ronny belliard he knew the pitcher wanted to get ahead. he never let him. >> rob: the increased playing time since they traded her nan dez and that man's game has woken up. gentleman that was a sleeping there. >> rob: i told you i watched them and the guy hits lasers all over the field. you know that you can still hit. >> bob: ronny belliard now, batting .386 over his last 17 games with 3 homeruns and 11 r.b.i.s. a new game. staying disciplined. he does and take that one. >> rob: they're in the third quarter of the steelers redskins game. 10-3. we're in the 3rd inning of our game it is 8-6. >> bob: that's way outside. dukes is gone. nationals on a ronny belliard grand slam a 4 spot in the bottom of the 3rd. on to the middle innings. what in the world is ahead on a night like this. @@xx  >> bob: 4 runs scoring to m it an 8-6. be a season ticket hold are you get gathered seating and over a single game prices and discounts on merchandise events and more. be a citizen! prince fielder hacks it out and the 4th insomething underw

ronnie belliard.well way to read the hop. stammen gives up another run. he will run the ball down. sacrifice fly, 2-0. bases empty, two outs and dan uggla coming up. we will check on game notes. over the last week and a half, anderson hernandez is a met again. that's where he came from. for infielder gregg, the nats are recalling saul rivera and since the first of july, .280 batting average and major league baseball, that's over a five week period. uggla takes a breaking ball for a strike. now, because of the error, the nats have given the marlins a second run. unless uggla gets a base hit that would make it earned. inside with a fastball, 1-1. >> rob: you have to try to minimize the damage and think in your mine, well, if i can't make a perfect throw, i will eat the ball and it is second and their. nobody scores. and. >> bob: then if you give up one run, you are okay. >> rob: then a guy on third with two outs right now. keep it simple. fundamental stuff. win you a lot of ball games. >> bob: 1-2, targ

ronnie belliard! see you later! number three for belliard. three for the nats tonight. a 4-1 lead over the marlins. >> rob: ronnie belliard, boy, do i really swing hard. >> bob: ronnie belliard, his 106th home run. >> rob: last night, he hit as you said, a breaking ball as hard as we've seen him hit a ball this year. maybe that got him a start tonight. maybe not. i'll tell you. this guy, he's a veteran player. i've been watching him run the cage the last few weeks hitting the ball and hits the ball as well as anybody on this team. >> bob: here is wil nieves. the nats, three homers tonight. one last night. they hit 103 this year. that's only three fewer than the power-laden marlins have hit now. >> rob: it's not easy to play sparingly especially at this level. the guy has talent still. >> bob: ronnie appears to be on some sort of second half drive here to prove himself offensively. got his batting average over .200 over the weekend. .205 coming in. he's 2-5 tonight. nieves takes a big swing and strikes out. vandenhurk, his third k on the night and john lannan coming off

ronnie belliard has done the grand slam thing twice. he hates not to play. late breaker. >> rob: he maybe took the last fastball he is going to see this at-bat. he knows belliard is is a good fastball hitter. ronnie belliard, and this ball is heading to the bullpen. two runs will score! it will be second and third, and it is a 4-2 game! >> rob: nice! >> bob: that's one of the hardest balls i have ever seen ronnie belliard hit, and the nats have four consecutive hits. they're finally on the board. >> rob: i said he wouldn't get another fastball and he didn't. he got a breaking ball and ronnie belliard is all over that. that's when you go with the pitcher, know what is coming, wait on it perfectly and just crush. that man is very happy and so are we. nice job. that ball had that spin on it. it was a low liner and it carried almost to the bullpen before it hit. and the nats have knocked josh johnson out of this game. wow. now at chili's -- welcome to chili's. start your three-course meals with a shared appetizer. for a second course, choose two entrees from over

corraled by ronnie belliard and two down. pitchers aren't fooling anybody so far in this game. get your family fun pack tickets. diamondbacks will be here on sunday. a $14 upper right field terrace particular or $25 lower field reserved ticket on either side of the ballpark. with each one of those, you get a hot dog, drink and chips. minimum two tickets per purchase. giferdz kids get to runt base after the game. we'll do it again this sunday when arizona is here. here is emilio bonifacio batting .248. now, from the right side, he's been very good all year at .3 subpoena, but -- 3.17, but only2.19 left-handed -- . # 219 left-handed. you would think he would get hits on the ground to hit much, much may higher than that. >> rob: i'd say the same thing to him i'd say to nyjer morgan. you put more balls on the ground depending on your speed. this guy obviously thinks he's a home run threat or a big slasher threat. he's putting more balls on the ground from the left side, you have a lot more infield singles. >> bob: two balls and a strike. >> rob: probably get more action in the fiel

. >> bob: ronnie belliard, 4-8 as a pinch-hitter with two walks in his 10 pinch-hitting appearances. , a guy does well for you. he deserves a start here and there. ronnie gets one tonight. good eye. 2-2. >> rob: leroux is 6'6". pinto, 6'4". then johnson and miller are both 6'7" and then volstad and sean west are both 6'8". >> bob: ronnie belliard, left field line hooking. not missing a home run by very much. tim wood and brian sanches must feel like -- around these guys. >> rob: probably going, yeah, two 6'8" guys, two 6'7" guys. that's what is pirates are talkb those are guys they want to draft. >> bob: rob and i talked about that sunday in piferg. pirates have a philosophy in their organization now drafting tall pitchers. increase that go downward angle towards home plate. belliard can't get it. strikeout number two for vandenhurk. >> rob: the thing about neil huntington i do like is part of his baseball resume is work with the cleveland indians. they've had a great -- or a great history of great evaluations and drafting very talented players. as long as you develop and draft talent

ronnie belliard at the plate. changes that with one swing. send the shot to the upper deck in left. great american ballpark. belliard's, fourth home run. take a 1-0 lead. that's all they needed. that's not the case. last night it was. bottom of the fifth. paul janice up with two on. singles. fleiss play. second win of the season. shut out the red. 2-0, talking football now. michael vick. and clearly split. yesterday the cover of the philadelphia daily news read hide your dogs. reebok official uniform supplier for the nfl is receiving so much demand for michael vick jerseys they have begun production. there he is. vick wearing 7. standing next to donovan mcnabb. ran the offense in the walk through practice this morning. in the afternoon session, worked out as number 3 quarterback. 29-year-old vick is eligible to play in the eagles final two preseason games. closer to hope. the redskins are preparing to play steelers one week from today. head coach jim zorn called the defense soft after 500 yards of offense to the ravens in the preseason. can't give that much offense up and win. zorn

ronnie belliard changes that with one swing, the shot to left off aaron harang. there were some nats fans. paul janish facing garrett mock. mock had a good game. he singles to center field. no fear. nyjer morgan is here. he's fast and had a big-time home. you're a dead duck. the nationals shut out the reds, 2-0. >>> now to baltimore, what a night for felix pea yeah. pea yeah at the plate. he finds the gap in right center field. he was near piette-fect. the o's beat the angels 15-6. >>> when you lose 23-0 and get out in a game 2-1 in terms of yardage you need to dig a little bit to find the positives. for the redskins, one of the positives who played very well in their los to the ravens was malcolm kelly. it matched his total from a disappointing rookie season. he showed the ability to make the tough catch going over the middle in a game, which is something we have seen him do routinely in practice. skins' quarterback jason cam billion certainly pleased to have another weapon in his arsenal. >> how very impressive of malcolm the way he went across the middle to ca

this is ronnie belliard at the plate. and into the left field. elijah dukes. stumbles he rounds third. he is going to try to get home. and dukes is safe. the game is tied. at 2 apiece. bottom seven now. jorge sosa, facing former teammates. andy laroche. deep right field. that's gone. solo home run. and you could -- say that sosa is just a wee bit upset. laroche, two homers on the night. fast forward, top of the ninth. mike gonzalez. closing out the game. and sends the hot shot up the middle. check out the reaction. what an amazing catch. and almost takes his head off. instead he cches it for the out. and beat the nationals 6-2. preseason game, one for the redskins. in baltimore tomorrow night. don't blink because if you do, you won't see the starters. they won't play long. several of them, won't play at all. it will be a chance for the young guys, veterans, fighting for a roster spot to make an early impression on the coaches while they're in the line of fire. so to speak. also the first time the new look redskins defense will face live competition. and that i

ronnie belliard. kind of a little squirter here. it does the job. gets right up the middle. guzman scores from second base. that is the game winning run. nationals add three more in the inning. they beat the marlins, 12-8. at the legg mason classic. andy roddick had to work harder. facing 21-year-old, sam query. the tennis center. andy roddick, a huge welcome from the fans in d.c. first set. exchange ground strokes. roddick tries to sneak one by. gets there. roddick with the forehand. comes to the net. pretty good play by the young fellow. little fist pump th too. later in the first set. serving. watch roddick at top of the screen. i don't thinke'll get that one. roddick wins it 7-6. 6-4. he did have to work just a wee bit harr in the match. a good weekend. >> yeah. you know it. thanks. >> coming up next. new video of steven tyler as he falls off the stage at his latest concert. >>> aero-smith fans were shocked when steven tyler fell offstage landed in the crowd. tmz posted new video from last night's show in south dakota. tyler sang love in an elevator and fell off the catw

. >> ronnie belliard ripped a frozen rope line drive to deep left center.ly harris is on his horse, scores easily from third. belliard with the double and the rally was on. four batters later it was a 4-4 game. guzman on first and bam! get up, get out. he does it again. two-run shot 6-4 nationals over the marlins. the nats have now won three games in a row. let's go to detroit orioles and tigers. nick mar kay cuss had a great night for the birds. has this home run at the top of the sixth to make it 5-1 and baltimore wins with a final of 8-1. the feel-good story comes from college park, maryland where the terp head coach reached the a milestone. the fridge lost 100 pounds and dropped below the 00-pound mark 300-pound mark since he became the coach for the terps. he was emotionally charged with his success. >> i think one of the things that this has shown me is that there's a lot of people that really care about me and want to see me live a long life. so hopefully i cannot disappoint them. >> go to wjla.com and click on friesen. we got the whole story for you

ronny belliard who is serving as the backup first baseman. >> rob: a job well done. he nut a good night's work. >> bob: he is much more liable to score than adam is. that gets away. belliard stays. willingham 1-3 with the devil. another one by laroche last time up. a lot of things a manage kerr do when you have the lead at this stage of the game. off the chang up. 2-0. dukes could be the 8th nat to bat. an inning where the first two struck out. highball 3. rough inning for jeff karstens. they have got him here in the 7th. that's a four pitch walk. it hurts doumit and belliard goes to 3rd base. >> rob: that caught him in between the shin pad. there is that yellow area. he started to bend over. it looked like a fastball. hit him right there where the yellow is on that pad. that stings. giving him some extra time. >> bob: willingham on for the second time. dukes, singled his last time up. a breaking ball. doumit to reach back hand to get that one. , you can see him turning on that breaking ball here. >> bob: on a fastball. gets a base hit. 8-3 washington. everything in

to the top of the fourth, nats likea ninther morgan, ronnie belliard, adam dunn began all score and the nats win this one. dc united into toronto. dwayne deair is yo using his head redirect that is in sending toronto paing. the ladies kicking the ball also. freedom and new jersey 1-1, and -- right between the legs. that's like she only has one name. >> she's got good moves. >> jersey win this is one and that's your day in sports in sp julie loves target, it's got the supplies teacher told her to get and for a great deal. she also expects he'll love the sandwich. she expects he'll think of her when he sees the note. so she shops target. gotta have deals on the stuff she's gotta get. target. expect more. pay less. >> so the warm weather continues? >> another warm day, not quite as humid but it will still feel summer-like. a cold front late tuesday, you're probably saying cold front? it will cool our temperatures down? not a whole lot. only in the upper 80's on wednesday and thursday, then 90-91 feels the same to me. >> summer-like temperatures. for the next several days. so we're making u

ronnie belliard, get up and get out. he means it. a scoreless shot right there in the 5th breaks up the scoreless game. orioles at home taking on the angels. the historic night for that guy. the o's pound the angels 16-6. o's win big. to the second round of the pga championship. this is phil mickleson's approa on seven. getting home on the par five and two. when you get it this close, brian bolter, even for you and i this would be a formality because he's going to make that eagle putt and fight all the way back to make the cut at four over par. so phil is around for the weekend. how about the irishman? the irish eyes are smiling on th approach. it's tiger's ball. gets it inside a tiger's ball for the birdie but he's three under par which means he's four shots behind who else, tiger woods in command. tiger always gets these to somehow drop. tiger woods halfway home to majors title number 15 at seven under par. one other score to pass along. the mystics win in double overtime 91-89 over wge brian wraps up the heedge when return. hmmm..

on offense ronnie belliard picking the guys up. solo shot.t was enough for garrett moss who pitched six shut-out innings. nats win. first shutout of the year 2-0. >>> os outfielder making history tonight. double in the 1st, homer in the 3rd then a single and triple in the 7th. hitting for the cycle. just the fourth oriole in history books. the cycle books. cal ripkin did it, aubrey huff did it. >> we will be right back. >>> severe weather is coming. find out if your power is out at home. go to pepco.com and click on the 9news now power cast. for up to the minute storm tracking. 9news now and pepco keeping you prepared. eacher told her to get and for a great deal. she also expects he'll love the sandwich. she expects he'll think of her when he sees the note. so she shops target. gotta have deals on the stuff she's gotta get. target. expect more. pay less. ("whish, whish") here's the solution. (applause) is it a bandage you ask? no! it's famous, drug free breathe right. (squeaky noise) ingenious flexible strips that fit your nose to gently open

and they traded ronnie belliard to the minors. how about the o's hosting the indians.rianroberts, a dribbler up the left side. the former nats throws and here comes ty wigginton. o's up one-sip. -sip. next up, he makes master son pay. up and out for a 2-run shot. set.eat the indians 5-2. our game set. we have the first set of cuts have come and gone. next saturday we'll find out the full complement for the 53-man roster. >> the bubble players really fight to go make that roster. >> and they have one more chance on thursday against jacksonville to show what they can do. it's a big game for these guys. >> get a good night's sleep. >> one last weather word? >> we want a sweater or light jacket for all the kids heading out to school. it's going to be chilly. >> another forecast tonight at 10:00 and the "news ed at" 11:00.

maybe can get some guys in scoring position for bard. >> bob: ronnie belliard is 14 for his last 35. line fastball called for a strike. and is belliard chops one left side. they won't be able to get two, but they get the lead runner, gonzalez, on a 5-4. josh bard, the nats only remaining licensed batter will pinch hit now in the pitchers spot. >> rob: well, i've said to you many times, hitters will let you know what you feature, how good you are. career patting average against huston street, .212. wow. this year, 35 hits in 48 innings pitched coming in. now it's 36 hits. >> bob: nats down by two. josh bard, 2 for 8 as a pinch hitter this year. catchers don't pinch hit much. they usually start and stay in the whole game. he had a good rip. 1-1 to the nats pinch hitter. change-up. and i'll tell you, huston street evidently has earned himself quite a strike zone. he got a call away to belliard, got a call away here to bard. nyjer morgan on deck. >> rob: well, he's earned the reputation probably around with the umpires that he is a strike thrower. >> bob: and a 1-2 ball, pops it up to rig

two on for ronnie belliard. knocking it through the infield. dukes in from second. tied at 2-2. but nats bull pen has left something to be desired all season and tonight no different. the nats lose 6-2. >>> athletics and orioles a one- run game. 8th runner on third and pitch by mark hendrickson. baltimore losing this one 6-3. >>> any gm will tell you their job is never done but with the signing today of a center, the off-season roster tinkering should be complete. the 6'10" center from argentina made it through the halls in the verizon center being introduced this afternoon. alberto gets he hopes another trip to the post season. >> in the playoffs it is interesting. work hard and be ready when we got the chance to show what we can do. >> we felt like we still needed one piece to the puzzle. a veteran big man. someone with a lot of playoff experience and someone that can give us added depth in the center position. >> soccer. u.s.a. taking on mexico. 82 minutes in 1-1 game. not any more. mexico with the cleanup job and unfortunately be the game winner for mexico. 2-1. >>> finally

ronnie belliard the start at second tonight had a big base hit yesterday.s the catcher and john lannan is the pitcher. byron kerr and ray knight with you. welcome back to "nats xtra". we'll take a look at news and notes. karin has been put on the 15- day disabled list with that thumb and jorge padilla, 12 years in the mine owrs gets a call to the nationals and in iewnl uniform tonight for washington. we're getting rld for the matchup against the marlins. ben guess -- guessling is here from the "the washington times" -- guessling here from the "the washington times". >> he we don't know enough about it to say definitively that's the reason why he's had some struggles most of the season. this has been something that's plagued him back to his minor league days off and on, but i think in the last few days, certainly, it's become more of eighteen issue and we'll find out more -- an issue and we'll find out how long this thing will be. he's heading to baltimore to visit with a hand specialist up there and they'll decide whether he needs ran operation or he can pl

ronnie belliard traded and steven strassburg putting in his first workout as a pro. we will fill you in on all those details. golf, tiger was in the front at the barclays. we will tell you how steve morino finished. brett haber bringing us the good, bad and ugly. we will explain what on earth this woman is doing. on sports plus. >> we want to say goodbye to andrew smith who has been our floor director for a couple of years. best we have ever had. going to go work in television. >> nice job. >> maybe we can get a shot of andrew. >> i was watching a little bit of golf today. steve marino. >> you have a golf injury? >> i do. pulled a tendon. lots of kids going back to school tomorrow. here is the seven-day forecast. nice week. temperatures below average. low humidity. turn off the ac. will be in pretty good shape. >> next 9news now tomorrow morning at a.m. sports plus is next. bye, andrew. >> bye. ( sighs ) ( music throughout ) hey bets, can i borrow a quarter? sure, still not dry? i'm trying to shrink them. i lost weight and now some clothes are too big. how did you do

game tied at 8 when ronnie belliard knocked one to center. guzman scores, nats take the lead. they win 12-8. they have a five- game win streak. that's their longest of the season. that's the story from here. redskins scrimmage on saturday. we need to get a guy to hold the umbrella. then we would be okay. >> i know what you're saying, brett. we'll work on that. >> you know you have an entourage. >> i'm so not like brett and brian. >> you are right. that's it for us. you'll get to hear from them later. the cbs evening news with katie couric is

ronnie belliard now. that's the best at-bat alberto gonzalez has had in some time.lliard goes up hacking. >> rob: that's a little bit tardy on that fastball. laid out an 86-mile-per-hour fastball gets the bat going a little early.   >> bob: there's a -- that's breaking ball that misses away. they're holding gonzalez at first in a one-run game as they should. this is a ballpark with deep gaps. pirates don't want him scoring on an extra-base hit. belliard will single to left on a breaking ball that was hanging and how ironic is this? it gets nyjer morgan to the plate in the ninth inning, the former pirate. so, the about ballgame boils down to a hitless tonight morgan 0-# tonight with a walk and a run scored. blinding speed in the batter's box and good veteran speedinbetween. a crowd of 23,363 standing most of them. a pitcher and a hitter who know each other very well. >> bob: that's low. >> rob: milledge is way in in left field. a chop shot into left field. >> bob: gonzalez will be running on any contact and here is a 1-0 pitch. m

. >> ronnie belliard made a brief appearance in st. louis, striking out in his only at bat. that is how he finished with the nationals. after the game, he was shipped to the dodgers. the nationals could not get anything going against the cardinals. they fell two-one. the nationals are on to san diego. >> a fairfax native could not hold his lead in the gulf. it opened the door for tiger woods. he thought slocum -- heath slo cumb won the golf tournaments. >>> time for elect -- time for a look at business news. >> the winning streak of stocks last week may not extend into today. the opposition in japan one in a landslide. stocks in china fell. investors worry measures designed to curb lending would end up hurting prospects there. markets right now are mixed. stock index futures are indicating a lower open. the cheapest recession hair cut a man can get maybe at home. a number of americans are forgoing the barber and taking matters into their own hand. they cite a growing number of sales of electric hair clippers. that is your business news. live at bloomberg headquarters in new

. >> bob: here ronnie belliard, 5 for his last 23. not exactly the power you're looking forivery, the even, 1-1. belliard will take one. it gets him ahead in the count. 2-1. >> rob: maholm's career during the day is 10-15 with a 5.2 e.r.a. maybe he doesn't like that early wakeup call. >> bob: belliard hits one to short. he'll have to hurry for two. and dukes, a big-time takeout delwyn young. that was measure league right there, and runners at the corners with one out. >> rob: that's the way you do it, right there, elijah. bob said this is a big leak takeout to stop a double play. young can't even think about making a throw. >> bob: i guarantee you, the next time he takes a slow developing double play rela will not be sitting right on  bag. >> rob: that will be an a play for sure. we have guys on the team tht are afraid of contact, and s nice to see elijah who is n afraid. >> bob: and gone calls needs a rbi here. alberto has one in this series, grounds ball last night.

well played by ronnie belliard against a very speedy runner.you can give up solos when you're up big. and the nats are up big, halfway through the game. it's 8-# washington. 8-2 washington. @@úúxx  >> i'm having fun. it's a sunday. it's beautiful out here. i'm excited. my parents are in town so try to put on a show for them. >> debbi: so far he is putting on a show. he has been a key part of this game, a double and scored on the suicide sweep. i'm joined by mike's parents, his mom arlene and his father figure throughout his life. i have to ask you. being a baseball mom and a single mom at the time, how was it raising mike and his brother t.k. >> well, it was very challenging but i encourage all single mothers to keep going and never give up because you never know what the end result is. i'm very proud of him. >> debbi: i know you have told mike not to give up, too. stan, you coached him along the way and helped him with football and baseball and you were the football coach at duke university and you also play in the csl. what ad

belliard use to play for milwaukee and looks familiar and has been hitting well. ronnieis on a hot streak because he is getting at-bats. >> rob: absolutely and he put himself in the lineup. he is one of the guy, a career .275 hitter, close to his career average. hit a huge grand slam to get the national in the game but he has been on fire since the trade of anderson hernandez. it opened up for more playing time for ronnie. he is making reps and people pay for it. it's fun to see. when guys other than zip and willingham stroke the ball like that, it opens up for the offense. just really the defense and the pitching needs to pick it up a little bit. the last 14 games, .375, but more importantly when he is swinging a hot bat, it's another weapon on the bench if he's not in starting lineup. >> bob: belliard will give you steady defense. craig steammen has faced brewers one time. he is trying to get the e.r.a. down, his 18th career start and maybe craig is the guy who will findly put the damper on -- finally put the damper on these milwaukee bats. @x@0@p@0@6p)@)@  >> bob:

. ronnie belliard, 0-0 this year. pirates are occupied with him right now. so he's running on the next pitch. i like it! jim riggleman going for the insurance here. out for a sunday afternoon stroll. the count is 1-1 to wil n ronnie is one of those guys w carries his batting gloves to keep his fingers closed while running and sliding. >> rob: you're not supposed to put your hands on the turf wh you slide, you'll break a wrist. >> bob: jam them into the b. >> rob: you hold them up. lots of guys go to that wrist/thumb hard plastic protection you can velcro ad your hand. >> bob: 1-2 to wil. 0-3 for the strikeout. they've gone to the 10th inning in cincinnati. reds came back and tied that game with colorado. that's a good take by wil. it's hard to lay off pitching like that that are strikes  while before they take that break. 4-4 colorado at cincinnati, tp of the 10th.  nieves who knows exactly what joel h

ronny belliard at the plate. he grounds one up the middle and he gets through. cristian guzman scores from second base. the game-winning run comes in. nationals g on to beat the marlins 12-8. before the game they shipped infielder anderson hernandez to the mets for a minor leaguer. the nationals win five in a row the first time this season. good for them. they are playing very well. i see what you are trying to do, by the way. clean hair spray here. we'll get rid of the bugs and head for cover. >> there are a lot of products going on out there okay, you two. >> thanks a lot. >>> when we come back, we are going to have information on virginia's upcoming sales tax holiday. >> and we'll talk about bears caught on tape when they were hanging out. >>> virginia kicks off its annual tax-free shopping weekend tomorrow. you won't have to pay the 5% tax on school splice and clothing. in our area virginia is the only place you can do the tax-free shopping now. d.c. canceled its holiday saying it needs the money. maryland did the same thing. stores are banking on these tax-

up with ronny belliard and nieves behind the plate. you know who plays at the corners,   over his last 15. there is padilla as a major leaguer tonight. 8:26. we're underway with a strike. obviously raining but has cooled off. it would have been 88 earlier. [ laughter ] -- but it is 75 right now. and lopez has a game opening base hit. here are some game notes. morgan, really getting on base a lot early in the games. ryan braun does the same in the road games. he has a great batting average. the nats scoring 5 plus runs that seems to be the magic number. that's because their team e.r.a. is just under five run as game. mike cameron running second. he was in the sixth hole last night. >> rob: and craig counsell not in there. they have escobar playing shortstop. a lot of pop here. >> bob: yes, sir. that's off the plate inside. 2-0. warming it up a bit. braun is next and then fielder. brauers put two first inning runs on the board last night. lannan misses 3-0. last time against the brew ares. that was a year

ronnie belliard tries to score all the way from first base. and belliard would do so easily. they throw off target, dukes gives the national as 2-1 lead. dukes not done yet. after he slides in there to third base. he was getting in on more action and in the fifth, bases loaded, smash tess ball deep to left field. that's a grand slam. good to see him swinging the bat well. nationals score six runs in the inning. dukes with his first career grand slam as nationals beat the cubs 15-6. rematch at wrigley tonight. >> all right. something they do well. thanks, dan. >> you're welcome. >>> final check of the forecast from bob. how is it looking? >> hot one out there now. the humidity is not too bad. creeping up a bit. 90 degrees right here in northwest washington. overnight tonight, temperatures will dip into the 70s. heading out to school tomorrow morning. temperatures in the low 70s and i remember labor day does not come until we get a weekend. just looking forward to it. just looking forward to it. boy, over the weekend, have to keep an eye on danny. any impacts will be out of the

now, washington's ronnie belliard tied the game with an rbi hit in the 7th but the nats bull pen gave up another homer to adam laroche and they fall 6-2. washington starts the four- game series in cincinnati tonight. >>> in baltimore, the athletics taking on the orioles. in the 8th, a pitch gets away from mark hendrickson and the a's score. baltimore goes on to lose 6-3. >>> the wizards made what might be their final off season move on wednesday. the team signed 6'10" center from argentina. he gets a one year deal worth $2 million and is hoping for another trip to the postseason. >> in the playoffs. just be interesting. work hard, be ready for when we have a chance to show what we can do. >> we felt we still needed one piece to our puzzle and that is to get a better and big man. someone with a lot of playoff experience and someone that can give us added depth at the forward position. >> reporter: in a world cup qualifier u.s. and mexico tied in the 82nd minute. that's henpeck coe was all alone in the box and scores. i tried, kim. >> find out how some engaged couples can save really bi

ronnie belliard coming over from second. i got it. i got it. almost drops it. hangs on to it. ball bounces around there for a minimum. thank goodness i got that one. same inning. burnett with the low pitch that gets away from bosch bard. lee coming in to score. burnett tags him for the out. that was the difference. look again. quick reaction there by josh bard. way to g it down by burnett. nationals beat the cubs 5-4. fairfax county news. steve marino has done just about everything on the pga tour except win. he finished second three times in the last two years and he 'won close to $4 million over the time span as well. now he wants his first victory. marino got off to a good start this week where he tied for the lead at six under par. let's go to new jersey. first round. start with tiger woods and back on the court for course for the first time since the pga championship. tiger on the par 3. from about 195 yards out. safe to say that tiger is going to take this one. likes the tee shot. and likes the putt even better because he will drain this for a birdie. only two birdies on

. >> reporter: in the 8th, game tied at 8 when ronnie belliard knocks one to center. cristian guzman scores to give the nats the lead. they hold on for a 12-8 victory. >>> the orioles were in detroit. the game was scoreless in the second. david hernandez was on the mound for the o's. detroit's brandon had a two-run homer. tigers went on to finish 7-3. >>> it is 6:24. >>> a local rescue worker is accused of trying to solicit sex from a teenager girl. and mayor fenty signs a bill hea says will make the district much safer. >>> 66 eastbound at nutley. we have an accident blocking the right lane and jammed back to 50. more tieups to slow you down on this friday morning. i will have them. >> loving life this morning outside on the terrace. it is beautiful around here. we will tell you how warm we will get today and about a heat wave heading this way over the weekend when 9 news this this morning returns. >>> animal control experts had to be called to the scene of a fire in alexandria. that's because fire crews discovered potentially dangerous snakes inside of a home in the

after the game, the nats traded ronnie belliard to the dodgers and got a minor league pitcher and playerto barclay's in jersey. steve maroon owe began as the leader. he picked a bad day to have a bad day. he dropped from first to 15th. tiger woods hay bad day too. he charged hard but the birdie putts did not fall on 18 or he would be your leader. he finished at eight under. it was pete slocumb who ended their hope ways par save on 18. 21feet out. he made it nine under, good enough o win. it the third time that slocumb has won on the pga tour. >>> to williamsport for the little league world series. chula vista led in the fisk but chinese taipei had the based loaded. congratulation going out to chula vista. >>> the u.s. open tennis tournament starts today in new york. that may be good news for several big stock offerings. >> maybe can you cash in. we'll have v. that coming up in our business beat. stay with us. fox 5 morning news is back in two. tm (announcer) what the world needs now is energy. the energy to get the economy humming again. the energy to tackle challenges like climate chang

ronny belliard, you think he knew he got all of that one? that's a grand salami. it was 8-8.ow the brawrs lead 9-8 in the sixth, the white house beat the orioles 4-1. >>> now despite the rain here in dc, there was a good crowd of 22,000 on hand for dc united as they hosted the l.a. galaxy. i'm sure most were rooting for the home black and red. there's that david beckham fellow playing on the other side. drawing a good crowd, as well. there he is. david beckham. still a fan favorite to be sure. but no love lost between these teams on this night. check out ryan unanymouslyoff and -- namov and joe happen karovsky. eight saves and nobody scored. it ended in a 0-0 tie. >>> the redskins are leading the steelers 17-13. two minutes to go. we're just beginning our redskins coverage. dave feldman is live on the field. he'll talk to players in about 20 minutes. stick around for that. much more reaction from tonight's big game is strght ahead. sarah? >> all right. >> looking forward to it. thanks. >>> taking it outside now, we got quite a soaking today. but the question is will it contin

ronnie belliard has two rbis today. the biggest two of the game, really, turning a one-run, bottom of the 1st into a three- run frame. he walked in the 3rd, grounded in the 4th. >> rob: come on, make this guy pay for hitting the hammer. >> bob: they play belliard like a hammer. nobody cheat on him anymore. i mean -- every one of those guys is deeper than the kind of spot we see in the grass spot in the month of august after the grass starts getting pounded by the sun and the conditions here on a daily basis. all three of them are beyond those spots. they play a regulation hitter. there's mike cameron behind that bare spot. the ground spot will take care of and it have it greened up when the guys get back but these field take a beating this time of the year. from rain to extreme humidity and sunny conditions. they have to keep the dirt infield hosed down at times to keep it from turning into a rock. 3-0 and belliard -- villanueva having a hard time finding the plate. the generous strike call. >> rob: that's not ronnie's

nyger morgan, ronnie belliard and adam dunn, come on down. duke's hustling around the bases. he's in with a triple. the nats build a nine-run lead and would hold on to win it 10-6 the final. >>> elsewhere, the orioles lose to the angels 5-1. >>> the pga championship isn't officially over, but it's over. when tiger woods has the lead after 54 holes at a major he's 14-0. wood has two-shot lead over padraig harrington, who will probably need more than a little luck of the irish to upset a guy who doesn't lose on sundays. >> it is quite a rush, especially when there's a major championship involved. and, you know, where -- if you're in that position, you know you're not playing poorly. it's fun to go out there and test what you have and, you know, other guys are throwing it at you. hopefully i can throw it back at them. it's fun. that's -- as i said, that's the rush of it, is you try to go out there and deal with it and execute. >> tiger woods tees off today at 1:45. >>> here's a perfect exale of just how divided fans are about the eagles signing of michael vick. so are ordering h

here's ronnie belliard. he's going yard. the fourth home run of the year for belliard and there were some n mets fans in cincnati. >>> paul janish. he singles to center field here, but no fear. nyjer morgan is here. he's fast, and he has a gun to strike to home plate. aaron harang is out. to baltimore now. what a night for fee lex pie. this is pie at the plate. finds the gap in right center field. two runs will come in to score as this ball goes all the way to the wall and pie is thinking three-bagger. he's going for the triple. gets down, gets the triple, goes four for five, four rbis, more importantly hits for the cycles. the o's beat the angs 16-6. >>> you know, folks, when you lose 23-0 and get out gain in terms of yardage you need to dig little bit to fight find some positive. for the redskins one of the guys who played well in the los to ravens was second-year kelly. he only had three catches but it matched his tote achlt he showed theable to make a tough catch in a game which is something we have seen him do routinely

ronnie belliard brings home cristian guzman. it's a one-run advantage.nd the nationals get the 12-8 victory. it is a season high-five-game win streak for the nats, who were 7-12 with runners in scoring position. ryan zimmerman was 4-4 with a home run, three r.b.i.s, three runs scored, a double shy of hitting for the cycle in his sixth career four-hit game, third one this season. >> twins' right-hander nick blackburn entered today with a 1.63 e.r.a. in his career versus cleveland. 4-0 against them. bottom seventh, tied at one. blackburn to rookie trevor crow. brings in travis hafner and gives the indians a 2-1 lead. top nine, same score, no outs. kerry wood trying the close it out. there's the off-speed pitch. gets mark redman looking. 2 tribe take 2-3 from minnesota, who had lost 5-6. on the bright side for minnesota, recent acquisition orlando cabrera had two hits, extending his hitting streak to a career high 16 games. >> first-place tigers looking the take 3-4 from the orioles. david hernandez on the mound for baltimore. and brandon inge says thank yo

ronny belliard, the grounder to short. off the glove ramirez. christian guzman scores from second.cle. the nationals win 7 for it 12 with runners in scoring position. with the sweep, the nats have won a season high five straight. >> according to espn's joe schad, david wells the cousin and advisor for michael crabtree, says michael crabtree is prepared to sit out the entire season and reenter the this from wells. he's prepared to do it. they took him with the tenth pick, and you have darius heyward-bai getting $38 million? now eugene parker is crabtree's agent. he denied that any threat to sit out took place. the niners organization had no comment. mike singletarey said this. >> i really want our coaches and everybody to be here focused on what's here. michael crabtree, that's his career. and he's got, you know, he's got people around him that he's counting on to make decisions for him. and, you know, i can't worry about that. and i really mean it. michael crabtree right now is at the back of my mind. when he comes in, it will be an exciting day. we'd love to get him in when everyt

i know a wise baseball man said on every play, everybody on the field has someplace to be and ronnie belliard found his place. that was well-played by zimmerman, he loves to be aggressive on those. ryan told me last year any play in front of him i consider it do or die and i'm charging to play it aggressively. marquis goes up swinging and willingham will circle around this one for the second out. top of the order, gonzalez will bat for the third time. >> for the third time in 3 innings. it's just about 8:00. the days are getting shorter. 9th of august. i'll be september and labor day before we know it. and i'll tell you, these 2 next weeks are big time test for the nationals. colorado, milwaukee, the cubs, the cardinals, and then on to san diego, and when the nats get home it will be september and a big time dose of national league east plus the dodgers thrown in. the nats will have to be very, very good to play for the next 3 weeks like they have for the last 3. home and home with florida and philadelphia. and the mets in september. the dodgers are here to last home stand of the year which i

not much you think they can do with that but miss it or pop it up. , here is belliard with nieves. ronnyicked off after singling to lead off the 5th. prince fielder is off the line playable 2 outs. joining jorge there. and nieves. to the on deck circle. has yet to get into a game here. your buddy taught him a thing or two. tell rob caught me a lot about the game. >> rob: i don't talk to players until they are in the game. >> bob: i didn't know that. you are like a front runner. every level. and will over matched for the second time tonight. >> bob: nats go with thely. they had two hits since the first inning. it's now into the 8th. @x@0@p@0  >> bob: has catcher's gear. nice going screech. the top of the 8th. fielder after braun and big news on the brew ares completed road trip. manny ramirez was hit and then in apparent retaliation hitting fielder and it got ugly in the tunnel between the clubhouses. >> rob: and he wanted to ask him why in the 17 to 6 or 17-4 blowout why you hitting me. and three of his teammates to stop him from going into the locker room. we made many visits. th