jonathan solano, ryan zimmerman, mike morse and rick ankiel all going deep today taking advantage of the early start time. the nats crushed the giants the second day in a row 9-4 the final. >>> there's something about the 4th of july that just brings out the best in ryan zimmerman. this is his walkoff homer back in 2006. how about this line? in six independence day games zim is batting .500 with four home runs and 13 r.b.i.s. bryce harper really making his case for the all-star game, today 2-4 with two runs and a walk. last count he was second in the fan voting for that final spot on the national league roster. fans, you can vote online at mlb.com until 4:00 tomorrow. >>> across the pond britain's andy murrayous track to become the first british man -- murray is on track to become the first british man to win since 1934. the depending champ novak djokovic had no problems today, 6-4, 6-1, 6-4. he'll go on to face roger federer. this is the sixth semifinal these two have met in the last eight grand slams, but believe it or not, it's the first time they faced off at a semi of wimbledon.

rick ankiel. crushing a two-run homer to right center field. his fifth of the season.e nationals go on to win 9-4. >>> don't forget, "sunday night baseball" is on espn. it's the yankees taking on the red sox. presented by taco bell. starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern time on espn, espn3 and the actual espn app. >>> a marine is raising money for wounded warriors. and he's doing it in a typical marine corps way. his goal is to do 100 push-ups by the end of the year. he says he can make it by doing over 2,700 a day. >> that's my routine. he says he can do the push-ups anybody, at the airport, at works and on top of a fire truck. so far, he's raised 10,000 bucks. and his goal is to double that. >>> up next, "the pulse." things heating up in the tomkat divorce fight. all the details straight ahead. >>> also, the south african athlete looking forward to the olympics. a winner, no matter what. i was living with this all-over pain. a deep, throbbing, persistent ache. my doctor diagnosed it as fibromyalgia, thought to be the result of overactive nerves that cause chronic widespread pa

in the eighth, rick ankiel gets in on the action. two-run shot. nats pound the giants for the second straight day 9-4 the final. >>> bryce harper making his case for the all-star game. just a few more hours left to vote. today he was two for four and last count he was second in the fan voting for the final spot in the national league roster. you vote until 4:00 tomorrow. >>> orioles celebrating the fourth out west in seattle. adam jones getting things going in the first. a homer to left and 20th of the season. good for him. having a great season. making chris tillman making his season debut for the birds. it was a butting going 8 1/3 innings. striking out seven against his former team. orioles take the series winning this one 4-2. >>> when the olympics start at the end of the month no doubt guys like michael phelps, usane bolt will be the marquee names but they will have competition from an unlikely athlete. talk about inspirational. oscar will be the first ever double amputee to compete in track at the -- at the summer game. he is who they call t

rick ankiel was designated for assignment.g to sweep the mets, third batter david wright gives it a ride. gio gonzalez knows it. a two-run shot to left, the mets out quickly 2-0. bottom 1 the nationals answer. he is ryan zimmerman who tags -- it's ryan zimmerman who tags dickey, a solo shot, deficit 2- 1. top of the 2nd, ike davis greets gio with another big fly to center field. you see roger bernadina. he runs out of room. solo shot, 3-1 mets. geonot happy. top of the 3rd 4-1, andres torres scores, gio 3 1/3 earnings allowing six earned runs. the nats lose 9-5. here's davey on gio. >> it's one of those days he didn't have too much, didn't have much command. a lot of things be with going for him, just of with those -- things weren't going for him, just one of those days. it's not always a complete bad day. of there really a lot of good things that -- there was really a lot of good things that happened there i was proud to see. >> the good part of the day was the return of drew storen. the orioles against the twins, top 8 bird

in the eighth, rick ankiel pinch-hitting. i'll say. his first home run since june 11th.zimmerman's squad with the best record in the national league and a 4 1/2 game lead in the east. >> we're healthy, i think, or getting healthy. it's hard to shuffle the lineup around and have guys doing didn't things and be consistent. now people are finding out what their roles are, it's easier for them to get comfortable and score some runs. >> we've had some good times, bad times, struggles. throughout the adversity, we continue to work hard and take the field with an attitude like we can win. the perseverance will win out. >> i always liked the makeup of this club. they seem to relish good teams coming in, rising to the occasion. >> all right. by the way, they will return to a 7:05 start tomorrow. it's turn back the clock night, the 1924 season. so foot is 5 cents. not really. i made that up. the first meal is regular price. you're buying after that. >> hele will buy. >> where is dan? >> working a booth down there. vendor. 11:00 a.m., not much cooler for them. >> no. at least the b

mike morse and -- two-run blast, mike morse and rick ankiel hammering the giants once again, 9-4 the final. joining me now in steweddee, sky kerst -- in the studio, sky kerstien. >> it was weird having breakfast at the park and saying good morningto everybody, but it was a fun time and now everybody gets to go enjoy their july 4th holiday. >> we thought this would be a great series, two no. 1 teams, giants, the nats, but the nats have just beat up on the giants the last two games. what's going on? >> hitting, hitting and hitting. you look at ryan zimmerman. >> nats hitting? >> that's what we said, they had the pitching. it's the hitting now that's coming through. look at ryan zimmerman. he took a cortisone shot 10 days ago. he's been on fire, hit one off the wall and a home run today. michael morse used the last couple weeks as a spring training and now he's on fire. ian desmond, their all-star, bases loaded, two outs, hit it up the mid, had a two r.b.i. single today -- middle, had a two r.b.i. single today. so they're hitting now. to go along with this pitching, that's scary. and th