toyota halftime report. visit your local toyota dealer today or go to buyatoyota.com to find out more. toyota, let's go places. we are green bay packers as they take on the san francisco 49ers. local news is coming up after the break. >> this is the toyota halftime report. the annual clearance event is going on now. toyota, let's go places. it's halftime here in the san francisco bay area, levi's stadium. third preseason game, with the packers taking on the earlier this week, rod burks was able to sit down with t.j. lang. we have it as part of our halftime conversation. >> t.j. lang, you take great pride in being the cleanup guy, the protector on offense. you get the extra push, the extra pop under the chin. you always seem to be that guy. >> i don't like to let my teammates down. someone is in a scrum, they know 70 is cng if i'm not there i will get a lot of flak for it. i feel i'm a genuinely loyal guy. last year against seattle rich rogers was getting pinned down. but if i just stand there, i will lose a lot of respect from my teammates. >> you are playing in a contract year. what is the m

local chevy dealer. >> and now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. thethe battle beltway, nationals park was the place to be, the orioles in town to face the nationals. two teams that if the season ended today would be in the playoffs. o's bats too hot. manny machado crushes this into the bullpen. he went 4-5 with four rbis. the orioles win 10-8. coach baker: in my mind, they escaped and got away. they won the game, but for the people who left come it just shows you that this team is never out of a game. scott: before the game, olympic champ and bethesda native katie ledecky met w the team. this is her third time throwing out the first pitch at a nats game. sign her up. what an arm. she can do it all. another wonderful experience for the teenager. : it's cool. they all wanted to see how heavy they were. they are kind of heavy. i've been a national span for a couple of years. nationals fan for a couple of years. i don't there were following my races, and that means so much. scott: just 19 years old. absolutely remarkable. it is getting closer to game

local chevy dealer. >> and the now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers.rin: the beltway series between the nationals and orioles at camden yards. four's have won consecutive season series against the nationals dating back to 2012. stephen strasburg did not start tonight. in camden, tied at 1-1 in the fourth inning. anthony rendon puts it into left field. echoes into the stands. his 16th homer, 2-1 nats. the orioles came right back for an oddris davis, takes hop. harper bobbles it. many machado second and he beats the throw. 2-2. next batter, mark trumbo goes yard, his 30th home run of the year gives the birds a win. you look back at one run games, and they have been hot on the road this year. this is kind of like playoff baseball. if you don't let the game out of scores will be generally close like it is now. erin: good point. stephen strasburg was scheduled to be the starter tonight, but the team placed him on the 15 day disabled list this afternoon with right elbow soreness. at the beginning of the season, but he is 2-4 in his last starts. matt jones wi

>> and now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers.gest sports story so far, colin kaepernick outstanding during the national anthem before the preseason game against the packers friday. he chose not to stand. a lot of fans not happy with him , some burning his jerseys, but it looks like we may be seeing a lot more sitting. that it has blown up like this i think is a good thing. it brings awareness. everybody knows what's going on, in this sheds more light on it. i think it is something that can unify this team, can unify this country. if we have these real conversations that are uncomfortable for a lot of people. conversations,e there is a better understanding where both sides are coming from. , know what i'm doing is right i know other people think what i'm doing is right, and it's something we have come together, we have to unite, and unify. >> will you continue to sit? >> yes, i will continue to sit and i will stand with the people who are being oppressed. this is something that has to be changed. when there is significant change,

. >> and now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers.irthday boy gets the night off, kirk cousins turning 28 today, a healthy scratch for the redskins in tonight second preseason game. not with the fans wanted, but in the long run better safe than sorry. you want captain kirk fully healthy for the regular season. fedex field, the skins hosting the jets. matt joneszol gets the kerry, s down hard on his left shoulder. he left again, later diagnosed with an a.c. sprain, may miss a couple weeks. defensively, a good showing by the secondary. smithlackmon reads geno and steps in front of the past. interception. very next play, colt mccoy looking deep and ross. he just outruns and out jumps the defense. 39 yard touchdown strike. 14-2. the skins would score a late touchdown in the final minute to beat the new york jets, 22-18. sitting ong names sidelines tonight for the redskins, but our big name, erin hawksworth, was working hard at fedex field, and she joins us live from the field. it seems like this was all about evaluating the roster hopefu

. >> and now, the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers.eporter: bryce harper getting ejected after getting into it with the home plate ump. nats would lose to the rockies. we are back at it today. bottom of the first, 1-0 rockies. trea turner impress. it's this one deep to left. that' two more hits. he's hitting .345 now. lucas g alito got the start, gave up 4 runs in five innings. nats down 5-2. bryce harper lets out a little frustration last night. nats fall. the final for this 15-3. o's and yanks, top of the eighth. o's up 4-0. mark trumbo, he unloads on 1. to deep left center, and it's gone. his 40th of the year, he still leads the minor leagues. 5-0. quiet preseason for desean jackson. this is good, no pulled hamstrings or any. he had a good night friday. a 39 yard catch and run. as always, these things are expected. here's jay gruden on his rece he's definitely a playmaker, has great speed. excited to play, excited to practice and carry over to the game. makes a difference, that's for sure. >> is a very talented elite receiver in thi

. >> and now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers.ionals look to sweep the braves today, skipper dusty baker said he is concerned about his bullpen. a wasted a 5-0 lead friday, 6-0 leaddwsew a tonight. as the nationals take a 4-0 lead, but the bullpen blows the lead again. braves trying to score. jace peterson and sit for atlanta. that is a walkoff game-winning home run. nats drop this 17-6. the beltway serious with the orioles starts tomorrow. the road to recovery has not georgetownor linebacker ty williams. he suffered a severe neck injury last year that require nine hours of neck in spinal surgery and three months of intensive rehab in atlanta. as hedown with ty continues to tackle his journey towards recovery. was it tough some days? >> it's tough every day, honestly. inry day i wake up and get this thing, is just another day, but i don't want to dwell on it. i don't want it to affect my erin: i admire his straight. i sat down with ty and that story is coming up in about 10 minutes on abc 7 "sports sunday ." also, mark gray will j

. >> and now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers.ert: the nats were trying to avoid being swept by the o's and losing their fifth straight. we picked this up in the fourth duel.s pitcher's in the eighth inning, some insurance, bryce harper goes the other way come off the wall. two runs score. max scherzer goes eight innings, 10 k's, nats win 4-0. coach baker: the key thing is that we won the game. maxie pitched awesome. he had it from the opening pitch. that's what we need to do. robert: last night, katie ledecky threw out the first pitch. tonight, the first american woman to win an olympic gold medal in wrestling. we spoke with her today. she said she is keeping that hardware to herself. >> ier won to my parents, but told them this one i'm keeping for myself because it's so cool. hold the medal. robert: that is have a! -- that is heavy! that is crazy. >> you just look at the medal, and that is so cool. robert: and surprisingly heavy. a special practice for the redskins today at joint base andrews for the military. practicing in fron

>> and now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. robert: the ravens hosting the lions tonight in the preseason. back on the field after getting injured last october and missing a huge part of the season. cco worked up a sweat, then he was taken out. his backup, 6'7" ryan miller check took over. jeremy butler, touchdown. 16-3 baltimore. , 30-9.ens win big >> it was good to get back out there and feel like part of the team again. as much as you are on the sideline, injured come not like him is hard to feel part group when you're not out there competing. it was there doing that stuff. >> it felt good. this team has a certain way they are supposed to feel, how it's supposed to look, and is starting to look like that. for some, the off-season has been way too long. one guy who cannot wait to get things going, josh norman. onhas been getting trolled the internet since training camp. last night, against pittsburgh. >> this has been the longest off-season i've had in my life. it is like, gosh, you have the trolls on the sharks. it's like, w

z2392z zi0z y2392y yi0y z23cwz zi0z y23cwy yi0y and now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. .cott: the road trip continues seems like the nationals have been living out of a suitcase for the past month. denver last night, tonight atlanta, opening the series against the braves, which is currently 30 games under .500. not very good for stop jayson werth trying to extend his on-base streak to 36 games. he does that and more. right now the nationals in control in the eighth inning, leading the braves 7-2. the orioles hosting housto over the park. six homeruns in the game. mark trumbo with a league-leading 36th homer of the season. houston 13-5. fedex field will come alive tomorrow night with the redskins' second preseason game, against the jets. don't expect anything to exciting form the game. the redskins will keep it simple. starters will play a couple series and be done for the night. the top priority tomorrow night, remain injury-free. >> definitely trying to stay healthy, get the endurance up, get more active. and rough.hot we have to get used to playing games. >>

. >> and now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealer. thert: a slow start for redskins tonight, in the drop pass department. nobody could hang onto anything. nobody but desean jackson, which was good. then there was this. kirk cousins throws the interception. great play by corey white junior. here is where gets going. second quarter, the often starts to click. cousins hits ryan grant come hello, 35 yard catch and run, touchdown. redskins took the 7-6 lead. two minutes left ago in the second, cousins hits joan offense woke up. 14-6. final seconds of the half, cousins hits garcon. the redskins third straight possession with a touchdown. the reserves took over the second half, got tight. lead,ns with the 21-16 last chance for the bills. kendall fuller, good counsel grad, seals off the win. the redskins hold on and win 21-16. erin hawksworth saw this one from the press box. he had to be a little nervous in the beginning of this. , they call this third preseason game their dress rehearsal. if this was anything like the real thing september 12

. >> and now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers.he preseason is to avoid major injuries. unfortunately, starting running back matt jones suffered an a.c. in his left shoulder in the game against the jets. he averaged 4.4 yards per carry last night. hopefully the sprain is nothing too serious. would have more tests done today and this is his first shoulder issue, so he hopes that it heals quickly. >> somebody landed on my shoulder. just came down awkward on my shoulder. when i went down on it, scale of one to 10, it was about a 7. then it went up. then it went down. still have some flexibility in it. it's not as bad as it was. indianapolis, the ravens are getting ready to kick off their second preseason game against the colts. one guy happy to be back in a uniform is linebacker terrel suggs. he missed all of last season with a torn left achilles. but he not play tonight, is hoping to see some live game action before the reckless season starts. suggs still has a way to go before he feels like he is in football shape, but he is thrille

>> and now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers.ugustthe dog days of are just about over, just about a month remaining in the major league is all season. the nationals with a nine-game lead in the division should be playing october baseball. they get ahead early against the phillies. bryce harper, to the deepest part of the ballpark, center field, daniel murphy scores. for thinning, small ball, max scherzer with the sacrifice bunt, squeeze play, ryan zimmerman scores. the nationals win 3-2. breakoutins better rain jackets and they are about to get really wet in the preseason finale tomorrow in tampa bay. they will have to battle the bucs and the ements with tropical depression number nine looming. coach gruden: we just have to speed it up a little bit. we will try to do some today and tomorrow. we just have to use up our preparation a little bit. >> to travel the same day and play, it's tough, but you have to do what you have to do. that's the thing about the nfl, you play at a different level. this right now is like a dress rehears

and ryan zimmerm >> and now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. with thebegin nationals, ryan zimmerman coming off the disabled list tonight in atlanta. he had been on the disabled list since august 1 with a wrist contusion. sporting the beard, fresh off the d.l. after missing 16 games. bat, drive this one deep, solo shot. he had three hits on the night. max scherzer helping his cause. a single to right, zimmerman will score. 5-3 nats. trea turner gets hold of this, deep to left, three run homer. nats' 9 hits in the top of the for thinning is a record -- in the fourth inning is a record for them. orioles facing the astros. george springer drives this the opposite way come his 25th home run of the season. o's lose 12-2. mainedskins, one of the goals for the preseason is to avoid injury. unfortunately, starting running back matt jones suffered an a.c. sprain in his left shoulder last night against the jets. the team is hoping that he will be back for week one against the steelers. this is the only action from kirk cousins at fedex field last night.

(clap, clap, ding) announcer: and now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealer. erin: you know football is almost here when maryland football holds the annual media day. when the new head coach d.j. durkin took over the team he gutted the team depth chart which ramped up the competition this off-season. one player who has been impressive so far is maryland senior corner back and return man william likely. we had a chance to catch up with him earlier today in college park. >> great environment, a lot of expectations. the team got involved. having a great camp so far to keep it leading up to the first game. erin: 40 mi ravens had a special day today. former giants coach tom coughlin was at practice. the ravens and joe flacco told us his knee is fine but he told us it's still not 100%. so he probably will not play saturday. but you can watch the game on abc7. kickoff at 7:00. the nats jason weather -- jason worth has a chance for team history if he reaches base safely. i would be the 44th straight game he has gotten on base. tied zimmerman's mark of 43 last night w

. >> and now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by a local toyota dealers.d the far the orioles advantage over the nationals in the battle of the beltway, now shifting to nationals park for a couple games. i camden yards tunick, the o's up 1-0. wieters pulls one into right. next inning, jonathan schoop down the left-field line. chris davis jogs home. the orioles with their second straight over washington, 8-1. coach baker: we got plenty of hits, but we cannot get the one hit. we had them in trouble in the first inning, we had them in trouble a couple innings. it's time to go home and regroup now. attention, he got it. he has made headlines with comments that he made in the latest issue of "espn the magazine," calling nfl commissioner roger goodell "horrible." he also criticized oh del beckham, jr. on a personal level and demaryius thomas on a professional level. these type of statements open norman up for increased scrutiny that he says he is ready for. >> i can take it. toan use it as another tool define myself as a person and as an individual player, bring

. >> and now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. erin: we begin with breaking nfl news. because of the expected severe weather, the redskins final preseason game with the buccaneers in tampa bay has been moved up from thursday. it will now be wednesday night at 8:00. moving on to the biggest story in sports, 49ers quarterback colin kaepernick will not stand during the national anthem, in protest of what he feels is unfair treatment of african americans and other minorities in america. earlier this afternoon, robert burton sat down with redskins legend bobby mitchell, who has a message for colin kaepernick. >> i understand how you feel. i get tears just like anybody else. and i might have just gotten the street. i still stand. erin: the nationals are on the road again, this time against division rivals philadelphia. tanner roark was on the mountain i come a solid outing. top of the first, former philly jayson werth, his 63rd career home run. the nets led 1-0. that was all tanner roark needed. only four hits allowed in seven shutout i

. >> and now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers.reated likeou are a rock star, life is going good. 19-year-old bethesda native katie ledecky received quite the homecoming at dulles airport, first of off of her performance at the rio olympics. she was flashing her big smile at the terminal last friends and family came out to support the lipid champion. the teenager was gracious, taking selfies and giving autographs. kat ie is a global superstar inspiring the next generation of swimmers. >> i hope to make as big an impact as i can. we all had our goals as the u.s. team, but hopefully we inspire other young kids who were watching on tv, and hopefully we did that. scott: i think mission accomplish on that. what is next for katie ledecky? it's off to college. next month she starts her freshman year at stanford, where she plans to swim for the cardinal. just a kirk cousins touchdown pass away from dulles, redskins are back at team headquarters in ashburn, preparing for friday's preseason game at fedex field against the jets. regular seaso

erin hawksworth joins us next >> and now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyotaill try to stay undefeated tonight, facing the lions tonight at m&t bank stadium. erin hawksworth joins us live from baltimore with a preview. hey, erin. erin: hey, rob. 3-0 this preseason as they welcome the 1-1 lions tonight. joe flacco just took the field, throwing passes, and all eyes will be on flacco tonight as he will see his first game action since his knee injury last november. flacco says he expected play about a half. here is what to expect from flacco. >> i think first and foremost how he can take the first hit. he has done a fabulous job in practice, showing he can move around effectively in the pocket. does not show any apprehension concerned,is knee is but you go from practice to a live game, the detroit lions will not worry about, oh, you're a quarterback with an injury. they are trying to make the team come in this i get a sack going on it is mine as far as how he reacts off a hit. erin: stick around after the news because abc 7 is your home for the ravens this preseas

. >> and now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. kicked off aionals nine-game road trip with a three-game series against the colorado rockies. werth to 3-0, jayson deep left, a two run homer. base and now reached 43 straight games. that ties a nationals record. the only player who can outhit werth is charlie blackmon. nats could make it 4-3 on a daniel murphy r.b.i. single. wilson ramos with his 19th homer of the year. 5-4 right now, the nats lead in the seventh. cleveland, the catch of the night. rajai betts givese chase, slips, regains his balance. nice catch. lucky he did not injure himself on this. great concentration. the red sox beat the indians 3-2. wrapped up training camp enrichment today, a short practice session thatended in fun fashion. if you catch the punt off the jugs machine, practice ends early. chris baker, not much luck. rookie, they don't call him the freak for nothing. he catches it, everybody loves it. and that means that camp is don e. i was figuring because i was a defensive lineman they would just give me a