the nats are back at home tonight but they will be without denard spann. he will sit out tonight's game after leaving sunday night contest with a soar knee. it looks like it might be wet tonight. the tarp is on the field. that is one more injury to add to the long list. the nats are still in first place in the east. that says a lot. a former local star going to make an impression. the notre dame star had a try-out with the wizards today. his dad harvey was there watching. he averaged 17 points for the fighting irish. his family is loaded with talent. he played with the bullets and his uncle played for several teams. including the bulls. hi brother jeremy plays for the 76ers. a final note. michael a. taylor will start at center field in place of denard spann. that is it for sports. maureen: we hope the rain stops for the game to start. steve: we have more out there. severe thunderstorm warning continues for alexandria to prince george county. to part of the district. newly issued thunderstorm warning to montgomery county. 6:45. we will keep you updated on a

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 you have a story. until then, we have organized training activities or otas which are not mandatory. this is video from tuesday. no practice today, and one of the themes of the volunteer workouts is changing the culture, and that's what you have to do going 7 and 25 in a two-year span. >> trying to change it is culture and working very hard to do that, and bring in people with great leadership skills, and people know how to prepare to win and having veteran core good leadership is key, a

he was 0 for 3 at the plate that goes over the head of denard spahn. a-rod two rbis shy of 2,000 for his career. in the eighth inning, they're trailing 4-2. michael a. taylor, he is going to be a good one. opposite field home run. that's a two-run blast, his fifth of the year. all five home runs have given the nats a tie or a lead in the game. well go to extra innings. denard spann, the man on third. chopper over the pitcher's head. he would beat out the throw. tyler moore scores there you have it. the nationals win against the yankees, 5-4. >>> let's go to camden yards. o's trying to take their second straight against the red sox. bottom of the second up 2-1. good piece of hitting right there. it will drive in manny machado. the orioles, they go up 3-1. adam jones is pretty good defensive player too. chin had a solid night on the mound. watch this play by jones in center field. he can cover some ground. watch the replay, though. he is blowing a bubble. that is impressive. >> that is awesome. >> unbelievable. well done, adam jones. ninth inning now, o'

denard span and the sack fly was 1-1. top of the six michael taylor down the left field line. 2-1 washington. stephen strasburg pitched well goes seven innings and gives up just four hits. the nationals have now won eight straight 3-2 is the final. nine strikeouts in the win. game two, phillies up 4-1. rate now the phillies have an 8-3 lead during the bottom of the fifth inning. orioles and indians, game one of a day-night double-header. bottom of the third, right center. they face top seeded germany. they have gone by with 2-0 and 1-0 wins of the they're winning and advance that's all that counts. but some are criticizing this u.s. team for not playing better. >> i'm proud of this team for not worrying about too much of the critical analysis that's been going on deservedly so on many levels. we want to be treated like the men. so women's soccer has grown so much we are getting criticized when we do not have a good perm performance and that's the way it should be. >> this is united soccer league. a driving rain last night

aaron barrett, alex rodriguez the long hit goes over the head of denard span. a-rod two rbis short of 2,000 in his career. that drove in the go-ahead run. the top of the eighth 4-2, yankees. michael a. taylor don't forget the a.. fifth home run a two-run shot, tied the game. get this, all five home runs for michael taylor this year, tied, giving the nationals the lead. he has been so clutch. extra innings 11th. two out. a man on for span. chopper for the pitcher. beat out the throw and score the run. nationals win this by a final score of 5-4. >>> cool note from today's ballgame. bryce harper for the first time in his major league baseball career faced a pitcher that was younger than him. it took 553 games for bryce to finally do it. >>> all right. moving on to football now, otas continued for the redskins today. practice was closed to the media. now, a few days ago, we told you the redskins and texans they will practice together for three days in august training camp. now we are hearing from players and coaches on the dynamic that brings, especially seeing how

denard span scores 2-0 nats. mad max was on fire. he blew hitters away with the fastball, got them to chase curveball. he got them inside, outside come up, down. max scherzer was perfect through six innings, a career in franchise record 16 strikeouts. bottom of the seventh, carlos gomez with a blooper over second. anthony rendon cannot get it. there goes the perfect game. max scherzer with a complete game 4-0 shutout. the hershey syrup shower. after the nasa pieced -- after the masterpiece come he talked about going for perfection. max: what you get through about five innings, you realize what's going on. i put some hair on that fastball, but he was able to get it. i thought i threw the ball great and i thought we did a great job. lou: your is what we know about the nba finals, the league m.v.p. is officially back, and lebron james needs a chiropractor, primarily to fix his sore back from carrying the entire cavaliers roster. it is literally five versus one. if ever there should be in m.v.p. from a potential losing team, this might b

talking baseball, after sitting out the last two con tense due to sore right near denard spann is back in line-up. 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 s

. >>> injuries for the nationals, denard span, a late scratch with back spasms and then anthony rendon. he's headed back to the disabled list as the team prepares for a six-game road trip against division tomorrows. the national infield foes. the national infielder was having quad issues. he's had mcl and oblique muscle problems already this season. 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 supre

later, denard span would bring in the go-ahead with an infield hit. the nats get out alive. the final for this 1, 5-4. o's and red sox, bottom of the third. adam jones had a good night. a grounder right up the middle. manny machado would score. we moved to the fifth inning. same score. this time, jones on defense. mookie betz with the fly ball to right center. look at jones with the dive. looks like matthew dellavedova out there. final for this 1, 5-6. looks like dellavedova is turning out to the australian for "x factor." he's not afraid to put his body out there. lebron joked about how many times he made a hustle play, and it makes sense. his first board was in basketball. i will let lebron explained. lebron: he comes from a rugby background. i don't know if you've had an opportunity to watch a rugby game. he dove on the ground last night six times. robert: it all makes sense now. stanley cup finals game four tampa up to-one. branden sighed he would score the winning goal. blackhawks tie the series at 2-2. no women's world cup today, but the men had a friendly with germany

denard span scores. nats are up 1-0. on the mound, zimmerman. top of the fourth, jase peterson, down with this pitch. a new team record with 33 1/3 scoreless innings. drew storm, he's converted 17 of 17 save opportunities but it wouldn't be 18 for 18. he loaded the bases and game up the sac fly. we're going to extra innings. 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 base

later in the 11th denard spann with the go-ahead and infield hit. the nats get out alive. the final 50-4. the nba finals keep getting better and better. but not for golden state. the cavs lead 2-1 of another 40-point series for lebron. he is averaging 41. half a point behind the best all-time finals scoring performance held by you know who. michael jordan in 1993. does lebron really understand what he is doing with the little he haas? >> i don't know what is going on. i know we are up 2-1 and the team is fighting for her lives. we are undermatch and fighting. that is all i know. i don't feel it. robert: the warriors do. as the o.t.a.'s continue for the redskins the battle for spots is getting more and more interesting. this is only o.t.a.'s. there is mini camp and then training camp. a lot of time for the starters to lose the spot. guys are hungry and they are using workouts to get what they want. even though they are all on the same team. watch your back. >> in order to keep your job you have to maintain a high level of excellence. if you are a starter, you have to mainta

look at denard span stretching it out for the boys tonight. nats and cubs is next in sports. >> and now the toyota sports desk brought to you by your local toyota dealers. >> we'll kick things off with a little baseball tonight. the nats continue their seven-game home stand against the cubs tonight looking to even the series. this is how you do it, bottom second danny espinoza at the plate, got him. that ball becomes a memory, a three-run homer. that made it 3-0 nats. then in the seventh, it's the buffalo, wilson ramos doubles to deep right center. rendon would come all the way from first to score. nats up 6-4 after that. they go on to win this one, 7-5. most runs for the nats since may 19 when they played the yankees. all right, o's and indians, baltimore ending a five-game slump after beating the astros last night. guess who shows up again tonight, it's adam jones. the top of the sixth, break the tie with the homer, that made it 3-2. o's win two straight. the final for this one, 5-2. ncaa baseball, terps kicked off the best of three series w

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 have to play another one today. let's get to that video. that's maryland manager there john sc

see this bryce harper was back in the lineup and he missed the two before tweaking his hamstring and denard span also out there. he was mixing with back spasms and top six tied at one and michael a. taylor with two on ripping it to the corner and he brought it and brought in clint robinson and nats take a 2-1 lead. stephen strasburg though on the mound in the seventh. two outs and dominic brown and he goes down swinging. nine strikeouts and two runs allowed in seven innings for strasburg. nats hold on for a 3-2 win. second game of the orioles/indians doubleheader. buck showalter the gnome giveaway. got to share his sunflower seeds with him. birds cruising. o's up 6-0. chris parmalee with a man on, and he smacks it to left center and that is gone. a two-run shot. o's score six in the fourth inning. they go up 8-0. chris tillman loving the run support and the defense in the sixth and francisco linder takes it to left center and travis schneider lays out and makes that catch. beautiful rob by schneider. 0s win it and schneider gets tied for his effort and add applicant even leave the gnome out

denard span is dealing with back spasms. they were out of the lineup today. elsewhere the orioles game also postponed. that's probably a good thing for the indians. because the birds are flying high right now after starting the month of june with three straight losses. they have been on a tear winning 16 of 21 games. more impressive, they're doing this without adam jones who sat out the last five games with shoulder soreness. he could be headed to the disabled list. o's not slowing down. winners of four out of five without their star center fielder. right now orioles will play a double header tomorrow. first game at 1:35, second at night. 7:05. also tonight was supposed to be buck showalter garden gnome night big deal in baltimore. they'll be giving await gnomes tomorrow night for the 7:05 game. nba now paul pierce told the players tribune he's in fact opting out of his wizards contract. the wiz are hopeful pierce will return next season to the team despite becoming a free agent. the organization could actually pay him over $1 million more next season. but hi

denard span beats the single right here. nationals come back and beat the yankees five-four in 11 innings. >>> the nba finals a night off before game four tomorrow night in cleveland. lebron james 40 points last night. the cavaliers took a two games to one lead in the series with a 96-91 victory. lebron james guys, this is now about the city of cleveland. you have to go back to the 1964 for their last title. 91 of us on the set were born yet. maybe i was all the futility the drive that killed two trips to the world series that ended as bridesmaids for the indians in the '90's but now those fans could actually smell something good coming out of cleveland. >> as long as they -- they ned to go home now and soaking up a lot of tea. drinking a lot of tea for the next 36 hours or whatever the case may be they need to be just as loud thursday night. i need you guys to get those voices ripe and they going to be unbelievable thursday night as well. those guys, everyone they're amazeing. >> i'm not real big fan of lebron james didn't

that denard span is suing. brian mccann, a base-seeking missile pops over ian desmond who says i wish i was taller! nope. [ laughter ] >> nats down 4-2. michael taylor stroking from the east and stroking from the west. opposite field home run ties it, then back to span. watch him leg out this single. still giving it up for the team. nats pull out the win 5-4 this afternoon. >>> o's putting a push on jj hardy. he be clubbin'. clubs this one to the gap! dell mond young lumbers around. look at that. baltimore banging out 10 hits today, not all of them home runs. adam jones shattering the bat. the orioles beat the red sox 5-2. >>> i get it. hockey isn't the most popular sport in this country. but you ought to watch this stuff just like the nba finals! the puck-heads are putting on a great championship series. don't worry i'm not going to quiz you on what icing is. >> that's good. [ laughter ] >> game 4 chicago tampa bay. that's what the goalies do before the game. jonathan taze following his nose and the puck. 1-0

top of the 11th denard span gets the rbi as he stretches for the single to secure the win. the nationals win it 5-4. >>> minnesota twins out fielder torii hunter threw a tantrum on the baseball diamond yesterday. like my 2-year-old would do. hunter didn't appreciate the strike three called on him and he made sure that the ump knew about it. it was clear how he felt about it hunter was ejected from the game but didn't leave before airing out all kinds of dirty laundry. >> the san diego chargers will retire ladanian tomlinson's number 21 jersey and induct him into the team's hall of fame. lt rushed for just under 14,000 yards and ran for 145 touchdowns second behind the hall of famer emmet smith. congratulations to him. >>> and watch this it's this controversial video is going viral, saturday at a texas high school softball championship here the catcher can be seen, look see it? throwing her elbow knocking down two different base runners when there's no different play being made at home plate. no ejection was given but her team did lose the championship. what comes around def

denard span goes from first to third, rendon with his first double of 2015. the nats get 1 run in the inning, but that's all. ian desmond with a shot, nice snag by anthony rizzo taking away at least two runs. nats trail now 2-1 in the 7th inning. you can watch the nationals tomorrow on channel 9. we'll have game two of the series against the cubs at 7 p.m. >>> the washington redskins are investigating an off the field issue regarding one of their rookies. earlier today someone posted on the instagram account fourth round pick jamison crowder accusing him of domestic violence. the post included pictures of a woman with a busted lip and bruises on her arm. theye werquickly deleted. the redskins told us they are working with the nfl to investigate these claims. crowder's agent told espn tonight crowder's account has been hacked, that he didn't hit anyone. >>> in 2014 the maryland terrapins made history by advancing to the program's first ever super regional in baseball. they were one win from heading to the world series, would have been a great story. this weeke

beautiful catch by the center fielder, denard span. the nats, for starters, scoreless streak, 41 1/3rd innings, 7-0 they win it over the braves. >>> rubber game for the orioles today, trying to take the series against the red sox. top of the fourth, tied at one. matt wheaters at the dish, no the coming back orioles score six in the inning, up 6-1. bottom of the ninth. zack britain close the door of the two-run lead. bogarts grounds a fielder's choice to end the ballgame. o's take it 8-6. now won 15-20 games. >>> congratulations to the virginia cavaliers, 2015 ncaa baseball champions. they took down vanderbilt, 4-2 revenge against the commodores who beat them in the title game last year big year for the university of virginia athletics. the baseball team joins them in soccer and tennis teams as national champions. >>> some basketball for a moment. the nba draft taking place tonight. the wizards have the 19th overall pick. also a few local players expect to be taken tonight. justin anderson left uva a year early for the draft. he and his

denard span making an incredible catch. we call that spanning kids. robbing rizzo of extra base hits. >>> town to college. maryland hoping to even things up against virginia in the superregionals. the cavaliers came back in game one. kevin doherty gave virginia the lead. they take it 5-3. game two of the best of three later today at 3:00 p.m. >>> first pitch for the nationals and cubs at 12:05 from the ballpark. that's a look at your morning sports. hope your saturday is a good one. >>> there's something new growing at nationals park. the team started a rooftop garden to give back to the environment. it's on top of the wall that overlooks left field. you can see some of the plants in these pictures. the team told us it's growing tomatoes, squash and lots of herbs out there. they plan to use the veggies in some of the food that they sell at games. >> it's a great idea so long as it doesn't block anybody's view of the game. then it's okay. >> and i think anything tastes good on that. >> especially fresh. >>> much more ahead coming up on news4 today. >>

meanwhile, denard span is spanning the bases. quite a mess. it's your play, not so hot play of the day. by the way, the nats went onto win 3-2. a little trouble for the philly outfielder out there. >> i think some of us feel like that today, monday. >>> the warriors may be basking in the glory of their nba title. not everyone is behind the team's new arena proposal. nurses at uc san francisco will rally near the proposed site in mission bay, they plan to outline the impact the 18,000 seat arena would have on the neighborhood. a big concern, an increase on traffic, preventing health care workers ability to get to the hospital. >>> the long awaited plan for a new raiders stadium is being called a lousy deal for the team that could push the raiders closer to a move back to the la area. the oakland tribune had financial experts look over the plan, submitted by san diego investor, it called to finance the $96 million facility. ken heart wants to sell a portion to his company. they are eyeing a move to the la suburb of carson. >>> it is 5:26 on your

denard span is a late scratch with back spasms. >>> just a short time ago, phillies manager ryne sandberg took the podium wearing street clothes and announcing he is resigning. pete macennen will take over in the interim. >>> it was a much different feel at a presser in downtown d.c. today. the wizards thrilled to introduce their new draft pick, the young man out of kansas who was just a freshman when he declared, will wear number 12. oubre was picked 15th by the hawks and landed in d.c. with the trade. expected to go a lot higher says all the right things about his new team. >> i was sitting in the green room, other guys were -- their names were being called before mine so i was kind of like -- i know i'm better than him, i know i'm better than him. but long story short there, the hawks picked me with their pick, but i found out soon after i was traded to the washington wizards and i know that that was going to be a great fit for me, so you know, all that weight all to get to the perfect spot. >> how most excited to play with? >> who am i most excited to play with? >> learn from? >> paul

. >> i play a character by the name of marlin denard he has a sort of front -- >> owns a chandelier store. >> that's a front. >> that's a front. i thought maybe a laundromat, but a chandelier. >> pretty good for a guy -- >> i thought maybe an ice rink or something, but no. >> two boston guys. >> what happened? >> just shaving the ice. little money laundering going on at ice rinks across new england. what i love about this character, you hear all of this violence happening across the country. all of these shootings and i like this character because he lives sort of a double life i lived and had to be one way with her but when i went out in the street, i had to do this thing called ghetto conversion. >> did you say ghetto conversion? >> yeah, i never heard that one. >> i had to, it was about liveing a double life. there's a relationship between richard's character where he feels i owe him something i don't and it creates a conflict. >> talking about ethan, how does ethan play into this? >> he's a very complex guy, a lot of colors. he was in the military, did three tours in afghanistan and i