so what, asdrubal cabrera, nats send out young gun steven strasburg in the post-season debut. 2-0, giantser four. peavy give was to the bull pen, two outs after six, hunter strictland, buster posey, scoring, bottom half, 3-0, bryce harper, strictland knew it. one-run game now in the ninth. finishes it off. throws out espinosa to win

so what, asdrubal cabrera, nats send out young gun steven strasburg in the post-season debut. 2-0, giants four. peavy give was to the bull pen, two outs after six, hunter strictland, buster posey, scoring, bottom half, 3-0, bryce harper, strictland knew it. one-run game now in the ninth. finishes it off. throws out espinosa to win it. giants take game one 3-2. with their ninth consecutive victory, the longest segment in history. >> been throwing the ball great coming into the game, he continued to really make pitches when he had to. and he is really -- he really saved us since he has come over here. >> get after it. still to come, stumbling in southern california, the royal flush in anaheim and the e e e check it out. when i peel this sticker off the munchie meal, i have a 1 in 4 chance of winning cool prizes like flights on southwest airlines, skateboards, fandango movie tickets, neff gear, or free food you can eat, like a whole 'nother munchie meal. it's called jack's munchie peel instant win game and it's awesome. check this out. when i peel this banana, i win the inside of this banana

so what, asdrubal cabrera, nats send out young gun steven strasburg in the post-season debut. 2-0, giantser four. peavy give was to the bull pen, two outs after six, hunter strictland, buster posey, scoring, bottom half, 3-0, bryce harper, strictland knew it. one-run game now in the ninth. finishes it off. throws out espinosa to win it. giants take game one 3-2. with their ninth consecutive victory, the longest segment in history. >> been throwing the ball great coming into the game, he continued to really make pitches when he had to. and he is really -- he really saved us since he has come over here. >> get after it. still to come, stumbling in southern california, the royal flush in anaheim and the nds] the wait is over for even faster internet. xfinity is now doubling the internet speed... ...on two of our most popular plans. xfinity continues to innovate, bringing you the fastest, most reliable internet...period. xfinity internet from comcast, now double the speed. >>> so much for the marquise pitching matchup in los angeles tonight. 20 players played, tempers flared early. molina and

. >> steven strasburg started with a look in his eye and i fastball that said i have been waiting for this moment but he lost his sizzle as the game went on. however the national bats were opposite. they showed up, just a little late, just not enough. fans at the park just fired up with the white towels. strasburg, top four, facing brandon who lines it to right. jason's throw not in time. five innings two strikeouts giants up 2-7. bottom seven nats offense wakes up. harper hits it out of there. 445 feet, the longest of his career. second career post season home run for bryce. nats down 3-1. couple bats later. cabrera smacks it to right. another solo shot. nats down just 3-2. bottom nine, danny grounds out to second. the giants hold on to the 3-2 win take a 1-0 series lead over the nats. >> the nlds had everything a fan could ask for, plenty of excitement and tons of dradrama. only thing missing is a win. they know they got to quickly move on. >> we got no choice now, game one is big, obviously, game two is bigger if you lose game one. so we got our work cut out for us tomorrow. >> we

home runs in the 7th inning, the moon shot by bryce harper, but ultimately jake peavy outdueled steven strasburg and nationals drop game one 3-2. matt williams had his thoughts on the game. stephen strasburg pitched okay, it just wasn't enough. you were there. set the scene for us because the district has been longing for playoff baseball so long. we got it a couple years ago. just what was it like in the arena today? >> let's face it. it was very raucous before the game started, but the nats offense couldn't muster anything against peavey earlier in the game and it was very subdued, a quiet crowd until the 7th inning and then when ryan zimmerman came off the bench the crowd went bananas. the crowd got into it 7th inning on, but the team just didn't perform early. there's some good things to take out of this game headed into game no. 2, especially with zimmermann on the mound. >> holden kushner, appriate your work. i know you're heading into the club house. it will be interesting to see how the guys respond tomorr in fairfax county we had to cut a lot of waste. we consolidated offices. started s

so what, asdrubal cabrera, nats send out young gun steven strasburg in the post-season debut. 2-0, giants after four. peavy give was to the bull pen, two outs after six, hunter strictland, buster posey, scoring, bottom half, 3-0, bryce harper, strictland knew it. one-run game now in the ninth. finishes it off. throws out espinosa to win it. giants take game one 3-2. with their ninth consecutive victory, the longest segment in history. >> been throwing the ball great coming into the game, he continued to really make pitches when he had to. and he is really -- he really saved us since he has come over here. >> get after it. still to come, stumbling in southern california, the royal flush in anaheim and the helps you find a whole range of coverages. no one else gives you options like that. [voice echoing] no one at all! no one at all! no one. wake up! [gasp] oh! you okay, buddy? i just had a dream that progressive had this thing called... the "name your price" tool... it isn't a dream, is it? nope. sorry! you know that thing freaks me out. he can hear you. he didn't mean that, kevin. kevin:

steven strasburg will pitch for the nats. >> he's a great competitor. we all know how great this guy is. he's got as good of stuff as anybody in the game. he can make it really hard on you. he's a good athlete at well. the only time i'll be worried about him is when he gets in there and i'll have to make some good pitches. >> the giants have won eight straight playoff games going back to their world series champion season in 2012. hopefully we'll see this again. and the giants open the division series in washington, d.c., today at noon. game two follows tomorrow in d.c. at 2:30 p.m. then the series comes to at&t park for game three on monday. everybody is asking what's the starting time. they still have not announced it yet. and game four, if needed, takes place at at&t park on tuesday. the series would return to washington for a deciding fifth game if they need it next thursday. let's try to take care of it here at home in four. that would be nice. >> that would be nice. even three would be nice. we'll take that one home game. >> yeah. >> how about it,

. >> we'll have temperas in the low 60s during e gam when steven strasburg pi at 3:07. and throws the wed have some sunshine and te by then up into the mis. a bright overcast may play a with those high pop-ups on e infield or fly balls on the ou may be hard to say t a bright overcast. low 70s to mid-70s. fit pitch is at 5:37. we'l be in the low 60s by then and then dropping into the 50s winds will settle down. thl diminish during the ga. wel bek to the mid-50s by e last out tomorrow. les check with melissa this mo e breaking news and friday trc trouble. >> breaking news again in la. 198 b sweitzer lane and n dusen road. you cannot get on 195 off 198. jos be road at connect av. cot ave southbou, some downed wires here. yon see pepco and police on e scene. not slowing down too much but l a warning as you head out th morning. wed 50 at sully road. wee an overturn car. no injuries but we're down to e lane at sully road. 395 southbod at shirling tom and 95 looking pretty good well. ba in 10 minutes with some time. now we head over to eun yang who at nationa park this g looki

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steven strasburg is out there throwing the disc around having a good time. they'll have batting practice in about two hours here and hen game time is at 6:07 local time. reporting live at at&t park, suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news. >> thanks, suzanne. tough duty but you know somebody has to do it. we appreciate it. count on abc 7 for complete coverage from san francisco of tonight's game and reaction win or lose. suzanne kennedy and horace holmes will have live coverage on abc 7 news at 11:00. john gonzalez will have the latest on what's next for the nats on "good morning washington" tomorrow morning starting at 4:30 a.m. >> suzanne is on frisbee watch tonight. coming up here on abc 7 news at 5:00 a look inside the steps now being taken at u.s. airports to try to stop the ebola outbreak before it spreads more in the u.s. >> also, dozens of children given baggies of heroin at daycare. how that happened and who is defending the suspect tonight. >> just one day after a supreme court decision cleared the way for same sex marriages to begin in virginia and four other

the giants will send jake peavy to the mound against the nats' ace steven strasburg. peavy struggled at first coming to the black and orange, but he had a good september and carries a bulldog mentality to the hill. the giants played a great game wednesday against the pirate, and they want that momentum to continue. so it will. the game today starts at noon. game two follows tomorrow in d.c. at 2:30 p.m. the series comes to at&t park for a game three on monday. the starting time has not been announced, but we'll definitely let you know once they announce it. and game four, if needed, takes place at at&t as well on tuesday. the series would return to washington for a deciding fifth game if needed next thursday. >> i predict a lot of long lunches today, mike. >> that's 12:00 our time, huh. >> you're back at 4:00? where did you go? >> why even come back after that? >> true. >> might as well kick off, take a half day. good morning, everybody. good thing it's a day game because rain is coming in during the evening and overnight hours. glowing in the orange of the giants. we

the giants will sent jake to the mound against steven strasburg. game two will be tomorrow.hat's 2:30 in the afternoon. the series will return to san francisco for game three on monday and game four on tuesday if necessary. and if the series goes the distance, game five would then be back in washington and that'll be scheduled on thursday. madison bumgardener celebrating his four-hit shutout. showering himself with four beers at one time. >> fun in the lockerroom. two beers in each hand. maybe a little got into his mouth. hopefully anyway. >> this vine video curiosity of alex -- so thanks to him for that. >> coming up this sunday night, the 49ers try to spoil alex smith's return if the bay area. highlights, postgame and live report from levi stadium. in depth on the playoff series with former all-star. tats full half hour of all your sports needs right after the news. >> well still ahead facebook is apologizing to local drag queens. we'll explain and j. p. morgan chase has been hacked. we'll have the latest on this data breach and who it's affectinged >> translator: gorchg t

facing washington ace steven strasburg, joe panic drove this the game's first run with a third inningingle. then in the seventh buster posey drove in what would turn out to be the winning run with an infield hit to score panic. panic on base with a triple, his fifth hit in two postseason games. another part of the story was starting pitcher jake peavy. the veteran and former cy young winner took a no mitt hit tore the fifth and after getting help won for the first time in the postseason. >> come in here and -- i guess the best team in the national league to get game one is -- we feel really good. we have an uphill battle still. the boy also come out and will fight as we did today. >> reporter: it's tim hudson on the mound for the giants as they assured themselves of getting out of washington with the split. they would love to come back to san francisco ahead 2-0 in the series with a chance to wrap it up on monday at at and pt park. at national's park joe fonzi. ktvu channel 2news. >> today's first pitch will be gist about 2:30 in the afternoon. joe will have cove rage of the game on k