that brings home strasburg and steve lombardozzi. laroche has 71 r.b.i.s. 4-0. strasburg allowed six earned runs in his last outing. today the strasburg and we know and love, six innings, three hits, six strikeouts. nats win 4-1 and afterwards the skipper on strasburg, the pitcher and .343 hitter. >> with any pitcher, especially a young pitcher, it's the early innings and he got through the first two or three innings and then he was comfortable with what he was going to do. i don't know if it was drilling to some extent. when we shut him down, can we keep his bat, use him as a pinch hitter? highly unlikely. >> moor good news for the nats. last year's closer drew storen activated july 19th after undergoing elbow surgery entered today in the 9th. storen earns his first save since september 28th of last year. his stuff was better than ever. it was a feeling long overdue. >> i just felt good. it's something i've kind of been working on. i had time in the rehab process to work on. it i wanted to make sure i added it to my arsenal when i came back. no doubt you can't

steve lombardozzi lines went up the middle. danny espinosa scores. they wave him in. he slides.e 6. deep to left. way otu there to the fans. the phillies win. we waited a while to watch this. california trails tennessee. but they come back. hans smith drives bundy to the center. got to love the celebration. tennessee response and scores nine runs of their own. the win 24-16 to advance to the little league world series final against japan. tiger woods is tied for 10th at barclays. 4 under. sergio garcia is the leader at 10 under. >> i have not heard that name in a while. [ obama ] i'm barack obama anand i approve this message. [ male announcer ] you work hard. stretch every penny. but chances are you pay a higher tax rate than him... mitt romney made twenty million dollars in two thousand ten but paid only fourteen percent in taxes... probably less than you now he has a plan that would give millionaires another tax break... and raises taxes on middle class families by up to two thousand dollars a year. mitt romney'ss middle class tax increase. he pays less. you pay more. >> traff

steve lombardozzi scores from 1st. bottom of the inning melky cabrera up and gio gonzalez hits him down on the high heat. top of the 3rd nats blow it open. kurt suzuki with bases juiced, one out delivers a base hit past the third baseman into left. all three baserunners score. the nats score seven in the inning and lead it now 8 -0. >>> tony romo and the cowboys opening up their preseason in oakland. first drive romo finds doug bryant on the right side, a 24- yard gain, the one bright spot for the boys earning a thumbs up from tony romo. next drive the raider coming on a blitz and romo sacked for a loss of 12 yards. good news, skins fans, the cowboys first offense, three series and only 22 yards, but dallas wins 3 -0. >>> the early on were off tonight and begin a series tomorrow at camden yards against the red sox. that's all for sports, but the news edge will be right back. good night. >> the verizon 4g lte sports desk brought to you by verizon 4g lte. introducing share everything, only from verizon. a shareable pool