apparently hunter strickland doesn't either. did a grudge three years in the making set up a wild brawl between the giants and the natiti abc7 sports brought to you by river rock casino. >> good evening. giants reliever hunter strickland went hunting at at&t park today. he hit his target and the target hit back. in this case, bryce harper of the nationals. as you've seen earlier, this turned into a brawl. a nice lazy day at the yard for most of the afternoon. as for the baseball, matt moore seven innings. allowed two runs. that was too much more the giants to overcome. ryan zimmerman his 14th of the year. let's get ready to rumble. strickland drills harper, 9-mile-an-hour. at least he didn't go for head. harper sends his helmet flying one way. he said he was trying to pitch inside. he doesn't like harper because he hit a couple homers off him in the 2014 playoffs. a big collision. jeff samardzija right here and michael morris crashing into each other. lucky nobody got seriously hurt there. harper and strickland ejected. suspensi

apparently hunter strickland doesn't either. did a grudge three years in the making set up a wild brawl between the giants and the nationals today? spor abc7 sports brought to you by river rock casino. >> good evening. giants reliever hunter strickland went hunting at at&t park today. he hit his target and the target hit back. in this case, bryce harper of the nationals. as you've seen earlier, this turned into a brawl. a nice lazy day at the yard for most of the afternoon. as for the baseball, matt moore seven innings. allowed two runs. that was too much more the giants to overcome. ryan zimmerman his 14th of the year. let's get ready to rumble. strickland drills harper, 9-mile-an-hour. at least he didn't go for head. harper sends his helmet flying one way. he said he was trying to pitch inside. he doesn't like harper because he hit a couple homers off him in the 2014 playoffs. a big collision. jeff samardzija right here and michael morris crashing into each other. lucky nobody got seriously hurt there. harper and strickland ej

strickland says it wasn't.or if harper was justified to charge the mound. >> if a guy hits you, holds a grudge after three years, you do what you got to do. so yeah, i think he has every right in the world to go back at it >>> reporter: the manager says it looks bad for strickland and harper, both ejected. yesterday the nationals won the game yesterday. by the way, the last time the benches cleared like that in a game with the giants, that was september of last year. the giants face off against the dodgers. live from at&t park, sandra osborne, kpix 5. >> so sandra, not too long ago. hey, have strickland or harper been ejected from games before? >> reporter: um, yes, for strickland this is his first- ever career ejection. however, for harper -- [ laughter ] >> -- this is definitely -- this is his ninth time being ejected from a game. as far as any punishment for all of this we don't have official word just yet but many think there will be a suspension in the future. >>> the spectacular views at yosemite national

hunter strickland, bryce harper, they aren't besties. harper took him yard twice in the 2014 playoffs and admired his shot. the giants did win the world series that year, but that wasn't enough. facing harper for the first time since he just let it him have it, 98 miles per hour and once the helmet came off in the 8th it was on. both got a punch in before benches cleared. my favorite, michael morris jeff samardzija collisions. strickland and harper were ejected, ninth ejection for harper. it would take three players to restrain strickland and get him off the field. nationals won the game 3-0. to the clubhouse we go. >> reporter: what kicks in when you see him coming after you with the helmet in his happened like that? >> it's go -- hand like that? >> it's go time. you got to defend your ground. >> it's been three years. i wasn't thinking about it, but when someone comes at you like that, throws a 90-mile a fastball, took it into my hands and tried to go after him a bit. >>> see the top of your screen here? that's where the warriors will

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after the first one, strickland took exception.harper was staring him down...and showing him up while circling the bases. well today, nearly three years later, we saw part 3 of their mini- rivalry. --let's head to the ballpark--some military families being honored in the pregame festivities. --top 2nd--the nationals struck first... ryan zimmerman....hits it well, solo homer to left. that's his 14th home run of the year and he had a good day, going 3-for-4. washington up 1-nothing. --in the 8th, that's when the real action started. hunter strickland on the mound...bryce harper at the plate. strickland plunks harper square in the hip... and it's on. harper charges the mound and both guys are ready to go. the dugouts are emptied.... lasted for about 5-minutes before both sides were separated ... and strickland had to practically get carried off the field. nationals go on to win 3- nothing. afterwards, both sides downplaying that 2014 had anything to do with their scuffle. reporter: what kicks i

brice and strickland fight. it's the first time they faced each other in years when harper hit two homers off strickland in the national league quicks play-off. fans of the giants and nationals disagree whether strickland intentionally struck harper and whether harper's reaction is justified. >> in my opinion i thought it probably wasn't intentional but i didn't think it was hard enough for them to charge the mound. >> he hit him on purpose. if a guy holds a grudge after three years you do what you got to do so he has every right in the world to go back at him. >> reporter: both of them got ejected from the game. it's strickland's first career ejection harper's ninth. >> i think it's typical of baseball culture but at the same time it's unnecessary. >> reporter: giants manager bruce bochy is glad no one was injured. still -- >> looks bad. >> rough game. lost the game, that's what's important. >> reporter: both games back tuesday night for the second of the series at at&t park. sharon chin, kpix 5. >> here's how

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strickland on the other hand -- >> he is the villain. bryce was the victim. >> strickland needs to forget about 2014. >> pouting clown of a pitcher who is a little [bleep] q: yes. hunter strickland enemy number one right now when it comes to the nationals fans across the country. he is expected to get a harsher penalty than bryce harper. the mlb usually takes two or three days to hand down suspensions. we will let you know what happens next. from nats park i'm q mccray, abc7 news. larry: the worst punishment is the giants probably won't make the postseason. the sports team is closely monitoring this. we will let you know the moment a ruling comes down on a suspension. later in sports our robert burton will break down reaction from harper himself and also the effect of all of this on the nats. michelle? michelle: new information on tiger woods' police now say he wasn't drinking alcohol. in fact, his breatherrizeer results are .00. woods said he had unexpected reaction to the medication following the recent back surgery. police say they fo

where strickland was ready with fists. the two players got some punches in before a crowd of players from both sides jumped in. it was quite a phytonfight on t field. lots of kids and parents in the memorial day crowd. they say while strickland and harper have a history fighting does not belong in baseball. >> i didn't expect that. it's part of the game. that's what he decided to do. >> when somebody comes at you like that and throws a 90-mile-per-hour fastball where he did, i wasn't happy with it. >> not right. >> they should be able to hold their tempers back and just play baseball. that's what we're here to watch. >> reporter: parents say it's not a good example for the little ones. giants' players struggled to get strickland off the field and into the dugout. officials ejected both strickland and harper from the game and they could also be punished by major league baseball. reporting live in san francisco. jean elle. nbc bay area news. >> this is not just a one off. there is history here. you might remember this. in 20

hunter strickland hit him with a ball. that is when harper exchanged blows. to our polls question of the day, how long should bryce harper be suspended? suzanne kennedy is at nets park fromts park with reaction fans. >> it was 98 miles per hour, a pitch from hunter strickland that resulted in a bench clearing brawl. it now has the nationals and their fans wondering about a possible suspension. strickland has had a grudge against harper since the 24 team lds -- nlds.14 and after the >> when someone throws a fastball at you like that, i wasn't very happy about it. i decided to go after him. >> strickland has a reputation as a little bit of a conch -- punk. i don't think it was wrong for harper to react the way he did. >> you shouldn't hunch people, but he had to defend himself. >> after the game, harper said he respected that strickland hit p, rather than summer else in his body where he could have done more damage. happening now at the university of maryland college park, leaders of the black arelty to discuss the death of richard gonzales. it was earlier this

hunter strickland and bryce harper are not besties. harper took him yard twice in the 2014 play-offs. and admired his shot. the giants well, they did win the world series that year but that wasn't enough for strickland. facing harper for the first time since, he let him have it. 98-mile-per-hour fastball. it was on. both got a punch in before benches cleared. my favorite, michael moore, jeff samardzija just colliding. strickland and harper were eject. ninth ejection for harper. and look here, three players to restrain strickland and get him off the field. nationals won 3-0. to the clubhouse. >> what kicks in when you see them coming after you with the helmet in his hand like that? >> protect yourself stand your ground. >> it's been three years and they won the world series and i wasn't thinking about it. i wasn't happy. just took it into my hands and tried to go after him a little bit. >>> american league top of the screen that's where the warriors will be in that building in a week. a's were in cleveland in the stadium against the ind

strickland plunks harper square in the hip... and it's on.harper charges the mound and both guys are ready to go. the dugouts are emptied.... lasted for about 5-minutes before both sides were separated ... and strickland had to practically get carried off the field. nationals go on to win 3- nothing. and today's brawl was the culmination of tension that's been boiling for the last three years. harper and strickland have some history together and it all starts from the 2014 playoffs. nlds game 1....harper homers off of strickland and hunter not too pleased. stares him down as he circles the bases. then, in that same series, game 4...harper tees off on him again... and while on his trot, he's shouting and showing up hunter. but through all that-- strickland claims he didn't plunk harper on purpose. reporter: what kicks in when you see him coming after you with a helmet in his hand like that?"it's go time. you gotta protect yourself and stand your own ground obviously, i left the ball over the

harper getting 5 games - strickland 6. now both players are appealing the decision and will be allowed to play as the process plays out. harper did not comment on the suspension but skipper dusy responded with some interesting comments. both players were fined an undisclosed league. harper is expected to be in the line up tonight for the final game of the series. happening today. the redskins off season program continues with a full practice session on day five of o-t-a's. players will hit the practice field this morning at 11:30. these workouts are not mandatory. mini-camp which is mandatory starts june 13th. the skins have got a lot to work on this off season after losing a few key players as the division got a whole lot tougher with the giants and eagles both making big moves. now to that breaking news - a car fire on the beltway.. lets get tojulie wright - another cloudy, foggy morning - finally some sun later today - marginal risk for severe storms this afternoon - beautiful tomorrow & friday - unsettled weather retur

strickland and bryce harper, no love lost between them. strickland just can't seem to let it go and last night it got ugly. want to show you that video again. fascinating to watch it all the first pitch, possibly intentionally hitting harper in his hip. the upset harper throws his helmet and goes after strickland . the melee, however, did not last too long. several try to get harper out unscathed. in the end, they were both ejected. here is what bryce harper had to say about the brawl and the grudge held by strickland. >> sometimes it's just not relevant. that was a spot where it wasn't relevant. like i said, it was over 1000 days ago, i guess you could say. i don't know why he's thinking about it. suzanne: the nationals are not known as a team that likes to fight. after the game last night, manager dusty baker said that they came to win a game, not get into a brawl. but that they weren't going to take any stuff, either. baseball is a weapon, but he praised strickland by saying that he was glad to be hit in the hip and not someplace that c

strickland and harper were both ejected for this. more on this abc7 news 6:00 broadcast. >>> warriors interim coach mike brown is out with the flu so steve kerry stepped in to answer questions and said it doesn't mean he'll be back any time soon. the team is getting ready for game one of the nba finals. coach kerr says he's getting better and now involved in practices and coaches meetings. he's confident brown is ready for the series. >> that's one of the reasons i hired mike because i know what kind of human being he is and perfectly suited for what's going on. the good news is the team is healthy and bad news the coaches are dropping like flies. >> he expects brown to be back by tomorrow as for game one he will make a decision but definitely planning to travel to cleveland. see it only on abc7. our coverage begins at 5:30. >>> the investigation into the water park accident in dublin over the weekend really moved forward today as cal osha inspectors met with the slide manufacturer and contractors. a boy flew off one of the slides in

now again-- strickland claims this wasn't on purpose.meanwhile, the a's in cleveland...and their game wasn't as eventful. -- we head to ohio-- you can see the patriotism across all of sports today. --this afternoon was rough for the green and gold... daniel mengden...a forgetful day on the mound. gave up three homers in the first four innings. one to austin jackson and then back-to-back jacks to carlos santana and edwin encarnacio. mengden...left after 3-and-a third...surrending 5-earned runs and 7-hits. --the tribe led 5-zip after four, but the a's would make it a 2-run game. in the 9th-- 2 on for trevor plouffe, but he strikes out to end it. indians take this one 5-3. turning now to the warriors-- golden state seems to be running out of guys to run the team. acting head coach mike brown missed practice today because of the flu, so in his absence, regular head coach steve kerr was back in charge. but no, that doesn't mean he is back full-time or returning to the sidelines anytime soon. kerr has been attending practices consistently for

robert: i don't think bryce wanted to hug strickland. we will show you the bench clearing brawl, next. >> and now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. not thebaseballs were only thing thrown at at&t park this afternoon. bryce harper, eighth-inning, it got ugly. hip by 98 hit in the mile-per-hour f strickland. they just clear, both were a jacket. been ejectedver before tonight. there is history here, in 2014 n two home runst off of strickland. nats went on to win the game. so far, no word on the punishment. >> i was not really thinking about it at all. somebody comes at you like that was not veryll, happy with it. i took it in my hands and try to go after him a little bit. weapon, and to use that to his advantage, would he want to do in that situation? aa national title, lacrosse, maryland-ohio state. kelly, full speed ahead, wraps around the net, the terps take the lead. 5-2 fourth quarter, matt rambo, dancing around, check out the backend. their firsts, 9-6, national title since 1975. and game ♪ ♪ award w

hit by a fast ball from strickland. harper took strickland twice in the 2014 playoffs. giants did win the world series that year. both landed punches before getting ejected. it took three guys to restrain strickland and get him off the field. this one was all on strickland. expect fines and suspensions for both. the nats beat the giants. to the clubs. >> it's go time. you gotta protect yourself, stand your own ground. >> when somebody comes at you like that, i just took it into my hands and tried to go after him a little bit. >> two guy that is don't care for each other much. >> i feel great, yeah. hundred percent. >>> to the a's, davis back in cleveland. got his alcs ring. edwin away and gone to the 4th. indians beat the a's 5-3. not seen here, khris davis did hit his 16th homer of the year. the record now is 22 and 28. >>> the farewell tour for 29. mark will last at least one more week. the cardinals are clearly happy here to host one of the 16ncaa regionals this weekend. they'll take on sacramento state on thursday. stanford has won 21 of their last 23 games to end t

you can see the helmet flies nowhere near strickland.he league will look at this for sure. >> he was just living. >> he had better aim than that. while these two exchanging fists, watch the giants sumarja and michael morris fly in and take each other out. they might have gotten worst of this one. zimmerman calms down bryce and it sue it takes three t the field. what was he so mad at? take you back to 2014. game one, harper crushes a homer off strickland who stares bryce harper down. harper had a back flip on that one. you can see it right here. looked pretty innocent. then in game four of the same series, bryce just tees off on him again, a monster shot. goes into mccoffee cove. that ties the game. this time bryce stares strickland down. then you haven't seen a lot of this on the internet. bryce was yelling at him from the dug out. he did it a bunch of times after the home run tied the game. come on, man, that was three years ago, bryce says. the giants had scoreboard that year. >> it is in the past. you know, it is so in the past that i

here's what strickland said after the game.reporter: what kicks in when you see him coming after you with a helmet in his hand like that?"it's go time. you gotta protect yourself and stand your own ground obviously, i left the ball over the plate a couple of times with him and he's taken advantage of that, so just want to go a bit inside and obviously it got a little bit too far."( james ) strickland and harper were both ejected. the nationals won, 3 to nothing. the teams play again tonight at 7:00. ( james ) bay area basketball. warriors acting coach mike brown missed the team's practice monday because of the flu. so the team had a familar face on the sideline. steve kerr coached the team's practice yesterday with brown out. kerr has been out for most of the playoffs with lingering back problems. despite being out there for practice, kerr is unlikely to be on the sidelines for game one of the n-b-a finals. "i'm not ready to coach yet.i'm still feeling a lot of ef

i guess strickland wasn't over it. the league will review the incident, the nationals by the way won the game. i don't know who won that fight there. >> wow. >> he's got good hair. >> bryce harper has good hair. >> punches being thrown, and that's good hair. >> oh, my goodness, between the texas state house and that, is civil at this dead? >> ya, in baseball, sometimes, crazy things happen. >> all right, pat, thank you. >> well, the end after area one every phillies most beloved diners closes up shop. >> how customers react, little pete's last day in business in center city. and what will be taking its place. >> police vests after two teens are shot in philadelphia's kensington section. one fatally. how the second teen is doing this morning. katie? >> well, jim, i do think that we're looking ahead to yet another unsettled weekend, at the moment, it is appearing saturday's pretty much a given, do you have dealing with showers or thunderstorm. sunday little more after question mark right now, that's all going to depend o

in the 2014 playoffs, harper homered twice off strickland. strickland wasn't happy harper stood at home plate watching his home run go into mccould have beeny cove. >> throwing that fastball where he did i wasn't happy with it. i took it into my hands. >> i didn't expect that. it's part of the game and that's what he decided to do. >> reporter: this 14-year-old is a fan of both teams. he says outperforming a player is better than hitting a player. >> to do something threatic and not fight i'd say. >> reporter: jeff martinez has some advice for the big boys. >> i am a coach. that's exactly what we do is try to calm them down, tell them keep things to yourself. you can get upset but take it out in different ways instead of at each other. >> reporter: officials ejected both players for the rest of the game and they may face further punish men from major league baseball. >> we posted raw video this brawl on the front page of our website at nbcbayarea.com. >>> the grand opening weekend wasn't so grand. the safety inspection team was on site today

strickland is. >> yeah. >> harper, a good looking guy. strickland gets a -- shot right there on his, side moneymaker. >> ow. >> not sure. harper is going to win any boxing matches any time soon. >> no. >> but his hair looks fantastic. >> hair game is on point. >> had to be escorted out. by his own teammate. feel bad some of the teammates got involved to stop the fight. they actually collided with each other. probably the most injured out of all of this. >> giants catcher is like, no, good. just going to hang out over here. should point out. i have been with sharper when he has done modeling shoots and such. and heap does his own hair. work. while, he had like a makeup artist do his, makeup. >> get tips from him? what happened? >> yeah, exactly. took it the wrong way. >> nationals won 3-0. who cares. no one watched. no one was focussed on the score of the game. >> lost a fight. >> coming up. what this herd of elephants was caught doing. no it wasn't stampede. answer in "the mix." >> and take a closer look at war torn somalia, facing violen

both harper and strickland were ejected.he nationals won the game 3 to nothing. the teams play again tonight at 7:00. (darya) warriors acting coach mike brown missed the team's practice monday because of the flu. so the team had a familar face on the sideline. steve kerr coached the team's practice yesterday with brown out. kerr has been out for most of the playoffs with lingering back problems. game one of the finals between the warriors and cavs is set for thursday night at oracle arena. (darya) the warriors don't play the cavaliers in the n-b-a finals until thursday. with all the ti

giants relieve hunter strickland was suspended six games. and nationals outfielder bryce harper four games when they went at it after strickland drilled harper on the hip. baseball's chief officer joe torrie also said strickland was fined for intentionally hitting harper with the pitch. harper also fined for charging the mound. >> i'm obviously not thrilled about it but it's their call and we'll go from there. whatever they decide, we'll -- i'll own it and take the responsibility. >> i mean, i thought it was kind of harsh especially when you're recipient of the act. um, i'm glad bryce is appealing it. probably only martin luther king or ghandi would have turned the other cheek and not, you know, not done something else. >> reporter: now, one player that did show restraint yesterday was buster posey. the giants catcher appeared to be in no hurry to join the fray leading some to wonder why he wasn't defending his teammate but there's nothing to see here according to posey. >> i don't have anything to talk about from yesterday. i'm focused on p

and strickland already got his revenge.is team won the world series. >> dusty says that he has a couple of grudges that he is still holding. >> baseball players are different. they have these grudges that they hold on to. >> i don't like it. how do you explain that to your kids? you're adults. act that way. >> it is tuesday. it felt like a monday when it came to the commute, sal. >> yeah. this morning's b.a.r.t. commute was very slow because of a stuck train. they had a medical emergency. a couple of other things. let's go live to alex savidge who has been talking to commuters who were stuck in some of these big train delays. alex. >> yeah. another tough morning for b.a.r.t. riders. good morning to all of you. things starting to recover across the system. at last check, b.a.r.t. is 20 minutes or so behind schedule because of the stalled train. it stalled out just west of the west oakland station earlier this morning. they eventually got it cleared out of the way but the damage was done at that point. at a time there was no

the league suspended strickland six games and harper four. because ever the appeals, both players will continue playing until the process is finished. harper played tonight and he'll be back out there again tomorrow. >>> just two more days until the warriors try to avenge last year's loss to the cavs. it's a match-up you'll see only on nbc7. >> tonight the cavs are in the bay area, they landed at sfo and took a shuttle to the st. regis in san francisco and that's where lonnie rivera is live tonight. >> reporter: yeah, dan. you can see the lights are on at the st. regis. a couple of basketball fans hanging out here, trying to get an autograph or catch a glimpse of a player. but as of now, no sightings of the cavaliers. we're told they're inside. but there's a lot of excitement gearing up to game one of the nba finals. the cleveland cavaliers are back in the bay. the entire team deplaned, then arrived to settle in to the st. regis. warriors and cavs fans are pumped, many calling this series round three. >> shout-out to my boy, kyrie. it's not e

you see there, it goes nowhere near strickland. so people have been tweeting about it and giving harper grieve over what they call a bad throw. one person tweeted i feel i too can play major league baseball. good thing bryce harper doesn't throw baseballs like he throws batting helmets and finally another one, bryce harper's helmet throw looks like him that picks dandelion in left maybe his goal wasn't to throw it at the person. he just threw it down. my husband thinks he was ready to throw it at him and in his mind he through it away in the last second to lessen the possibility of a suspension. but he still goes in forth punch. he's already there, what are you going to do, stop. they need to start penalizing pitchers a whole lot more than a few games. it's absolutely dangerous and it can kill somebody. it's a weapon. >> let's talk about oh oancht i think i'm on bryce's side here. i think we're all on bryce's side here. if this just happened and you were walking down the street and somebody threw a baseball and it hit you, that wou

how worked up was strickland? strickland and harper were ejected facing fines.re winners. harper couldn't understand why strickland was dwelling on the past. >> it is not relevant anymore. he shouldn't be thinking about that. he should think about a ring. >> a baseball is a weapon. >> an interesting oddity. davis was presented with his american league ring from last year. this was a game of solo home runs. in the 4th a couple of batters back to back. it was a 2-0 game. fans settling in their seats before this one went deep. 3-0 indians on 3 solo home runs. 5-5 when they came to the plate. nothing cheap about this shot from alonzo. it was homered by healy. this time chris davis is going deep for the 16th team. the two teams had 6 homers, all solo shots. too little too late for the a's. >>> the predators making an appearance in the finals. captain mike fisher. penguins scored the first goal. this set up perfectly 2-0 pittsburgh. nationals scored. austin watson behind the net. the singer can celebrate the team is all the way back. jake gets the shot. the penguins w

hunter strickland, suspended for six games. bryce harper the national star suspended four games. both will appeal this decision and while that appeals process plays out both are eligible to play in tonight's game. and bryce harper he is in the lineup in batting third. den ard span the giants the centerfielder he had a bird's-eye view. we caught up with him this morning. >> and the pitch and he hits harper. and harper is going to go out and now we got a beef. >> he was one of the biggest giants involved brawls in recent memory. jessica stevens was there to witness it. >> sometimes he seems to get a bit out of hand if they're talking about the history between harper and strickland and that resulting from something back in 2014. it's like let it go. let it go. it's baseball not hockey. felt very reminiscent of a hockey game. >> stevens at pete's coffee in the marina district on tuesday to get java meet one of her players. den nard span he was in centerfield when it went down on monday. he understands the mixed message. >> i ran over there by the time i got there the fight was about

giants pitcher hunter strickland who hit him faces a six-game suspension for throwing at harper. kpix 5's wilson walker caught one one giant who helped break up the fight. >> three, four guys trying their best to hold him up. >> we are at peet's coffee. >> reporter: giving hunter pence the talk about the brawl is tough to get strickland off the field. for the record accomplishing it took 18 feet, 11 inches and 675 pounds worth of baseball players. >> peacekeepers, good dude. he didn't want anybody to get hurt. >> reporter: there was a certain vin to that mike morse- jeff samardzija tete-a-tete. >> and two huge guys. >> reporter: both 6'5", that was 12 feet 10" and 470 pounds of giant impact. >> harper goes out. >> reporter: then there's buster posey. now taking a beating online for not jumping into the fray. >> i thought he should have gone out but also, like, i don't want him getting hurt. >> reporter: plunking batters brawl etiquette pay back in the games ahead just some of baseball's many unwritten "rules." >> there are no unwritten rules. there's just written rules. >> report

bryce harper had two home runs off strickland in that game.said it had nothing to do with the playoff. if it's a fastball. >>> breaking news on the roads. zach taylor in for melissa. >> good morning, guys. getting news literally as we speak on the red line. hopefully at this time we have all service restored between noma-gallaudet and fort totten. leftover work that was not quite finished. they couldn't come back and say, we'll do it later. train has been restored between noma-gallaudet and fort totten. >> train service restored. >>> in addition to red line delays and issues, clouds and fog. visibility reduced a good bit in some locations. down to a half mile in dulles airport. not a big issue everywhere. there are foggy spots around. low to mid 60s now. should make upper 70s to near 80. rain and thunderstorms are a true likelihood. rain showers potentially as early as lunchtime. here it is on future showers. few peaks of sunshine after that and with some daytime heating we'll have stronger thunderstorms between 4:00 and 8:00 p.m. today. not m

then the benches cleared these two since 2014 when harper hit two home run's office strickland in the playoffs. players haven't faced each other since. strickland and harper both were kicked out of the game. >> it so in the past is not even relevant anymore. they won the world series that year. i don't even think you should be thinking about what happened the first round. he should take about wearing that ring every night. >> both players probably will be suspended and find. the teams play again tonight at at&t park. >>> it was a game of home runs in the a's game yesterday. oakland battle the indians. both teams had three home runs. the a's are trolling 5-0 into the seventh. they started with this home run. that shot followed by a home run from ryon healy and another home run for the a's and the knife from chris davis going deep for the 16th time this year. but in the end, the a's came up short. the indians one with a final a 5-3. >>> acting warriors head coach mike brown expected to be at practice today after he became sick with a stomach virus. steve kerr, the head coach, appeared a

the league suspended strickland six games and harper four. because ever the appeals, both players will continue playing until the process is finished. harper played tonight and he'll be back out there again tomorrow. >>> just two more days until the warriors try to avenge last year's loss to the cavs. it's a match-up you'll see only on nbc7. >> tonight the cavs are in the bay area, they landed at sfo and took a shuttle to the st. regis in san francisco and that's where lonnie rivera is live tonight. >> reporter: yeah, dan. you can see the lights are on at the st. regis. a couple of basketball fans hanging out here, trying to get an autograph or catch a glimpse of a player. but as of now, no sightings of the cavaliers. we're told they're inside. but there's a lot of excitement gearing up to game one of the nba finals. the cleveland cavaliers are back in the bay. the entire team deplaned, then arrived to settle in to the st. regis. warriors and cavs fans are pumped, many calling this series round three. >> shout-out to my boy, kyrie. it's not e

number one for strickland. but punches landed. >> i see what you're talking about in regards to the helmet. he was totally aiming for him, then maybe had second thoughts. >> it's tough to know. can you imagine if he had thrown that helmet and it hit him in the face? >> at the end, three giants were literally carrying him, lifting his legs to carry him off the field. >> escorted to the dugout. >> that's a nice way of saying it. but three guys, and you said it. he was so hot and so upset that it really took three guys to take him off. >> on a completely trivial note, harper, he's got some nice hair. >> well so does morris. >> i know, just a lot of hair that in brawl there. >> and speaking of nice hair, let's check in with rosemary orozco. >> gorgeous hair. >> i'm just stunned at that video, that brawl going on out there. outside our doors finally some blue sky. it took most of the day, but that sunshine finally pulled through. speaking of at&t park it's a cool, breezy day. right now san francisco checking in at 5

harper and strickland, since 2014 when harper hit two home runs off strickland in the playoffs.they have not faced each other since then. but strickland and harper were kicked out of the game. >> it's so in the past that it's not even relevant anymore. like i said, they won the world series that year and i don't even think you should be thinking about what happened in the first round. he should be thinking about wearing that ring home every single night. >> both players are expected to face suspensions and fines. the teams play again tonight at at&t park. >>> it's time to check in with gasia mikaelian with a look at thoughts coming up. >>> when i join you, we will talk about cybersecurity. most of us are concerned about keeping an eye on our email accounts and keeping our email protected. cyber security experts are warning about an increase in cyber attacks on social media accounts. why they say we are more likely to fall victim to an attack through our twitter or facebook feeds. and one case in which hackers gained access to a pentagon official's computer through social media.

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lib el dia de hoy se calentaron los animos en el juego entre gigantes y nacionales cuando hunter stricklandnta a la postemporada del 2014. take vo todo inicio en la serie divisional cuando en el primer juego harper pego a lo profundo y strickland sintio que se tomo mucho tiempo en recorrer las bases. pero no seria la unica vez en la serie que logaria eso. volvio a pasar unos cuantos dias despues cuando en el cuarto juego tambien pego un jonron harper de un lanzamiento de hunter strickland. esta vez bryce no solamente se tomo su tiempo pero tambien se le quedo viendo durante su recorrido de las bases y claro que esto no le gusto para nada al lanzador de los gigantes. entonces tres aÑos depues.... llego el desquite. esto paso en la parte alta de la octava entrada despues de que hunter le pegara con un lanzamiento a bryce.... harper no la pense dos veces y se dejo ir a la lomita para encararse a stryckland. segundos despues ambos equipos ya se encontraban en el diamante peleando y tomo varios minutos para reanudar el juego. aun no se sabe que suspensiones tendran lo jugadores involucrados en e

fists flying between him and giants pitcher hunter strickland originally. everyone got involved. both players called this just a part of the game, but some parents pointed out that this may have sent the wrong message. >> that's exactly what we do is try to calm them down, you know, keep things to yourself. get a little upset and you can take it out different ways instead of at each other. >> when someone comes at you and throws a 98-mile-an-hour fastball where he did, wasn't very happy with it, and, you know, just took it into my hands i guess. >> i didn't expect, that you know, but it's part of the game and that's what he decided to do. >> okay. so take a look at t.actually, this is a couple of home runs that harper launched off of strickland in the divisional series. strickland for you his part says he did not mean to hit harper and there's beef going on there dating back to the 201 playoff series where harper absolutely crushed a couple of strickland pitches for home runs in that key 2014 divisional series. >>> happening today, the giants team up with a bay area coffee giant

oh, that's hunter strickland going after bryce harper. these two have history. couple of home runs two years ago in the playoffs off strickland and this is the first time they met since then and got to know each other pretty well this time. give you another look at it. now, strickland says it wasn't intentional. you be the judge. harper thought it was intentional. not very accurate with the helmet. did a little better with his hands. and now they'll wait to see if the commissioner chimes in. nationals won the ball game, 3-0. and they'll play again later today so we'll see what happens. >> you know what stood out to me in that. >> what? >> the hair. there was just some great hair there. >> yeah. that's all we have. back to you. >> there really was. >> so much talk about the hair. the other thing that's attracting a lot of attention is notice the catcher. usually when a batter charges the mound, the catcher is the first one to have his back. in this case buster posey stood back for awhile. >> i'm good back here, fellas. >> let's let this play out. shall we? >> we

harper hit a couple of homers off strickland in the 2014 playoffs and apparently that still bothers strickland who had to be dragged off the field by his teammates and they kept pushing and pushing him back. suspensions from the league will be coming. >>> inspectors were out at the wave water park in dublin today trying to figure out what caused saturday's accident that injured a 10-year-old boy. >> leslie brinkley joins us this evening live from the water park. leslie. >> at this moment, no conclusive answers yet as inspectors zeroed in on the slide called the emerald plunge. they'll be considering the drop and water flow and height and weight requirements. a brisk wind chilled the memorial day crowd up on the slide platforms at this dazzling new dublin water park. 4 of the 6 slides are now open. one had a flow meter problem that was fixed is reopen. the city of dublin said cal osha inspectors today met with the manufacturer and contractors to figure out what happened on the emerald plunge on saturday when a 10-year-old boy hydroplaned off the slide. >> so far they're not drawing conclusions.

strickland six. >> he was going after him, by the way. >> and you know what the story is there, busterosey, the catcher, nothing. >> while you lost your one more thing, because now, dana. i just want to say," and putting together something about tennis, a new novel out, his third novel, called "trophy son," even if you do not like tennis, it is a page turner. and i have a picture of me playing tennis this weekend. everybody help me this weekend,

i'm just safely saying he did not intend to hit strickland. >> i have a question.ds play baseball. >> yeah. >> what do you say to your kids when they see something like this? >> well, there's a lot of talk online that this is bad for baseball, we should clamp down on this. eh, not really. it's not so bad. the attention given on the sport -- bryce harper's great for the game. some people hate the attention he's brought to it because he's so bash and cocky and does things like this, but that's making young kids watch. i'll take the bad with the good. >> all right. >>> officials in manchester still looking for a critical piece of evidence more than a week after that deadly terror attack. we're live in england with why this blue suitcase is so significant. we danced in a german dance group. i wore lederhosen.man. when i first got on ancestry i was really surprised that i wasn't finding all of these germans in my tree. i decided to have my dna tested through ancestry dna. the big surprise was we're not german at all. 52% of my dna comes from scotland and ireland. so, i

harper suspended for four games, strickland, six games. 36 innings for harper and for strickland, who pitcher, one to three innings. both appealing. both players also fined an undisclosed amount. harper's crime, charging the mound, throwing his mhelmet, fighting. when bryce harper hasn't been fighting over grudges, he's been hitting new tied for the nl lead with 15 homers this season. but all alone in the lead for national league all-star votes announced today. over 900,000 votes for harper. couple of hisimat mates on the . daniel murphy and ryan zimm zimmerman. >>> the wizards only have one draft pick in next month's draft. could they use a player who grew up in this area and played college ball here? it is possible. melo trimble working out with the team, meeting head coach scott brooks. he said he knew before the season it would be his last in college park. the upper marlboro native grew up rooting for the wizards, a team with one pick this year. second round, number 52 overall. could be a good spot for them to pick up a as for what trimble could bring to the wiz, sherree burruss c

department's no c plus major league baseball hands down suspensions to bryce harper and hunter strickland less than 24 hours before the brawl on the mound. both players also fined but does the punishment fit the crime? the newses at ten starts right now. and straight off the top tonight at ten, breaking news out of orlando, florida. police were called to orlando international airport for reports of an armed man on the grounds or possibly inside the air pomplet officers we understand have now found that man and have since contained him. the florida highway patrol shutdown all the roads leading to the air pomplet also, a rgs post office of the airport was temporarily locked down. people inside were moved to safety. we're still getting more information at this hour. we will continue to bring you updates on the story as soon as we learn more. well, the cleanup from the damaging storm is now underway in parts of virginia. let's get more on tonight weather which has been quite active with sue palka. i'm going to start with what has been going on right now and then i'll get more to the tornado s

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