stephen strasburg, yeah he had a start in harrisburg. that is coming up next in announcer: now the toyota sports desk brought to you the local toyota dealers. robert: welcome back. the nats are opening up an eight-game home stand with the tem pa bay rays. speaking of those guys they had a performance and they put up 16 runs. however, they just came back from what was a weird weird road trip. we talked to guys in clubhouse and they talked to us about that. >> we have been battling. can't give us credit for staying, just being tough. and staying, sticking with it. >> hopefully we can get back in the first place. because i mean, right now we have a tough road trip going going .500. we have to get to winning bam game -- ballgames. robert: someone who had been on the d.l. is stephen strasburg. he had a start for the senators. one earned run and six k's. but he left with the loss. harrisburg senators lose that one. the final 4-3. all right now we are talking football. day two of three-day mini catch for the redskins. we heard from rgiii today.

the clouds are here but the rain is not.ping to see stephen strasburg make a start. he went to the 15-day d.l. he had a couple of starts in harrisburg and did well. back against the braves. we were in the clubhouse today and the teammates say it has been too long. >> he is one of our horses. one of the best guys out there. he will bring out emotion today and do what he needs to do to keep us in the ballgame. hopefully we can get runs on the board for him. get him a "w" tonight. he will do what he needs to do. robert: moving on the football. tom brady was in court today and still is in court apparently trying to appeal the four-game suspension issued by the nfl. proceedings started at 9:30 this morning. today espn's adam shefter tweeted outs he testified under oath to help his case against the four-game suspension. nfl commissioner roger goodell and attorney ted wells attended the hearing. today, nfl spokesperson tweeted brady's team has no strict limits to try to make a case. moving to hoops. wiza the final predraft workout for the draft on thursday. the big name the

stephen strasburg with his second strong start since coming off the dl. great command in a 98-mile-an-hour fast ball. and just as important today of all days, with that day doubleheader, how long he could go. bryce harper back in the lineup, missed the last two games after tweaking his hamstring. depp hard in span, also out there he had some back spasms recently. strasberg was just plain dealing. bottom four up 1-0. man on, gets ashy swinging to end the inning. now, needs his offense to get going. young outfielder answers the call. michael a. taylor. the a stands for awesome. bringing in robinson. rbi double for taylor. nats 2-1 lead. bases loaded for espinosa, wild pitch, past the catcher, dan uggla to the plate. the nats run, 3-1. strasberg still on the mound in the seventh with two outs. dominic brown at the dish goes down swinging nine strikeouts and two runs allowed, seven innings for strasberg. in the ninth nats clinging to a one-run lead. roth lines one short desmond is there. a long throw. just in time. and that is it. nates hold on for their seas

stephen strasburg on the mound tonight for the first time in almost 30 days, but would that rain delayamper his performance? we've got the highlights coming up next in sports. why are we watching this again? i pay for all these channels, so i make myself watch them all. joey, i'll watch anything except this. except this. go back, go back, go back, go back, go back, go back. fios custom tv lets you pay for the types of channels you want, not the ones you don't. 100% fiber optics is here. get out of the past. get fios. now for $79.99 a month. go online or call. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v >>> now wusa9 game on sports with kristen berset brought to you by xfinity. >> it's been 25 days since we've seen stephen strasburg take the mound in a national uniform. it has been a rough start to the year for stras, but after rehabbing a track injury the almighty righty was back on the bump looking for a fresh start. there was a two hour 16 minute rain delay. once things finally got going nats offense wastes no time getting on the board. bottom of the

five years ago today, stephen strasburg made his major league baseball debut, taking the sports worldm. over 40,000 people on hand in nats park that night. they witnessed the first of what they hoped to be many dominating performances throughout his career. today, however, the opinions of strasberg these last five years have been mixed. june 8, 2010, it was dubbed strasmass, struck out an incredible 14 batters in that debut, a victory over the pittsburgh pirates. so much hype and so much expectation. now, since that debut, there have been highs and much talked about lows. tommy john surgery in september of 2010. he was on a limit when he returned, all-star year for strasberg in 2012. but he was shut down prior to the nats postseason run. despite knocks about his durability, strasberg made every start last season and led the national league in strikeouts. this year, a different story. currently, he is on the disabled list with neck tightness. he is sporting an e.r.a. of over 6. >>> pretty good career for stephen strasburg, has been on the disabled list four times throughout his career.

stephen strasburg pitched well goes seven innings and gives up just four hits. the nationals have now won eight straight 3-2 is the final. nine strikeouts in the win. game two, phillies up 4-1. rate now the phillies have an 8-3 lead during the bottom of the fifth inning. orioles and indians, game one of a day-night double-header. bottom of the third, right center. they face top seeded germany. they have gone by with 2-0 and 1-0 wins of the they're winning and advance that's all that counts. but some are criticizing this u.s. team for not playing better. >> i'm proud of this team for not worrying about too much of the critical analysis that's been going on deservedly so on many levels. we want to be treated like the men. so women's soccer has grown so much we are getting criticized when we do not have a good perm performance and that's the way it should be. >> this is united soccer league. a driving rain last night. a comedy of errors. the ball -- they can't even move it. he's a referee and watch the ball go up. it's water and high jinks and sphreurb splash. nasc

you gut -- got stephen strasburg's debut.ordan zimmermann's no hitter on the final day of the season. those may fall second and third behind the game max scherzer pitched yesterday. a complete game shutout against milwaukee complete with 16 strikeouts and only one walk. it w oh, so close to being perfect until a bloop single in the 7th inning. nonetheless, it was nothing short of impressive. >> a one-hitter with 16 strikeouts. which part of that are you maybe most proud of or happiest with? >> probably the one-hitter. the 16 punch -outs is great. just means we were doing great stuff the whole day. >> there it is. only fitting. the guy literally gets a taste of his own medicine. >> waiting for that to happen this season. scherzer brought it to dc. only fitting he got his just dessert. the his will go down as one of the best outings in mats history. >>> another team that impressed us this year was the university of maryland women's basketball team. the had terps went uncan -- undefeated and made it to the final four. now the de

stephen strasburg pitch well. seven innings, four hits and nine strikeouts.ight straight wins 3-2 in game one. still in first place by two and a half games. travis schneider sends it out. part of a six run inning and led 8-0. schneider out and returns in a different starring role. he's a left fielder. diving. 8-0. he really doesn't have to do this. what a catch. the u.s. women beat germany they'll go to the world cup finals. they haven't seemed to have create as much of a buzz as the men's team or the women's team that won it 16 years ago. but a win on tuesday should create some of the missing buzz. i think some soccer fans were expecting more scoring out of the group but they played great defensively. the u.s. women have only given up one goal in five games scoring seven of their own with their best effort yet in the quarterfinals against china. >> the energy and positivity was huge for us. it was a completely different feeling. i think from my perspective feeling on the field someone made a mistake everyone was there to pick him up. it was obvious in the wa

stephen strasburg with his first start since being placed on the dl. it was a good night back for the young star. he had help from the bats as well. michael taylor rips one to left. after that, danny espinosa would hustle home to try to beat the play at the plate. he is safe. right now, they lead the braves 3-0 in the seventh inning. o's and red sox. o's with the 1-0 lead. david lough should sends one to left field. that is not coming back. o's take a 4-0 lead. they go on to win this 1, 6-4. college baseball world series. there is life in the sixth inning. bases loaded for tommy would drop. he gets the hit to center. that would be enough to bring in two runs. uva leads 3-0 in the eighth inning. until football. tom brady is not going to want to look at a courtroom ever again. he arrived at court 9:30 in the morning. his hearing lasted for 10 hours. that suspension, a result of reports from a new york attorney saying brady more than likely knew a the balls being deflated in that title game. the key for brady was to prove that the report is flawed and bas

. >> we just mentioned pitcher stephen strasburg on the mend which is good news for the up and down natsstrasburg battled a number of health issues this season and hasn't always had his stuff on the mound. >> reporter: beyond endurance and pitch count they were happy now he threw the ball in that rehab start. his mechanics were much more online than earlier in the season. physically he came out of it with that trap suise, the back and ankle dating back to spring training. >> for your nats on 9:00 fix, coverage tonight starts at 7:00. >>> the second round of the u.s. open, there was a time when tiger woods being in a tournament caused a buzz. now it's more likely to elicit a chuckle, label a laugh. he played pitifully thursday adding insulted to injury on his first hole of the -- insult to injury on his first hole of the day friday. he took a tumble down the hill. he shot 6-over 76 today. he missed the cut. >>> from the ying to the yang of golf and a spectacular shot from jason day this afternoon we'll look at his first hole of the day on the par 5 first. he wasn't thrilled with his third

. >>> stephen strasburg hasn't pitched a game since may 30. he's been recovering from a strained muscle as he works to get his mechanics and his season on track, the nationals just wanted to get through rehab with no more issues. strasburg made a his first rehab start today in harrisburgrg, viinia and the assessment is he looked very comfortable. he gave up four hits two runs with six strikeouts in five innings. after the game strasburg was asked if this is the healthiest he's been all season. here's his response. >> yes, yes, a hundred percent. ever since, you know, kind of went down with an injury i feel much better. >> the nats take on tampa bay rays the next two nights when they welcome the pirates in town. game one of that series is friday. you can see it right here on wusa9. coverage begins at 7:00. >>> finally tonight, we always love a good tirade on the baseball diamond. the rough riders against midland at the plate. the catcher lost control of the ball. the ump still called the runner out and the manager just lost it. shoes co mingoff

and who has been struggling, stephen strasburg. first rehab start.owed two runs in five innings. throwing 71 pitches and 59 for vibes. gave up four hits and struck out six with no walks. he would take the loss but strasburg is looking on the bright side. >> in a different way a good thing. allowedallowed me to take a step back and evolve as a pitch he and get a lot is smarter out there. what i was doing wasn't really working to my standards and there is something to shoot for and strive for. robert: o's beating the phillies 1-3 on to us and unlike the nats they carried the momentum. travis snider with the bomb to right. o's beat the fill the phillies, 6-4. last day of mini camp for the redskins. tomorrow's practice canceled. it will consist of morn meetings and film study with coaches. after that a six week break between now and the beginning of training camp. today, jay gruden mentioned the changing the culture and stars with the leaderrion rg iii. he says the change needs to happen but the first priority is to have fun. >> you play the game and it

. >> reporter: 25 days since we last saw stephen strasburg and that wasn't a pleasant sight.fter 16 pitches against the reds that night. he kept telling coaches i can't get loose and my trap muscle below the neck, it's right below the neck and hence he went to the dl. they feel like he's ready to go tonight. this video might lend credence to that. this is strasburg mowing down wo uld be batters in harrisburg on wednesday during a rehab start. he threw 80 pitches. he says he felt good. he says he feels as good as he's felt since spring training. his manager matt william says great. i just want you to rip it. >> tonight it's important that one, he feels good when he walks out there and he can let it go and let it fly and there aren't any restrictions first and foremost. secondarily it's important for him to throw where he wants to. if he can, he's got a real good chance of beating any time. >> reporter: they want him to throw about 95 pitches tonight. >>> if all-star voting was a horse race, bryce harper would be american pharoah. this guy continues to break records in all-star

stephen strasburg pitched his first rehab signment in harrisburg tonight. strasburg came -- assignment in harrisburg tonight. strasburg came up afterwards pretty pleased with his performance. >> today was a good day. i felt like i was back to where i was mechanically before and once i can stop thinking about it, i can just go out there and compete. >> after the nats play the rays they welcome the pirates to down, game one of the series friday here on wusa9 at 7:00. >>> the redskins' third day of veteran minicamp was canceled. now we must wait until training camp the end of july to begin our full assessments of rtrobe griffin, iii. coach gruden says he's pleased with the progress the past few weeks. today at ashburn we saw good and bad moments from griffin, but as they head into their final moments of preparation griffin said he finally feels as good as he did the beginning of the year. >> just doing some things coaches have asked me to do and get better at. that way when we come back for training camp, we're continuing to move forward. >>> i mentioned some

stephen strasburg will be on the mound to start that first game. for some reason, i don't know why, they decided to start the game today. we're going to show you a highlight that you may never see again since none of this counted in the second inning tyler moore hits this ball deep to center. he gets robbed there by ben revere. leaps up, makes a beautiful catch there. could have been extra bases for moore. just a nice technical grab there. the top comes out over the field after an inning and a half. then they officially postponed this game. the nats probably hoping for a day off because the injuries bug keeps biting. inelle escrowobar was hit by a pitch from aaron harang. he left the game. the x-rays were negative but the hand is swollen. denard span is dealing with back spasms. they were out of the lineup today. elsewhere the orioles game also postponed. that's probably a good thing for the indians. because the birds are flying high right now after starting the month of june with three straight losses. they have been on a tear winning 16 of 21 gam

we'll take a look, plus the latest on stephen strasburg's injury.orts gets an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at gio gonzalez looking dapper while away from the diamond. wait until you see what he's up to away from baseball. >>> the baltimore orioles in a rubbater mch with tampa bay. delmon young and manny machado both with a pair of homers but it wasn't enough. the rays the only a.l. east team with a victory today. what a crazy division that has become. >>> the maryland terrapins just took the field moments ago. they are one win away from their second straight super regional. we'll have updates for you throughout "game on" overtime. trying to make some history. >>> and the washington redskins wrap up their first organized team activity, which means the season is getting closer, thank goodness. we take a look at the quarterback makeover, plus i go one on one with a local product to get his first impression of rgiii. really smart, humble, interesting young man. he played at dematha high. >> dematha is just a factory for turning out athletes and scho

stephen strasburg though on the mound in the seventh. two outs and dominic brown and he goes down swinging. nine strikeouts and two runs allowed in seven innings for strasburg. nats hold on for a 3-2 win. second game of the orioles/indians doubleheader. buck showalter the gnome giveaway. got to share his sunflower seeds with him. birds cruising. o's up 6-0. chris parmalee with a man on, and he smacks it to left center and that is gone. a two-run shot. o's score six in the fourth inning. they go up 8-0. chris tillman loving the run support and the defense in the sixth and francisco linder takes it to left center and travis schneider lays out and makes that catch. beautiful rob by schneider. 0s win it and schneider gets tied for his effort and add applicant even leave the gnome out of the action. lots of fun up in baltimore. game one, adam jones not playing with gnome playing in center for first time since june 15 because of that sore shoulder. bottom three, man on for jimmy paradis and playing the ball lately and hamtering to center and i

. >>> stephen strasburg hasn't pitched since may 2090 because of a strained -- 29th because of a strained muscle. stras has gotten plenty of rest. now it's about putting his mechanics back in order. >>> orioles hosting the phillies in their inner league series in camden yards. matt wieters staying hot crushing a shot to right, his first since may 1st of 2014. the birds win 4-0. >>> the nba finals continue tomorrow night. while the cavaliers and warriors get their time in the spotlight other teams like the wizards are figuring out how they can be one of the last two standing next year. the wiz are in search of some big men who can provide a scoring spark off the bench. two guys with those traits headlined today's predraft workouts at the verizon center. bobby portis, the 6' 11 power foward is a projected first round pick. also on the court today the nation's leading scorer tyler harvey of eastern washington, a projected late second round pick. >> being picked by any team is an honor. they're a great organization. it would be a blessing to be part of this team. i'm a great guard, great bigs

we saw what a fully healthy stephen strasburg is capable ofon the mound. by the al mighty righty, his best of the year, delivering a season high nine strikeouts. we will take a look at the action on the mound coming up on "game on overtime." in the only for the nats but for the orioles as well, double header them, hosting cleveland. a special treat for fans. buck showalter garden gnome. fans lined up for this. it was a huge hit. birds rack up two shut-outs, a first in over 40 years. >>> also tonight on "game on overtime" we get to know the wizards first-round pick kelly ubre better. and was it worth giving up two draft picks to snag him? we will find out. he thinks. so. >> i'm coming here as a rookie pretty much just looking to push my teammates and listen to coach and do other little things to help my team win because this is a program that winning is in our blood. >> plus this high school junior from prince george's county isn't just good

. >>> nationals owner mark lerner some monumental signings and trades over the years, stephen strasburg, jayson werth and max scherzer. wusa9 sat down with him today to reflect on the season so far as he tells us, the scherzer signing one he will never forget and not necessarily because of the dollar signs. >> 15 minutes or so before we had the photos with the family for my son's wedding in january and my father was talking on the phone as he drove down to the wedding. my son will always remember my son got married the same day we signed max scherzer. >> a little wedding gift. >>> you remember where you were when rg3 got drafted? >> you were there. >> i was in new york. >> big >>> wusa9 news is sponsored in part by your local toyota dealers. >>> i'm tracking the remnants of bill and i'm kind of worried about saturday night. some flooding is possible. >> have a good night! >> b i don't want to live with the uncertainties of hep c. or wonder... ...whether i should seek treatment. i am ready. because today there's harvoni. a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepat

happened along the trail, not only was he wearing a ski mask, he was wearing a washington nationals stephen strasburgrsey. the suspect is described as 5'10", and by the description it sounds like he is very skinny, possibly in his early 20's. tom roussey, abc 7 news. leon: developing now, a man arrested for a fight on a metro train. william johnson charged with felony assault after a confrontation was caught on video on the great line train last sunday. the police intercepted the train, but nobody wanted to press charges at the time. 7 on your side with a consumer alert. the data of every federal employee has been compromised in the hacking of a federal database. they include members of the military and veterans. social security numbers, birth dates addresses and more world compromised. there were also reports friends and relatives put on background checks had been breached as well. the scope is still being determined. the fbi believes the breach may be connected with china. just in from northwest washington, a woman is dead after being hit by a truck. this happened just after 6:00. the truck stayed

stephen strasburg returns from the disabled list. may 30th he went on the dl with a neck issue, more on him in a moment. now it's time to talk about max scherzer because everybody in the nats clubhouse still is talking about nats no hitter and max scherzer on saturday. now oddly enough, the night before that no hitter i sat down with nationals owner mark lerner and i was joking with him about allowing max to douse him in chocolate syrup. >> any time there's a win involved. >> reporter: they go out and win tonight after rain delay. >> if that's my contribution to winning, i'll do anything it takes. >> reporter: he did anything. scherzer went out there, gave him a big hug and got syrup all over him and the rest is history. seven strasburg back on the mound for the nats. they need this guy to get going, had a very rough 1st half, 6.55 e.r.a. he's 7-4 lifetime against the braves. nats and braves coming up here from nationals park, holden kushner for wusa9 sports. >> coming up at 6:00 we're going back out live to nats park for the latest

>>> speaking of nats pitchers, news today, stephen strasburg will make a rehab start at aa harrisburg the disabled list since may 30th with neck tightness. he threw a bullpen session, 60 pitches to teammates on friday. this season, he has struggled. the 26-year-old who spots a 3-5 record has an e.r.a. over 6. >>> getting back to tonight's game nats versus rays, steven sousa, jr., may be playing for the competition tonight but always a part of nationals history. you guys remember this catch, right? the diving grab that saved jordan zimmermann's no-hitter. only no-hitter in nationals history. now, sousa, he did not get that bmw he heard about from zim, but a best buy gift yardcard. next best thing. sousa, back in december, he plays now, he has had a great season, only batting .216 but hit 12 home runs for the rays. >>> also up in baltimore, manny match chad dough, he was named the american league player of the week. the orioles opened up a two-game set against the phillies tonight. >>> football now, talk about the redskins. mandatory minicamp starts tomorrow in ashburn and the team also

stephen strasburg is taking the mound. he is back from the d.l. against the atlanta braves. tonight, mr. popular, bryce harper has 9 million and counting in votes for the all-star game. that make sense. he is second in league in home runs. what will make him popular he is posting for this i. of "espn the magazine: body issue" so he is posing with no clothes on. ladies easy. we caught up with bryce harper in the clubhouse earlier today. >> we show off the bodies from each sport. basketball, baseball swimming whatever. that is something that is special to be part of. i look forward to it coming out and everybody seeing what it's like to train and do what you do in the off-season to be ready for the whole season. robert: all right. let's talk football. tom brady trying to appeal a four-game suspension issued by the nfl. this hearing started at 9:30. adam shefter tweeted out that brady is testifying under oath. trying to help the case against a four-game suspension. the key question is if ted wells the new york attorney that said that brady more than likely knew about the deflat

you know, after stephen strasburg's best performance of the season last night, what most people thought would carry the nationals this year is starting to finally come to form and that's their starting pitching. tonight it's jordan zimmermann's turn to take the mound and more from nats park, we have the resurgence of this pitching rotation. here's carol maloney with more. >> reporter: we got some good times going here at nats park, a four-game winning streak seems to be more fun than normal thanks to that simple formula what the guys are putting together, strong starting pitching and clutch hitting. yeah, these guys are competing, just not with each other. >> we all pull for each other, all want each other to have success and it's good to receiver be throwing the ball well together at once, because when the staff goes, that's when the rest of the team goes, when you can get on a winning streak. >> jordan zimmermann on the mound tonight trying to keep that streak going the starting pitching not allowing an earned run, 26 innings and counting. >> we understand that it's -- you know, not g

stephen strasburg continuing to work his way back. took the next step making a rehab start. i'm let you know how he did coming up in less than 30 minutes. >> now it's metro's move. coming up at 6:00, what the transit agency is doing after a federal report found serious safety concerns on the rails. plus, coming up next. >> a new addition to the cool seeup is >>> a new addition to rome's coliseum is bringing the ancient stadium to life. many are hopeful the animal elevator will give italy's -- [indiscernible] -- a lift. >> where are we? >> this moment we are underground, the place where the show went on. >> reporter: if the coliseum's walls could took, the director knows the stories they would tell. >> there was life and death here. >> reporter: she took me behind the scenes to show off the respect restoration of an ancient lift that is helping historians and visitors reimagine battles between gladiators and wild animals. >> one thing describe it and another to realize it as it was. >> reporter: this was one of 28 vices once used to ca