it's an uphill climb against washington starter stephen strasburg, who they've never beat no one the regular season. he's 3-0 in six career starts against the orange and black regular season. neither of these teams come into this series hot as they both trail by 3 1/2 games in their respective divisions starting day. big concern for the g-men is phone. bruce bochy is hoping to generate pressure on the nationals. >> it's a tough group of characters in the clubhouse. they don't look at things they can't control. they know there's no point in it. and you have to pick it up somewhere else. >> now, this will be the first meeting between these two teams here at at&t park since the giants sent the nationals home packing for the winner last year's divisional series. we'll have much more on this very important game, one of a four-game set, later in sports. >> john miller will be joining us for this game at 7:00. we have some programming notes to pass along. "food fighters" and dateline miss tree" will air on cozi tonight or over the air at 11.2. nbc bay area news will likely air immediately f

stephen strasburg has three wins, 32 strikeouts and four games. great.s afternoon, on the mound again. but he was dealing with pain again. strasberg out there, you know what he just didn't look like himself. case in point, top of the first, two on for justin bore, this wasn't boring, gets all this one, three-run shot in the center, four innings, four runs allowed, left with upper back discomfort, going to take medication. marlins 3-0 lead. the nats offense coming through for stephen strasburg, man on, bryce harper, going to left field, that's going to bring home jason worth, the score ties the ballgame, rbi single, harper's 77th rbi this season. there's more. hang on. two batters later, ian desmond met on the corners, chasing one up the middle, going to bring in bryce harper, desmond's rbi single now gives the nationals a 5-4 lead. in the sixth, a great decision, clint robinson, pinch hitter, a man on, great decision by the manager, matt william, robinson sends this bill into orbit, two-run upper deck, that's nice, nats beat the marlins, 7-4. after the g

stephen strasburg is on the mound against the rockies.inal note according to the vegas odds on which nfl coach would be fired first, you might not believe who topped the list. jay gruden. yikes! leon: whoa! robert: yeah, not good news. steve: showers and storms west of d.c. seven-day outlook. cold front for the evening to tomorrow night. look at the weekend. saturday and sunday, talk about 86 of to 87. lower humidity. it will feel great here and on the beaches. leon: that is it for user. "world news tonight" with david muir up next. see you at 11:00. have a good evening. >>> tonight, the gas explosion. the search for the missing today. first, the natural gas fears, then the sudden blast. more than 60 people and their split-second escape. we're on the scene. and we have seen several of these explosions in recent months. >>> donald trump and his tough new words on undocumented immigrants and their children born here. are they really u.s. citizens? >>> two giant sinkholes tonight. the earth opening, right where a home was swallowed before. t

stephen strasburg will take the mound for the good guys. a little soccer for you, chelsea against west bromwich. that is what? a reverse header? whatever. chelsea with the win. final 3-2. final note in football the former colts receiver reggie wayne afreed to a one-year deal for the patriots. patriots trying to make it wayne. good, right? maureen: that was bad. doug: we'll take it. robert: couple more weeks. doug: we have showers schloyly moving west in the metro. in the next few hours they head west to the bay. expect rain in the area. once it's through the next few days are gorgeous. low to mid-80's. low humidity. i'll pinch myself. is this a dream or real? steve rudin has more at 11:00. maureen: don't pinch yourself. that hurts. take our word for it. "world news tonight" with david muir up next. join us at 11:00. have a great >>> tonight, wall street meltdown. the dow in freefall. plunging more than a thousand points. 401(k)s dropped thousands of dollars in just minutes. how safe are your savings? how solid is the economy. rebecca jarvis

speaking of that, since he returned from the d.l., stephen strasburg on august 8 allowed five earned run in 2 innings with 32 strike-out and three walks. the only nats starting pitcher with e.r.a. of -- below 4.0 this month. hopefully not too little too late with the good pitching there. all right. strass has gone 3-1 since coming back from the d.l. not only that, you see the nats with the full line-up in there. you saw what happened. even samerman smacking a grammy. leon: we need it 15 more times. that is what we need. doug: talk about the weekend at the beaches. we start with that. it's sweet. low 80's. 80 degrees. maryland/delaware beaches. warmer at outer bank of virginia beach. water temperature upper 70's. a lot of sun for the upcoming weekend. loaf callly we expect sunshine. comfortable weather thursday and friday. increase the humidity and the heat on saturday, sunday, monday, afternoon showers and storms. we have more at 11:00. leon: "world news tonight" up next with the coverage of the attack that killed the reporter and p . >>> tonight, deadly shooting targeted on tv. a yo

and let's not forget stephen strasburg. he has been the best pitcher on the staff the last month.welcome back, denard span, his 60th game of the about. he went 0 for 4 tonight with the walk. but either way, the offense was still pretty good. wilson ramos, he ties this game up wit one swing of the bat this the bottom of the second. a two-run shot there for the buffalo. it's knotted up at two now. strasburg looking good throughout. top of the third, facing matt kemp here. kemp, can't handle the heat there. seven strikeouts, two runs allowed in six innings of work for strasburg. the offense kept going. yunel escobar. rendon, he would slide in safely. that's an rbi double for escobar. the nats are up 3-2. in the sixth inning, the bases are loaded for ryan zimmerman. he keeps the party going here. hammers this 2 to right center. his fifth career grand slam. he gets a curtain call after that. the nats, they get the win, 8-3 is your final. this team has won three in a row, and they're trying to keep this going with everyone on this team healthy now in the lineup. >>> orioles have dropped

stephen strasburg didn't come out for the 50 inning because of tightness in his back back -- 5th inning because of tightness in his back, gave up a couple long bombs, too. it's an injury he struggled with all season long. maybe a massage, need a masseuse. is he going on the dl? we'll tell you coming up on game on overtime. >>> finally interesting golf day at the barclays. in the something you rarely see category this guy right here brian harmon two holes in one in the same round, first time in nine years that's happened. he didn't win, though, and coming up i'll tell you who did win. so we got a lot to get to, first and foremost, robert griffin, iii, will he be traded, what's going on with that? big show. >> speaking of that, i heard joe thiesmann say since 1985 the skins have had 35 quarterbacks. >> that's a long 30 years. >> and new england has had what, two? >> and what's the winning record been? that's something else. okay, i'm sorry. go ahead. >> it's okay. >>> isolated shower tonight and tomorrow and on i hot humid week coming up. hope your a -- and a hot humid week coming up, hop

robert: the nats have a nine-game series starting tonight with stephen strasburg taking the mound. good news. you know that escobar and span return to the line-up tonight. the nats had a projected starting line-up. do they have a chance now? >> why not. we have been here before. two work we have been here down the stretch this is where we have been. came short in 2013. if i had money, which i do -- [laughter] i would put money on us. robert: well brag about it, why don't you? cardinals at the diamondbacks. the former pitcher dallas braden in the pool on apin flamingo trying to catch flyballs. diving catch. makes me rethink what i do for a living. where is if pool? nice. jonathan: if we could have stayed in the flamingo. but a dyeing catch. >> -- jonathan: "7 on your side" in health matters. we have a panel of experts from the alzheimer's association in the abc7 help center to answer any questions you might have. call the phone bank until 6:30. number on the screen. 703-236-9220. kimberly: major mistake may have led to a deadly plane crash in new york state. jonathan: preliminary in

another late start for the nationals, 8:40, stephen strasburg on the mound. >>> let's head back out to redskins park today. the organization held a coaching clinic for 70 high school coaches across the area. those coaches watched their team practice in the bubble this morning. over 40 high schools represented from loudoun, fairfax, prince george's county, along with d.c. a two-day clinic for these coaches, guest speakers include bruce allen, charley casserly, joe mcveigh, sean barry and jon gruden, who understands the role the coaches play. >> a huge impact on these young people's lives, huge. these kids need to have some passion, accountability and learnt fundamentals of football and these coaches are responsible for that molding not only good football players but good character, good human beings, good people. >> everybody that ever played the game of football on any level understands the importance of the high school coach and a development of a young mind and getting them on the path that they need to go in order to be successful in life and we are not even talking about football,

>> stephen strasburg electrifying 14 strikeout debut in june of 2010 is worthy of the top spot but comeson whether's nats park rocking walkoff home run in game four, the 2012nlbs is my no. 2. >> we will have a game five of this national league division series of. >> reporter: and no. 1, april 14th, 2005, baseball returns to d.c. with a first pitch from president george w. bush. that's my top 10 nats moments in franchise history. for wusa9 sports i'm holden kushner. >> you missed the one with mike hydek who threw out a pitch, too. >> that was no. 11. >> he threw a perfect strike, too. mike was right down there. they could use him. the nats could use a good pitcher these days. hey, coming up at 6:20, of course, we'll be talking skins, robert griffin trying to clarify his injury situation. is he going to be ready to go or not on saturday? i'll let you know, ladies. we'll talk about that coming up in sports. >> also ahead at 6:00. >> reporter: the city of roanoke is grieving after those live on air murders of two television employees many here considered friends. i'm peggy fox. i'll have the

giants up 2-1 off stephen strasburg. giants starter ryan vogelsong back from the dead!ed a home run on the first pitch of the game but that was it, striking out 8 in five innings. giants win 3-1 within 2.5 games of the dodgers. >>> sonny gray scratched from yesterday's start because of back spasms. bottom of the second blue jays ryan goens deep off jesse chavez. three-run shot. they win 4-2. and the jays become the first time since the eisenhower administration to put together two 11-game win streaks in the same season. >>> pga championships round one in wisconsin. tiger said he hit the ball well yesterday just not on the greens. shot a three-over 75. tied for 86th. he said it was one of his worst putting rounds ever. rory mcilroy back after injuring his ankle last month from the water on the fifth, he saves par. he is five shots off the lead at 1-under. jordan spieth his playing partner also at 1-under. they are chasing this guy, dustin johnson for the third major in a row. he is the top at the leaderboard after the first round. 6-under 66. he is one shot ahead of davi

giants up 2-1 off stephen strasburg. giants starter ryan vogelsong back from the dead!lowed a home run on the first pitch of the game but that was it, striking out 8 in five innings. giants win 3-1 within 2.5 games of the dodgers. >>> sonny gray scratched from yesterday's start because of back spasms. bottom of the second blue jays ryan goens deep off jesse chavez. three-run shot. they win 4-2. and the jays become the first time since the eisenhower administration to put together two 11-game win streaks in the same season. >>> pga championships round one in wisconsin. tiger said he hit the ball well yesterday just not on the greens. shot a three-over 75. tied for 86th. he said it was one of his worst putting rounds ever. rory mcilroy back after injuring his ankle last month from the water on the fifth, he saves par. he is five shots off the lead at 1-under. jordan spieth his playing partner also at 1-under. they are chasing this guy, dustin johnson for the third major in a row. he is the top at the leaderboard after the first round. 6-under 66. he is one shot ahead of d

let me get away from the drama for a few hours and stephen straussburg is pitching, right -- strasburgpitching, right? good news, right? no. he's been pitching like an ace since he came off the dl. not today. >> rough first inning. >> justin boar, for those about to -- boor, for those about to rock, we al absolute you. he didn't come out for the 5th. bryce harper doesn't always need to hit a home run. today going the opposite way. 77th rbi tied for seventh in the national lead. that tied the game. 7th inning cliff robinson icing on the cake. nats win 7-4. strasburg left with upper back soreness. not good. >> you can tell with your eyes, the velocity coming down a bit, feel for the breaking ball and the change-up just wasn't there and looking uncomfortable. >> i think it's just something i'm going to have to grind through and get through the year and then fipg out exact play what it is -- figure out exactly what it is in the offseason. >> not sure whether he's going to the dl or not. stay tuned. >>> orioles in texas. they're fading. i always wanted to go -- [indiscernible] derek always