stephen strasburg scores. harper gets a triple. right center. stephen strasburg repeat, why not?ome run. enjoy it. fans went nuts. nats win 9-3. >> i did not expect him to hit a breaking ball. we found a left fielder. >> it is always going to be a in progress. just getting out there, we will hit as much every single but it is great to go out .here big 3 may be down to just big 2. lebron james scored more in the entireuarter than the pacers team. lebron.shes it to heat keeps up with the lead. me.es is there to slam it ho heat, 101-93. uva -- scary moment right there. he gets the shot and the goal, the big shot people were about was the one to his head. out, he was on ground for 10 minutes. he wants his team to win. andt more football nut, rg3 the redskins will be at -->> i am sure a lot of fans showing up. be a circus, i am sure. ♪ [ kari ] i used to serve my country in the u.s. army. ♪ then, i was hit by a drunk driver and lost my legs. but that didn't change a thing. because i still serve my country, i just wear a different uniform. [ male announcer ] citi is joining kari millll

good news and bat news for stephen strasburg as he took the hill against the orioles. i like to get the bad over with first. he mentioned tightness in his biceps. and was tank out in the 5th. the great, he pitched well and then he did some things we didn't know he could do. wilson betemit with a fly ball. harper has it, only he does not. that's en error. third of the season for harper. betemit would later score. bottom of the 3rd. nats down 3-0. harper with 2 on. you know he can do this with the bat. flies to right field. nick markakis lays it out. can't hold on to the snow cone. ball comes out. strasburg scores fold by espinosa. dep cities now 3-2. top of the 44th. 3-3. strasburg, see you, he is poe zito. jesus flores just homered. this is stephen strasburg and oh, my goodness. omg as the young gidz like to say. it clears the wall for his first career home run. he had two hits on the day and earns his fourth victory of the season. after, he had this to say seay about his big bat. >> honest, i didn't think it was going out. that's the swing we take in bp, you know, you

after the game davey johnson's first statement stephen strasburg had tightness in his bicep during thehe didn't find out till the 5th inning. if he would have known, he would have pulled his ace in the 1st inning. strasburg quick to allay fears he was really injured told reporters after the game guys, it's no big deal. i'm okay. >> bicep is fine. it's just the long starting out, throwing a lot of pitches early and we put up a lot of runs and stuff, just got a little tired, got a little tight. >> he said it was bothering him early on. he thought he could get it loose and keep going, but it seemed to get tighter on him. as soon as i heard that, i said that was it. >> reporter: back to the hoopla of the game, 41,000 plus here today. that's on the heels of 42,000 last night, largest and second largest crowds of the year here. nats red and orioles orange, i guess you could say were everywhere. a lot of natitude and shall i orio let ude? >> hopefully the precursor for the world series. >> reporter: all right. back to strasburg real quick. i asked davey johnson after the game did he expect hi

stephen strasburg redeemed himself today. here we go, harper makes amends. ould have been a good catch if he made it. he makes the shot to right and that to be the triple. strasburg 3-2, orioles. bottom of the fourth, flores with a solo shot to right center. this is the man that no one needs to wonder about. strasburg blasts it to deep left center. his first career home run. he takes a curtain call. that is what everyone comes to see. i was there it was electric. the nationals when 9-3. >> i did not think we were going out. >> robert was in the third. the redskins official practice, we will be there. this will be some sundays. he was one of 24 brookies chosen to wear the game jerseys. get excited, number 10. of course, what their focus on is -- and they talk a little bit about hit how it all went off. >> you can put on the jersey. you get a chance. >> this goes to the middle. he gives the goal. he gets a shot to the head himself. the miami heat beat the indiana pacers today, 101-93. lebron james racked up 40 points. course and even -- >> and even >> here is a

in my next report we'll go over to 270 at 5:24. >>> stephen strasburg talked about his less than stellar performance on the mound yesterday. >> plus, we'll jump into the the american league east and check in on the orioles taking on the yankees. that is coming up in sports. >>> before we head to break, another look at the question of the day. here it is. three out of ten of us refuse to use one of these things. is it a, a seat belt, b, social networking websites or c, a public toilet seat. >> here's a look at a response you posted on the wusa9 facebook fan page. jeane wrote it's a, a seat belt. click it or ticket it in maryland, i'm an offender of the seat belt because i had an ought mat nick my 1994 nissan. now i have to reach around and do it. come on, jeane. >> log on to our facebook fan page. love to hear some of your comments. we'll have the answer in our 6:00 show. we'll be right back. you know chase freedom gives you 5% cash back at grocery stores this quarter. thank you. happy shopping! activate your 5 percent cash back at chase.com/freedom. and now, new cardmembers get 100 dolla

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nats, phillies, stephen strasburg pitching. 1.13 e.r.a. highlights at 11:00. we'll see how the nats do tonight. >> thanks so much. maybe they were doing it for the electrolytes? that's what it was. getting replenished. >> they do, it's like a gatorade for little ones. >> a couple showers possible tomorrow and we'll have an update on the severe weather tonight at 10:00. >> that's it for us, cbs news is next. derek is back at 7:00. good night.

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how about an immortal stephen strasburg. >> what is wrong with him? >> davie johnson has an explanation. what was up with stephen strasburg today? his manager will speak on it. he's going to explain. >>> how about bryce harper to the rescue. boy wonder strikes again. >>> maryland dealing a crushing blow to duke in the ncaa semi finals. and d.c. united, say it with me, folks, first place, next. in the black forest... [ thunder crashes ] [ engine revs, tires screech ] ...where things aren't always what they seem... because thrills hide in the shadows... just waiting at every turn. verbolten -- a new multi-launch coaster coming to busch gardens. brave the black forest. >>> well it was sort of strange last week when davie johnson said strasburg had bicep tightness. but the nats were trying to down play it. he is the ace coming off tommy john and that put's start in a different light. nats fans hoping strasburg would look sharp. he did early on. dan uggla, great game to watch. trying to get the lead, espinosa said you got the lead. 5th of the year, 4-0 was

how about an immortal stephen strasburg. >> what is wrong with him? >> davie johnson has an explanation. what was up with stephen strasburg today? his manager will speak on it. he's going to explain. >>> how about bryce harper to the rescue. boy wonder strikes again. >>> maryland dealing a crushing blow to duke in the ncaa there was the explosion. and i remember just opening my eyes, and it got both of my legs. i had surgery after surgery, you know, "what's going to happen next?" the wounded warrior project said, "look, brother, "everything's going to be okay. "three months from now "or four months from now, "a year from now, you'll be fine." i don't know if i would be as well adjusted as i am now if it wasn't for them. to learn more, call... or visit woundedwarriorproject.org. >>> well it was sort of strange last week when davie johnson said strasburg had bicep tightness. but the nats were trying to down play it. he is the ace coming off tommy john and that put's start in a different light. nats fans hoping strasburg would look sharp. he did early on

stephen strasburg had issues on the hill today, more than just an eight minute rain delay.ned to be the matter also of some hot stuff, opinion traiting ointment, that according to davey john -- penetrating ointment that according to davey johnson accidentally got in the wrong place. what in the world? it's a fly ball to left center field, three nats are in the air, but there's a communication breakdown. roger bernadino was the closest. still top of 1st, rain halts the game with a dicey situation. strasburg trailing 1-0, bases loaded and the full count and two outs. after the short delay the next pitch, john baker up the middle, brings in two runs. strasburg goes four innings allowing seven hits and four runs. he struck out five. the nats lone highlight was bottom of the 5th, down 5-0 bryce harper, who had his first major league home last night does it again today, a blast to center field, solo home run, second of his career, but the nats fall to the padres 6-1. lindsay murphy saw it all from nats park and has more. >> reporter: stephen strasburg's eighth start of the season

to jump stephen strasburg for the stop spot.e got some pretty good pitchers over here. you know, when you have that, it keeps the pressure off your defense. >>> orioles not kansas city taking on the royals. top of the 9th o's down one. j.j. hardy with the single to center right. flaherty going to try to score all the way from 2nd. he just beats the throw from jared dyson. what a throw to tie the game. it's 3-3 in the 12th. >>> d.c. united is going through a similar situation as the nationals, in that they have 9 people on their injured list. thankfully they have a long break coming up giving players time to heal. nonetheless, though, united seems to have figured out a way to compensate in the time being. d.c. united hosting the colorado rapids in the 25th minute, d.c. united on the rush to wayne de rosario. finishes that one 1-0 d.c. united. second half, ball goes into the box. franco boscovic gets denied. but hamde gets it to go. d.c. united wins 2-0. >>> n.b.a. eastern conference semis, celtics/76ers. series tied at 1 game a p

stephen strasburg having trouble keeping his hand dry. e was caused for an 8 minute rain delay, but when he came back, yikes, gives up a bases loaded single up the middle. two-run score. strasburg went four innings today. one and only bright spot though, there's your one highlight, derek, bryce harper. that was the nats only run today as they lose to san diego 6-1. joining me now, danny, host of the holden and danny show. cleanly shaven, sorry about the caps man. we got an app to talk about today. stephen strasburg, his shortest inning by far this season. is this something because of the rain or maybe we saw him more human today. >> he didn't look comfortable. i'm not going to say anything but discomfort. you start the game, you have to warm up again. after an 8 to 10 minute delay. i'm going to make no comments about icy hot, whatever people are going to call it. , there are rumors flying around, i'm here to talk about how he couldn't get a good grip on the baseball. >> we'll stay away from that one. bryce harper, when he came up to the bi

stephen strasburg amazing once again. he struck out 13 pirates in six innings, including seven in a row. the nats used the long ball to score their runs. actually got it done with the bats, too. nationals win 3-2 which snaps a three-game losing streak. >>> thursday camden yards, orioles did something no american league team has ever double. the first three batters back-to- back-to-back all hit solo home runs. they all went deep. baltimore won the game early against texas 6-5 but the o's lost a night cap 7-3. >>> we're waiting to find out what an arbitrator will decide in the case of the redskins vs. the n.f.l. they lost cap space for violating rules in 2010. the skins have denied any wrongdoing and did it again at a hearing thursday. the redskins also held an 80th anniversary gala. the team was founded in boston in 1932. it moved to washington five years later. a lot of former players and coaches attended including joe jacoby. >> you look at the history of the redskins and 80 years, it's awesome. >> it's not just that you

on the hill tonight was stephen strasburg. one man on as he grounds into the 4-6-3 double play. the infield gets strasburg out of trouble. but how about strasburg at the plate? two outs in the second. one man on. he gets his 7th hit already of this season. set up runners at the corners and keep the inning alive for danny. and wouldn't you know it? he comes through big time. check this out, boom, a three- run shot to left. that's his fifth home run this season. it leads to a 4-0 nationals lead. look at the guy who catches the ball. definitely a keeper with that lady friend. hay, back to strasburg. runners on the corners, one out. redirected to desmond who starts the 6-3 double play. strasburg goes five innings, allows four earned runs. nats leading by one in the 6th. a shot to center. michael has a beat on it, but he has major issues. the ball bouncing off of his head. edwin jackson was a pinch hitter. winds up at third with a triple. the nationals take a 6-4 lead. bryce harper, i hope he didn't blink. a laser to left, not to mention the shot. that's out of there in a hurry. he s

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stephen strasburg, a good start. watch brice harper.e could have walked five steps over and made the catch. calls him up. harper that rookie is getting it down. the orioles up 3-0. national's chip away against wei-yin chen. 4-3, nationalist take the lead. in the fourth, stephen strasburg at the plate with the bat. that is his first career harbor on. 9-3, orioles lose. the red sacks in town tonight. on to the nba. gary neil had 14 points last night. san antonio sweeps the clippers. they are 8-0 so far in the playoffs. miami is struggling. great play, end to end. 76-70 indiana. the bride james answers the challenge -- lebron james. 40 points, 18 rebounds. the series is even at two games apiece. on to the belmont stakes for i'll have another. the stable was cleaned out yesterday at pimlico. a race and won a day on saturday at pimlico. a sensational stretch run against bodemeister. he wins the second leg of the triple crown. 121,000 fans turned out at pimlico, that is a record, and wagered over $80 million. beats him with about 5 yards to g

it made it 4-3 washington the next batter was the pitcher, stephen strasburg, he takes wei-yin chen to the bullpen. nationals roll past the orioles 9-3. baltimore still won the weekend series. >>> organized game activities begin for the redskins today and all eyes will be on robert griffin iii. rg iii has been through the playbook a few times. now practice begins in about four hours. >> can't wait to see that video. i'll be at congressional country club in bethesda today. the other guy there, tiger woods. he is attending media day today. that will be the last week of june into the first weekend in july is when the tournament is. today tiger is going to take part in a chipping contest with a few lucky fans who won a chance to compete against him. >>> in the nba the playoff san antonio spurs are moving on. tim duncan led san antonio with 21 points. spurs sweep the clippers. they will play the winners of the lakers thunder series, oklahoma city leads that one three games to 1. >>> the latest from the nato summit going on in chicago. >> and did facebook really flop in its ipo? jessica take

and now they unleashed a secret weapon, stephen strasburg. and bryce harper unleashes one. s has it bedoes. no deficit is now 3-2. top of the 4th, now 3-3. strasburg on the mound. luis eppsto. our out. >> jesus flores just homered. strasburg up. first career home run, two hits on the day. fourth victory of the season. nats scored 9 unanswered runs, beat the o's 9-3. strasburg says don't rely on this type of hitting every game. >> i think it's always going to be a work in progress, you know, getting out there and seeing pitches and taking some hacks, you know. obviously we are not going to hit as much as the hitters every single day but it's great to get out there and get a feel for your swing, you know sometimes, you run into them i guess. >> he is very humble. >>> russia taking on the czechs in the world cup. ovechkin to semin. what a great pass. russia leading 3-1. datsyuk to semin, his second goal of the game. russia defeats slovakia 6-2 to capture hockey's world championship. >>> coming up, tim hightower, great running back for the redskins, they expect a lot from him. h

, first flores and then stephen strasburg. he had a little sore home -- sore arms of a pulled enough to 5. they had to philadelphia tonight for a three-game series with the phillies. >> it is 63 degrees this monday morning. >> coming up why one carmaker says super bowl ads are a thing of the past. and could "battleship" 6 "the avengers. and the sky for those in asia and the west coast. >> of the music industry loses another, one of the death of a disco sfx: sounds of marching band and crowd cheering sfx: sounds of marching band and crowd cheering so, i'm walking down the street, x: sounds of marching band and crowd cheering just you know walking, sfx: sounds of marching band and crowd cheering and i found myself in the middle of this parade honoring america's troops. which is actually quite fitting because geico has been serving e military for over 75 years. aawh no, look, i know this is about the troops and not about me. right, but i don't look like that. who can i write a letter to about this? geico. fifteen minutes could sa

. >> never blame stephen strasburg. he is the future.y came out flat dissected it against the padres. his teammates were lethargic. in a rain delay, it was not a good day for the nationals. the first batter set the tone for the entire ball game. this is bad news bears stuff right here. they let it drop in for a double. that is sloppy baseball. the padres scored three runs in the first. one of the highlights was bryce harper in the fifth. he dials long distance. two home runs in two days for harper. the national's lose 6-1. >> start a game like that, it changes momentum and gives them extra life. >> sometimes it will not be your day and things will not go your way. hard shots did not fall for us. >> they lose six-one. art monk was inducted into the pro football hall of fame and 2008. now he is being honored by the college football hall of fame. he lettered all four years for the syracuse orange. he is still ranked among the leaders in school history. way to go. for hockey fans, the capitals are looking for their third head coach in seven

. -- course stephen strasburg that as a longtime dream to pitch against san diego. >> we get the drift coming up tonight at 11:00 the bachelorette who waited 70 years to find mr. right. she finally met her match on a dating side for seniors. their love story, tonight at 11:00. >> the final week of our big facebook giveaway. your chance to win a new car. >> it is as simple as going to wjla.com/freecar. you can enter lunch each day -- you can enter once each day. we will draw another finalist tomorrow at 5:00, and that person will have 30 minutes to call in and claim a spot in the drawing for a ford fiesta. >> still some areas of rain to deal with through the metro area through the evening and late night. more tomorrow morning. there is a scatter pattern throughout the mid-atlantic states. it will take through wednesday before it all to push off. gorgeous weather for thursday through sunday. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- [ male announcer ] this was how my day began. a lite bird told me about a ba... ♪ ♪ an old man shared some fish stories... ♪ ♪ oooh,

stephen strasburg stepped and and mowed down seven in a row.year. believe me when i say davey johnson loved it. >> he was unbelievable. i do not know how many he struck out. he thinks he is not throwing hard. the ball comes out of his hand really quick. he has a good changeup and curveball. he is nasty. cox the orioles and rangers split up it here in tandem yard. they are wearing blue jerseys. the iraqi ross did not get the message. he was wearing gray. the greatest golfers in the world met up that saltgrass. all the drama surrounds tiger woods to started the day to over the cut line. he missed the cut last week. he has never missed two cuts in a row. now he sits at 1 under. he is teetering and is right there one above the cut line. you know the tickets for the capitals and rangers game are more expensive than the lakers and nuggets game? they are averaging $460. you also know kobe bryant has been suffering with flu like symptoms. the nuggets beat la so they are going to 7. afterwards kobe bryant was the story. a reporter asked what got him sic

. >> stephen strasburg piles on the strikeouts. we have highlights coming up in sports. >> coming up on 5:19, we want to take another look at our question of the day. it is researchers suggest this smell can make people happier. is it a, baked potatoes, b, fresh baked bread, or c, fresh squeezed lemons. >> our facebook friend terry mullen says the smell of bresh baked bread -- of fresh baked bread. >> log on to the wusa9 facebook fan page and leave your response. we'll reveal the answer during the 6:00 hour. >>> 5:21 on this friday morning, chilly friday morning with some areas dipping into the the upper 30s. jacket weather this morning. as we head toward 9:00, you'll notice 60 in annapolis. still only about 50 toward winchester. a little bit after breeze. sunshine all day. lunch time we're in the mid- to upper 60s here, near 70 in baltimore. then in the afternoon we're looking at temperatures low 70s. might even get to 74, 75 in the warm spots. a nice day ahead. andrea and mike? >> thank you, howard. >>> the nationals avoid the sw

they 22 of three against the anything and it is stephen strasburg who seemed to do it himself. first, you got this. first home run and he is out there on the bump throwing great for the nats. they go on to win the game yesterday. 9-3. but baltimore maintains the two game lead and first pitch tonight in camden yards is set for 6:05. >> this is the cast your vote. free interactive on line game. it is to show students what it is like to be part of congress. it is focused on by centennial and the education reporter sherrie johnson is live with the report. sherrie. >> reporter: there is so much around here. it is so interesting. today is the launch of congressman john sarbanes and they are teaming the up the launch to cast your vote. good morning. >> good morning. >> it is so nice to see you again. the thing i like about this cast your vote, the students or anybody has a chance to see what it is like to be in cok. >> it puts the person in charge of the war of 1812. the war of 1812, politics. trade, economic issues, i am talking 1812, not 2012. and it shows the relevancy of the histo

as of today, gio gonzalez and stephen strasburg lead the national league in strikeouts.ust a moment. first, their office hot last night. nats and pirates, bryce harper jacks one to the scoreboard. it's so close to going out. instead he settles for his first career triple. not bad. but he gets stranded on third in that inning. more hot bats though in the 6th. adam laroche goes yard directly followed by nady. back-to-back homers, nationals lead 4-1. back to gio a season high ten strikeouts last night. jumps him to the top spot in the national league, nationals take this one 7-4. >> we got some pretty good pitchers over here. you know, when you risk that -- i'd say it keeps the pressure off your defense. >>> d.c. united hosting the colorado rapids last night. 25th minute, d.c. united on the rush. dwayne derow zaire owe finishes that one. second half ball in the box, boss slow vick is denied but d.c. united wins picking up their first shutout of the season. >>> settics 76ers -- tied at 1 apiece. boston having no problems last night. a dominant second half. kevin garnett 27 p

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you could say that pitcher stephen strasburg had a big day.ck out eight orioles and only aloud four hlowed four hit. >> he also hit his first major league home run. >> we get the nba highlights from our man over at espn news. >>> good morning, cole wright here with your "sportscenter" update. sunday afternoon. dwyane wade and the heat taking on the pacers. third quarter, let's get after it. miami down a four spot. wade to lebron. 2 of lebron's 40 on the night. miami still trailing in the third. wade, gets the pass, falls down, gets the ball back, he's hitting from long distance. miami, they're back in front, fourth and final, pacers down four. collison ripping and rolling. pacers down one after his shot from the stripe. a three-point miami lead. lebron driving to the cup. misses, gets his own rebound. he had 40 points, 18 boards, 9 assists. the heat win, 101-93. >>> spurs and clippers, game four. san antonio looking for the sweep. chris paul to blake griffin. 2 of his 21. clippers up three. fourth and final. duncan to ginobili. one of duncan's

stephen strasburg addressed the struggles after the game. >> tough conditions all around, but i'm notmake excuses and you know, it's one of those games where you go out there and do your best to overcome the obstacles. sometimes you can't get out of it. >> some evidence today in the roger clemens trial. clemens trial testified that he saved medical waste from the injections he gave clemens just in case something happened. he said his wife insisted he do it to protect himself. the defense attorneys will have their crack tomorrow. >>> now amist all the news and all the creation about dale hunter walking away from team yesterday, some comments by alex ovechkin got a little lost. ovechkin called out the locker room, eluding to jealousy among the players, which was surprising considering his teammates have constantly talked about this being the most unified that this has been in a while. what he was referencing isn't completely clear. could it be his lack of ice time this season? we ask danny from 106.7 the fan to weigh in. >> maybe there's a conflict with alexander. we heard the comment t

stephen strasburg has been voted national league pitcher of the month for april.five starts, strasburg went 5-0. an nl best 34 strikeouts. giving up just six walks. of course, they're in action tonight against the diamondbacks. caps, rangers, puck drops at 7:30. we'll be back here at 11:00. i'm kristen berset. back to you guy in the studio. >> thank you. topper, more tonight at 7:00? >> the cbs evening news is next. have a great night.

do you sit stephen strasburg when he nears his unofficial innings limit which has been scoffed at by gm mike rizzo which says the whole thing has been concocted by the media. imagine that. he is arguably pitching the best baseball in the national league right now. last night he blew away 13 pirates, undefeated, leads the league in strikeouts. 13,000 of you voted on our website for the game of the week, girls softball for a second straight week. robinson at herndon, playoff seeding on the line, highlights tonight at 11:00. >>> finally for the second consecutive week tiger woods in jeopardy of missing the cut until he turns back into old tiger, back to back to back to back birdies. tiger following up his pedestrian 74 with a good round, 2-under now. looks like he's going to make the cut. >> that's a great little saying. we'll do that to you next time we want you to be quiet. time to go, dave, ding. >> we need one for derek. >> oh. >> that's it for us. cbs evening news is next. >> derek is back at 7:00. good night. have a great weekend, everybody.

yesterday, stephen strasburg put an end to one streak while he kept another streak alive against the. let's go back to that game yesterday. top of the 6th, the nats trailing. with a runner on, drives one to deep center field. back it goes. for a two-run home run. his fifth of the year. the nats have their first lead of the game. it's 3-2. strasburg has walked, the bases loaded. he stays calm. he gets garrett jones swinging for his 13th and final strikeout. strasburg goes 6 innings. end a three-game losing skid. they have been in first place. >> yesterday the redskins kicked off their 80th anniversary with a party at their indoor practice facility. a 120 beyond all reasonable doubt 120-yard field. the festivities included the redskins cheerleaders and a number of redskins greats. the team unveiled their throwback jerseys. the bubble has gotten rave reviews. >> do everything you want to do. if it's bad weather where you can't go outside or too windy, it gives you a chance to have a quality practice. >> reporter: game seven is here in new york tomorrow night. brian, back to you. >> now

. >>> baseball, the nationals' stephen strasburg is known for what he can do on the mound. but yesterday was all about what he did at the plate. belting his first homer of his career, he left the game after just five innings after experiencing biceps tightness. i guess the kid isn't used to hitting homers. the nats beat the o's, 9-3. >>> and, finally, to the links for the shot of the day for the byron nelson classic. j.j. henry's tee shot on the par 3, fifth hole, 153 yards, went with the pitching wedge, and i would say he picked the right club. hits the green, and j.j. pulls a string. rolls right in the cup for a hole-in-one. and that's your look at sports on "early today." i'm mario solis. >> announcer: "early today" sports is brought to you by touch of gray. get rid of some gray, never all. >>> well, the new film's "get hulked" at the box office. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, the family that studied together graduated together. we'll explain. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." hope you had a wonder

good luck to stephen strasburg. >> let's check in with tom. >> that's a live view from our hd city camera. beautiful scene. the sky has cleared. at 4:41, we heevd the last of the rain now pushing east of the chesapeake bay and it's now really exiting the atlantic seaboard. and behind that clouds are clearing out. we have a few clouds over part of western maryland and east where it's down to near 50 degrees. and closer to washington, we're in the 50s. upper 50s right in the metro area. for your day, we'll have lots of sunshine, winds picking up, gusting to 20, 25 miles an hour by noontime, the low 60s. maybe briefly near 70 mid afternoon. a few clouds around by late afternoon. a look at friday, the weekend, and next week. seven-day outlook in ten minutes. danella has our traffic. >> if you're traveling along i-270, out of clarksburg, southbound, not bad at all. 66 miles an hour. in germantown, still about 66 miles an hour. as you make your way across shady grove, your travels are open as you make your way southbound. connecting to the beltway, very light volume. heading to i-95, you're dri

stephen strasburg apparently got that kind of icy hot ointment in possibly his they they are regions.ns. that's certainly enough to make someone not comfortable. i'm sure the rain didn't help matters. strasburg having trouble keeping his hands dry. they did take an 8:00 break which seemed to throw strasburg off his rhythm. he went to four innings, giving up four earned runs. it was his shortest outing of the season. bryce harper, a better day. his second homer in a matter of days, but that was it. nats drop this one to the padres. >> it's tough to kind of get going again and it's something that i think i can learn a lot from this outing and i have to find the positives and just remember that there's always going to be days like this where nothing is going your way. >> o's hosting the yanks. jarred is not scared. two rbi's for him. orioles nice job on the offense. good on the defense too. double play from robert andino to end the game. what a play. orioles split this series 5-2. >>> in the six months of torii hunter's tenure as capitals coach, the players constantly touted how unified

. >>> baseball, the nationals' stephen strasburg is known for what he can do on the mound.he plate. belting the first homer of his career, left the game after five innings after experiencing biceps tightness. i guess the kid isn't used to hitting homers. the nats beat the o's, 9-3. >>> final to the links. for the shot of the day from the byron nelson classic. j.j. henry's tee shot on the par 3 hole. 153 yards with a pitching wedge. now i'd say he picked the right club. hits the green and j.j. pulls a string. rolls right in the cup for a hole in one. and that's your first look at spo sports. i'm mario solis. >> bill karins has your weather. >> it's on my bucket list. >> i heard about your golf game. i'm not sure that's going to be happening any time soon. >> it's not that bad. >> you haven't been too generous to yourself. so my expectations are low. >> very early. we'll go golfing someday. good morning, rain showers this morning. really light and drizzly type weather in washington, d.c. especially south near fredericksburg. boston, light drizzle so the roads may be wet. this

there's your pitcher of the month, stephen strasburg. he said, i'm hitting this one to the super mono. first home run given up this year. nats down 3-2. can't make the dive, so we're tied. in extras, wilson ramos saying game winner, let's go home. >> a lot of times this year we have been awful quiet with the bats and this is, you know, i know it's coming. it was nice to see some quality at bats from a lot of guys. >> orioles and red sox. this is mark reynolds here. 99 problems, but hitting ain't one. that made it 1-1. they are playing all night long. first rookie minicamp practice. undrafted free agents and guys trying out. none under the microscope. more than number 10. rg3 working out with offensive coordinator this afternoon. this camp about learning, but getting down the small details. all those fundamentals. players won't be available to the media until monday. after business, after that 4 1/2 marathon on wednesday, one by the ranger who's are up two games to one. one of the most physicalically demanding games of his career. puck dr

after the game, davey johnson had an interesting theory about why stephen strasburg looked uncomfortable on the mound. >> has it been a while since you've seen him look that uncomfortable? obviously the weather had something to do with it in the first. he was pretty fidgety there. >> yeah. i can't really tell you what the problem was, but seemed kind of out of place. >> you've said that. but where to get in his place, not on his shoulder -- >> i don't know. it was uncomfortable to say the least. >> tough audio there. what davey johnson said was some hot stuff got in his place. icy hot stuff you put on an injur injury. some icy hot stuff, quote, got in his face. we'll leave it there. blue jays and rays, brett laurie thinks that's ball four. bill miller rings him up. here we go, lawrie goes ballistic. oh, you can't do that! you simply can't do that. lawrie throws his helmet at the umpire. he's tossed. john farrell gets runned, too. i don't know if i've seen that, throwing the helmet directly at the umpire. blue jays lose 4-3. >>> more fun, phillies and 'stros here comes charlie manuel, arg

. >> stephen strasburg took the mound tonight in pittsburgh hoping to end a couple streaks. the nats three game losing streak and strasburg's personal three straight no decision street making his seventh start of the season -- streak making his seventh start of the season against the pirates. early on he was cruising with a seventh consecutive strikeout. now top of the 6th, nats trail 2-1. adam laroche changes that with a drive to deep center field, a two-run home run, laroche's fifth of the year, nats in front 3-2. bottom of the 6th, strasburg walks the bases loaded but he gets garrett jones to strike out to end the inning. it was his final pitch. strasburg goes six, allows five hits, two runs, striking out 13. nats defeat the pirates 4-2 and strasburg is 3 -0. >>> orioles and rangers, game 1. the birds hit three consecutive home runs to starter. nick markakis with the third. the orioles had five hits all home runs and took game 16-5. the night cap was more of the josh hamilton show. the guy hit four home runs tuesday, at it again today. a two-run home run in the first, his

what a night for stephen strasburg in pittsburgh. bottom of the first, stras strikes out andrew mccutcheon, then proceeds to strike out the next six batters in a row. he mowed seven of them down in a row. gives up two runs, just one earned, in six innings of work. the nationals also generating just enough offense tonight. top of the sixth adam laroche at the plate with one on. this one is gone. over the wall in center field. laroche's sixth home run of the season. that makes it 3-2 nationals. they had three homers on the night. and they salvage a game in this series with a 4-2 win. the guys in cincinnati tomorrow. >>> in the american league the o's and the rangers playing two in baltimore today. what a first inning for the o's. first man up is the first man to hit it out. ryan flaherty. and that's his first major league home run. second batter j.j. hardy not to be outdone. his eighth homer of the season. into the seats in left. next up nick markakis, and he completes the home run hat trick. back-to-back-to-back home runs for the orio

there's going to be no orioles sweep thanks to stephen strasburg and a rare offensive explosion. the nats pounded the o's. strasburg doing it on the mound and at the plate. his last start in san diego, the defense let strasburg down. early on today in the second inning, looked like the same thing was happening. betamy flies to left. harper calls him off. i got it. i got it. no, i don't. sdnd make the catch. that error led to two unearned runs. top of the third. o's up. strasburg in his groove. strikes out xavier nady. what about the bat in the bottom of the fourth. oh, my. after his catcher jesus flores goes yard, he does the same thing. into the bull pen. his first career home run. nationals scored nine unanswered runs. strasburg has two hits, including that homer. they beat the orioles, 9-3. >>> nba playoffs. dwyane wade and the heat trying to even up their series with the pacers in the third quarter. miami down by four. wade, nice no-look pass on the base line to lebron. a near triple double in the fourth. d. wade with the tasty little crossover right there. up and in. the off

june 8th, 2010, pitching phenom stephen strasburg made his major league debut at a sold out nats park. tomorrow night bryce harper will make his home debut when the nats host the diamondbacks. yesterday marked harper's second game in the majors, 7th inning against the dodgers in l.a., his third at bat, harper with a base hit to right field for his second major league hit. in the top of the 9th nats town 2-0 , harper representing the time run showed a maturity by drawing a walk. afterward he admitted he was thinking home run. >> i want to hit a bomb for sure, but he gave me two pitches i could drive and i fouled both of them back. he throws pretty hard. that was a good sinker. he kept on going sinker, sinker and i tried to get something i could drive and if i didn't, i was going to walk. >> buck showalter seeking career win 1,000 orioles in new york again the yankees, bottom 2. eric chavez, a two-run home run to right. yangees 2-1. top of the 7th -- yankees 2-1. top of the 7th, the pitch bounces away from russell martin, backs it town, tosses it in time to get nick markakis. orioles fa

washington and pittsburgh the nats looking to end a three-game skid and they turn to the young gun stephen strasburgikes out presley looking. six innings, 13 strikeouts. his third win as the nats beat the pirates. in boston there's some controversy surrounding josh beckett. on wednesday a local radio station reported beckett was seen golfing last week after it had been announced that he would miss his start on saturday because of a back injury. that story has been the talk of boston sports radio for the last few days and yesterday beckett had a chance to take the mound for the first time since the incident hoping to silence his critics. he did the opposite. beckett lasting only 2 1/3 giving up seven runs including this solo home run in the third. when he was pulled by bobby valentine he was met by a chorus of boos from the red sox fans. red sox lose 8-3. after the game beckett was asked for the first time about the controversy. >> do you have any regrets that, you know, it could have, it could have, you know, hurt you because you did have -- >> my off day is my off day. >> the reaction of the fans w