i'm dave feldman. thanks for watching geico sports xtra. ahead on the show a teenage golfer takes dallas by storm and come come donovan mcnabb has the last word for philly. josh willingham's mother's day homer was the difference. today more dramatic. this is what you wear if you absolutely cannot choose between the nats and the o's. bottom of the first, nats trail 1-0. roger bernardino with two outs. adam jones leaps at the wall but can't hold on. three runs score on the bernardino triple. the nats took a 3-1 lead. now top of the 6th. still 3-1. drew storn in for lannon. storn strikes out luke scott. goes 1 and 2/3 scoreless innings. top of the 9th the orioles trail 3-2. julio lugo off matt caps. it falls allowing adam jones to score. tied at 3-3. bottom of the 10th. clay meredith faces josh willingham and hammer wins the battle. a fly to deep left centerfield. willingham's eighth of the year. it was so dramatic the lights went out everywhere. the nationals beat the orioles 4-3. lindsay murphy was at the game and hopefully with the lights o

i'm dave feldman. brian is back with more of the edge after this.  >>> here's a last look at the five-day forecast as we head toward the memorial day weekend. looks like we're going to be building up some heat and dodging thunderstorms thursday and friday. >>> an all-star line up is being brought in to honor paul mccartney at the white house next week. he will receive the t gershwin prize from

i'm dave feldman. the nationals are off after playing 20 games in 20 days but they made news putting rodriguez on the 15 day disabled list with a back injury. his return could coincide with the debut of strasburg, who will make his fourth aaa start tonight. if the nats want him to catch strasburg in his debut and many think they might the earliest it could happen is june 8th. >>> drew had another good outing yesterday. he entered this top of the sixth and struck out the orioles luke scott with two on to end the threat. he pitched one and two-thirds scoreless innings. storen batted for the first time since high school wearing a bat boy's helmet he delivered a base hit to the opposite field and a moment to remember. storen is a threat on the mound and let's face it at the plate, too. >> i'm just happy in general about the whole outcome. getting a win and putting up a zero there and icing on the cake cake. >> i don't feel i had anything to lose. having fun with it and trying not to embarrass myself. >> co

the washington -- dave feldman. the washington nationals are enjoying their status as the premier local team. braves in town tonight to kick off a six-game home stand. nats trailed 1-0 in the 2nd but not any longer. this is josh willingham and a solo towering shot to the left. fourth of the year. we're tied at 1. defensive gem of the night courtesy of roger. oh, man. that was special. then the big bats took over. first waits on a breaking ball. that's gone. second of the year. 3-2 nats on top. and we're not done. adam dunn, this one is no exception. his fifth of the year. nats go two games over .500 with a 6-3 win. yet very more good nats news. stephen strasburg just moved one step closer to the big leagues. he was motored to syracuse. he went 3-1 with 1.64era in five starts at aa harrisburg. i hear he's coming up in june. what do you have? >> well, he's in aaa now. he's going to work on a few of the things we asked him to work on down in double a. he'll get a taste of a little more veteran presence and hitters. we'

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i'm dave feldman. the washington nationals can't win them all. the atlanta braves can't lose them all on road where they dropped eight straight prior to tonight. that was your scenario as the nats had to host atlanta and something had to give. bottom two, nats down. then the game is tie at 2. all right. so that's pretty g. late near the 2, roger had a great catch the other day. this one to left. down for a double for morgan. the nats had a 3-2 lead. but we would go to extra innings. tied at 6. matt diaz goes the other way. the nats drop 1 in 10 innings. 7-6 is the final score. stephen strasburg is in syracuse, new york getting ready for friday's debut. if things go well there, he could be in d.c. by the beginning of next month. possibly an early series against cincinnati but either way the nats' future ace, number one starter is taking everything in stride. so says his g.m. >> he's excited for the new challenge. it's a step in the direction that he wants to be in. you know, obviously his confidence lev

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dave feldman got a lot in sports. >> reporter: we start with baseball. a pretty good rivalry between the orioles and nats and a couple of firsts in that game too. during the rubber game of the three game set. one good, one bad but the good was so good the bad almost became irrelevant vant. this is what you do if you cannot choose sides in the battle of the belt way. nats trail 1-0. roger bernardino, bases-loaded, two outs. drives one to deep right centerfield. adam jones cannot hold o three runs score on the bernardino triple. nats took a 3-1 lead. orioles trail 3-2, top of the 9th. julio lugo off matt caps. it falls allowing adam jones to score. game tied 3-3. bottom of the 10th. meredith facing josh willingham and willingham wins. a fly to deep left centerfield. a game winning walk off solo home run. willingham's eighth of the year. the nationals edge the orioles 4-3 in ten innings. nothing new for willingham who is eighth inning home run on mother's day gives the nats another win. >> a little better. still won the game for us but he had thrown me -- i