so today they traded veteran reliever sean doolittle and ryan madson to washington for pitcher blake and a pair of prospects. throwing out the first pitch this afternoon, oakland native and new raiders running back marshawn lynch. talk about beast mode. the a 's roughed up. ryon healy drives in two. then jacob bregman brings home two more runs to make it 4-0. the a's scored again in the third. lowry deep for his tenth homer of the season. it was 5-0. sean manaea gots a eighth victory striking out eight over seven innings. 7-3 was the final. >> it was great. we got the series sweep against a really good team and you know, judgment overru just overrule we played really good baseball. offense is coming around. defense is playing well. pitching overall has been really well, so it's just really exciting right now. >>> the giants played the rubber game of their series in san diego. last night's hero for the padres, hector sanchez takes samardzija deep in the first for a three-run homer. the former san francisco catcher had a pair of hits. the giants tried to rally in the send. brandon craw

made some much-anticipated bullpen moves, trading blake treinen and two prospects for madsen and sean doolittletoday, daniel murphy was the star. deep to write, gone. the nets take the lead after that blast. now we move to the second, chris heisey lines one to right center. that is in there. adam lind scores. 3-0 nats. andof the fifth, 4-2 nats, it is murphy again, deep to write, his second -- deep to right, the nationals low out the reds, 13-4. and the washington castles lose their home opener to the springfield lasers, 24-20. get ready for the show tonight, joe theismann giving his take on the kirk cousins' saga. kimberly: does he take up the show? robert: he loves to talk, and he looks good doing it. kimberly: coming up, a story and we're partnering with cigna to help save lives. we are the tv doctors of america. by getting you to a real doctor for an annual check-up. so go, know, and take control of your health. doctor poses. learn your key health numbers, and take control today. kimberly: a young boy in idaho is redefining the expression "good things come in small packages."

national's much maligned bullpen might be getting help from the oakland a's in form of a trader for sean doolittlenow matt scherzer looked to follow the shutout performance on frld with a big game of his own. this slip up by dusty baker was not a sign of things to come. the manager came outwearing the wrong jersey, had to switch. dusty could have taken the night off the way mad max was dealing. scherzer was dominant, allowing no runs in six innings. scherzer finished with 10 ks. the offensero rendone. he's like i got this covered. two-run shot in the fourth. rendone back up in the 7th with the bases loaded. six rbi game for him. the gnats needed every single one of them. the bullpen gave up five runs in the ninth. still the gnats hang on to win 10-7. >> you know, rendone had a -- had another great game, and, you know, murphy and harper and all of the guys, you know, chipped in as well. but that -- you never knew that that grass line was going to be the deciding run. you never know in this game, because you know those guys don't quit. >> baltimore taking on chicago. orioles looking to rebound from

with the a's out of the playoff picture they made a trade today sending sean doolittle and ryan madsonshington for blake treinen and a pair of prospects. throwing out the first pitch, new raiders running back, marshawn lynch. the a's were in beast mode earlier roughing up ryon healy. jason brugman brings in two more. it was 4-0, oakland. a's scored in the third. jed lowrie takes dan otero deep for his tenth home run of the season making it 5-0. sean manaea struck out four over eight innings of work. >> it was great. we got the series sweep against a really, really good team. you know, just overall we played really good baseball. offense is coming around. defense is playing really well. pitching overall has been really, really well. so, it's just, you know, really exciting right now. >> the giants play the rubber game of their series in san diego. padres took the lead in the first as former giant hector sanchez connects for a three-run shot off sar imagine ga. sanchez hit a walkoff homer last night. san francisco tries to rally in the second. crawford with a deep drive to right center.

nationals could be big at the end of games and that picked up two receivers and ryan madson and sean doolittle. either close. doolittle is a left-hander with a 3.3 e.r.a. including three saves in the season. fans in the area might remember doolittle from his days pitching from the virginia cavaliers where he was teammates with ryan imzerman. the 36-year-old right-hander having one of the best seasons of his career. 2.06 e.r.a., they get max tryman. >>> dusty baker is looking extra happy today. must be loving either the nats trade or the way his team is playing against his former team. two on for daniel murphy and murph, one-ups himself here and sends it down the line and right and it's fair. that's a three-run shot, two homers and five rbis. later in the evening, lynn smacks this one into the seats in right. murphy is loving it. 1-2. >> gets tucker barnhart swing and then he's angry, six innings and five strikeouts and he gave up three runs given up, but they were unearned. top seven to an old friend and his former teammate anthony rendon, and he questions the 19th home run of the season for t

sean doolittle closes things out by getting albert pujols to fly right. final score 4-3 - nats win. and take a look at this. new jersey governor chris christie was in attendance at last night mets and cardinals game in queens. in the third -- christie actually caught a foul ball. as he made the catch the crowd initially cheered --- those cheers then turned into resounding boo's after some realized who he was. christie then apparently gave the ball out to a kid nearby. it's 5: and time for a check on weather. - code orange air quality alert today - code orange air quality alert today - oppressive heat & humidity through monday - heat advisories may be issued late week/weekend - heat wave breaks next issued late week/weekend - heat wave breaks next week today: hot and humid. mostly sunny to partly cloudy. highly isolated t-storm. highs: 92-95 winds: sw 5 mph tonight: mainly clear to partly cloudy. warm and very humid. lows: 71-77 winds: sw 5 mph thursday: still very hot and humid. partly to mostly sunny. feels like the low 100s. highs: 94-97 winds: w 5 mph kidd o'shea in the now.. the

sean doolittle and ryan madson traded to the washington nationals and the management efforts are goingounger again. >> you try to get past is quickly as you can and obviously we will watch for them and pulled them in washington but the guys know in the position where in that potentially things will happen. >> i think we have to take a look at where we are, last- place. the direction we are heading in and will continue to heading in is trying to get younger. >> all eyes on the fan favorite sonny gray, the alonzo, trade rumors continuing to swirl and the trade deadline is next monday for major baseball. >>> a packed house at the stadium for the global soccer match, and meeting and what they call the international champions cup. plans had flown in from around the country to catch the franchises and in the end it was decided on the penalty kicks with seven players either combined or missed the shots. the two clubs will meet up again in only two weeks. >>> it is 4:55 am. >>> taking a stand after couple of days on the job and introduced as part of the trump white house last week and already

the a's traded reliever sean doolittle and ryan madson to the nationals in exchange for blake tryman, and two prospects. expected to help fix the league's worst bullpen. somebody forgot to tell doolittle, he's done. how about marshawn lynch? beast mode throwing out the first pitch. he spent almost as much time on the mound. the a's score 4 in the 4th, bauers only lasted 2/3 of an inning. so low shot to right, going to bolster that cause. oakland 5-0 lead. 10th home run of the year for lowry. top of the 7th, sean manaya, the pitcher picked up his 8th win. a three hit day for joyce. the a's win 7-3 and they sweep the first place indians. cleveland will stay in the bay area for three games now against the giants. >>> not exactly a day at the beach for the giants in san diego. brandon belt was out of the lineup after hurting his wrist on a check swing last night. jeff samardzija trying to avoid losing his third game in a row. this is going to help. 4-1 padres in the 3rd. samardzija left it out there. in orbit, 7-1. trevor cahill struck out 8 in 6 2/3. going down swinging in the 7th inning

some help for their much maligned bullpen getting right-handed ryan matteson and left hander sean doolittle ndha les. on the field nats looking for three state straight at cincinnati. some young nats fans there in cincinnati and here i come. it was daniel murphy's turn today for two homers. here he is in the 1st inning then in the 5th murphy does it again. it's a steal making the money he's making. nats win the series. they already won the series and right now they've got 10 homers so far. they go for the sweep tomorrow afternoon. >>> not the sweep for the birds. they're trying to avoid it against the cubs, but the woes continue. jose quintana first start for the cubs. 12 strikeouts, clubs sweep theo's 8-0 at camden yards. >>> roger federer is almost 36 anlooking for another major title at wimbledon this morning, going for his eighth wimbledon title. here is probably the point of the match. federer still has that catlike quickness as he would win the first sets very easily. check out the t geright here and roger federer is now on championship almost had amyldown. he wasn't that good. federe

with the a's out of the playoff picture they made a trade today sending sean doolittle and ryan madson for blake treinen and a pair of prospects. throwing out the first pitch, new raiders running back, marshawn lynch. the a's were in beast mode earlier roughing up ryon healy. jason brugman brings in two more. it was 4-0, oakland. a's scored in the third. jed lowrie takes dan otero deep for his tenth home run of the season making it 5-0. sean manaea struck out four over eight innings of work. >> it was great. we got the series sweep against a really, really good team. you know, just overall we played really good baseball. offense is coming around. defense is playing really well. pitching overall has been really, really well. so, it's just, you know, really exciting right now. >> the giants play the rubber game of their series in san diego. padres took the lead in the first as former giant hector sanchez connects for a three-run shot off sar imagine ga. sanchez hit a walkoff homer last night. san francisco tries to rally in the second. crawford with a deep drive to right center. jabari c

they trade sean doolittle.us: "i came in like a wrecking ball." ( darya ) next...it's going to be sonny gray and jed lowrie. gary says the idea is now to build up new prospects and figure out the perfect scenario. the conditions will continue until morale improves. gary says sonny gray is the only guy that is actually doing well. doolittle makes a lot of money and hasn't been producing, so no big deal there. but sonny gray that's the big best player on the team. there's apparently crying not in baseball, but in tennis. because we saw the weeping federer right, after eight wimbledon wins now. he was actually in tears. the tears came when he started looking at his cute, little, adorable kids. gary says it is because he is working so hard that he never sees them. darya says that federer said he was overcome and he was thinking about how busy he is. but these kids are adorable. i didn't know he had two sets of twins. gary says he never cries tears of joy. he cries wondering what am i listening to this guy for? i su

. >>> the a's traded sean doolittle and ryan madson to the nationals in exchange for blake treinen. and two minor league prospects. do little's -- not along -- >> marshawn lynch throwing out the first pitch. it was 4-0 in the -- and the a's win 7-3 and sweep the first place tribe. >> brandon bell out with an injured wrist. and jeff samardzija struggling. and then in the third, corey span generalburg to dead center field. and padres win 7-1 and take two out of three from the giants. roger federer showing no signs of slowing at 35. he became the first man to win eight wimbledon titles. >>> steph curry had what he called the best round of his life in lake tahoe. curry shot a 68 and finished fourth. he had the best round of all the golf everies yesterday. mark mulder won the event for the third straight year. so it looks like the trade deadline is starting to heat up as we get close to the deadline. we'll keep you posted tonight at 6:00. i'm dennis agnaw toe. have a great day. >>> next how long it's expected to fix a gaping moraga sinkhole. >>> and high fire danger keeping neighbors con

. >>> the a's traded sean doolittle and ryan madson to the nationals in exchange for blake treinen. and two minor league prospects. marshawn lynch throwing out the first pitch before the a's took on the indians. the a's win 7-3 and sweep the first place tribe. jeff samardzija struggling to keep the ball in the yard. and then in the third. corey-- dead center field. and padres win 7-1 and take two of three from the giants. roger federer showing no signs of slowing down. the first man to win eight wimbledon titles. steph curry had what he called the best round of his life at lake tahoe. he so the a 68 and finished fourth. he had the best round of all the golfers. mark mulder won the event. the trade deadline is starting to heat up as we get close to the deadline. we'll keep you posted tonight at 6:00. have a great day. >>> let's check out the play of the day from major league baseball. the white sox facing the mariners' slugger robinson cano. >> collins -- dropped the glove. >> take a look a couple more times. he throws the entire thing to first and gets the out. >>> it's 526. and com

after six seasons, sean doolittle is gone. he had a 2.06 earned run average. bob melvin on the effect on the clubhouse when influential and popular players are traded. >> obviously we will be watching them and pulling for them. they landed in a really good spot. the guys noticed potentially some things can happen. so whether other things happen, there is potential for that. some interesting words by a general manager is the guys making the trades. the frustration is and that we've had success. the frustration is that after success we haven't kept them. we need to change that narrative by creating a good team. the a's had good teams when they traded away josh donaldson. he was 0-2 with the nationals with the point -- 5.73. >> i think it was a good deal for both teams and i am excited to be back here. >> the indians didn't have to travel far. they played the first of three and san francisco tonight. matt moore will be the guy that tries to stop the bleeding for the giants. a new team in cincinnati. the nationals jumped over scott feldman in the 1st inning. he's

trade of trevor to the tampa bay rays for the rookie chapman and stephen sent to milwaukee and sean doolittlean madson being traded to the washington national. it is the efforts of management to go younger again. >> you try to get past it as quickly as you can and obviously we will watch for them in full for them in washington. the guys know this is the time a year that things potentially can happen. >> we have to take a look at where we are, last-place. the direction we are heading in and will continue to head in, we try to get younger. >> we are all watching the all- star with trade rumors swirling around sonny gray and the major league baseball trading deadline is next monday. >>> at levi's stadium they had the global soccer match and with madrid and manchester united meeting in the international champions cup. the plans flew in from around the country to catch two of the europe franchises and in the end it was decided on penalty kicks with seven players either missing or getting there shots, and the two clubs meeting again in only two weeks. >>> it is 5:56 am. >>> there is a lot of police

setup) the a's have continued their annual post all-star game fire salethey traded fan favorite sean doolittleryan madsen to the washington nationals yesterday for pitcher blake treinen and 2 prospects most figure it's just a matter of time before they deal starter sonny gray toothis has been status quo for the a's for seasons now dealing away their best players for propects to avoid high salaries or to just get youngerexecutive vice president of baseball operations billy beane says it's time to go in another diection(sot: billy beane) "i think what really been missing here the last 20 years is keeping these players. i mean the frustration isn't the fact that we've had success, the frustration is that after success we haven;t kept them. and it's just a fact andwe need to change that narrative by virtue of number one creating a good team, and ultimately committed by keeping them around. so the people when buying a ticket know the team is going to be there for a few years." the warriors have one roster spot open and javale mcgee is still available but a report says mcgee is not happ

one of them was sean doolittle.r his fiancee asked nat fans to add the walgreens logo to her picture as a joke i guess. the walgreens w looks like the nats curly w. fans answered and now she has the walgreens logo in her photo. she tweeted that people don't like the change very much. maybe she'll change actual curly w when she's used to d.c. >> it's like a scene from a hollywood movie. you may have heard of a car crashing into a home but probably not on to a home. more on the rooftop rescue and what happened to the homeowner during this accident. >> reporter: the most sacred places in the country, i'm aimee cho at arlington national cemetery with the effort ahead to make this place even more beautiful. >>> it's a warm and sticky one outside as you start off your monday. even hotter later this week. chuck and i will be back to talk >>> now on "news4 today," chopper 4 isiv you hit the road this monday morning. things are going to heat up, way up, in a hurry out there. >> we are also keeping an eye on chances for storm

one of them, sean doolittle. his fiance has enjoyed the idea of coming to the nationals.he changed her twitter picture to include the walgreens logo. we all know that's the long curly w. she tweeted that she realized her mistake. it was an honest mistake. but fans didn't take too kindly to her mixing up the redur >> the effort there. >> she went out of her way to change her twitter handle. >> welcome to d.c. >> that's right. >>> 5:36 right now. they fought for weeks to get here, now a team of afghani girls are showing off their skills. >>> the health care vote delayed again. what it means for your coverage and the impact on thousands so, your new prescription does have oh, like what?ects. ♪ you're gonna have dizziness, nausea, and sweaty eyelids. ♪ ♪ and in certain cases chronic flatulence. ♪ ♪ sooooo gassy girl. so gassy. if you're boyz ii men, you make anything sound good. it's what you do. if you want to save 15% percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. it's what you do. next! ♪ next! >>> back at the old testament

this past sunday and of the clubhouse leader, sean the little -- sean doolittle sent to washington signifyingect. >> you try to get past it as quickly as you can and obviously we will watch for them and pull for them. the guys know that this time of the year in the position we are in that potential things can happen. i guess there is a potential for other things to happen. >> reporter: it is an essential bet that other things will happen and those that could be wearing new uniforms is jed lowrie, davis, and the will still work at the age of 36. even the all-star alonzo could be on the move as well as the face of the franchise. >> sonny gray remaining the major talent. >> reporter: asked that sonny gray would fetch a major return but that would come at a cost to the public relations. >> when the longtime guy goes there is disappointment but this team is in transition anyway. they were not going to contend this year's i think people get this is the time for a bunch of young kids and to see what they can do. >> reporter: they point out that the a's have never committed to the full on rebuild bec

that has now strengthened in a deal that gives them sean doolittle.0 with the a's this year retiring the last 23 left- handed batters he has faced. the nationals also get 36-year- old right hander ryan madson who comes with a 2.06 earned run average. along with doolittle he should help with a team that has blown more than their save opportunities. the a's get right-handed pitcher blake treinen in exchange with a couple of minor leaguers, a pitcher, and an infielder. >>> marshawn lynch with first pitch honors at the coliseum today on a weekend where the a's look like anything, but a last place team. they loaded the bases off of trevor bower. ryan healy comes through with a two-clutch single to score two. bower is gone after just 2/3. the a's added. jed lowrie goes down. he sends it over the fence. that's home run number 10 on the year for lowrie. he's another one of those players that came up in trade talk. the a's might be in last place, but they come off the sweep leading the indians 7-3. >>> while the a's are finding a new bright spots in a lost sea

more good news for they acquired ryan madison and sean doolittle from the oakland a's for right handering the sports world is mourning the loss of long time sportscaster bob wolff whose career spanned nearly 80 years. now his son rick wolfe says his father died peacefully saturday night at his new york home. wolfe broadcsted the world series nba finals and stanley cup finals. he interviewed babe ruth was the voice of the washington senators and for decades did play by play for the new york knicks and rangers. he was a sportscaster for us wttg. >>> multiple reports say the deadline will pass and there will be no deal. cousins is set to be the first the franchise tag for two straight seasons and this year's tag will play cousins around $24 million with the skins ready to work on a deal in the off season. >> how come no deal whiz. >> there's a whole bunch of issues going on there in the front office. you saw what happened that transition now doug williams is in charge. >> mostly dysfunction. >> that's what i'm trying to say, the typical dysfunction. i mean personally i think once this is

sean doolittle and ryan madsen...the players to leave before the trade deadline... and many are expecting more moves to be made. < fan sot> "sonny gray will probably be the next one out and that leaves marcus semien and josh phegley as the players that have the most tenure with the a's and that's kind of sad for those of us that have been fans for a very long time." "it's very unfortunate that they are basically a farm team for major league teams that have better salaries."and the transactions are being made in the interest of building toward the future.yet, as attendance reached a low of just under 10-thousand last night...some are growing restless waiting for a green and gold revitalization. "i can see some frustration, but i come when i can with the family. i'm gonna support the team whether it's 9,000 or 40,000. i come with the family and we love it, oaktown for life.""we were there during the alcs back in the early 2000s and all of that in the mid 2000s, since then it's just been a struggle, but it's something my daughter and i love doing, so

overall the a's have continued their annual post all-star game fire salethey traded fan favorite sean doolittleington nationals yesterday for pitcher blake treinen and 2 prospects most figure it's just a matter of time before they deal starter sonny gray toothis has been status quo for the a's for seasons now dealing away their best players for propects to avoid high salaries or to just get youngerexecutive vice president of baseball operations billy beane says it's time to go in another diection(sot: billy beane) "i think what really been missing here the last 20 years is keeping these players. i mean the frustration isn't the fact that we've had success, the frustration is that after success we haven;t kept them. and it's just a fact andwe need to change that narrative by virtue of number one creating a good team, and ultimately committed by keeping them around. so the people when buying a ticket know the team is going to be there for a few years." the warriors have one roster spot open and javale mcgee is still availablebut a report says mcgee is not happy with the team after th

and stephen volk was sent to milwaukee and sean doolittle and ryan matson were traded to the washingtonls. this is the effort to go younger. >> you try to get past it as quickly as you can. obviously we just know this time of year in this position potentially things can happen. >> we have to take a look at where we are. we are in last place and the direction we are headed and will continue to move toward is getting younger. >> we are all watching our all- star alonzo as the trade deadline is monday. >>> the giants return to the diamond after losing to the padres yesterday. san diego got on the board in the first when will myers hit his 20th homer and of the season. in the bottom half buster posey hits a two-out single is pretty first rbi of the season. a game was tied in the fourth but the padres would score 4 and that is all they needed. the giants lose three out of four to the padres. >>> two bay area residents juan the san francisco marathon, jorge maravilla wins for the men finishing just under 2 1/2 hours and 25-year-old devin mcmahon of stanford was the top female finisher. a reco

team picked up right hander ryan madison and lefty sean doolittle from oakland in exchange for blakenan an couple minor league players. madd matson ranks in the among relievers to walks to hits -- per minute innings and strike out to walk ratio. doolittle has yet to allow a hit to left handed hitter. nats relievers entered yesterday's game with the highest bullpen era in the majors. >> this is huge because it's a huge achilleas heel for the nats. this is going to be bad heading into post season unless we rectify it. >> yeah. we don't want to end up like we have been the last four seasons. >> they were up like ten-two and almost below it. >> come on. >> tucker blows his top every time that happens. >> that's kind of a little fun. [ laughter ] >> maybe -- >> how about another sort of competition right now. >> all right. afghanistan all girl robotics team is gearing up for competition right here in d.c. after facing a hard time getting into the country. bob barnard is live at constitution hall where the action is just getting underway. we'll check in with him next. >> later, remembering

the fan favorite of the weekend with the pitcher sean due bill traded to the washington nationals as part of a five player deal and they drafted doolittle made his major debut in 2012. they gave up the pitcher ryan madson as well, and sending some minor leaguers to oakland. >> doolittle said thank you to his fans on twitter and he grew up watching the oakland a's and spent his entire pro career with the a's and went on to say he felt fortunate to call open home for so many years.>>> in the meantime the warriors kevin durant is being nominated in oakland and nine miles from the oracle arena, and look at this mural. it is near 49th and telegraph and according to the sf gate the building is the former bank of the west and will be reopened noon as the shoe palace door. the mural was created by an artist that is based in long beach that is painted other star athletes like kobe bryant. >>> there is a world-class hockey tournament underway in the bay area all this week, "snoopy's senior hockey tournament." the event brought to santa rosa by the late charles schultz, the creator of snoopy and peanuts, held on the snoopy home ice with hundreds o