everybody likes a winner, and the pirates are the talk of the town in pittsburgh. the only run of the game andrew mchitchin, a ground-out. pirates up 1-0. the thing that made this team different from the past, pitching. james mcdonald, and three relievers combined for a six-hit shut-out. do not adjust your audio. the pirates are in first place and beat the reds 1-0. the rays lost the last two games, but the baseball gods made up for it last night. eddie. in came a run. yanks and rays tied 2-2. yanks and rays. johnny damon to center. curtis granderson made a grab. sent the ball halfway to tallahassee. that scored the go-ahead run. yanks with a comedy of errors in the seventh. the rays won it 3-2. look at this. a's and tigers. carlos, a shot down the line. martinez hustled from first. got the green light to go home. the throw to the plate in time. martinez slipped past the plate, faked out the catcher and was safe. great body control and it makes suzuki look like a fish out of water. tigers win it 8-3. over the last few weeks we've had several crashes in the tour de f

. >>> don't look but here come the pittsburgh pirates, last night taking on their nl central rivals,e cincinnati reds, pirates infielders, flashing some leather. miguel cairo hits a grounder. it will go to short. watch chase d 'arnaut. great stop. good pick-up, tight call, they'll give it to him. the ball got there ahead of the slide. the pirates beat the reds by a score of 2-. here's your nl central standings, your pittsburgh pirates as a diehard cub fan, hard to watch that happen. a game up on the cards and the brew crew. pittsburgh -- enjoy it while it lasts. football season not far away. >>> finally, the u.s. women's soccer team didn't lose on a penalty kick like this, the overseas, uae with a big lead late in the game, deciding to rub it in against their opponents from lebanon. you know what they do when somebody does this? the penalty takes, the player takes the kick with the back of his heel and scores. i wouldn't be walking home alone tonight sports fans, that guy's going to get beat. unbelievable. it's a good shot. the goalie is thinking, what the heck is he doing to me. com

everybody likes a winner, and the pirates are the talk of the town in pittsburgh. n of the game andrew mchitchin, a ground-out. pirates up 1-0. the difference from the past. pitching. james mcdonald, and three relievers combined for a six-hit shut-out. do not adjust your audio. the pirates are in first place and beat the reds 1-0. the rays lost the last two games, but the baseball gods made up for it last night. >>> sacks full. eddie botched it. yanks and rays tied 2-2. johnny damon to center. curtis granderson made a grab. sent the ball halfway to tallahassee. that's the go-ahead run. yanks with a comedy of errors in the sept. the rays won it 3-2. look at this. as and tigers. carlos, a shot down the line. martinez hustled from first. got the green light to go home. the throw to the plate in time. martinez slipped past the plate, faked out the catcher and was safe. great body control and it makes suzuki look like a fish out of water. tigers win it 8-3. over the last few weeks we've had several crashes in the tour de france, but nothing on two wheels compares to this

at nationals park put on a ow after the game ainst pittsburgh pirates. >>> what will the weather be of the holiday weekend? has a preview. >> not so bad after tomorrow ternoon, cold front on the way. belfort furniture weather center, 81 degrees at reagan tional airport. c-net gaithersburg, dulles airport 77. -- same at gaithersburg, dulles airport 77. some showers may read developed chanceorning, a better of showers and stronger storms tomorrow afternoon. as the cold front moves through, are you ready for some find fireworks weather? it is on the way. that and much more in a few minutes. >> i think it is the best weather website in the area, abc 7 with the radar, the beach forecast, and the offense and the weather around the region. wjla.com. >>> three people are dead after a car accident in southeast washington. it happened on mississippi ave. he driver was speeding and lost control of the vehicle of three speed bump. two male passengers are dead and female passenger was also killed. one female passenger is hospitalized in serious condition. >>> a fatal house fire today in anne arunde

. >>> so once again the nationals beginning an 11-game home stand tonight against the pittsburgh pirates at 7:00. shawn, this is interesting. the last time they were here, they won and then their manager resigned. so hopefully there don't be that drama after this home stand. >> i hope not. fingers crossed. lindsay, thank you very much. >> now you have the news edge. the news is always on on myfoxtv.com. keep it here, because temperatures on tv is coming up next. >>>   

the braves got a 4-3 win over the pittsburgh pirates. look at it.s happen in the bottom of the 19th inning. i'm not kidding. that was at longest game in the history of atlanta's turner field. >> wow! >> 19th inning. >> that is a lot of innings, even for baseball fans like sal. >> use your good eye, ump! my goodness. i yell at the screen and that was a horrible call. >> he wanted to go home. >> they wanted to go home. but that was -- my grandmother, 95 years old could have made a better call than that. let's take a look at traffic. traffic is moving along well as you get up to highway 17 northbound. there are no major problems there. the traffic is moving along okay as you drive on 101 as well. this morning's commute on 237 westbound as you cross 880, that traffic is okay getting out to highway 101. and this morning's commute on 880 has been unaffected by the closure of the 29th street offramp. police are going to be investigating a crime that occurred there for the next 45 minutes. let's go to steve. >>> did you see clint there, the pirates' manager

. >>> the nationals are at home tonight and begin an 11 game home stand with the pittsburgh pirates coming to town. they'll be without jerry hairston jr. for a while. he suffered a broken wrist wednesday. he's expected to go on the dl for about two to four weeks. >>> and ryan zimmerman used nationals' park last night for a major fundraiser. the night at the park benefited his zims foundation which raises money for multiple sclerosis. his mother lives with ms. he gets one night a year the use the ballpark any way he want s and this is how he chose to use it. good son. >>> it's 6:25. still to come, good news in arlington where the move to save a local planetarium is up. >>> getting ready to hit the road for the fourth of july? we'll have a check on gas prices for our region and some popular destinations. >>> right now angie with a quick check on the holiday traffic. >> that i do and everything is looking okay as drivers are going to the beast. but we're looking at 90 over to seminary. the district roads up ahead in my next traffic report. keep it here on 9news now. >>> it is 6:29. this is th

curve is a minor league team for the pittsburgh pirates. go to the first 500 fans, 21 years and older. giving these quids would be a little bit creepy. the giants give a i way socks the other night so i want to see a scott mcgrew bobble head. zblfrnlts let's look at the markets. the dow industrials are up, nasdaq up 24. we have good news on retail sales. russell brand is helping sell the brand hewlett packer. let's take a listen to it. zm one flick and done. as a child i thought that was a way of dealing with boogers. pretty much complete my thought for me. like a woman. >> yeah. right. i shouldn't have. but there's another where he checks out the progress of english dental highagain, whether he is going to be knighted. he has been nighted and russell band and whered. is it run here in the u.s.? on tube as well where they are getting a lot of play as well. a funny guy. whether or not he's going to sell i couldn't tell you. >> exactly. probably a nice paycheck for those. >> i think he should take the paycheck for the ad rather than a percent

my uncle is a songwriter and was a baseball player, hal smith, played for the pittsburgh pirates.ord in ireland when you went to ireland everybody in that family plays music. this is part of the package. >> sometimes it's a contradiction, people say you explore the music, the arts or you explore sports. how are you able to balance? >> i never knew you had to make a choice. it's like you want water or air? make a choice. ♪ >> what does music do for you? >> well, keeps me from jumping. we can start there. but i love the song writing part of it. it just makes me feel good, you know. i'm not trying to do anything else with it. people go what are you trying to do? i'm 53 years old. i'm not trying to do anything except play tonight. have a great time. ♪ there will be peace and music that will fill the air ♪ >> i've had everybody try to label it. i had everybody try to tag it. i've had everybody try to why are you doing it. why do people golf? i also surf. my passion is life. ♪ >> kind of a kentucky blue grass meets irish dancer sound. really neat sound. myself, i enjoy a good polish pol

atlanta braves and pittsburgh pirates played into the bottom of the 19th inning. play happened at the plate. catchers makes the tag but the umpire called him safe. yeah, they debated that one. game over. pirates manager was so angry he followed the umpires off the field while the braves celebrated. take a look for yourself, what do you think? the ump admitted later he might have blown the call. nineteen innings. >>> 6:46, time to check the with meteorologist christina loren. >> good morning to you, 19 innings, a long game. we had a close call in the giants game. hopefully we can get it back. we're going to see changes especially at the coast giving way for the sunshine, alleges july weather in san francisco. you're going to get that today. low pressure to the north but it's been driven further to the north. then this time yesterday by an amplifying ridge of high pressure. this big ridge of high pressure is going to drive offshore winds. that pleens very, very little low cloud cover. clear start in the city of san francisco. the best chance will be saturday and sun

it happened early wednesday morning in the 19th inning of a pittsburgh pirates/atlanta braves game. six hours and with the game on the line. >> that's right. umpire jerry meals made a call he'll never forget and probably always regret. here's abc's josh elliot. >> reporter: it was an umpire's worst nightmare. an unquestionably bad call. made at the most inopportune time. >> and they got him! no, he called him safe! >> the images seemed so crystal-clear. there's the throw. the collision. and the tag. plainly obvious to all who saw it. except jerry meals. the only man whose opinion mattered. >>>> he called him safe! >> how can you end the game -- >> you've got to be kidding me. >> reporter: no sooner had meals gotten it all wrong -- a fact he would later admit -- than was heard the cry for instant replay. that technological referendum on human imprecision. while replay has found a home in pro football, baseball continues to mostly cling to its pastoral roots when only men, however fallible, judged balls and strikes, safe and out, fair and foul. something jim joyce knows all too well.

will we ever see a pittsburgh pirate world championship again? that's a real major issue.e sharing of revenues and yes, a team like green bay can win a world championship. that's the key. so yes, the players make a lot of money, but the owners have to learn how to get along and share their money and make it a level playing feel and as you know in baseball, they're not willing to do it and i'm sure they're not in basketball either. >> how great do i think the chance is, that we could not have an nba season? >> again, it's a lock down. fans confuse it and say why are the players on strike. it's not. the other thanes have locked them out. the ball is in the owner's court. they already dropped one of their hard and fast demands. that salary cap issue is important without getting too detailed, the nba has a soft cap, which means teams can spend above the cap to retain their own stars. this is a great question. it all depends how firmly they dig their heels in the stand. >> you're allowed to turn off your television now and not anymore attention to the lockout until it gets fixe

the pirates, 7-0, pittsburgh. neal will score the next and 110-2.is the top of the third, this does not happen often. time andon, the first has hit league pitcher a home run since 2009. reynolds gets into the act. that was a difference maker. a two-run home run. thes go to the grass court, men's championships. nadal and novak djokovic. novak djokovic takes the first two sets. they walk into third. six-one. the fourth set, he comes back to life. novak djokovic is the wimbledon champion. he wins today 64-61. the third quarter, seattle is up. the bomb from the top of the tea. is money. that was the lead in half. two birds. she scores the hard way. seattle wins 73-63. from england to germany, the soccer tournament. controversy in this match. hits the post. the players are shocked. australia roars back. should it this past off of her head. australia wins the final three- two. beat norway. ick whaney wins >> prince william and kate are their whirl wind tore of canada. in aam delivered a speech ceremony at city hall. >>

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pirates just getting started. 5-0 pittsburgh in the 2nd. double to center. scores garrett jones.ts get blasted 10-2. >>> for at least one guy though it is a happy day. before the game reliever tyler clifford was told he was the only national to be selected to the all-star team. clifford who came from the yankees in '07 has a . 196 e.r.a. matt wieters gets his first all- star nod. before the wimbledon men's finals began today there was a new number 1 in the world taking over the top spot from rafael nadal just for making it to the finals. on the court though his speed and precision helped him beat the defending champ and win his first grand slam title at the all-england club. nadal taking on someone other than roger federer. first set, off to a good start with a strong forehand. he goes up two sets to none and was in control. third set though. nadal trying to get back on the match. he scores the easy forehand winner here and on set point. novak just too strong. he wins his first wimbledon. >>> at&t national. will be back here next year. k.j. choi trying to make a move. he misses t

pirates. let's start in ninth inning with a squeeze play by pittsburgh. the braves, though, sniffed it out.he pitchout to nail michael mckenry at third. wow, great call from the dug jouchlt we go to extra innings. julio lugo grounds out to end the inning. so keep moving on to the 16th. pittsburgh's lyle overbay ripped it down the line, but the rookie freddie freeman making a cupping. the pirates fans wanting this thing to be over. with go to the bottom of the 18th inning. a base hit will whip it for tlachblt ronny cedeno there to make the play. we're still tied at three. 19th inning, it's late. folks in the crowd starting to get a little bit weird. here we go. julio lugo tries to score. he's out by a mile, right? the umpire calls him safe. jerl nee jerry neels was your umpire. he whammed to get back to the hotel the is to have a couple of meals. after 6 hours and 35 minutes he just want god home. the pirates manager clint hurdle couldn't believe what he saw. he was out by ten feet. they qaa him safe. the braves win 4-3 in 19 innings. the game ended at 1:50 a.m. eastern time. that's the long

pittsburgh. play at the plate. pirateskenry tacks julio lugo, but he's called safe by umpire jerry meals. meals had this to say after the game. >> saw the tag and it looked like the catcher missed the leg completely. but watching the replay, he might have got him in the shin area and googly moogly. >> good stuff, jimmy. >> jimmy: thank you. >> really good. there's aliens in the movie, too, you know. not just cowboys. you're dressed like a cowboy but we have an alien from the film. >> jimmy: here with us? >> let's bring todd in. >> jimmy: okay. >> todd, come on in. >> jimmy: this is him? this is the alien? >> yeah, come on in. there it is. okay. that's what we call a tracking suit. it's going to be great. >> jimmy: oh. >> i want you to grab, first of all, that's an eye line for you. grab a tennis ball. >> jimmy: i got one. >> we're going to replace that with a grenade, a high tech grenade. throw it at the alien. alien, you have to move around, todd. move around. >> jimmy: should i hit him with it? >> in the chest. good. one

then in the seventh not once but twice pittsburgh gets the out with the bases loaded. the piratesincinnati, 1-0. >>> the mariners brendan ryan a great grab deep in the whole and tosses a rocket to first but a sac fly in the 14th by the blue jays' john mcdonnell that sends in the winning run, toronto defeats the mariners 6-5. >>> when we return another look at the top stories. >>> and hackers attacked. the fbi targets the notorious group that shut down several major websites. d hackers attacked. [ dramatic soundtrack plays ] whoa! man: what is that? i don't know, but it burns! it's like fire. woman: ow, ow! i can't see. man: it's singeing me! it's the sun. get out of the office more often with chili's $6 lunch break combos. pair a texas toast half sandwich with fries and super salad every weekday. ♪ chili's lunch break combos ♪ [ male announcer ] every day, thousands of people are choosing advil. here's one story. my name is lacey calvert and i train professional athletes with yoga. i know how my body should feel. if i have any soreness, i'm not going to be able to do my job. but o

the pirates just getting started. 5-0 pittsburgh. the double to center to score garrett jones and it ends marquis' day. less than 2 innings, and the nats are blasted 10-2. for at least one guy it was a happy died. before the -- happy day. before the game, tyler was told he is the only nat to be going to the all star game. he has 57 strikeouts in 46 innings, and he could be joined by mike morse who is in the final player vote chosen online by fans. >>> to wimbledon in england. rafael nadal taking on something other than no federer. novak djokovic in complete control here. but then in the end. novak was just too strong. blanketing the grass. championship point. novak with his first wimbledon title. that's a quick look at sports this morning. have a great day everybody. >> first lady michelle obama will be at tomorrow's game with the national and cubs. part of an event honoring military families. no word if the chicago native will root for her hometown team or for ours. >> there's enough love to go around. >> absolutely. >> up next, the

pirates just getting started. in the 2nd, 5-0, pittsburgh. the double to center, and that scores garrett jones, and then jason's day, less than 2 innings, and the nats are blasted 10-2. >>> for at least one guy it was a happy day. tyler clipper was told he was the only national -- clifford was told he was the only national to be selected for the all star game. he could be joined by mike who is in the final player vote that is chosen online by fans. >>> to wimbledon in england. rafaelnorth americaal taking on someone other than federer. djokovic. in the end he was just too strong. blanketing the grass, and the championship point. novak winning his first wimbledon title. that's a quick look at sports this morning. i'm kristin bursett. good morning, everyone. >>> a look at the nationals east first half of the season in our next half an hour. >>> live to the national mall with a preview of the huge july 4th festivities. kris. >> reporter: thank you, jessica. all the way over to tyson, no problems. the district road coming up at 5:30. 9 news will

. >>> jason marquee looking for his 8th win of the season against the pirates, garrett jones gives pittsburgha 5 run lead hit to the wall left center wilson reynolds could homer for dc or would, but still the nats fall, 10-2. they are now 1 game under 500 for the season. cubs are in town to begin a four game series this afternoon. >>> orioles in atlanta against the braves top of the 7, 0s down 1, left for third homer in two days and 18th for is season that would turn out to be the game winning hit birds edge the braves 5-4 ending a 5 game losing streak. 0s face the rangers tonight in texas congratulations to catcher matt wheaters named to all-star team. >>> men's finals at womennable on the, look -- wimbledon. looking for his first win, taking first two sets 6-4 and 6- 1 but nadal rallied to win the third. he would not be deterred taking the match, and the wimbledon title in four sets. >> sweet. >> wow. >> why they are who they are. >> we want to say good morning to our facebook fan of the day. she says she has been trying to be the fan of the day for a long time if you would like to be tomor

pittsburgh this afternoon. lee con hernandez with the start. takes a full count over the right field wall to tie up the game. but the piratesame back in the 9th. right now it's 4-2 pirates. lefty john lannan expected to get the start for the nats. the pirates will send brad lincoln to the mound for the first time this season. that game expected to start around 7:00. >>> today's wimbledon women's final pitted a grand slam veteran against a newbie. maria sharapova has three wins. her opponent was making her first appearance, but she didn't let the nerves phase her one bit. sharapova and kvitova. took the first set 6-3. the match point kvitova buries. she wins her first grand slam title easily in straight sets. 6-3, 6-4. hail to the south pause. >> a big challenge like this one and big crowd. it's -- i don't know. i play by best. >> hard work pays off. moving day at at&t national today. rickie fouler and a bluish, greenish outfit there. made a serious move, 5 under for 9, including birdies on three of the first four holes. he is tied for the lead with nick watany. >> we're half way through the mls season. hoping some big trade

pirates off clause, morality clause. daps i thought pitburg was the steelers -- >> dana: i thought pittsburgh was the steelers. >> eric: this, got to love you. >> dana: sports is not my strong suit. >> greg: you were a

pirates on board first. cincinnati would load the bases up in the seventh. jay bruce pinch hitting, he'd go down swing. next batter drew stubbs gets them out of a jam. pittsburgh stays on top of the nl central. >>> dodgers and giants in san francisco. drive as shot down the line, it stays fair. 1-0 giants. in the fourth, a giants fan gets the ball, but watch the boy in the stands behind her. not psyched about it. not okay. we'll talk about that. the good news someone saw his reaction and they did bring him a ball. not to worry. back to the game now, in the seventh, a diving stop. gets dirty in the field. so we go to the september. bell up again. bases loaded. drives it the opposite way. that could be the game winner. san francisco with a big win at home. 5-3. >>> tigers and athletics. this one at home plate. the fourth inning, the ball bounces off the first base bag into foul territory. martinez on first tries to get all the way to the plate. the relay throw beats him bia mile and martinez dodges the tag, but he calls him safe. look at that. he had all the time in the world. can't make the tag. you saw it. martinez gets his hand in before he could put the gove

pirates this season. tonight the nats are look fogger their sixth straight home win against pittsburgh, a perfect opportunityo get davy johnson his first victory. >> yeah, awesome. the mood and tempo in the dugout is great. i enjoy playing for him. i know the rest of the team enjoys playing for him. we'll get him a win. >> i love being this the dugout. i love being around the players. i don't even mind talking to you and the press. the red-eyes sometimes aren't that fun, because i don't really sleep on planes. i'm always moving around and talking to people. but i want to shake hands at the end of the game out on the field. >> davy johnson also told me he got ten hours of sleep last night so he is raring to go and feeling good. and jayson werth is 1 for 18. so he is in a little bit of a slump. but this the last two games against pittsburgh, he is 4 for 7. so that would be nice for him to get things going tonight. free agency in the nhl beginning today. and the caps making some big moves. the capitals trade goaltender semyon varlamov to the avalanche for the first round pick in next year's draft and a second r

pittsburgh. >> hakim dermish has highlights from the doubleheader in this morning's sports minute. >> reporter: good morning, everyone. your sports minute begins with baseball. the nats played a doubleheader against the pirates on saturday. they lost the day game, 5-3, but rallied to win the night game. bottom of the eighth, tied at three. pudge rodriguez. 0-2 count. he lines one to right. here comes rick ankiel around third. he's in there. nats come back to beat the pirates, 4-3. washington will try to win the series today at 1:35. braves beat the orioles, 5-4. baltimore lost five in a row. capitals signed thomas vokuhn and the 35-year-old provides veteran leadership. last season with the panthers he was 3-0 against the caps. 9-3 2 2 save percentage good for ninth. new guy rosario making an impact. perfect pass to wolf. but then 85th minute, 2-1rbgs united. union on the attack. carlos ruiz pass. and it ends. germany, u.s. national team taking on colombia. all u.s. megan rupinhoe. all the all england club, upsetting maria sharapova. she is the first lefty to win wimbledon since martina 1/2rity low va did. you can see the match here on nbc 4. that's your sports minute. have a great a day. >>> check those lott

pittsburgh rips it down the line. look at the rookie. a nice leaping catch there. a couple pirates screaming for an end. past their bedtime. a base hit wins it for atlanta. nice play. we are tied at three. 19th inning, folks getting a little strange. they are all the beer cups he could find at turner field. here is the play at the plate. julio tries to score. it appears he's out by five feet. he never touched the plate. >> oh, my god! >> the umpire calls him safe. safe. >> he wants to go home. >> he wanted to get back to the hotel, no question about it. the pirates manager can not believe his eyes. the braves win on that play. braves win, 4-3. the game lasted six hours, 35 minutes. ended just before 2:00 in the morning east coast time. that's the longest game either of the two franchises ever played. >> willie, let me ask you this. they have instant replay. they will look at it to see if a home run. why can't they have a replay for a bang-bang play. that wasn't a bang-bang play. it was a bang play. >> they should do it, if you don't want to use it for every play, do it for plays that decide the game. ce

pirates. >> above 500 for the first time in 15 years. >> they have to be happy. >> maybe the best new ballpark in the major leagues. go pittsburghe was out. >> out west, the pitching dual between justin verlander, this got weird. verlander looks into first. no tolerance from the home plate umpire. he runs them. what? he throws another pitch. doubles to right. 1-0, angels. look at this. third base umpire calls verlander to use a different ball because he wiped his mouth. leeland gets run out of the game. meanwhile, spectacular. nine strikeouts in the eighth verlander pulled out of the game. gives the ump a piece of his mind. everybody gets thrown out. angels win, 1-0. 100th career win. >> surprised you haven't tried to throw me out. >> you weren't supposed to be here. we are trying to be nice. >> make the wish thing. >> isn't that nice of us. give him the opportunity to live his dream. >> that's good. thank you. >>> still ahead, mika's dad, dr. brzezinski. >> up next, mika's must read opinion pages. [ man ] they said i couldn't win a fight. but i did. they said i couldn't fight above my weight class. but i did. they said i couldn