next batter steven straussburg. how about back to back jacks. career home run for straussburg puts the nets at 5-3. his teammates are pumped. he had five major league home runs, two today, and afterwards much of the talk in the locker room about straussburg's home run. >> it was great, but i know my place. i'm ain't real hitter out there so i'm not going to go out there and act like i do it all the time. just run around the bases and it was definitely a good feeling. i think i got one more home run than a lot of my friends back home now. >> we sit down there and fantasize about something like that as relievers. we don't get the opportunity to hit like the starters do, but any homer for a pitcher is awesome, so we're all very excited for him. >> he swings well in bp, i think all of our pitchers swing pretty well. i think it's great for him and he helped the team out. i think that was huge. >> brice harper on steven straussburg. you know normally when things with going well in business or sports or really anything, there's stability. well, things h

steven straussburg struck out 13 pirate hitters en route to the win. the nats will try to make it two wins in a roy tonight in cincinnati. all right. go, nats. go, steven straussburg. >> indeed. >>> let's look outside on this friday morning. off to a cool start. you might need a jacket when you head out. >> yeah. chilly weather to have this entire week. tom kierein's going to tell us when it will warm up. tom? >>> good morning. feeling more like late march than early may. temperatures into the 40s. areas in the lighter blue, 40s. darker blue, in the 30s. that's in a few spots in the shenandoah valley and out of the mountains of western maryland, west virginia. closer to washington, arlington, fairfax counties in the low fourth. reagan national at 53. milder your the waters near the bay. away from the water, southern maryland, northern neck, eastern shore, also in the 40s there. here's your day planner. plenty of sunshine this morning. still chilly until 7:00 or so. by 9:00. upper 50s with bright sunshine and mostly sunny noontime. upper 60s. ought to h

. >> steven straussburg on the hill today. dan uggla, peace, the 55th strikeout for the year. danny es pin oas a bringing lumber. three-run shot to make it 4-0. back to strauss, started to struggle in the 2nd and 3rd innings. walked three of four batters. and then gave that up to uggla. remember that? pop goes the weasel and the weasel made it pop. brett homered and 7-4 now so washington back on top. full highlights coming up tonight at 11:00. to baltimore, how about that? getting ready for the royals. chris davis, what has gotten into this guy. he homered last night and coming back to do it again. today that's his eighth of the season to make it 1-1. j.j. hardy to make it 10th as a team. boston leading the american league with home runs at 70. 3-3 in the 7th. full highlights coming up on that one at 11:00 as well. maryland well represented in the ncaa la crosse tournament. maryland men and women, johns hopkins and, hey, don't forget loyola of baltimore. now, the lady terps bowed out last night in the final four. today the maryland men and loyola looking to punch a ticket to t

baseball now, steven straussburg, the nl pitcher-of- the-month, 2.0, 1.3e.r.a.his nats host the d-backs. game two and last night, the d'backs ruin the home debut of bryce harper. >> number 34, bryce harper. >> he stuck out at the first at- bat, and the hot shot up 9 middle and through the pitcher's legs. the d-backs play them perfectly and goes with the d-bax. the top of the 7th, down 3-0 and justin upton and harper, who makes the catch. this guy has a canon. a throw home on the fly on wilson ramos, and called safe on a bang-bang play at the plate and i think he was out and this is the 19-year-old in front of the home fans the firs >> and we have a good fan base. it's nice not hearing the boos and whatnot and they excited. they want us to win. and that is what we want to do and that is what we're going bring to the table. >>> the nationals dropped five straight. >>> on march 31st, the nfl handed down stiff penalties for the ownership and piping staff. four players received suspensions for their involvement and there were severe suspension. jonathan velma out for

steven straussburg taking to the mound tonight for the nats. and go, nats.we hope this is going to be a good weekend. play through sunday. high hopes. >> we all hope it doesn't rain on them, right? >> always in the back of everybody's minds. >>> 4:41. tom kierein, we put the question to you. how are we going to do this weekend? >> there may be a rain delay tonight. be on the lookout. we could have thunderstorms developing later this afternoon. storm 4 radar showing thunder and lightning. that moving color there in eastern kentucky, southern west virginia. it's moving northeast now, but does look like it's had it gets toward pennsylvania, it will turn to the east and come our way. this yellow zone, chance of severe storms from norfolk to washington. from washington to philadelphia to new york. and that would be later this afternoon into this evening. here is the day planner -- partly cloudy through the morning hours. we ought to be near 80 by noontime. by late afternoon is when we could have some thunderstorms popping up. we ought to be into the mid 80s aroun

steven straussburg struck out 13 hitters en route to the win. the nats will try to make it two wins in a row tonight in cincinnati. >>> this season the redskins celebrate their 80th season, and they're honoring the past with retro uniforms. the team unveiled their new throwback jerseys at redskins park yesterday. brian arapahoe on the right, ryan carrigan on the left, modeled the old school uniforms. a version of the 1937 uniforms complete with the leather helmet look. the team will wear the throwbacks twice this season. fun. >>> a cold day everywhere with temperatures of just eight celsius and a brisk northeasterly wind. thank god it isn't a bank holiday. >> the future king of england one of the most talked about weathermen on tv. prince charles gave the forecast during a visit to a bbc station in glasgow. his wife, camilla, took a shot at it, too, apparently. >> and prince charles' stint in front of the camera was a big hit. take a look. >> it's an unsettled picture as we head toward the end of the week. this afternoon it will be cold, wet and