wilson ramos makes the grand slam just -- 4th. wilson ramos makes the grand slam just look so easy. pitching the problem today. nats use four relievers in the 7th inning. they gave up three runs. the mets win 8-5 and move to five games ahead of the nats. >> they're able to absolutely punish me when i'm up. i accept that. i'm not here to shy away from that. i just know that i'm sure everybody in this clubhouse thinks i could have done something better today. >> they go back at it, got two more games. they need to at least get one of them. two would be nice. >> mathematically still not impossible, but my goodness. >> still not impossible and they have five games. they close the season with the mets so, that co the artificial heart, this ielectric guitarsdoers, and rockets to the moon. it's the story of america- land of the doers. doin' it. did it. done. doers built this country. the dams and the railroads. ♪john henry was a steel drivin' man♪ hmm, catchy. they built the golden gates and the empire states. and all this doin' takes energy -no matter who's doin'. there's all kinds of doi

wilson ramos, bases-loaded, crushes it deep to left, of here. lead after the-3 grand slam. but the mets take the 7-5 lead in the seventh inning. giving the mets some insurance come into the gap. david wright will try to score from first. he is safe at the plate. the mets going to win, 8-5. are five games back of the mets in the national league east. max scherzer was disappointed. max: i play a lot of pride in two-putting up zeros. it is extremely frustrating i was not able to do that. we just have to find a way to beat these guys. it's very important. gregt: in the bronx yo, bird breaks the tie with this three-run blast. the yankees beat the orioles 8-6. they are now a half-game behind the blue jays. at the rivalry tomorrow u.s. open, venus and serena williams will battle it out, playing for the 27th time. serena could make history, becoming the fourth woman to complete the calendar grand slam. venus says she has no problems ending that. and after making the redskins roster saturday, a cornerback to waived today, roberts, make way for free-agent anthony mccoy. sometimes you

down 3-2 in the 7th, wilson ramos changes that, a mammoth homer. right now the nats just took a 4-3 lead in the 7th inning. we'll see if they can hold on and at least get that w. >> you like the burgundy and gold tonight? >> i have a feeling about them tonight. going off the momentum of last week. >> we've got 30 seconds. want to take us out with a quick forecast? >>> clouds tomorrow, maybe need your umbrella by saturday or sunday. >> all right. one last shot of the pope. >> i think he's at st. patrick's. >> they're getting ready for the vespers service there and that is it for us. >> see you back here at 11:00 and 7:00 before that. >> pelley: the pope and congress-- he who humbles himself is exalted. ( applause ) >> i am happy that america continues to be for many a land of dreams. >> pelley: also tonight, a deadly collision. victims include tourists and college students. before vladimir putin meets with the president, he sat down with charlie rose. >> reporter: so you would like to join the united states in the fight against isis. >> pelley: and.

wilson ramos at the dish facing chris tillman. good piece of hitting here. michael a. taylor being wave home from first on his horse. a relay throw, not in time. he is in. the game is tied at 2. nats later go ahead on a sacked fly. top of the seventh, matt scherzer having a pretty good night, gets jimmie brady strikeout looking. 98 miles an hour heat there. scherzer had 12 ks tonight. his manager may have kept him in too long. 122nd pitch of the evening is knocked out of the park. scherzer not happy about that, gives up four runs tonight. machado's 30th long ball of the year. up 4-3. at the dish, some drama. jonathan papelbon, that pitch is high and tight. manny does not like it. papelbon immediately tossed from the game. players from both sides come out. umpires did keep control. nats lose this 4-3. bryce harper after the game says he expects to be drilled tomorrow as payback. stay tuned for that. >>> sports fans and people everywhere saddened by the loss of yogi berra. the great passed away at the age of 90, an all-star and 10 times series champed. he also managed ya

bright spot came in the bottom of the 4th, bases loaded for wilson ramos. he just knows it.rand slam for the nats to take a one-run lead. but things fell apart in the 7th inning. daniel murphy with a shot deep to left. that's good for the sac fly. they'd tack on one more to take this one on labor day 8-5. nats fall to five games back in the standings. here's max scherzer after the game. >> i just got to execute better. i've got to find a way to execute pitches and keep the ball out of the middle of the plate. i feel like my pitches are there. i make good pitches throughout the outing. keep making mistakes and that's something i have to fix. >> back at it tomorrow. >>> nfl teams made their final cuts this weekend. when it was all said and done, washington finished with two tight ends on their 53-man roster. it didn't last long. today the skins signed former seattle seahawk anthony mccoy at the position, giving the team a little more depth. now he's joining the team for the first regular season game of the year. it's here, folks. it all begins this sunday when washington hosts

a grand slam to wilson ramos. game tied 5-5. 7th inning. david wright comes through. an rbi single. another big win for the lead grows to five games in the nl east. >>> right elbow inflammation for yankee pitcher nathan uball f -- ebaldi. yanks down 4-1. home runs, bring them back. yanks ahead by a run until manny machado nails one off justin wilson. this ties the game at 5. one last home run. it's all the yankees need. the rookie, greg bird, three-run shot. yankees win it 8-6. toronto loses this afternoon. mere percentage points separate the yankees from first place. >>> it is finally game week in the nfl. football fans can't wait. it's been a wild and whacky offseason, one that included geno smith's broken jaws at the hands literally of a teammate. smith was back at practice today. kept playing games for a few weeks. has no plan to press charges against the guy who punched him. other than that, smith has moved on. >> still preparing the same way. really not changing my regimen, but obviously it was a setback so i've got to do whatever it takes to get myself ready. >>> now to the g

and bases are loaded and wilson ramos for washington hits a salami a grand slam so then washington wasr-three and five-three the seventh with the game tied. david wright is sip gel gifts them the lead. the nats fan left the ballpark and bryce harper ripped them. the mets win it eight to five. >> toronto is in first place in the american league east playing the red sox and they get the lead in the first. josh donaldson 37th homerun of the year. i think he's the mvp in the american league. he is played incredible for toronto but boston comes back, jackie bradley, jr., for for four, 21 homer. boston wins allege to four and yankees won as well. the eagles players have the day off until meetings tomorrow and then back on the practice field on wednesday. they are actually 2.5 favorite monday in at land t tight end zach ertz recovering from sports hernia surgery. now, when asked if he would be ready for game one, chip kelly turned comedian. >> zach ertz is going to kick and he's going to be the third quarterback. (laughter). >> so we're excited about zach ertz's versatility. he didn't even ge

wilson ramos doubles in the left just past manny machado, michael taylor hustling around from first.he play is at the plate and taylor sneaks in and beats the throw to tie the game. nats would lead 3-2 in the 7th, but machado changes that against max scherzer. his last pitch of the game a two-run bomb to left. birds take a 4-3 lead and this is papelbon in the 9th hits machado. he gets tossed. he's not happy about that. nats lose 4-3 and now the mets magic number to clinch the division gets reduced to five with 11 games to go. >>> we have washington/new york tomorrow night thursday night football, last season these teams met for a week four thursday night showdown. the g men came into d.c. eli manning and larry donnell connected for three touchdowns in the 1st half alone. despite the giants 0-2 start they say this is eli and he's capable of anything. >> this is a veteran guy, won two super bowls. he knows how to get it done and win. for us basically we need to be prepared. last year we wet ren'prepared thursday night the first time. i think he took advantage of that. it killed us. >>

wilson ramos, bases loaded and he is going for it. the buffalo delivers.take a 4-3 lead. but the good times would not last. top seven, now tied at 5. janssen pitches for the nats, his struggle continue, wright up left center, tejada scoring the go-ahead run. the mets plate three in the inning, win 8-5. division lead back to five games. with more, nats park, here's jason pugh. >> every game for the nationals is becoming that much more critical, especially those coming against the team they are trying to chase down for the division. today at the park, it felt like a playoff-like atmosphere, but much like the nationals' bullpen, their fans slowly started to fade away. >> i mean, they left in the seventh. so, that's pretty brutal. but, you know, i don't know. i don't know. whatever. >> i think it's frustrating because everybody think these could have done something better today. it starts with me. i know i can pitch better. >> what do you expect coming out tomorrow? >> just hungry. and shake off this tough loss and just come off ready to play. find a way to be

with wilson ramos hitting a ground slam but it deteriorated. we are in the eighth inning and now the mets are up by three. i can tell you people were here hours before the game. heading to nationals park. excited about the series. a lot of mets fans here as well, everybody understanding the importance of this game. >> i would love to see a competitive rain down the line. but four ahead is a tall hill to climb. >> i think we will win and we'll sweep. the mets are demoralized coming in and we are on our way up. >> they may have felt demoralized coming in but going out could be a different story. the bullpen is doing quite well. the nats not so much. coming up at 5:00, robert burton will break it down. and i will tell you what fans have to say about the crucial series. reporting live in southeast washington from nationals park. suzanne kennedy, abc7 news. jonathan: the fans always believe their team can do it, because they can. it is getting late early for the nationals but they still have five games left against the amazings. two more in d.c. the

the crowd was raucous at one point when wilson ramos launched a grand slam. asked about it, here's his answer. >> i left in the 7th. that's pretty brutal. >> the way the team has performed to this point, no surprise the crowd has lost faith in a comeback. i'll be back with when cigarette cravings hit, all i can think about is getting relief. only nicorette mini has a patented fast-dissolving formula. it starts to relieve sudden cravings fast. i never know when i'll need relief. that's why i only choose nicorette mini. >> reporter: i'm delia goncalves live in foggy bottom. we were the first on the scene this morning at a fire here at the fulbright hall at gw campus. you can see 23rd and h, the building is back to normal. students are back inside but a fire broke out on the roof of the eight-story sophomore dorm hall at 3:16, knocked out by 3:30. students safely evacuated about two hours later returned back to their dorm. the cause of that fire is under investigation. nikki? >> reporter: i'm nikki burdine. we are live in fairfax county which is expected to be a

wilson ramos with the grand slam. this is the third straight start that jon niese has given up a 5-run inning. he's not pitching all that well. cespedes coming through again. david wright racing around from 1st base to score, and watch him slide in safely. the mets win the biggest game of the year so far. it seems to be a new biggest game of the year each week. the lead is back to 5 games in the nl east. the yankees down 4-2, and a-rod is going downtown, and this pulls the yankees within 1. see ya! >>> and then john, ryan murphy, the 2-run shot putting the bombers in front by a 5-4 tally, and then rookie greg bird made the most of teixeira's loss. that's bird's 5th homer since being called up, and now just half a game back of toronto because the jays lost yesterday. >>> now motivation to never fall asleep in class. >> and social media making news with the new james bond movie. >> it's sam smith that will be singing the next bond theme song. a few hours ago this song was posted on twitter. smith posted on twit her morn

ramos. >> oakland police department cadet program is expand. the mayor and the chief and superintendent of schools wilson made the announcement yesterday. the three year cadet program landed on recuting 18 oakland afternoon filed school district graduates and now the march is to increase that number to 40. the additional spaces are funded by the city and $750,000 anonymous different. the goal is to increase the number of oakland resolution democratics who join the police department. >> san francisco supervisor wants to crackdown on police officers who leave guns unattended in the cars after the death of kate steinle in july. the gun that took her life was stolen from a bureau of land management ranger. the uc berkeley police chief had her gun stolen while she was jogging in richmond. if passed it applies only to san francisco officers. >> a registered sex offender could face charges after police found him loitering neither a school. the 77-year-old was arrested outside the elementary school in pittsburg yesterday. officials say that he never came in contact with students. according to police he is a conv