0-2. three consecutive innings the marlins have had a leadoff hit. that will bring up cody ross and the bottom line is somebody getting on base here could hasten ricky nolasco out of the game because the pitcher spot is due up fourth. next up will be ross who flied to right his first time. >> bob: and a strike. cody ross has become a solid national league power guy. had a real breakout season last year when he hit 24 homers and drove in 90. raised his batti

nats were down 3-0.ve battled back to tie. >> rob: tough not to like this rockies team too. >> bob: well, what's most likable about them in my opinion, rob, they're almost all home grown. scouted, drafted, signed and developed within the organization. >> rob: yeah. well coached. have some great coaches. not just at this level, at every level to get them prepped for the big leagues. and the stuff that they're doing with the academies overseas, i mean, they just keep pulling one gem after another in the pitching staff. i watched this thing on local tv and they were talking about every three months in venezuela, they have a tryout camp and they keep pulling jimenez and chacin and guys like that out of the tryout camps. there you guy a great backing -- see a great breaking ball by sean burnett for the first out. i know the nationals have an academy in the dominican. there's ubaldo, he was fantastic. >> bob: you might be looking at the all-star game starter. >> rob: yeah, 7-1 now and once again, livan has had

if you know the best mom in nats town, nominate for her for nats on the town for mother's day.t for you. submission period end thursday at midnight, may 6. so wes helm into the ball game. you saw jorge cantu, who shuffle over to first. and the new pitcher will be baden-. a lot of extra pitches because he had four walks and eight strikeouts. he was around the plate all day. took him awhile to start earning some strikes. here's wil. he's 0 for 2 today. big breaking ball. out of play. >> rob: and give josh a lot of credit. when he figured out, okay, i won't get those pitches, he brought the ball over the plate a little bit more. >> bob: and just basically challenge people the rest of the day. >> rob: sometimes you have to do that, you know? and john lannan's best games have been when he pitches inside and keeps those righties at baby throwing stuff inside, inside, inside. >> bob: roger bernadina next. batista. [ cheers and applause ] >> bob: breaking ball way out. nats' ninth strikeout victim today. man, it's been a strikeout fest in south florida this weekend. this copy righted t

nats going for their 15th win of the season tonight.ast year they didn't get number 15 until june 2nd, which is making everybody ask, how have the nats gotten so much better so quickly? obviously on offense, they are a little bit better. rodriguez has been a pleasant surprise on offense. but if you look at the numbers, the nats have scored 20 fewer runs this year through the first 25 games than they did a year ago. the difference clearly is the bullpen. 11 save opportunities, all 11 converted, suddenly the nats learned how to finish. >> to have them come at the back end of the game. we feel confident any time we have a one or two run lead they are going to get the job done. >> all the guys in the bullpen are going to come in and do their job. so we are going to keep it there. we have to keep them ready every time, you know, and throw strike and get some outs. >> and the defense has been vastly improved as well this year. we saw some first class evidence last night. did you see the catch roger made? robbing troy glous. one of the best we

here in south florida i knowny and ray here with verizon john will chat with our studio hosts the nats defense and by the way it's develop errors not three the play back in the third inning, they've given him a base hit we don't have problem with that >> i don't have a problem with that he never got leather on that >> he got mud but not leather he works against dan leading off the bottom of the eighth shaun has pitched in eight games prior to tonight the grounds crew turned the infield into a swamp before the game he should have had different shoes on >> he had skates on essentially >> somebody from the university of florida decided they wanted another swamp in the state tonight >> the duck wanted system kentucky derby conditions 3-1 pitch >> did you pick any horse >> i watched for the pure sport of it >> ', god come on >> after sea biscuit, that was it for me who else could perform on that level ever again? love the movie and the book love the horse. 3-2. good catch here by shaun bennett >> come on, don't be upset 0-3 with a walk next up, baker and then ross gonzalez will go to atlant

bottom of the first, nats trail 1-0. roger bernardino with two outs. adam jones leaps at the wall but can't hold on. three runs score on the bernardino triple. the nats took a 3-1 lead. now top of the 6th. still 3-1. drew storn in for lannon. storn strikes out luke scott. goes 1 and 2/3 scoreless innings. top of the 9th the orioles trail 3-2. julio lugo off matt caps. it falls allowing adam jones to score. tied at 3-3. bottom of the 10th. clay meredith faces josh willingham and hammer wins the battle. a fly to deep left centerfield. willingham's eighth of the year. it was so dramatic the lights went out everywhere. the nationals beat the orioles 4-3. lindsay murphy was at the game and hopefully with the lights on filed this report. >> reporter: the nationals just got done playing 20 games over a span of 20 days. and have come out with a 10-10 record. they will get a much need day off before heading out on an 8 high day west coast road swing. they do it with momentum after willingham's home run. >> 4-3 nationals. >> that's what you dream about when you'

nats have out hit the rockies.ou saw the numbers last time up and he loves this ball park. 0 for 9 with a sector in the 3 games he's played out here. francis is trying to pound him inside, 2 and 1. francis has done a great job on the right handers. it's getting out front with that changeup and here he falls behind. rodriguez is safe and we'll see how they score it. >> bob: her reluctant to give too low of errors in this ball park. >> he has amazing range and i am amazed he got to that ball. base hit, rodriguez and both teams are satisfied with that scoring decision. >> once again, though, most shortstops don't get to that ball. desmond may get to it. most are not close to getting to that ball. the fact he made that throw, is a lot. >> bob: they post an error on the scoreboard. i think somebody thought he said base hit. >> no, that's not an error. >> bob: morris is the hitter. the thing is riggleman has no intention sitting dunn today. he doesn't sit out power hitters on this field. with adam not feeling well, and m

"nats xtra" pregame before the nats take on the rockies. the second of the twin bill.nnouncer ] achievement: starts small... and dreams big. achievement: makes big moves... ...and takes baby steps. it helps you keep the lights on... ...and it knows when to turn them off. achievement: is all around us. a part of our very lives. at pnc, we help make achievement happen. pnc. for the achiever in us all. >>> all right, "nats xtra" pregame brought to you in part by dapp. time for the dapp 3.0 forecast. humidity is 44%. a possible chance of a thunderstorm later on this evening. the chance of rain about 20%. tap 3.0 is all you need to know and welcome back to "nats xtra" pregame. johnny holliday with mr. baseball, phil wood with you. i know you won't take my word for the forecast. back out to denver and debbi taylor is going to give us up to the minute conditions from coors field. >> it sounds like you had a complete forecast and a pretty good one. expecting maybe some showers tonight, but nothing like the next couple of days, it looks like all the bad weather is passed up and

the nats drop 1 in 10 innings. 7-6 is the final score.tephen strasburg is in syracuse, new york getting ready for friday's debut. if things go well there, he could be in d.c. by the beginning of next month. possibly an early series against cincinnati but either way the nats' future ace, number one starter is taking everything in stride. so says his g.m. >> he's excited for the new challenge. it's a step in the direction that he wants to be in. you know, obviously his confidence level is high. he believes that he can be pitching in the big leagues right now and that's the confidence level we want him to be at. but he understands that we're doing what's best for him and what's best for the franchise and the organization and he's on board with every step. >> that's a good thing. o's and yanks in a matinee. bottom of the 4th, yanks lead 4- 1. a drive to deep left center field [ inaudible ] derek jeter scores followed by former nat nick johnson. remember him? yanks led 6-1. top of the 8th, still 6-1. a runner on. drives one to deep left field.

. >> who has the better team, nats or orioles? >> i think this weekend proved just that. nats. we have the battle of the beltway. a good one today. mr. reliable, not so reliable today. baltimore stalls the cap gun but forgets to put away the hammer. a detailed break down of the close shave at the park next. >>> both baltimore and washington went looking for more than a win in today's battle of the beltway's rubber match. a victory would earn baltimore its second series win of the year. a nats win would put them above .500. mr. roger bern dina scorches this one to the wall. almost clears the joint but it's a bases ledded triple. top 9, the cap gun. matt caps is normally lights out, but julio lugo wants to leave the lights on. extra innings, josh willingham hits this one. 8th of the year. washington gets its first extra innings win of the year. 4-3. after words, how about that hammer. >> he's just a professional hitter. he's the ultimate pro, you know. you don't see josh make too many mistakes on the baseball field. he's just solid as a radio, and give you a good at-bat every tim

nats are already where there they could come home or try to turn two. he thought he got it, he's not on our team, but you saw kat lack around and cot a double. should have got on first. could happen to anybody, but they got insure uner ticked off of the now catch the run issue at third. fete the pick off, sitting at third base is cog manned. i think somebody saw what was.on and told them tome step offer. tyler steps off. looks like he got too much or took off early. there's am few more better bands defense and the cad they think they were and to make the ag in the runcorn kizashi down quickly. now you can bring the bring field until with one outside corner. it's still wit. it quo don't have fen mall spikes there then you're not thinking to do the most environment talcing. they severally hose town the up field the >> here's the infeed, natic mikes ebb they used to only wear plastic strikes on astro turf because the astro tier ofs the place astro first could make, but the in grass here you got to have the longer toughest field you can this is a football f

masn 2 hd, nats-braves. we'll have "nats xtra" at the ballpark at 6:30. this has been a presentation of masn. stay tuned. verizon fios "nats xtra" can with johnny and ray. so long for just awhile. >> johnny: welcome. johnny holliday and ray knight, brought to you by verizon fios. the marlins get their first series win in two weeks and of all times to awaken a giant, they had to come alive against the giants. they win 9-3. let's look at the ball club. they're 13-12. florida also 13-12. >> ray: nats never played well down there. >> johnny: they really haven't. >> ray: it's one of the worst to play for our ball club, no question. lannan started off -- what i was trying to say earlier -- 18 of his first 20 were fastballs for strikes and first slider he throw, he hits carroll in foot with the first slider he throws so i'm not sure why he threw so many fastballs early. he was very effective. he had a tough time throwing where he wanted to. >> johnny: nats were up but the loss began in the 3rd. >> ray: after the hit-by pitch and a single, he walked it down, gets

nats 1st inning run, and nats lose a 1-run game for the 5th time. washington not allowing a 1st inning run in 12 straight ball games. >> extremely well. they played extremely well for most of the game and most of the series. the big win they had on thursday, not being able to play again on friday because of the rain, that threw them off a little bit. >> they have a golden opportunity for a couple of more runs on the boards and let's go back to the 7th. >> base hit there to left center field and gonzalez gets the base hit there and you have runners on 1st and 2nd and olsen strikes out and he gets another strike out and basically the inning ends on the fly ball to the shortstop in short left center field. 2 on and nobody out and they don't score. certainly that was their big missed opportunities, a chance to go up on francis. >> 2 nats had a couple of hits. rodriguez had a hit and desmond and morgan with a strike out. the rockies win 2-1. francis was 4th with the 4th highest win total among all the pitchers in that franchise and he's not pitched in 2

how will he fair against some of the nats big boys? our big guys have gotten to this pitcher in the past. zimmerman 4, dunn 4. those two have half of the nats home runs this year. this is unlike any car you've ever seen before. this is power with efficiency. this is an interior that exceeds even the promise of the exterior. this is the all-new jaguar xj. the stunning result of taking a very different road. and dreams big. achievement: makes big moves... ...and takes baby steps. it helps you keep the lights on... ...and it knows when to turn them off. achievement: is all around us. a part of our very lives. at pnc, we help make achievement happen. pnc. for the achiever in us all. . >> bob: here we are back home. 20 games in 20 days. jim riggleman said today that adam dunn will get a day or two off during this stretch, zimmerman and all the guys will get that, because he wants to make sure that others stay involved with this paul club and get the playing time they all require. adam dunn hitting well lately. heyward, we'll see the young p

dave ross here and the nats return home to d.c. last night to begin a six-game home stand and with leavon hernandez on the mound against the braves, you had to like the nats' chances, right, right? because of plays like this. this is josh willingham. that was up, out and done. we were we were all tied up at one. but hernandez had great defense. way out in spectacular fashion, that is glovely. take that curveball out. only his second of the year but that put the nats up to four good. you think adam dunn can hit them a long, long way. two words, country strong and upper deck. that is four words but the nats go on to win 6-3. they are two games over 500. more good news, stephen strasburg one step closer. he is up to aaa syracuse. he has been promoted by the nats. he went 3-1 with a 1.64 era in five starts. he struck out 27 and walked only six in 22 innings. so gm mike rizzo, your thoughts on the promotion. >> he is in aaa now. he will work on a few of the things that we asked him to work on down in a a. he will get a taste of more vet

nats within a run. 4-3 ball game. top eight. the youngster in.n't allowed a run yet in the big league. correction, he has now allowed one run in the big league. craig tatum in to score. orioles beat the nationals, 5-3. >> we played a great ball game tonight. we got beat. we played good baseball. you know? guzman, harris hit the ball well. we walked seven times or something like that. you know? those are quality at-bats doing the walks. we were in position -- i mean, i am, i am -- much better mood tonight after that loss than i was last night. i've tell you that. >> two more chances against the orioles tomorrow and sunday. wnba hoops -- mystics playing without their best player, beard. they're finding ways to win. ladies hosting new york. trying to get off to a 3-0 start. the forward, leghorn, revealing her got milk ad. pretty cool. before the game, milk does crystal's body good. smith, leghorn. couple pump fakes. gets the lay-up. leghorn, ten points. 11 rebounds. giving washington a one-point lead. new york frying to inbound the ball. lindsay har

nats take a 7-6 lead. then in the ninth matt capps on to close it out, gets a soft bouncer to third. ryan zimmerman he's soiled. fields this, throws to first to end the game. matt capps 16 for 16 in saves. leads the big leads. here's jim riggleman on nyjer morgan. >> my first instinct was to take him out of the ball game and then i realize you know what, he thinks the ball went over the fence, he thought that he knocked it over the fence, and it's -- you know it's a home run so he's showing frustration that doesn't excuse it, and i don't want it to be perceived as an excuse but it explains it. you know he made a human error, he didn't -- not hustle, he didn't do something you know, it was a horrible thing. he made a terrible mistake. >> i think this is one of our bigger wins of the season because of the way that the game kind of transpired. we had a lot of things that didn't go our way, and you know, the play was nyjer morgan. >> the nationals do find a way to win. >>> injury news pudge rodriguez left toda

and it's the nats and the os. the battle of the beltway down at nationals park. >>> the latest now on our top story tonight. two people killed in an accident involving an adult in an suv and a teenager on a bicycle. >> that crash happened just after 4:00 on a bike trail near lee highway and forum drive in fairfax county. the driver of the suv and the bicyclist have both died. jackie bensen joins us from the scene now with the latest. jackie? >> reporter: we're told the bicyclist is about 17 years old. lee highway here behind me, one lane is still closed but the others are open at this point. over at the scene right now, a fairfax county fire engine vehicle has responded to the scene here. they are actually going to have to extricate the driver of that suv from the vehicle. again, we don't know whether that's a man or a woman. we don't know their age. we know the driver of the suv a an adult, dead on the scene here as well as the teenage bicyclist. police tell us that what happened here is the suv crossed four lane

this is a guy for the nats offense.nter at the top with morgan and guzman, you're looking at guys to put runs on the board and josh, last year, you have to wonder what he would have done if he started from opening day on. >> right. when you look at the lineup card for colorado, you see guzman to get the start today. >> guzman is a very up front player about playing wherever they want him to. he says harris has been a tremendous help to him. guzman is hitting about .300, a little more than that and puts the ball in play. switch hitter, you look at the lineup today and this is a lineup that the nats are putting out against the left-handed pitcher that only features morgan and olsen. >> the bun thing about guzman, he's not complained about anything this year. he's looking for numbers and his average in different positions he's played! this is only his 4th game as a right fielder. >> thank you very much for joining us here in the nats extra pregame. phil wood, i am johnny holiday, enjoy the game and phil and i will see you

he's emerged as one of the nat's top hitters unbeaten in the last five starts. the opposite is true of david hernandez who has yet to hearne a victory this season and could be a candidate tore demotion if he continues. and he's facing a washington team that is better than the o's. the nats play the best at home. they have won 12 of 21 games there. game time is 7:05. see the o's and nats on masn hd. >>> when it comes to coaches, the nba is into recycling. the 76ers have hired doug collins. thiss the fourth -- this is the fourth team he has coached. >>> brian vickers will miss the rest of the season for nascar. he is suffering from blood clots in his legs and lungs which requires blood thinning. casey mears will take his place. >>> the terps are the top seed in the tourney and take on penn in college park tomorrow. a win puts the ladies one step closer to a possible championship. >> it's getting so close. i think that's the hard part, trying not to look too far ahead because every team in this tournament is so good and has so much talent. >> maryland beat penn 12-

bottom of the first, nat downs 1-0. roger bernadine nah at the plate with the bases loaded, drives one deep to center. adam jones tracking it. he can't make its catch. remember, folks, don't throw your glove. accident throw his glove. yeah. he was watching, 'cause that happened to him yesterday. scored an inside the park home run for that nates a 3-1 lead. top five, pitching to weeders, high fly bull to left center. morgan and willingham converge, both calling for it morgan makes the catch, willingham crashed into morgan, knocks morgan's sunglasses off his hat. niger thinks they are josh's glasses, here is what i think they said to each other, hey, man, these are yours dude. niger says, oh, thanks, bud dmichlt ninth, nates 3-2. capps closing it owl faces julio luke goes, tying run at third base, lugo, oh, plays spoiler, pokes one into right. adam jones scores and caps' first blown save of the san, he had been 16-16. game tied at three. go to extras. bottom ten, noted at three. willingham facing clay meredith. you know w

>> the nats need some building. they are falling apart. going through a bad stretch of baseball and now the injury bug starting to take its toll. one of the best pitchers with an early exit last night and now scotty olson's future is uncertain. at the ncaa men lacrosse championship. all that coming up next in sports. hi. i'm jim perdue. in case of everyday emergencies... guys, go get changed! ...or soccer practice, it's important to be prepared for dinner. that's why i've prepared my perdue perfect portions fresh chicken breasts. they're individually wrapped, so you can cook what you need and store what you don't. we're not playing helicopter now. ready when you are, they're trimmed of fat and consistently sized to cook in just 10 minutes. life's not perfect. that's why there's perdue perfect portions. [ male announcer ] perdue perfect portions. ready when you are. >>> some weak spots in the nats team. >> that has been a great story early, but starting to fall off now. >> and now the true colors start coming out. the difference between the

nats edge the orioles, 4, 3, and 10. lindsay murphy files this report. >> reporter: matt cap's first blown save of the season was easier to swallow thanks to josh willingham's walk off home run in the 10th and the nationals win in extra innings for the first time this season. >> that's what you dream about when you're a kid so you know when you're up at the plate you can't really be trying to do that. it usually doesn't happen. i was just trying to get a good pitch and hit hard. >> he's a professional hitter and squared it up as good as he could and save the day for us. >> reporter: the battle of the beltway bragging rights belong to the nationals who will hold a 14-13 record all time against the orioles. from nationals park, lindsay murphy, fox 5 sports. >> lindsay, thank you. >>> last night's game 3, settles and magic, rajon rondo back and reverse and fakes everybody plus the foul. wow. later second. red i can's pass deflects off tony allen. rondo out hustles williams. boston led by as many as 32 points. celtics pound

nats go two games over .500 with a 6-3 win. yet very more good nats news.t moved one step closer to the big leagues. he was motored to syracuse. he went 3-1 with 1.64era in five starts at aa harrisburg. i hear he's coming up in june. what do you have? >> well, he's in aaa now. he's going to work on a few of the things we asked him to work on down in double a. he'll get a taste of a little more veteran presence and hitters. we'll see where that takes him. >> orioles in new york taking on the yankees. 3rd inning no score. runners on 1st and 2. lays down the sacrifice bunt. burnett fields it but throws wildly to first. everyone is safe. birlds lead 1-0 but the yanks would take over from there. led by some great defense. nice catch. easy. be careful. yanks win 4-1. o's now 7-20. kevin nickelberry has been named the new basketball couch at howard. he's 45, grew up in the district and went to central high. he was the head coach at hampton from 2006 to 2009. >>> nba eastern conference semis, game one. orlando in atlanta. big night for dwight howard. a spin move. o

the nats promoting their top pick from double a to triple a today.make his first start to the chiefs this friday night. the assumption being that he'll make four or five starts there and then get called up to the show in early june. but gm mike ri zoe told us today he doesn't want to wait. that's the confidence level we want him to be at. but he understands that we're doing what is best for him and what's best for the franchise and the organization and he's on board with every step. >> we're counting the days. >> oz in the bronx tonight -- o's in the bronx tonight. guys would rather walk in a run than give a rod a hit. they fell to the yankees 4-1. sad news out of detroit tonight as baseball mourns the passing of legendary broadcaster horn well. he became one of the most beloved and respected announcers. the body will lie in re pose at the park for several days. earny harwell was 92. >> if you've ever been at a game against the phillies, you've had the urge to put electricity into somebody but last night somebody actually did it. when steven ran on t

the birlds beat -- birds beat the nat 5s-3. washington has lost seven of eight. >>> to open up their season the washington mystics spoiled two opponents' home opener. so the goal tonight, not to let that happen to them. verizon center was home to the mystics and liberty as washington looks to improve to 3-0. new wizards owner ted leonsis check be out the mystics. he would like what he would see. the former terp had ten points and 11 rebounds. the mystics were up by five. then monique curry put it is away. the steal and the lay yum. the mystics win 77-61. they are 3-0 on this very young season. >>> nba news. if you're wondering what the wizards' possible top overall pick john wall was doing today, he was in chicago participating in the nba draft combine and if for some reason the wizards don't take the point guard from kentucky, the number two choice would appear to be evan turner who was also in chicago today. the ohio state product was the national player of the year. >>> it has been a turbulent 24 hours for the redskins after

the nats wind and take two of three. a very brazilian nationals. -- resilience -- brazilian national -- resilient nationals. >> the last thing to worry about is whether you won the game or not. >> it was not going away. rodriguez left with a back injury, and then there was the miss catch from nigel morgan and a temper tantrum that caused -- cost a home run. today, they took, the beltway title with one or the beginning his first big hit. >> they were going to follow that. and there was extra innings. i was just trying to get this. >> this puts them one game over 500. reporting live at the park, abc7 sports. >>> the university of virginia men's lacrosse team had their hands full today. let's go to the second period. to the goal, and he scores. five-one, uva. 9-8 in the fourth. he gets inside and scores of a breathing room for the cavaliers. they needed it. 10-9, uva. he comes up big. uva winds and advances to the final four. -- wins. the suns beat the lakers, and congratulations to the chicago blackhawks. a big surprise. t

what did the nats and mets do for an encore last night? up next, the nats go to a two- game sweep over the mets. >> and torn between playing for her country or playing for the washington freedom, this goal keeper's decision might surprise a few people. dave ross in our sports breakfast coming up after the break.  >>> welcome to your sports breakfast. 4 hours ago, a wild night at the old ballpark. the nat had a triple play go against them, an inside the park home run go against them but they still managed to meet the metropolitans. trouble in the first inning. and the nats rookie, bases juiced to david right from virginia beach. this one hit toward virginia beach. slicing to the gap in right and let the morey grow round begin. one run will store. two runs will score. all three runners will come around to score. all three would take a 3-0 lead it would get worse for the nats from there. you can make it 10-1. the mets salvage a split of the two-game set by winning in d.c. 10-7. >>> birds in texas last night taking on

bottom the first, nats down 1-0. bases loaded. roger's smooth. deep to center. jones can't make the catch. clears bases. cruising into third with three rbi triple. nats 3-1 lead. first professional bat for drew storn wearing the double flap he helm helmet. guess what he does? gets a hit. jim riggleman in the dugout calls for the ball. he was the tenth overall pick of the draft last year. stephen strasburg going to be near days. matt caps on to close it out facing lugo with the tying run at third. lugo spoiler. it's capps first blown of the season. bottom ten. knotted at three. willing ham up facing claire meredith. willingham the hero, hits walk-off home run to left. nationals win in extra innings 4-3. josh willingham comes up clutch. >> kind of what you deem about when you're a kid. you foe, when you're at the plate you can't be trying to do that, usually doesn't happen. i was trying to get a good pitch to hit hard. >> he's a professional hitter. he's the ult may pro. he's -- you don't see josh make too many mistakes on the baseball field. he's just solid as a

the nats had the day off but the team is still making headlines. >>> good evening. nationals are off after playing 20 games in 20 days but they made news putting rodriguez on the 15 day disabled list with a back injury. his return could coincide with the debut of strasburg, who will make his fourth aaa start tonight. if the nats want him to catch strasburg in his debut and many think they might the earliest it could happen is june 8th. >>> drew had another good outing yesterday. he entered this top of the sixth and struck out the orioles luke scott with two on to end the threat. he pitched one and two-thirds scoreless innings. storen batted for the first time since high school wearing a bat boy's helmet he delivered a base hit to the opposite field and a moment to remember. storen is a threat on the mound and let's face it at the plate, too. >> i'm just happy in general about the whole outcome. getting a win and putting up a zero there and icing on the cake cake. >> i don't feel i had anything to lose. having fun with it and trying not to embarrass myself. >> cool.

what, no nats jersey? they are playing so well.playing in the battle of the beltways tonight, bret. >> in years past it would have been appropriate to send them to outer space but this year they are playing pretty well. you know, people want this battle of the beltways thing to have the juice of a yankees mets show down but we are not to that kind of party yet. we will sample the opinion of the players. what do they think of the rivalry, is it catching on. plus, do santana moss ' issue reopen the door for to. it is coming up. >>> it's time for nine sports with brett haber. the best sports in town. >> welcome back to the ballpark, everybody. this is the day around major league baseball when all teams play against their interleague play. all of those rivalries are rooted in deep-seeded historical hatred. whereas the nationals don't really have deep seeded anything. yes, it is true those teams are 35 miles apart but it is hard for most people dc fans to hate the o's because for 34 years that's the team we rooted for. it's all we had.

and the nats cruise 6-3. meanwhile the strasburg era on south capitol street is closer to beginning. the nats promoting their top pick from double a to aaa yesterday. he will make his first start for the chiefs this friday night. the assumption being he will make four or five starts there and then get called to the show. nats gm mike rizzo told us yesterday the kid doesn't want to wait. >> his confidence level is high and he believes he could be pitching in the big leagues right now and that's the confidence level we want but he understands we are doing what's best for him and the franchise and the organization and he is on board with every step. >> the o's in the bronx for game two last night. brian on the bump for the birds. this is how intimidating a-rod is, guys would rather walk in a run but it didn't work they fall 4-1. >>> hazing by the braves. t nate hits a walk off home run to beat the phillies. watch the team. as he's rounding the bases they leave the dugout to the tunnel. when he arrives from his r

nats down. one on for willie harris. albers grooves it and unload it. his fourth of the year.hington cuts the lead to one. and top of the eighth. one on, two outs for patterson. lines it up the middle. tatum scores from second. and o's pad the lead up 5-3. top of the fifth. markakis grounds to shore. desmond lays it out. and makes a stop.ú and gets up and throws out markakis. great play. and we move to the bottom of the 9th. zimmerman, tying run for the nats. and simone gets him to fly out oo center to send the game. and o's sttal game one. 5-3. >> david hernandez picks up the first win since august of last year. one run on one hit. while walking five. the o's and nats are back at it tommrrow, at 4:05. >> and international soccer will make the return to baltimore again this summer. last july a sellout crowd of 71,000 fans packed m&t bank stadium to watch the game between chelsea and he milan in exhibition match. this summer you will see a chancee-- you will get chains to see enter milan take on engengland's manchester club on july 31. officials are hoping for another sellout c

the nats have won 12 of 21 games so far.you can see the o's and nats on masn hd. >>> and coaches are into recycling. the sixers have hired doug collins and this is the fourth team he has coached following chicago, detroit and washington. >>> nascar news. brian vickers will miss the rest of the season because of serious health issues. he's suffering from blood clots in his lungs and left leg. treatment includes blood thinners which makes racing dangerous. he is replaced by driver casey mears. >>> big lacrosse weekend ahead and for the maryland women and men, the terps and women's ranking number one and we'll hear about their plans to win a national championship. that's ahead on eyewitness news at 6:00. >>> and still to come on wjz eyewitness news. >> caught on tape. can police send you to jail on a felony if you record them making an arrest. >> you need to turn that off. it's illegal to tape anybody's voice or anything else. it's against the law in the ,,,, >>> coming up at 6:00, illegal recording, people catches cops on came

in three minutes where the nats phenom is heading now. we'll be right back. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm brett haber with the wakeup sports. as the nats wait for steven strasburg and his 100-mile an hour fast ball, ironic their pitcher now couldn't break a pane of glass with his fast ball. hernandez who was out of work when training began this year has been the nats best start and the best starter in baseball. he faced the braves last night. and he was at it again. five and a third and one earned run. some guys throw and he pitches. he had leather assistance. look at roger outstretched. well worth the grass stains on his trousers and then the offense took over. in order here, willing ham, desmond and dunn out on curve balls. and the nats cruise to 6-3. the strasburg era on capital street is one step closer to beginning. they promoted him from double a to aaa. it will make four or five starts there and then called up to the show but rizzo said he doesn't want to wait. >> he believes he could be pitching in the big leagues right now and

nats took a 3-1 lead. orioles trail 3-2, top of the 9th. julio lugo off matt caps. it falls allowing adam jones to score. game tied 3-3. bottom of the 10th. meredith facing josh willingham and willingham wins. a fly to deep left centerfield. a game winning walk off solo home run. willingham's eighth of the year. the nationals edge the orioles 4-3 in ten innings. nothing new for willingham who is eighth inning home run on mother's day gives the nats another win. >> a little better. still won the game for us but he had thrown me -- i was taking the strike and once i got to a 2-1 count he left one to hit and i wasn't trying to hit a home run. i was trying to hit it hard and it went out. >>> eighth seeded stoney brook hosting virginia. stoney brook trails 8-7. kevin crowley ties the game at 8-8 so stoney brook fans sensing an upset but virginia holds on. the pass to colin briggs who scores the game winning goal. virginia edges stoney brook 10-9. cavaliers advance to the semis for the sixth time in the last seven years. >>> in nhl playoffs game #, blackhawks hosting the

o's pitcher, david hernandez kept the nats in check.e rodriguez on the curveball, and struck out three and took a no-hitter into the fifth. and it's 4-0, baltimore. pudge rodriguez throws over to third and zimmerman, running him down, and pudge back to desmond, and that's played perfectly. new life for the nationals. bottom of the seventh. 4-1, baltimore. one on for harris, and he hammers this one out of the park. they get a two-run shot from harris, and it's a one-run ball game. and then the rookie has not given up a run this season until right now, right up the middle, and tatum comes in to score, and the orioles beat the nationals 5-3 in the final. >> we played a great ball game tonight and we just got beat. we played good baseball. you know, harris, he played well. those were quality at-bats. when you are in a position -- i am in a better mood tonight than last night, i'll tell you that. >>> and then wizards facebook mishap last night. they posted wall will be the pick, and then said if he wanted tickets to e-mail him. the post was

nats hang on 7-6.nstinct was to take him out of the ball game. and i said, you know what? he thinks the ball went over the fence. he thought he knocked it over the fence and it's a home run and he's slowing frustration. that doesn't excuse it. and i don't want it to be perceived as an excuse. he made a human error, did not hustle. he didn't do something as a -- it's a horrible thipgs. he made a terrible mistake. >> this is a bigger win this season because of the way the game transpired. we had a lot of things that didn't go our way, and the play with niger and to be able to come back and get a win on a day like this was great. >> despite morgan's mistake, the nationals find a way to win. injury news, pudge rodriguez left the game with lower back pain and scott olsen is on the 15-day disabled list because of left shoulder tightness. >>> turning to college lacrosse, after the death of senior yeardley love, coach julie meyers said the best therapy for her team is to keep playing. yesterday in north caroli

on the field this afternoon, that nats get down early but josh willingham is a hero. a good piece of hitting. a man on and crushing one to the left. a two-run homer for the hammer. game tied at two and the third inning. we move to the top of the fourth, still 2-2. adam jones is at the plate with a runner on. it drives the pitch deep to center. check out nyjer morgan. he can't make the catch and then he throws his glove to the ground. one run scores and he forgets about the play and willingham comes over to help out while adam gets around the base so it was an inside-the-park home run for jones. let's go back to the play. what do you think about this, craig? >> he's lost his mind. >> that's a temper tantrum. >> kids, don't do that at home. >> do not do that. >> down 6-5, a two-run score and the nats take a 7-6 lead. >>> we all know the month of march is famous for madness that ensues during the ncaa basketball tournament. how about the month of may in the ncaa lacrosse tournament? madness fort the maryland men's team upset by unseeded notre dame in the quarterfinals. t

zimmman, tying run for the nats. and simone gets him to fly ot oo center to send the game.sttal game one. 5-3. >> david hernandez picks up the first win since august of last year. one n on one hit. while walking five. the o's and nat are back at it tommrrow, at 4:05. >> and international soccer will again this summer. baltimore last julya sellout crowd of 71,000 fans packed m&tbank stadium to watch th game between cheea and he milan in exhibition match. is summer you wi seea chancee-- you will getchains to see enter milan take o engengland's mancster club on july 31. officials are hoping for another sellout crowd. especially sincehe mach is few weeks after the wld cup wraps up. ravens president hopes tis trend will continue and help to bring in other bi time events. >>>we are extremely excited to have soccer coming back to m&tt3 bank staaium. hopeful that this will be -- we're having the event this summerhoping to ave more events. i think, as we demonstrate that baltimore and m&t bank staum is a god venue for soccer. we he to bring more occer events to thestadium. -opeful t

they won last night, beating the nats in d.c., 5-3, and the nats are trying everything they can to keep it from happening two times in a row. watch out in the outfield. >> move! >> there it goes. >> right after this, folks. ,,,, >> hello, everybody. baseball topping today's sportscast. orioles down the road in the nation's capital. roll the highlights. enough of this talk. birds giving their best despite being baseball's worst team. after winning last night, top 1, ty wigginton threes into the outfield to score not one but two runs. in comes tejada. on the day, brad bergesen doing real good, but great defensive play here. luke scott, track meet to first. nyjer morgan is out. later, he's got more problems in the outfield. watch what happens to nyger. morgan. who's number one? it might not be nyjer morgan after this play. a little hole in the glove. meantime, adam jones says while they're fooling around i'm going for an inside the park home run. he's huffing, puffing, first home run in 24 games. right now in the 7th inning, nationals come back, and they've taken the lead. meantime, backtr

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