but bryce harper out he's irreplaceable. like you guys are. one player that the nats can't afford to lose. but they have lost him. at least for now. we'll go inside the clubhouse to hear from the man replacing bryce harper tonight. how long will he have to do it? we'll tell you next in announcer: now, the toyota sports desk brought to you by your local toyota dealers. >> it seems like every couple of nights someone is going out for curly "w." they are big names, too. fister rindone c'mon! now the spark plug the engine, the team that hold -- the engine that holds the team the league m.v.p. right now arguably is going to miss sometime. bryce harper will sit out tonight with a left hamstring strain. a scary sight last night. harper on the ground after making a throw. obvious pain. holding the back of his left leg. it looked worse watching. the nats can't lose him for long. >> he is an irreplaceable player. we have to do the best we can and fill the gap as good as we can. >> virginia-florida and college world series. u.v.a. advances with a win. bo

the yankees want bryce harper when his contract is up. the post in down has done a story. all the new york tabloids about it. i talked with owner mike lerner about that. >> you know he's here through'18. you can't predict the future. when he says he likes it here, i think he's telling everybody what's from the heart. neither bryce nor i can predict what's going to happen. we'llen joy the ride at least while it's -- we'll enjoy the ride at least while it's here. >> reporter: i'm not going to bother predicting. we will find out four years from now. let the countdown begin. nats and rays here from nationals park. i also caught up with mo'ne davis in town, the little league world series hero, who said she can strike out bryce harper from 60 feet 6 inches. >> thanks much. i like how they are always skirting the issue of bryce harper, but they'll probably have to start saving a lot of money to keep him. >>> coming up we've got more from lerner on bryce harper's coming of age, when he said he knew this would be a great year. >>> new at 6:00 as we grapple trying to make sense of t

like a bryce harper ♪ ♪ 92 like bryce harper ♪ ♪ i know what to do bryce harper ♪ >> catchy. the song, appropriately titled requests bryce harper" -- >> no. >> -- a collaboration from dj chris styles of wpgc and the fat boys, written and recorded in laurel maryland. harper and the nationals are in milwaukee tonight to face the brewers. >>> talk about never breaking character. why this actor is living proof the show must go on. >>> the manhunt intensifying for two convicted killers. the new lead detectives are chasing and why police say >>> from the air and on the ground, the search for the escaped killers is intense fig. >> authorities are combing an area east of the prison where search dogs picked up a scent. people who live around there are being told to stay vigilant. >> jay gray is in upstate new york with the latest developments. jay, are police closing in? >> reporter: chris, pat it sure looks like they are closing in on something. in fact, within the last few minutes, we have seen heavy equipment rolling in with lights and generators. so they will likely be there a whi

. ♪ make hits like a bryce harper 92 like a bryce harper ♪ ♪ i know what to do bryce harper ♪ >> the new rap song about bryce harper called "bryce harper," nat oil of it, a co-lar bob racial from dj chris styles of wpgc and the fat boys i like to call the plus-sized gentlemen. it was written and recorded in a laurel, maryland. what did you think of the song? >> like it yes or no? >> two words i got was bryce harper. >> we need to hear to get the full effect. >> a good song. you know, say bryce harpary lot. a great song. >>> we are going to move on, someone needs to make a song in baltimore about this guy adam jones. before i get to this story though, i have to take out the bubble gum. this is very unprofessional. someone is going to call in and probably complain. >> try to blow a bubble? >> not going to blow a bubble, do a story. check out this video here of jones from last night. he is one of the best center fielders in the game and he added to his highlight reel against the red sox. on the run, watch him blowing a bubble, making the catch. wasn't done though. that one was in the se

. >> bryce harper though, let's go with bryce harper. >> talk about hitting it out of the park. >> hey, now. >> he's the engine -- very good. he's been the engine that powers the nats offense all season long. today, he did it again with the bat. bryce harper we're talking about with a late-game incidents has his >>> now, wusa 9 game on sports with dave owens brought to you by xfinity. >> all week been telling you about the nats june gloom, but one guy who has been immune to slumps, bryce harper, look at these numbers. second in the league in home runs. second in rbis. fifth in batting. first in walks, by the way. he's done it all and most importantly he hasn't been injured. injury free for the most part. that's important. today, another banner day for bryce. this is what he's doing better than he ever has just going with -- that's great batting here. he had rbis 50 and 51 batting .344 on the campaign. what a great season. fifth inning, wilson ramos adding the power. his fifth of the season opposite field. we talked about injury free. bryce gets plunked. that's a tough one and leaves th

bryce harper comes back from injury and hits a home run. kellye: like nothing was ever wrong. >> what a great day. i will have a full recap coming up. kellye: ok. looking forward to that. still to come stunning storm, the incredible show we got tonight. plus zeroing in, the hotspot where authorities are searching for two escaped convicts. the closest they have gotten to finding them. and the new words tonight and who is responsible for keeping the doors open. >> you are watching abc 7 news at 11:00. kellye: sweet briar college will stay open after all. the women's college was slated to close in august because of financial problems. today it was announced a settlement to keep sweet briar open. the agreement will be presented to a judge on monday for approval. and developing in new york, a hot spot in the convicted killers. 350 miles away from the clinton correctional facility. a possible sighting of richard and david sweat had police setting up roadblocks and a search helicopter. there was no other sign of the two. the suits for missing chil

whole family, happy to see this guy, bryce harper. bottom of the first, harper with a two-run bomb off charlie morton this, his second home run as many games, an upper decker. nats take a 2-0 lead h the scoring just getting started here. it's now 5-0. gio gonzalez, he knocks in a run. michael taylor comes in to score. gio helping his own cause. nates up, 6-0. just two batters later, yunel escobar escobar, himself a day at the park, second time hitting, this time, a three-run home run. nationals scored nine runs in the frame, the most first-inning runs in nationals history. back to gonzalez. he was lights out on the mound today. gets andrew mccutcheon to go down swinging there. tossed seven shutout innings of baseball. the nats saturday new record of 24 consecutive scoreless innings nats bin 9-2. after the game lots of praise to go around this pitching staff. the last three guys we have had start games and pitched really well. that sets our tone certainly. >> that's unbelievable. starting with joe and going into the weekend seeing maxi

the injury for all-star bryce harper. but it may not be as bad as initially feared. it happened in the sixth inning tonight. harper was making a routine throw from the outfield when his back foot slipped in the wet grass. he stayed down for a few minutes clutching his left leg, but walked off on his own power. scary moment, but the team is reporting it's a mild hamstring strain. he is day to day. he will be evaluated tomorrow. we're going hear from bryce coming up later in sports. for now from the live desk i'm carol maloney. >>> thanks. the woman who jesse matthew is convicted of sexually assaulting took the stand. she told the judge what her life has been like since the attack happened ten years ago. last week matthew took an alford plea and was convict to have had crime against her. the victim's testimony today could impact how the judge sentences matthew that will happen in october. she told the courtroom, quote, i basically had stopped living, not going back to the routine. you're suffering so you don't want to get up. she also added if i don't testify, what if

. >> did you their latest about bryce harper? did you see it? we'll hear from the woman >>> more than 50 shipments of live anthrax have been uncovered across the u.s. and three foreign countries. the pentagon now says kits containing live anthrax samples were sent to 51 laboratories in 17 states and three other countries. that is double the number previously announced. the defense officials say they do not believe there is a danger to the public. but it is not known how many laboratory workers were exposed to the anthrax spores. >>> the family of the man who died after firefighters refused to come to his aid are suing the district. they want leaders to change the law. current law only protects the city against any claims. >> the public duty doctrine needs to be altered and changed. i'm not saying it needs to go away but the city needs to be held accountable. the peel who failed to do their jobs should be he told accountable for the lack of action. >> the children are suing for nearly $8 million. >>> the man from virginia said his son dies in uni

as we have seen, bryce harper is playing like an all-star. tonight he provided the only run for the nats. it's his 20th home run. that matches his 2013 total and puts him two away from a career high. again it's only june 9th. there's plenty more baseball. let's get to the game tonight against the yankeesful first we had quite -- yankees. first we had quite the pi tchers' duel between scherzer and tanaka. scherzer had seven strikeouts but he was charged four runs at the end. to the top of the 4th here is the lone nats' run. bryce harper, his first game ever at yankees stadium, sends one deep to have to tie the game up at one run apiece. the score would stay that way until 7th inning. errant throw to third. scherzer done after that, but matt thornton would allow three more runs. nats lose 6-1 in their first visit to the bronx since 2009. >> didn't really mean anything for the game, but not a great game and should us down pretty well. definitely not happy about it, but it's not good when you lose ballgames. >> nats go for the split tomorrow. >>>

bryce harper is the one player the team could not do without for an extended time. despite his injury thursday, he is back in the lineup and you want believe what he and max are up to against >> the toyota sports desk brought to you by your local toyota dealers. >> a luxury item picture that has turned into more of a necessity. the other, 22 and has worked -- is worth the price of admission. today, the to putting their stamp all over washington with pittsburgh pirates. bottom of the fourth, no score. bryce harper at the plate showing no ill effects of that injury. drives one to dead. that is gone. number 22 on the season 1-0. max picking up where he left off next week. he pitched another gem. top of the ninth, 6-0. a perfect game. that old -- more of the border top of the ninth, joseph up the middle. j.j. hardy hustling around third. cop the plate, hardy is there. a three-to lead and goes on to win 5-3. last night we showed you some history as alex rodriguez reached a major milestone with hit 3000. today, an update to the story. a 37-year-old new york city native is

leon: and just what the nats did not need, bryce harper leon: safety advocates take to the street to help pedestrians after two fatal accidents in one week. a pedestrian was killed last week in the district and wisconsin and calvert was the scene of a second crash. >> i survived a crash about a year and half ago by a car. that was of course really scary and i came close to losing my life. leon: tonight's walk was organized by the pedestrian safety group. they say that all pedestrian accidents can be prevented with better science -- signage and traffic enforcement. storms hit the region tonight, one of the hardest hit areas was herndon, several trees knocked down. this was on john milton and oliver cromwell drive. reports of injuries, but a lot of cleanup will be happening in the region to get rid of the debris. similar damage in silver spring, one neighborhood looking like a disaster zone. trees scattered all over the roadways. tom roussey now live with what neighbors are saying about the mess. tom? tom: we are in colesville silver spring, and this was hard hit. this tree behind me i

bryce harper on board for wilson ramos. he clears the base paths, a two-run jack to write makes it 5-2. a day after jordan zimmermann went three and a third innings joe ross filled out the pitching staff, fanning eight and saving the bullpen. scary moment in the ninth. bryce harper gets plucked on the left leg. harper would leave the game. update on him tomorrow. nats winner, 7-2. the skipper is pleased with the starting arm coming to play today. coach: it was good to give the bullpen a respite it has been taxing lately. good lengthy start from joe casey came in there and kept his pitches down, too. so freshen up a little bit. lou: those -- o 's win seven of their last. headley scores. that is r.b.i. 2000 and 2001 putting a-rod and hank aaron is the only players in baseball to hit over 2000 rbis. manny machado brings home j.j. hardy and ryan flaherty. machado goes 3-5. 9-4 is the final. the college series from omaha uva was the runner-up, taking on national and a solo jack to write, 378 feet. game tied in the eighth. kenny

tyler moore sends one down the right-field line, bryce harper scores. 1-1. sixth inning, the nats up 3 max scherzer gets rocked. that is a three run shot. toronto takes the lead. a would score six unanswered runs in the nats lose, 7-3. different story in the day game the only scoring came in the bottom of the fifth. bryce harper lines the single to center, george zimmerman would store -- ryan zimmerman would score. the nats win 2-0. o's-astros, bottom of the third, evan gattis at the plate. so long, three run shot. houston wins 6-4. the orioles have lost four in a row. desean jackson is back after being absent from the first week of ota's. the redskins tweeted pictures and video. jackson made it back into the area monday after being in california. before that, he was spotted in cleveland at the eastern conference finals, hanging out with lebron. heroes with the redskins fullback had to say about jackson's return. -- here is what the redskins fullback had to say about jackson's return. >> we were joking with him today, but he had stuff to handle. we are a tea

we had to ask her does she think she could strike out bryce harper? >> i probably could. it depends where we pitch from, though. >> reporter: 60 feet 6 inches. >> maybe. depends how my pitches are working that day. >> got to love her and her confidence. nats welcome the pirates tomorrow for a three-game series. you can see harper and the gang all weekend long. coverage tomorrow begins at 7:00. i would love to see that. >> i would pay money to see that match-up. she'd either have bolstered confidence or -- >> no lose for her. >> that is true. >>> thunderstorms are waning now, could see more thunderstorms tomorrow for the game. we'll follow that. temperatures around 90 both tomorrow and saturday and for dad looks like the remnants of bill get out of here in the morning, so maybe a hot but dry afternoon. >> you have redeemed yourself for all the fathers out there. that is it for us. the cbs evening news with scott pelley is coming up live from charleston, south carolina. >> we'll be back in 30 minutes for your only local news at 7:00. we'll see you then. >> bye. well, sir. a

bryce harper is not slowing down, but is the bullpen speeding up? u.s.a. against sweden tonight. this was for more than just a >> and now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. >> before tonight, the nats dropped 10 out of their last 13. the bullpen averaging an e.r.a. just over 6.00 in those last 13. bryce harper helped out tonight. second inning he did what he does best, and that is hit baseball. he send one to right arcs solo shot. that would cut milwaukee's lead to one. brewers get to the wisconsin native jordan zimmermann. ramirez doubles to left bringing in two runs. the final is this one is 8- 4 and the nationals drop the series. doug fister, they could use him. he had a rehab start tonight for the harrisonburg senators. he threw six shutout innings against the trenton thunder. he allowed two runs, four hits. the right-hander threw 70 pitches, 47 strikes. scary moment for trenton thunder outfielder diving into the trenton bullpen head-first. he was ok. harrisonburg would get the win. the final for this one, 4-2. yankees and o's at camden yards

top of the fifth now, bryce harper is at the plate. and harper, he just crushes this ball to center field. heading for the tank. thankfully no rays fans injured by that home run. 22nd homer of the season for harper. ties his career high. later on in the eighth inning wilson ramos is at the dish. he had two home runs off position players tonight. that's just too easy. the nats they scored -- a franchise record with 23 hits in the ball game. they win this one by a final score of 16-4. so 16 runs for the nats. the o's decided to raise them three. taking on the phillies. manny machado. showing off machismo in the second inning here. his second home run of the game. fifth career multihome run game for him. the birds just starting to get started here with the home run party. second inning three home runs later, khris davis. this is his seventh career home run on to utah street. fourth homer of the season for crush. and the birds are running -- are rolling here. they're not done yet, though. chris parma making his oral debut. second home run

harper. the all-star outfielder is still day to day after hurting himself last night against the rays. the team called harper's injury a mild left hamstring strain. it happened in the 6th inning on a throw home. after tonight's game skip are matt williams -- skipper matt williams said harper played a little catch, still day to day. >> he did some leg work and got some blood flow in there. doc looked at him, poked around and we'll see how he is tomorrow. >> harper's team played on without him and the rest of the injured crew hoping to bounce back from four straight home lossesmeanwhile pittsburgh was looking to improve on their eight game win streak. the nats handed the ball to joe ro ss to get the job done against the pirates. the 22-year-old struck out a career high 11 batters, allowed one run on six hits in 7 1/3 innings. offensively williams said the team had to step up and they it. 3rd inning nats up 2-1, make that 3-1 thanks to wilson ramos' single. washington wins 4-1, their fifth strai

bryce harper had his 24th home run. the nats had nine runs in the 1st inning, highlights next. >> plus holden kushner sits down with nats owners this week to talk all things nationals, bryce harper and if he would get doused with chocolate syrup. >> plus a special story this father's day, the head coach of the washington mystics working in a woman's world but he's not doing it alone. >> bryce, his first career no hitter, didn't know that. >> only the second for the nats. >> hav this summer take flight, without having to take a flight. because all the thrills you need are right here at busch gardens, and water country usa. in williamsburg, va. like the daring new coaster tempesto. so ride together slide together whether it's monster drops collossal curls or furry friends it's all here. vacation packages start at $50 per person per night. the ultimate summer vacation is closer than you think at busch gardens and water country usa. >>> 0-2 pitch and a ball hit deep to left. taylor going back. it's a no hitter! sunday in mi

bryce harper also homered. herrera to center. denard span with the throw, it's a good throw, to the wrong side. too late. nats lose 4-2. matt williams is impressed with his rookie starter. >> the situation we're ready to hit, try to get back in the game. he could have gone another one, but all in all, i think he threw the ball well. he was unfazed by the magnitude of it. >>> indians buck showalter, gang, i promise you he is not sleeping, right there. manny machado not sleeping either. into the wind, too. that's a huge shot. that's his ninth of the season. but cleveland's half of the third, they get the equalizer and they tie it at 1-1. right now, this game's got a ways to go, into the 7th inning, tied at 1-1, cleveland and baltimore. >>> so if you're so inclined to watch college baseball, you rode the wave of emotions yesterday. if you root for maryland, your team had game 1 of the superregional locked. then you lost it. you root for virginia, your team was on life support and then popped back to life. all that and they still hav

bryce harper just hit a home run lol, his 21st of the year, second in the majors behind john carlos stanton. taylor hill came in after three inning and got lit up like deck lighting. nats continue to struggle and lose 8-4 tonight. wow. >>> the o's hosting division leading yankees. the birds bringing out the whooping stick. chris vidas, i ain't a player. i just crush a lot. birds beat the yankees 11-3. >>> time for high school flashback fridays and speak of this one, this is bryce harper at age 16 beating minor league players in a home run derby at salt lake city, utah. in 2009 harper hit a 500-foot home run in high school. >>> i thought i'd go galavanting with the swedes today at their world cup watch party. found out taylor swift's song blank space was written by a swede. the swedes also know how to throw a party, too. the u.s. were a little outnumbered tonight. >> reporter: how many abba songs have you had to play tonight, man? >> i played like four or five. ♪ ♪ you can dance ♪ ♪ >> reporter: having the time of my life. >> i believe that we will win. >> reporter: we know what you

my producers wanted in toe say something funny out of this bryce harper story. i don't have much. just hope baseball is the only thing he is putting out there. >> thank you wendy. >> thank you wendy. >>> moving on to college baseball now. college world series, virginia cavaliers, they are one step away from their first national championship. a best of three series against vanderbilt begins tonight at 8 p.m. a rematch of last year's championship series, which vandy won. the cavaliers looking forward to another chance to get that title. >> it's huge. it's what you, you know, go to play about. you want to get in the national championship and have chance to play for it the fact that we have a chance is really exciting. >> i mean, it's just incredible what we have been through the past couple of weeks and how we have been able to kind of show our toughness and show how we have been able to compete is something that i think is pretty impressive to us and everyone else outside of us. excited to be here can't wait to play the goal and we haven't made it yet but we are one -- one series aw

no fault to bryce though. he did all he could. >> bryce harper had a really good night. everyone else stunk it up. the nationals are back to playing bad baseball, the same bad baseball they played to start the season. manager matt williams, he is not happy about it. this team has lost three in a row. and they haven't won a series in over two weeks even with max scherzer on the mound. the nats didn't have enough offensive firepower. bryce harper plenty of power tonight. first career game at yankee stadium. and he proved a point. harper grew up a yankees fan in the fourth inning here, doing his best bronx bomber impression. that is home run number 20 on the season. the hair flip. not what it used to be. but still pretty good. scherzer on the hill. bottom of the sixth, and trouble on the corners. here he gets to go down swinging. on the night. bottom seventh, alex rodriguez going to short. desmond hits the runner on that play. the yankees that. >> score a run. probably should have gone to first on that one. later on ryan mccain off matt thornton that would play too. the yan

how its bryce harper? and he is the clay's new king and puts the best weapon on display at the french open. former redskins' great daryl green, talking rg, iii. >> dude get this done. and races as he joins us for the >> did you hear there. instead of hitting the fairway, an errant shot hit someone's head. justin rose on the 18th hole at a golf tournament this evening when he shanked the shot. he went to check on the spectator. luckily the fan is going to be okay. collective awes heard. all around the world. and on social media. after these adorable pictures came out. kensington palace tweeted pictures of prince george holding charlotte saturday. so far retweeted nearly 50,000 times. we have only seen prince george a handful of times. william and kate are fiercely protective of their family. as we report, the world won't have to wait a lot longer to fawn over the official family ctly posed. a smile. a kiss. and a proud mom behind the camera. kate snapped the four photos herself at the couple's country home

. >>> bryce harper is hitting a lot of home runs this year and last night he hit one out of the park with fans. check out this picture. he took a fan's camera in the right field stands during warm-ups and snapped this selfie. he said he was just messing around, enjoying time with the fans. they loved it and as you can imagine, this photo was all over social media. one girl said she was sitting nearby when it happened. she shared the picture. she said we were sitting in right sealed in the lady threw the phone down and bryce harper took this photo on her camera. our friends at comcast sportsnet even want him to win the selfie mvp. maybe major league baseball will consider adding that award. >>> even though the nats aren't halfway done with their season folks are starting to think about football. the weather forced the redskins indoors today. for most of the guys, it is day five of indoor activity. but it was only two for him. >> reporter: the weather today cool and cloudy so jay gruden decided to have the practice here in the practice bubble. all the talk last week surrounding the red

bryce harper on first. ramos smacks this one to right field. that's a homer, too. two-run homer. fifth of the season. 5-2. get out of there. rookie joe ross making his second start for the nats. bottom of the seventh. still out there. this pitch so fast carlos gomez where did it go? you're out. down, eight strikeouts. just terrific for ross only allowed two runs. that's the good. this is the bad. top of the ninth. briceyce harper, might turn away. don't look at that again. plunked with a 95-mile-per-hour fast ball right above his left knee. he had to leave the game. nats pick up the win, 7-2. >> that's going to leave a mark. >> right in the quad right above the knee. so i want to make sure that given this state of that game get him out get some ice on him right away. hopefully he is good to go tomorrow. >> tomorrow being sunday. >>> os hosting the yankees. ready for this one. like that. tied at 2-2 president bullpen manny says hey, take this. i'm going to send you a two-run homer. 11th in the season. orioles take a 4-2 lead. now in the sixth. everybody's favorite. al legs rodrigu

a fan jamie roach threw bryce harper her phone. he took a self-ie and threw it back. it hit social media and went viral. roach had some bragging rights and some pretty cool memories with her favorite player. >> he was doing like i don't know if he was saying throw your phone or. what i tossed my phone down. people are looking at me like you just threw your phone. he's a beast. a good player all around. he seal like a good all around good guy. >> a beast. they called harmer erharper a man of the fans. he won the award mvp. >> reporter: one day after the charge of bullying. what led to this? tracee wilkins what one expert has to say this summer take flight, without having to take a flight. because all the thrills you need are right here at busch gardens, and water country usa. in williamsburg, va. like the daring new coaster tempesto. so ride together slide together whether it's monster drops collossal curls or furry friends it's all here. vacation packages start at $50 per person per night. the ultimate summer vacation is closer than you think at busch gardens and wate

bryce harper lines a single. 1-0, nats. seventh inning get a little help from the defense. two returners on. check out ris sell -- rus russell martin. grounds in 4-6-3 to end the inning. >> he goes out there and gives you an opportunity to rest the guys as much as possible and go deep in the game. nice to have him on the club. he can provide it for us. big base hit to start an inning. scored a run. does things on the field. help him win games. >> way to go. go to l.a. where the terps showed up and showed out. knocking out the regional host ucla winning 2-1. with last night's win the terps advance to the second straight super regional to face an old a.c.c. foe virginia in charlottesville. when were probably knocked out when it happened. i didn't end until 2:00 in the morning. steve might have been up. no? looks like desean jackson is back after being accent from week one of o.t.a.'s. he returned. the redskins tweeted out picks and video of him working out in the bubble. desean made it back to area monday after being in california. before that he was spotted in cleveland for

bryce harper continues to shine. and r.b.i. single right here. that is a 1-0 lead. bases-loaded, and it's a walk. good for him. they are in love with the cocoa. it's the chocolate sauce. the final, to-one. we all know and love fan favorite jayson werth. he still has the wrist injury, but he doesn't have to be playing for the beard to get attention. this year it is the chia pet. just add water and the beard will start growing. >> it really makes sense. that's not a stretch by any means. >> are you going to get one? >> i think it will be a big one. >> fenway park, we are in the bottom of the sixth. david ortiz with a fly ball straight to center. the final would be 5-1. the virginia cavaliers had one word in mind, and that is redemption. they have a chance tonight. they are taking advantage in the fourth inning. smith has got one in. he smacks want to write. that leaves omaha. that is a two run shot. later in the fifth, it is that man again. he sends a shot to left. right now they are up, 4-2 in the eighth inning. d.c. united taking on the fire. d.c. with the possessio

popular, bryce harper has 9 million and counting in votes for the all-star game. that make sense. he is second in league in home runs. what will make him popular he is posting for this i. of "espn the magazine: body issue" so he is posing with no clothes on. ladies easy. we caught up with bryce harper in the clubhouse earlier today. >> we show off the bodies from each sport. basketball, baseball swimming whatever. that is something that is special to be part of. i look forward to it coming out and everybody seeing what it's like to train and do what you do in the off-season to be ready for the whole season. robert: all right. let's talk football. tom brady trying to appeal a four-game suspension issued by the nfl. this hearing started at 9:30. adam shefter tweeted out that brady is testifying under oath. trying to help the case against a four-game suspension. the key question is if ted wells the new york attorney that said that brady more than likely knew about the deflated football and he says it's flaw and that circumstantial evidence mischaracterized. commission every roger goo

bryce harper crushes want to deep right. it's gone. number 24 on the season, that made it 2-0 nats. even gio gonzalez gets in on the fun. shut down the right-field line. gio's first hit of the year, a double. yunel escobar turns on one to left three run shot. franchise record for nine runs in one inning. the final 9-2. o's and blue jays, top of the ninth tied at 9-9. travis snider comes around to score. orioles scored three more, they are going to win this one. women's world cup play continues tomorrow for team usa. they play colombia on monday at 7:00 p.m. brazil had plenty of chances against australia but could not cash in. 28th minute, a good look. fire from way out, but lydia williams makes a great save. the game was scoreless until the 89th minute. australia had its chance. there's a safe. kia simon is there for the rebound. australia upsets brazil, the final 1-0. france and south korea, eight minutes. france already up 1-0. got it back. she would score there, that made it 2-0 france. they are going to win this one 3-0. d.c. united, and the new england revolution, 70th minute,

i think bryce harper has been showing that all season long and doing rather well. see the ad for meyer out there. that's a hyper market chain. it's a two run shot. that we know. what is a hyper market? nats offense not done. two run blast. his fifth of the season. nats up 5-2. 7-2 in the seventh inning. the nats hoping to get back on track. keep it going with baseball. to omaha. top of the second we're scoreless. trade killian. that's great name for a pitcher. this is a solo homer. virginia is on the board. up 1-0 early. to the fifth. uva up 3-2. connor jones pitching. jones wants this one back. arkansas sophomore tied the game in three. kenny towns at the play with the man on third. this one is going to right. that's going to the wall and daniel coming home. town hits the second. he's got a nice celebration. i don't know what it means but it's good. all right. there was lots of tension. plenty of interest. 4.5 million viewer but no goals between the united states and sweden in the women's world cup on friday. the united states still tops the group. the u.s. is in

stop showing up these impressive stretches that have a saying, like bryce harper, where are our rings, and then have us shaking our heads later. the streak is now at six after a sweep of the braves. bottom of the third, ian desmond coming correct again today. it is of the two-run variety. 7-0 the final. max scherzer takes the bump in philly tomorrow. >> out there, playing defense putting at-bats together. we have some momentum together. we have some good spirit in the clubhouse. guys are in midseason form right now. >> if this doesn't make you smile, i don't know what will. a's-rangers this afternoon. made moreland hits a home run. ball bounces off the top of the wall. the young rangers fan catches the ball. look at his face. "i can't believe i got the ball!" pure joy. that is why we love baseball. and, usa faces china in the women's world cup tomorrow. basically, the wizards just replaced trevor. leon: we like watching. something else for you to watch here, a step closer to a self driving cars. ♪ ♪ (vo) you can pass down a subaru forester. (dad) she's all yours. (vo) but you get

. >>> it's bryce harper like you have never seen him before. >> where the washington nationals star will soon be seen naked. naked. >>> yeah the latest in the search for two escaped prisoners and just this morning we're hearing from the husband of the woman accused of helping the convicted killers. >>> imagine going to the cemetery to visit your loved ones and finding their casket wash away. that's what happened in prince george's county. what went wrong and the repair that will get underway today. your time right now is 5:43. >>> you're watching "news4 today." >> welcome back at 5:46. repairs will begin today on a retaining wall that collapsed and caused water to wash up several coffins. the damage took place at the cedar hill cemetery in suitland. that's where zachary kiesch is this morning with more. good morning. >> reporter: yeah, good morning eun. those heavy rainwaters that we got last saturday certainly did a number at the cedar hill cemetery. at least one coffin was washed up after a retaining wall was knocked down with those heavy waters. take a peek here and see what visitors

this time it's superstar outfielder bryce harper who hurt himself last night in the loss to the tampa bay rays. in the 6th inning harper made a throw home, fell to the ground, grabbed his left hamstring. the team said he suffered a strain. skimmer matt williams said he was scare -- skip are matt williams said he was -- skipper matt williams said he was scared when he went down. >> when you lose your best player certainly, arguably one of the best in the game, to an injury for today at least, guys got to step up. when you lose your three hitter and your five hitter and 2/5 of your rotation we need to step up. >> we just mentioned pitcher stephen strasburg on the mend which is good news for the up and down nats. strasburg battled a number of health issues this season and hasn't always had his stuff on the mound. >> reporter: beyond endurance and pitch count they were happy now he threw the ball in that rehab start. his mechanics were much more online than earlier in the season. physically he came out of it with that trap suise, the back and ankle dating back to spring training. >> for y

bryce harper has been named n.l. player of the month. rightfully so. he lead the league in home runs and slugging percentage last month. he leaves the national league in all-star votes with 2.3 million. on top of that, max scherzer named n.l. pitcher of the month. he went 5-1 with e.r.a. of 1.67. he threw for seven innings at least in each of the six starts. couple of monthly honors for the nationals. college level, terps are headed to super regionals for the second straight year and take on an old a.c.c. rival virginia. that is in charlottesville. game one will be friday. first pitch is stet for 4:00. last year they advanced to omaha winning the best of three series. novak djokovic became only the second man to beat nadal with a straight set victory in the quarterfinals. he ended the nine-time champion's reign. djokovic will take on andy murray in the semi-finals on friday. on the women's side serena williams advances to the french open semi-finals after beating italian sara errani 6-1, 6-3. all i got for sports. how is it going steve? what is going o

bryce harper has a show shot to left -- solo shot to left but it is not enough to read the nats would go down for-two. american pharaoh became the first to win the triple crown in 31 years. kellye: we will be checking it out. thank you for joining us tonight. we will see you back here at 11:00. >>> welcome to "world news tonight." breakout. two convicted killers escaping a maximum security prison using power tools and tunnels, even human decoys. the manhunt happening right now. >>> threat zone. severe storms romming in across the heartland. nearly two dozen reported tornadoes in 48 hours. >> this is it. it's getting closer. >> now on alert for even more. fierce wind and hail heading for some of the country's biggest cities. >>> cash and grab. the woman at an atm machine. the man coming up from behind pointing a gun, stealing hundreds of dollars. what can you do to protect yourself. >>> and, shattered bat. >> bat flying into the seats. >> a splintered bat goes flying into the stands striking a mom in the head. a police officer shielding her son as fans and players watch in horror.

doctors to clone bryce harper? that would be nice. but meantime, how about consistency? how about health? how about timely hitting? how about decent defense? goat all -- get all those? how about anything? what is denard span spraying on, suntan oil? cologne? afro-sheen? who knows? espinosa scores, so the nationals were on the board early. but you heard of divine intervention? how about base intervention? this goes over ian desmond and a-rod scores and desi said i wish i was taller. i feel your pain, man. michael taylor, homerun opposite field. 4-4, and back to denard span. he didn't know if he was going to play when he got out of bed. looks good. the run scores and the nats by any means necessary get the win, 5-4. >> you know, today, i didn't think i was going to play when i woke up and got going and felt good before the game and told myself to go out and see how i feel and hope it loosens up. as the game went on, it did. >> good job. next week, a mandatory game. let me say this again. footballworkouts are mandatory. if a washington football player doesn't show up, then

bottom of the in, bryce harper. >> come on bryce! >> one of the few bright spots for the nats. he just tees off on this one. goes to the right field wall. and harper goes to second. he had two hits tonight, but the nats couldn't do much else. the star of the night was the jays pitcher mike buehrle, going the distance. getting the ground-out in the ninth. but complete game shut-out. the nats lose this one, 8-0. >>> taking on the astros. tied at one in the bottom of the fifth, chris carter is facing miguel gonzalez. and carter taking them deep. two home runs tonight. this gives houston a 2-1 lead. and really it's all they needed. o's having big-time trouble with lance mccullers. khris davis is representing the tying run this the ninth. astros win it 3-1. o's have lost five in a row. >>> off-season work continues. the workouts continue, and so does the news of the redskins that are sidelined. today friend williams announced he is out until training camp. it turns out he tore a ligament in his ankle. frustrating that it's taking so long to heal. but he is being smart. >> i mean, th

the nats are also missing bryce harper for the second game in a row. >>> team usa takes on china and women's world couple action tonight. these two last met in 1999 in the world cup with brandi chastain making the game winding penalty shot to end the tournament. tonight megan rapino and holliday are not playing in this game. >> players can make an impact off the bench or if players have two yellows in the next game, some players without any starts or minutes can make a difference. >> they play in a little over an hour in canada. >> that is all for wusa9 news at 6:00. stay with wusa9 for the cbs evening news. >> then we're back in 30 minutes for your only local news at 7:00. i hope we'll see you then. >> pelley: history is written. the supreme court guarantees marriage for all. there's a rush for licenses in more than a dozen states where same-sex marriage had been illegal. also tonight, breaking news-- one escaped murderer has been shot dead. police are in hot pursuit of the other. and in words and song, the president praises the charleston pastor gunned down in his own church along

robert: safety say the month of may was good for the nats especially bryce harper and max scherzer, harper taking the national league player of the month, max scherzer picture of the month -- pitcher of the month. tonight, the jays up, top of the fourth reyes with a single to right. harper's throw was too late, the blue jays win 8-0. o's trying not to drop five straight, three straight against houston. miguel gonzalez and chris carter, gone. disappears into the night. 1-0 astros. bottom of the fifth, it is that guy again, the center this time. i don't think this has land it yet. astros win 3-1 five straight losses for baltimore. tomorrow wraps up the second session of the redskins ota's. desean jackson knew that he could not avoid the cameras. today was the first time he talked about his absence from the week one workouts. desean: my head coach, my teammates, the people here in this building knew about my whereabouts. any criticism from the media, i don't play for them. robert: cannot wait for the reality show. stanley cup finals blackhawks-lightning, in tampa. blackhawks trailed the entir

bryce harper will score. ryan zimmerman hustles around and will score. we are tied at 2-2. bottom seven, the reds come back. grounder to the left side. under ian desmond's glove. 3-2 reds. the nats give up six runs in the inning 8-2 the final. coach: it helps if we go deep in the game from the starter's perspective. it did not happen much on the road trip, so they have been pressed into duty. a little blip, got the two out of three in chicago, came here and things did not go our way but we have a chance to correct that. robert: o's-rays, young, deep center, gone. his first two homers of the day. 1-0 o's. top of the fifth. steven souza jr. the long want to left center, three-run bomb. rays win 9-5. in the french open roger federer will have to wait. his match was put on hold because of the weather. they will play a best-of-three contest tomorrow. and congrats to the 25-year-old from japan who has been on quite a tear since advancing to the u.s. open finals last year. he is ranked fifth in the world. straight set victory today at the french open. the first japanese player to

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bryce harper back in the lineup, missed the last two games after tweaking his hamstring. depp hard in span, also out there he had some back spasms recently. strasberg was just plain dealing. bottom four up 1-0. man on, gets ashy swinging to end the inning. now, needs his offense to get going. young outfielder answers the call. michael a. taylor. the a stands for awesome. bringing in robinson. rbi double for taylor. nats 2-1 lead. bases loaded for espinosa, wild pitch, past the catcher, dan uggla to the plate. the nats run, 3-1. strasberg still on the mound in the seventh with two outs. dominic brown at the dish goes down swinging nine strikeouts and two runs allowed, seven innings for strasberg. in the ninth nats clinging to a one-run lead. roth lines one short desmond is there. a long throw. just in time. and that is it. nates hold on for their season-long eighth straight win, taking game one today, 3-2, made sweeter by what we saw it from stras. >> nice that's healthy. nice that he feels good about going out there. hasn't -- had no issue which is great. and when he does

bryce harper saying hello to dexter fowler. bottom of the second nats trailing by 1. desmond chances that with one swing of the bat. takes cal hendricks keep to right center here fifth home run of the season. the nats, they take a 2-1 lead. stay that way to the top of the fourth, jonathan herrera singles to right. harper sees a player coming home, throws to ramos but ramos can't make the tag in time. worth another look. wondering if bryce was hurt on this play or just disappointed. either wake the game's tied at 2. cubs take a 4-2 lead bottom of the fifth runners on the corner, yunel escobar to short right field, brings robinson. nats pull within 4-3. now, this game's in the seventh inning, the nationals trail by a score of 6-3. >>> out in cleveland, o's visiting the indians watch the hot dog, mom trying to take a picture, the hot dog drops three-second rule, three-second rule. good. >> great mom. >> i counted 2.5. they are good. adam jones. he gets ahold of one. second home run of the series for jonesy. orioles have an early 1-0 lead. the fourth inning great two-out

. >>> if all-star voting was a horse race, bryce harper would be american pharoah. this guy continues to break records in all-star voting. 9million which is a national league record. voting doesn't end until july 2nd. josh hamilton holds the record with over 11 million. >>> the major story today, of course, the heat, index is over 100. you remember strasburg struggled in atlanta a couple years ago with that. matt williams says hey, you can't worry about mama nature. you just got to go out and compete. i think it's about to rain, so we'll send it back to you. hopefully we get this game in. >> we'll get the latest from topper in a minute. >>> it's crunch time for nba teams. the draft takes place thursday. the wizards have the 9th overall pick and held their final workout today for potential draftees. georgia state guard r.j. hunter is a projected late first round pick and hunter got national attention when he broke brackets in the ncaa tournament. his three-point shot lifted georgia state over barrel and his dad was sitting on the stool and tumbled to the ground. we a

bryce harper and the nats wrapping up their series. and harper gets it started with a two-run bomb. 2-0 nats, just like that. and then eight batters later, we're still in the first inning. now escobar goes with the yards. yes, nine runs in the first inning with a team record. that was enough for gonzalez. no known hitter for him, but just good enough. seven innings, four hits, no runs, four strikeouts. winning 9-2, quite a weekend for the nats pitching staff. >> i guess that's what's good as they all pitched really well for us. and it is a team that is a good team. so it is a good series for us. >> the orioles north of the border, they are taking on the blue jays. the o's big inning was the second inning, scoring seven runs, capped off by this three- run homer. and toronto, they would need to hang on though as they blow the lead tied at nine. they would move ahead for good. baltimore, they score four of the nine to take the series, winning today 13-9. >>> the virginia cavaliers, their baseball team have secured a chance at redemption.

bottom of the 11th, nats looking for a hero the sac fly to left, plating bryce harper. the nats walk-off winners tonight. 2-1. desmond gets mobbed by his teammate at home plate. that means chocolate syrup time. that has to feel really good for him, or really disgusting. >> up to davis, o's and red sox. we are scoreless. davis leads the team in rbi and home runs. drives in chris parmely. baltimore gets on the board. the lead wouldn't last long against the red sox. tied at one, but norris facing dustin pedroia, good piece of hitting there, two runs score. red sox up 3-1. pedroia would leave the game after this game with a right hamstring injury. red sox go on to win 5-1. >>> you know it's a big game when you break out the baseball oncies. college world series, virntanderbilt versus virginia. with uva down two runs, smith the freshman coming through for his teammates. that's a two-run blast. tied up at two apiece. smith, he was batting over .200 in the college world series, but he came through tonight. top of the fifth, this an rbi single to left, gave virginia the lead 3-

bryce harper back in the lineup tonight. harper was beaned in the leg. that was a 95-mile-per-hour fastball. he is taking over the dh spot tonight as the nats open up a four-game interleague series with the tampa bay rays. once they're done with the rays, the nats welcome the pirates to town. you can see the nats and max scherzer this friday here on wusa 9. it all begins at 7:00. >>> the maryland women's basketball team is preparing for life as the reigning big 10 championships. they have a tall task at hand to follow their undefeated season and they'll have to do it without one of their leading scorers. we recently told you guard lexi brown decided to leave the university of maryland because she wanted to play closer to home. we now know lexi will suit up for the blue devils, the turpz' former acc rival. that's pretty much the reaction. the terps' second leading scorer. we caught up with brenda freeze shortly after the news broke to get her reaction. >> at the end of the day you want players that want to be happy and her choice was to go back closer to

bryce harper has been named national league player of the month. harper's performance has him leading the league in home runs, walks and slugging percentage. joining harper is max scherzer, the national league pitcher of the month with the best record and lowest e.r.a. in may. this is the first time in nationals' 10 year history two players swept these awards in the same month. congratulations. >>> the oakland a's taking on detroit. a young fan catches the ball who is all excited until he realizes that ball just gave the other team the lead. he's like my team is losing now, the range of emotions. >> but two weeks from now he won't care about the loss and he'll still have the ball. >> this is true. that's it for us. the cbs evening news is next. >> we're back in 30 minutes for your only local news right now veriiszon offering unlimited talk and text. plus 10 gigs of shareable data. (yeah, 10 gigantic gigs.) for $80 a month. and $15 per line. more data than ever. for more of what you want. on the network that's #1 in speed. call. data. and reliabilit