so it was with stephen strasburg today after getting rained out last night, strasburg this afternoonhutout innings for the first time in his career. since the nats blanked the braves, more good news for the nats. after being activated. morris went 0-4. strasburg nasty. struck out the first four batters, finishing with nine saves in the game. scoreless game in the 5th. not anymore. jesus flores, gave the nats a 1- 0 lead. tyler for the save. tyler striking out to end it. nats win it 2-0. snapping their three-game losing streak. >> checking out the sign, sometimes that's not always good. but he had good command and you know, finished off, it blew the guy away. he's back. >> strasburg was a big dog today. buck and the orioles trying to snap a six-game losing streak. slow roller, the throw, just a little wide. mark reynolds scores, here is ryan. he is trying to score. he's going to be out of there. orioles get back in the win column with a 2-1 victory. >> the redskins rolled the dice last march when they signed ted davis to a contract. it's his judgment off the field that is in depth. he

. >> stephen strasburg has been hitters look silly all year long. strasburg hoping to be the first nats pitcher to win seven straights games. the ace making more noise at the plate than at the mound. stephen strasburg at the dish. the pitch hit hard and deep to left center. it goes all the way to the wall. and the nats take a 2-1 lead. he has five extra base hits this year. more than any other pitcher in baseball. a scary moment here. marco scutaro hit in the head. a 95-mile-an-hour football from strasburg. strasburg clearly shaken up. scutaro evaluated. he could walk off the field on his own power but he would have to leave the game. strasburg gave up two runs and left with the nats trailing 3-2. right now they are down 4-2 in the top of the ninth. >>> college world series south carolina taking on arizona. tied at 1 in the top of the ninth. matt price, brandon dixon takes him down the line. an rbi double. arizona take a 2-1 lead. arizona wins the national championship and take the college world series preventing south carolina from winning its third

the longer they stay in the playoff hunt the more stephen strasburg's inner count will be a topic ofl. tyler moore's debt in today.-- stepped in today. two run double. knocked in 5 runs. stephen strasburg's arm is solid. 8 strikeouts and then he cut his finger when he is clipping his nails between innings. they took him out. he gets the wind. the final, 6-2. camden yards. the pirates and the orioles. how about this? chris davis breaks the bat. two run homerun. look at that. the orioles beat, the final 7-1. for golf fans, the national championship starts tomorrow. tiger woods is the favorite. andy zhang will be making history as the youngest player at 14. who knows about were the mcelroy? roy schnelker roy has struggled with his game. he missed three consecutive cuts -- rory mcilroy has struggled with his game. he thinks he is ok. all aspects got tobe be on. i will enjoy the week and enjoy the challenge and hopefully that can result in a playing good golf and having a chance going into sunday. >> the redskins are back on the field as they plow through their mini camp. one of the best

got to give the nats the edge tonight on paper, stephen strasburg throwing the rubber fresh off that ing seven-inning shutout performance against the braves. strasburg hasn't loss since may 15th. jeff halpern will not return to the team. halpern a d.c. native who played with the caps twice this past season four goals, 12 assists. >>> 45 points, 15 rebounds, five assists were lebron's numbers last night. the last guy to put up those kind of numbers, wilt chamberlain. all those lebron haters hoping to pin this latest heat failure on lebron have to wait till game 7 saturday night. >>> french open semifinals. joe vick djokovic versus roger federer, no match for the no. 1 player in the world. joke erwins and will take on the king of clay -- joker wins and will take on the king of clay rafael nadal trying to win his seventh open final. >> love that big honking deal. that's all for 9 news now at 6:00. stay with us for the cbs evening news next and derek is back at 7:00 and at 8:00 join our mike hydek for a special cool schools presentation, the future is now. good night, everybody.

how about stephen strasburg, 7-2 lead. bases juiced and kevin youkilis doesn't look it. sit down. yeah, he's going to get ejected for his troubles. straitsburg six innings, 13ks and two earned runs. they win 7-4 and strasburg is now 7-1 on the year. >>> meanwhile in baltimore tonight a rough night for jake arrieta. the phillies roughed him up. arrieta gave up seven runs in the first two innings and gave up nine earned runs in four innings and the o's fall to the phillies 9-6. >>> otas or organized team activities, they're wrapped up for the redskins. because of it the skins have the weekend off. enjoy it, boys, because next week they're back to work for mandatory minicamp monday through thursday. one redskin who is chomping to get back out there a second year, defensive lineman jarvis jenkins. this play was in the preseason against baltimore last year. tore his acl and was done for the year before it began. the former clemson tiger was cleared in april. he's wearing a knee brace and it's okay. he's not quite in game shape, but he's back and that alone is an accomplishment. >> it's

last night, well, it was a night like that when you draft a guy like stephen strasburg. not just to win games but to stop streaks. the nats hadn't won in a week. could they do it last night? thank heaven for number 37. first inning, keystone cops action here. tampa bay rays defense, what are you doing? throwing the ball into the dugout. nobody touches it so that means bryce harper, you can come on down. nats were up 3-0, more than enough work for strasburg but he's going to need a little help here. a little snow cone preserves the lead. then strasburg getting back to the conventional. the real bop gun going. he strikes out ten. nats get back in the win column 3-2. strasburg now 9-1. college football, maybe a playoff, it just might be. bcs commissioners have approved a model that would have the top four teams face off against each other in a playoff style format. semi finals will be played within the existing bcs games. the winners of to of those games will face off in a championship game. how would the top 14 be selected? a ranking schedule that would take into account c

as you look at stephen strasburg for an extended period of time.nationals hang on to beat the rays 3-2. they stay on top of the nl east, leading the mets by three games. the rays have added to their wardrobe. oh, my dear. they entered the league in 1998, but they've somehow designed a '70s era throwback uniform which never existed. they'll be wearing it at home next week against the tigers. fans will be treated to a performance by earth, wind and fire after the game. kind of a '70s night. wild one in philly last night. the phillies hosted the rockies. two outs, bottom of the ninth. tie game, placido polanco, a routine grounder to short. marco scutaro throws to first. we should be going to extra innings. no. pulls todd helton off the bag. i don't know. foot should have been on the bag. helton is a good first baseman. phillies walk off with a 7-6 win on the error. the throw isn't that bad. >>> lebron james and the miami heat can silence their critics once and for all and lock up the nba championship with a win tonight in game 5 against the thunder in

the high altitude wasn't hurting stephen strasburg. he was cruising still this scary incident in the 6th. >> it sounded like -- >>-- >> strasburg nailing scutaro with a fastball. he remained conscious and was able to walk off. you could tell stras was shaken up. colorado tacked on another run in the next inning. rockies beat the nats 4-2. >> at&t national, all eyes on tiger woods of course today. he was the 2009 champion of the event, itself last time the tournament was here. woods says he loves congressional and the d.c. area. jim furyk will be here. interesting side note. his caddy is a member at congressional so we will see if jim furyk can show his stuff as he has done here before. of course, we're going to be wall to wall with tiger and at&t. live team coverage throughout the week. we have a special wrapup show each evening at 11:30. >>> michael phelps looking to qualify for his fourth olympics going up against rivalryian loc --ian lochte. lochte getting the win but phelps did qualify for london making him the first swimmer in u.s

ioston's third baseman, not want that he does face stephen strasburg.n with a few bullets in his outings, he is still six and one. today, he took his own dominant staff to fenway. the third, gonzales, there you go. look at this. over the fence, grabs it. rabin a home run. amazing reflexes. -- robbing the home run. amazing reflexes. lasted sixasburg giving up just two runs. the national's win the 7-4. baltimore and philadelphia, a top of the fourth. philadelphia was unstoppable. they win 9-6. not too shabby. all have another will not run in another. officially retired today. , at theeft front tendon beginning of tendinitis. have another was the win the belmont stakes. towill make one final trip the horse track. 2, nadal beat ferrer 6- 2, 6-1. he has lost a total of 35 games. if he wins, he will be in come ever to win seven french open titles. it is amazing. round,ld cup qualifying here you go. it does not get prettier than that. usa win 3-1. signing a six-year extension england patriots than $50 million. must be nice. >> thank you so much. have a great w

stephen strasburg is going after his 10th win of the year. he worked really hard to get back to what made him the best college baseball player and the no. 1 pick in the majors. while the nationals have lost six of the last 10 games the 20-year-old right-hander has won his last pit and they are counting on him big time tonight. the big story was kevin nicholaseuclis. he tipped his cap to the fans and blew them a kiss. teammates got emotional and he said goodbye to boston after 11 seasons. world champion celebrated with their fans and every one of the players gave their on thanks to the fans and spent some time with the trophy. the top of the town is that weighed gave his head coach and the new owner of the team knew watches. >> this is my dream to be able to hug and grabbed the trophy. i never want to let it go. this is unbelievable. >> those watches are said to be $25,000 each. only 500 of them were made. the proceeds go to wade world foundation which is his way of making children's dreams come true. >> a final so, you actually reward people

the main reason for the when last i was stephen strasburg. he pitched into the seventh inning.s ninth one of the season tonight. gonzales will try to do the same thing. clucks it was a good win last night. strasburg was unbelievable. we are excited to try to get another win tonight. >> gonzalez has been throwing well. we will try to get some runs in for him. we will try to win this match. hopefully get going and going early. hopefully geo can battle for us. >>the mls is recognizing the talents of d.c. united's olsen. the two teams will square off in chester pennsylvania on july 25. he has d.c. on top of the eastern conference. >> it is an honor, it has been a huge part of my life playing and coaching and has given me a lot. to represent them on the big states like this is just -- you know, a real honor for me. >> the ncaa is one step closer to a playoff that will lead to a national champion. they would implement a four-team playoff. if approved it would begin in 2014. >> that is a good idea. we like that. we need to look r a new van. yeah. i just don't know where to start. glad

stephen strasburg the name speaks for itself. he struck out the first four batters. at at 99 miles per hour. 91 pitches. the offense helped out come the bottom of the fed. he drives one deep. nats lead 1-0. there is a shot down the right- field line. right up against the wall. it is good enough for espinosa to come home. the nats win 2-0. the orioles and rays. throws it away. i'm mark reynolds scores. -- mark reynolds scores, but the damage is done. the orioles win 2-1. it is not often that you see mike shanahan joke around. but the veteran coach is all business trying to turn a team into a playoff contender. today, he came out to the naval academy football field in annapolis to supervise a scrimmage of adults and kids with down syndrome. some broncos and jerseys. we asked mike shanahan of about -- about the progress of rg3. >> he is a sharp kid and he keeps his priorities in order. he has been working on football. i think he keeps things in perspective and knows where he is in his life. he is very comfortable with himself. i think people will enjoy him more and more

another young gun, stephen strasburg, he is coming off tommy john. as you move forward, how do you balance keeping him in the rotation? what will we see coming down the stretch? >> it's 8-1 first of all. >> i stand corrected. >> you said it right. we're going to do what is in the best interest. and there will be a time during the season where i'll make the decision he had enough for this year and shut him down like we did with george zimmerman and something that the club is going to react to and have to step up. >> even if you're in a pennant race? >> we're going to shut stephen strasburg down when it gets to a point in the system where he had enough. >> one more thing, a lot of people want to know about him. how close is he now? of course he had that shoulder or elbow inflammation. >> his rehab is going extremely well and he's on the mound throwing bullpens right now. he'll go to minor league rehab. we're expecting him back around the all-star break. >> mike, this is a yankees man and everyone is talking about them and you in the same breath and peo

. >>> the gnats' stephen strasburg was cruising along and then this one. nailed mark scutaro in the head with a fastball. thankfully scutaro was okay but strasburg wasn't. the rockies won it, 4-2. >>> tough day to be an american at wimbledon. venus williams lost and on the men's side john isner is also heading home after losing in five setses. >> the heat celebrated in miami with a ticker tape parade. hundreds of thousands lined the streets to catch a glimpse of dwyane wade and company. right now they're the favorites in vegas to win it again. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm forget roggin well, he may often play a wild man on the big screen but this funny man is settling down in real life. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus two women are about to share what they've been denied for decades. you're watching "early today." >>> well welcome back. the big story, of course, is tropical storm debby. soaking record number in florida. i'll tell you what. if that's the main story, 1-a is the heat story. 103

stephen strasburg of course looked really good on the hill for washington. he went seven innings and struck out ten rays. strasburg improves to 9-1 as the nats win 3-2. >>> looks like college football has finally getting a playoff system. is still has to be approved by college presidents. if approved, it would create a semi final round with the four existing bcs bowl games. the winners of two would play in a championship game. if approved, this would begin by 2014. >>> the miami heat say they are treating tonight's game like a game seven, even though it really is just game five. that's because they can win the nba title with a win tonight at home. the heat leave the thunder in the series 3-1. if the thunder win tonight, though, it's back to oklahoma city and they stay there for the rest of the series. >>> well, sounds like the wizards are getting a good deal for their center. they'll get him and trevor azaria and rashard lewis. >>> the mystics aren't having a good time on the roads. they were in phoenix last night taking on the mercury. samantha peralis will

we are in first place and then to have stephen strasburg and bryce harper doing so well and living up to the hype. >> they're dominating. >> i haven't gotten to a game yet. >>> it's 5:25. 67 degrees. coming up, parent left frustrated after missing out on their children's graduation ceremony. why many of them were locked out. >>> plus, these men here should have found a better way to quench their thirst. the stunt that landed them behind bars. >>> a comfortable start to your >>> a comfortable start to your morning as you get ready to when mitt romney says "planned parenthood we're gonna get rid of that." >>> a comfortable start to your morning as you get ready to romney is saying he'll deny women the birth control and cancer screenings they depend on. when romney says "do i believe the supreme court should overturn roe v. wade? yes." he's saying he'll deny women the right to make their own medical decisions and when his campaign can't say whether he'd support equal pay protections. "and we'll get back to you on that." romney's putting your paycheck at risk. planned parenthood action fu

stephen strasburg gets the loss despite striking out eight.lose to the rockies 4-2. >>> here's the answer to our question of the morning. the question one more time during a bad economy, itself sales of which -- the sales of which of these things goes up. is it a, cookbooks, b, perfume or c, socks. >> the answer is a, cookbooks. i guess the reason why, one of our facebook friends-- >> too expensive to go out to the restaurants so you stay home, cook, and get to know everybody in the family. >>> one more check on traffic and weather when 9news now returns. it was like a red rash... very sore looking kinda blistery. like somebody had set a bag of hot charcoal on my neck. i was a firefighter for 24 years. but, i have never encountered such a burning sensation until i had the shingles. i remember it well. i was in the back yard doing yard work. i had this irritation going on in my lower neck. i changed shirts because i thought there was something in the collar of the shirt irritating my neck. and i couldn't figure out what was going on. i had no i

with michael morris making his season debut and stephen strasburg on the mound there were plenty of brightthe mound. michael morse starting his first game. steven strasburg struck out the first four batters he faced. jesus flores in the fifth inning. flores solo homer, 1-0. nats with two runners aboard. going to be a double unfortunately, only one run comes home. right now they are in the eighth inning. nationals lead it 2-0. buck showalter walter and the orioles trying to snap a losing streak in tampa. it is just a little wide. mark reynolds would score, here comes ryan flaherty, he is going to try to cross the plate but he is out of there. in the eighth inning birds lead it 2-1. >>> the redskins are gushing about rg iii as their quarterback. morgan should provide a huge upgrade, and especially gay gar son. maybe believe he will be the new go-to guy. >> we have a good receiving corps. a leader santana moss, he is a very great player. those guys are very good and fast and athletic. we have guys that are very fast and athletic. we have to find the best for our team and get it going. >> this

that was all stephen strasburg needed. six innings, striking out eight. wins 6-2, picking up their second consecutive sweep. and bryce harper is creating a buzz for what he did after last night's game. if you didn't hear about it, log on to wusa9.com. check out our sports blog. that will do it for us, i'm kristen berset, back to you. >>> kristen, thank you very much. and a glory yows glorious day out there. >> tomorrow for flag day, nice. heating up over the weekend. >> looking good. that's it for us. the cbs evening news is next. anita is in for derek at 7:00 and don't forget to join the morning team at 4:25. have a great day.

. >>> the nats' stephen strasburg was cruising, along and then this happened. nailed mark scutaro in the head with a fastball. thankfully scutaro was okay, but strasburg wasn't. clearly rattled, he gave up a pair of runs in the inning, and the rockies won it, 4-2. >>> tough day to be an american at wimbledon. five-time champ venus williams lost her opening round match, and on the men's side, the highest ranking american john isner is also heading home after losing in five sets. >>> and, finally, the party continued in miami. the heat celebrated their nba title with a ticker tape parade. hundreds of thousands lined the streets to catch a glimpse of dwyane wade, lebron james, and company. it's the franchise's second title. right now they're the favorites in vegas to win it again next year. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> well, he may often play a wild man on the big screen, but this funny man is settling down in real life. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, two women about to share some

stephen strasburg looking for his fifth straight win and he gets kobe swinging. he becomes the first pitcher to reach 100 strikeouts this season. the nats sweep the jay's 6-2, completing their road trip since the franchise moved to d.c. the orioles going for their win. deep right. pretty routine, right? not quite. take another look. davis bat completely shatters while he hits the home run. the barrel goes flying into the o's dugout. 7-1. >>> coming up, kevin durant had a big game. we'll hear from the prince georges county native right after the break. [ female announcer ] with xfinity, you can always expect more. like more on demand shows and movies than ever. and more ways to discover them too. plus more speed from america's fastest internet provider. so you can run more devices at the same time. ♪ feel a firework [ female announcer ] and best of all, it keeps getting better. no wonder more people choose xfinity over any other provider. ♪ love can be so mystical ♪ >>> welcome back. as the wizards look to the draft, they can't imagine who they will pick with a nu

stephen strasburg struck out ten batters for the win. the nationals remain in first place by three games and take on the rays again tonight at nats park. >>> former baltimore oral and hall of famer eddie murray may find himself in trouble with the law. he's one of several athletes named in an insider trading investigation. federal prosecutors are trying to determine whether he traded on inside information that a medical supply company was about to be bought in 2009. murray isn't facing any charges at this point and he's not commenting either. >>> it is the news college football fans have been waiting years to hear. we may be close to having a playoff to determine a national champion. the bcs commissioners and the athletic director of notre dame say they now support a four-team playoff model that would be in place for the 2014 season. under this plan, a committee would select the four teams involved in the playoffs. current bowl games would serve as semifinals. the national champion game would be played in the city that offered the highes

how about stephen strasburg, seven innings allowed two earned runs with 10 strikeouts. his sixth career 10 strikeout game and third this season. back to peralta who took the mound again but using a different glove because his was confiscated, no pine tar for him and no pine tar for tyler clifford, gets the strikeout to end the game and the nats end the four-game skid winning 3-2. any pitching paronoia tonight, davey? >> we kind of had a laugh on the bench. when the umpire came out, he wanted to look at the ball and he came out to look at it and instead of asking for the ball because it bounced in the throw to second, mr. strasburg was getting ready to undress, took off his glove. he said no, i just want the ball. >> who is visiting -- o's visiting the mets trying to avoid the sweep. o's down one, brian roberts with a hard hit ball. that's not going to get it done. o's get swept in new york 4-3 the final. >>> a reminder, the nats and o's are on fox 5 this saturday. camp all the action at 7 p.m. for your battle -- catch all the action at 7 p.m. for your battle of the belt

stephen strasburg, just as brutal on tampa bay hitters. bryce harper, rips a single to center.he kid can play. and around third. and he was safe. 1-0, nationals. now, it's time for tyler clippard. he's in the game. jose molina goes down swinging. nationals win, 3-2, your final score. >>> jered weaver back on the found, after missing nearly a month due to a back issue. angels taking on the giants. first inning we go. weaver, gets gregor blanco looking. how about buster posey swinging on by. nate schierholtz. weaver, who can get the point? he's pretty good. two hits and strikes out three. and the angels, finding a way to get it done something kind of like that. kindrus morales. with a long home run. and again. back-to-back jacks. that's mark trumbo making it happen. angels win in shutout fashion. 6-0, your final score. >>> want to remind you, tonight, a big night. will the king finally get his ring? the heat and thunder, game five from miami. that's tonight on abc at 9:00 eastern. join us. check it out. >> heat can clinch tonight. >> been a great series. >> all right. >> if you'r

if it wasn't for a super performance by super stephen strasburg, it would have been a sweep. strasburg won't pitch this time around. that's good for baltimore. jordan zimmerman gets the start tonight at 7:00. took one year longer than many expected but king james has his ring. lebron capped off a magnificent final with a triple double, 26 points, 11 rebounds, 13 assists. all you haters, not much you can say now. james has his hardware. >> i dreamed about this opportunity and moment for a long time, including last night, including today. you know, my dream has become a reality now. it's the best time i've ever had. >> coming up tonight at 11:00, a cleveland weather caster who can't stand lebron, it's going to be funny. come on back for that. >> the moment for sure. you're talking about we've got some hot stuff here. >> yes, severe storms bearing down on loudoun county right now. leesburg actually about to get real hard. those in upperville, this goes down into fauquier and prince william counties. severe thunderstorm warnings till 7:00. montgomery, i think that will be sternld

only justin verlander and stephen strasburg have as many strikeouts. his tenth of the year. 1-0 lead. how about the big fellow back from the injury. mike moores looking good. the bounce over the baby wall. it's a double. copper scores. sixth hit since returning from the d.l. nats win 4-2. let's hear from the bespectacled one on the win. >> i got a good ball club over there. it's a hostile environment obviously. it's a fun place to play though. we're playing good. geo did a great job for us tonight as always. luckily enough, we came through today. >> good for the nats. saturday afternoon drama in baltimore. seventh inning, this is some good hitting right here by matt weirs. we go to extra innings. here's the $85 million man. adam jones, money ain't a thing. walkoff, home run, baltimore remains within a game of first place. they take it 6-4 in 12 innings. >>> for must-see television to i think i'll go water the plants. that's what the belmont stakes became when i'll have another scratched because of leg tendonitis. with the prohibitive favorite gone, it

marco scutaro gets beaned in the head by the nationals' stephen strasburg and had to leave the game. washington ace had a tough day on the mound, allowing six hits in six innings. rockies beat the nationals 4-2. >>> meet the heatles. the new nba champs got the party started yesterday. an estimated 400,000 people turned out for the miami heat championship parade. when they took the party inside the american airlines arena to honor the new kings of the nba, lebron james said his team is bigger than the beatles, and he's got the ring to prove it. >> at the end of the day when we hit the road, they came on the road to see us perform, to see us live, and that's why i called us the heatles. >> james also says his team is motivated to win another ring next year. >>> and it doesn't get any closer than this. take a look. an unprecedented dead heat on saturday between allyson felix and jeneba tarmoh. they came in third in the 100-meter race, but only one can go to london, so they have to have a choice here. it's either going to be a one-on-one race or a coin toss. the runners won't decide unti

nights like this are why you draft a guy like stephen strasburg. not just to win dames but to stop streaks. the nats hadn't won in a week. thank heaven for number 37. we'll get to him in a second. first, ryan zimmerman. this looks like a harmless tapper until the i wills defense goes all keystone cops. nobody touches it, it rolls into the dugout. that means bryce harper you come on home. nats up 3-0. they were cruising in this game, way more than enough for strasburg. but i'm going to need a little help here. he's going to need a little help here. gets it from lombardo lombardozzi. nats get back in the win column 3-2. bryce harper even marveling atz teammates. >> it's always fun to watch him pitch. he's electric out there. with him on the mound you have a lot of confidence in winning that game that day. >> a little old school rap going on in the background. buck shough walters, orioles and mets. -- buck showalter, orioles and mets. baltimore gets swept by the mess, 4-3. >>> playoffs? you can call it that. bcs commissioners have approved a model tha

stephen strasburg struck out ten batters in the win. the nationals remain in first place by three games. they take on the rays again tonight at nationals park. >>> and maryland football loves to make waves. got to love that. but when it comes to the football field, they are staying pretty traditional. the school released this rendering of the new field. the terps had considered going with a different color turf. a popular option online was black, believe it or not. could not see anything! but they decided to stick with green. the end zone with a bit of maryland pride. the school says it will be the coolest field in the country, literally. cool plate technology is supposed to make the surface 15 degrees cooler than other fields. i think it's a smart move that they kept it green, because remember when maryland changed their uniforms? everyone flipped out. they didn't like them. they thought it was too much of a change. i thought it was really cool, but we shall see. i think the field looks great. >> well, green is classic, so can't go wro

stephen strasburg, the loosing streak stopper got win number nine tonight.help, too, from the rays themselves. nationals up 1-0 in the first. ryan zimmerman, grounds this one, bryce harper over at third, but rodriguezic hold on. nobody is going after the ball. kind of lazy play by the rays. harper is waved home. zimmerman goes to second. top of sixth now, nats playing into a 3-2 lead with the tying run on second. jose molina at the plate. molina sends this shot to left field, but steve lamberdosi is there, and the kid from colombia makes the great diving catch. strasburg says yes, sir. 3-2, ending that four-game losing stream. they're going to try to make it a winning streak tonight in the heat. >>> anytime you come to this ballpark and you're competing with a lot of people watching, it's not very hard, it doesn't take a lot of effort to get up. it also helps to be in your division playing with a very important game every time you go out there. because you're concentration level is going to be high, maybe you're more tired than usual after ball games, but i

the pitching has been outstanding led by stephen strasburg.y the way they have a combined record of 16-3. add bryce harper, who's exploded on to the major league vane, 7 homers, 19 ribbies, .303 overall, even tyler moore, who stepped in yesterday, his two outs in placed of adam laroche. now they get the yankees who lead the a.l. east. >> it was awesome, to get going on the road especially. it's a good feeling. we'll get back to d.c. with the yankees and hopefully keep it rolling. >> you have to tip your hats to rizzo and all the guys that got these young players who are playing great. you know, these young guys are carrying us. so it's good to see. i love watching talent express itself. >> david johnson. >> i'll bet he does. >> you've got that right. >>> to the redskins we won't see them until late july. the coach cut the mini camp off a day short as a gift. d'angelo hall and safety meriwether may be hard, they'll do it all, and why not? says the architect of this plan. >> that position should make a lot of plays, when you look at the charles

he and stephen strasburg are a combined 15-3 on the season. and the offense got enough to get the win. the fourth to give the nats a 4- 0 lead. they would hold on and beat the red sox. the nat will go for the sweep tomorrow afternoon. >> the o's hosting the phillies. drama in the bottom of the 12th. a man on for adam jones and the is why the bird gave him this huge contract. the phillies deep to end this one. rosenberg making his debut. they win in dramatic fashion 6- 4. >> to the redskins, robert griffin, iii, has proven he means business. will he be a run or pass quarterback? the team will be flexible because of griffin's athletic ability, but griffin continues to stress he is a runner second and a passer first. so rg3, does the team believe in your skills? >> got to ask them if you want the real details. but what they have been telling me and how confident they are in me as a quarterback is a huge step. so that's all i want. i want them to trust me and believe in me so we can win together. without them, i can't do it. i can't snap the ball

know, the nationals' history books aren't as extensive as the yankees or even the marlins, how, stephen strasburg can go down as the hottest pitchers in nats history if he can win his seventh straight start. as the nats lost two out of three. yesterday, however, what a good game for ryan zimmer monday. he got a cortisone shot because of a sore shoulder. he responded with two hits, his first multihit game in more than two weeks. this one gave the nationals a 1-0 lead s and then in the eighth, sean burnett, who has pitched great this season serving one up to matt weeder's, and he takes advantage. as good as the pitching has been, you're always playing with fire in one-run ball games. the or goals go up 2-1. that's how it ended the o's wins series. zimmerman with a bright shot, thanks to the pregame shot. >> we just decided that will give me the best chance to continue to play and not have to miss any time. it's not going to do anything to, you know, further injure my shoulder or anything like that, so there's no risk. you know, just took some of that pain and pressure away that's been bugging me fo

now stephen strasburg dominant on the mound. good-bye, he's done, swinging, strike three. strag burg six innings, eight strikeouts, but the bull pen comes in, does not allow another run, nats sweep the series. now six in a row here's tyler moore on all those home runs. >> it felt pretty good. it's just -- i'm just so happy for this team, very honored to be a part of this organization. this whole season, but really this home stand has been great for us. >> it must feel good to hit a ball like that. i wouldn't know. nats have a day off tomorrow before the weekend. skins, day 2, mini camp. all eyes on robert griffin iii, of course, as usual, but his success as a rookie will depend in large part on kem 12ri. chemistry with the wideouted pierre garson and -- competition might be bringing out is the best in santana moss. it seems like he entered the off-season in jeopardy of losing his job. now he's getting really high praise from kyle shanahan. >> he's been great. we asked him to lose some weight, we feel he's more explosive, about 10, 15 pounds lighter. he's been great out the

stephen strasburg expected to pitch friday.the mound this afternoon. >>> orioles and rays in tampa. he gives up five in the frame and that's all the rays would need. 5-0 final. the orioles have lost six straight. >>> and in flushing, queens, santana brings joy to metville as he tosses the first no hitter in franchise history. santana throws a career high 134 pitches and no hits. the st. louis cardinals in an 8-0 mets win. >>> the mystics fall to the vogue sky. and in the nba conference finals, the celtics beat the heat 101-91. that's your sports minute. i'm amber theoharris. have a great day. >>> america's best swimmers will hit the pool later this month in omaha, nebraska. the trials will take place in a temporary pool that wasn't built until nine days ago. the city's fire department is helping fill the pool with millions of gallons of water. a million gallons of water. they will start on july 27th. you can check all the action on the nbc family of networks. >>> today is the 19th annual taste of georgetown. >> 30 restaurants a

hopefully stephen strasburg can turn things around tonight. >>> cbs this morning begins at the top ofhe hour. we'll talk about the future of television on the internet. >>> before that we have one more check of traffic and weather. keep it right here on 9news now. >>> one more thing before we go. jessica doyle is really good at finding adorable video on the web. remember she showed us the puppy cam. check out this clip from youtube. it's called duck run. the guy is taking his pet duckling named charlie for a walk. look it there. he's following very closely. >> he's very fast. >> in a second you'll see the guy start to run and there's charlie. and he keeps up. >> look how fast he is. >> charlie will not be left behind. >> i guess you have to be fast when you can't fly yet. >> thank you for sharing that with us, jessica. >>> fly somewhere cool is all i can suggest. temperatures running into the upper 90s. even near 100 tomorrow. better chance of storms on friday afternoon as we cool into the lower 90s and then better toward the weekend. monika? >>> a live picture here in anacostia where

nationals here in washington the baseball team and announce i really want to the take over stephen strasburg's job as a pitcher. i mean come on! this is not believable. >> well, i notice he wasn't taking any questions from the media today. he was sort of ushered away from the media. meanwhile, at the white house the president was heckled in the rose garden. take a listen to this. paul, i would love your reaction. >> excuse me, sir. it is not time for questions sir. not while i'm speaking. >> ridiculous. ridiculous. >> so disrespectful. i mean come on! can you ever remember a time when a reporter heckled a president in the rose garden? >> it really demeans the individual that jumped up there. i thought it was really disrespectful. and you could tell just from the audience, even watching it on television, you feel like oh, this is inappropriate. but you know what i really liked? i thought the president was cool. i thought he handled it well. he looked like a great leader when he stopped him and said oh, no you wait. because i'm addressing the american public. i'm talking to the united states of

stephen strasburg will start for the nats today.do it, they could pull it off. >> we have strasbourg and harper and on a winning streak for first place. >> everything is looking good so far. >>> see if things are looking good with the weather. meteorologist tom kierein is here with the forecast. >> up now on a partly cloudy sky and throughout most of the region we're in the comfort zone. this morning in the 60s across virginia and maryland and in the district of columbia and farther west, though, dipped down into the 50s and a cool morning in western maryland and much of west virginia near 70 in central virginia and on the eastern shore but away from the waters, many locations there are generally in the 60s. there's that son gleaming off the potomac river and plane just taking off there from reagan national. by 9:00, low 70s and by noontime near 80 and hold steady near 80 through the rest of the afternoon with low humidity in place and a bit of a blustery wind in place dwgusting to 30 miles per hour. a clear start to thursday mornin

flame thrower stephen strasburg. he beat the tampa bay rays in d.c. last night.tras burg started, then tyler clifford came on to finish out the rays. they will wrap up the series with tampa bain washington tonight, then coming here to baltimore. we are feeling the summer heat in our area, while in south florida it's heat and thunder. that's not a weather forecast. it's the nba finals. the miami heat and oklahoma city thunder resuming their series tonight. miami can clinch the championship with a victory in game five tonight. they lost the opener but stormed back to win the next three. lebron james scored 26 points in miami's victory in game four. james in search of his first ever ever nba title in good position to get it, focused on finishing off oklahoma city. >> my job is not done. i've been very focused, and i'm determined for us to play at a high level. so i will make sure my guys are ready for game 5, and we will be prepared. >> james says his body is better prepared for tonight avenue suffered leg cramps that caused him to sit for part of the second half in

that was all stephen strasburg needed. he struck out eight. nats beat the blue jays 6-2 picking up their second consecutive sweep. >>> we got our look at the wizardses next possible draft pick. d.c. native thomas robinson worked out for the wizards at the verizon center for about a good hour and a half. >> that's a quick look at sports this morning. have a great thursday. >>> the only cyclist most of us can actually name lance armstrong is facing more doping charges this morning. that story is coming up. >> plus, a senior prank will cost some top student as chance to attend their own graduation ceremonial. 5:24. monika is checking the roads. >> on the northbound side of i- 95, you're just beginning to see the volume building right now leaving route 644 to the beltway. once you're on 395 though, the pace is good for the 14th street bridge. more on area roads coming up in my next report. you're watching 9news now. stay with us. . >>> good morning. welcome back to 9news now this thursday morning. i'm andrea roane. >>> i'm jessica doyle in for mik

stephen strasburg will be on the mound for the nationals. >>> and you could be seeing some bigger electronicoar ii. considering a bill that will allow more signs. pushing to update and add new signs to the building, but some community members complained that the signs would be too disruptive. a wrap around sign at the corner of seventh and f streets. he says the signs will emit less light and help generate some much-needed revenue. >>> going to take a look now at some of the stories that we're going to be following for you for news 4 this afternoon. at 4:00 on the first day of summer, many parents getting ready to send their kids off to camp. dr. jackie joins us to let you know what medical things you need to take care of before the kids go. >>> and then tonight at 5:00, the change face of downtown d.c. why the verizon center fighting to transition into the digital age. you'll find out more about that coming up at 5:00. time for the final check of the forecast and here's tom with the bad news about those temperatures out there. >> it's terrible. we have to respect this heat. this is serious

stephen strasburg struck out eight batters en route to the 6-1 win over the blue jays, his eighth winar. rookie tyler moore hit the first two homers of his career in the victory as well. the nationals now in first place by five games. they host the first-place yankees this weekend. >> go, nats! >>> the 112th u.s. open golf championship tees off this morning at the olympic club in san francisco. the most-watched grouping is sure to be tiger woods, phil mickelson and masters champ bubba watson. then there's 14-year-old -- 14! andy zhang from china. he is the youngest player to ever play in a major golf tournament. and you can catch the first-round action right here on nbc 4 from 3:00 to 5:00. we'll also have coverage of the second round tomorrow at the same time. coverage starts saturday and sunday at 4:00 p.m. 14, wow. >>> 6:21 is our time. tom kierein, what do you have for us? >> gorgeous morning under way. live view behind you of sunrise over the potomac from our city camera. and temperatures around the metro area are cool this morning. much of fairfax county only in the upper 50s, n