Off the hand out to short. Two outs. Heres Cesar Hernandez. Was not supposed to start today. He was going to play first yet again. Tommy joseph came down with an illness so blanco moved to first and cesar was put into the lineup. All hes done today is scored three runs, collect three hits, walk once. His average has been raised ten points from. 248 to. 258. Ben Nothing Better than going 3 for 3. Good swing. Tom a chopper inside the bag down the rightfield line. He can fly. See where he winds up. Hes going to think three right out of the chute and he is on his way. Cesar hernandez with his fourth hit of the afternoon and the phils have a runner with two men down in the ninth inning. Ben what a change of events for him today. First lineup goes up, youre like, im not in there. You get inserted in the lineup, go 4 for 4. 32 count. Bullet down the line, right past joe mauer. Theres no doubt he was going to get to third base. Could have gone in standing up. Tom eventually been in the doghous
Part. As Monique Braxton reports, this follows several attacks on that trail. Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country. This is what these volunteers have stepped up to the plate today have decided to do. Reporter quoting president john f. Kennedy launches the Schuylkill River trail watch. 20watch tom veteran has taught what it means to be on guard. Like a twohour training. You teach people observation skills and how to make a good description. When she arrived to pick up her official badge, we asked her, what knowledge shes taking with her on the trail. How to identify height. Tanotice the color. Someones wearing and notice all the features. Reporter the addition of these volunteers follows a series of attacks on the trail that winds more than 60 miles along the waterway. Recently, mile markers were installed. Counsecil person johnson says trail lighting has improved and his county is working on surveillance cameras. Philadelphia police on bike pat
Lebron james. And hes officially coming to philly. Now, it wasnt a surprise, but it was still cause for celebration. Good evening. Im jacqueline london. And im jim rosen. We have Team Coverage starting with john clark. Hes live at the Barclays Center in brooklyn where the draft happened. A lot of hopes and dreams riding on this pick. It was 20 years ago when Allen Iverson was the number one overall draft pick for the 76ers. The last number one overall pick. And you saw how he changed around the fortunes of the sixers franchise and the sixers are hoping ben simmons can do the same thing. Here he is being selected tonight. The philadelphia 76ers select ben simmons. From melbourne, australia. And Louisiana State university. Reporter ben simmons grew up in australia. His dad played for sixers coach brett brown in australia. So this is a dream come true. He left australia to go play hoops here in america in high school. He had to talk his mom and dad into it. And boy, did it pay off. The nu
Lehigh valley than parts of the rest of the area. Its dry in philadelphia and this afternoon, into the 80s. 81 degrees, partly sunny skies in new jersey at the shore. Scattered showers especially to the south this morning in Cape May County. 74 degrees. You may have to deal with a few isolated showers during the day. Youll also need your sunglasses. These clouds will be clearing out this afternoon. And the weekend, thats looking pretty nice, too. Your weekend forecast when im back in ten minutes. Jessica boyington is watching first alert traffic. Were watching the boulevard around 17th street. Not a lot of cars on the roads yet. Its still early to see a lot of that normal volume and backup. Both directions on the boulevard, north, southbound, looking just fine. If youre headed to the schuylkill expressway from the boulevard, youll be just find. In west chester, theres a downed tree around 322 around pottstown pike. And no big problems on route 73. We did have construction earlier in th
Starters with meteorologist bill henley with his first alert neighborhood forecast. A look at conditions right where you live. Bill . You mentioned that 72 degrees, thats in the city. Not all the neighborhoods are seeing those warm conditions. Its in the 60s right now, middle 60s for the suburbs which are clearing out nicely. A few lingering showers and 68 degrees in new jersey. The Lehigh Valley is dry and cooling down. And a few lingering showers in central and southern delaware while new cassle is dry right now. And wilmington, thats a view from frawley stadium. 71 degrees. Theres a chance well see popup showers, isolated showers possible during the day. Most of day it is going to be dry and we will warm into the 80s this afternoon. As the temperature goes up, the humidity is going to be coming down. An isolated shower, possible 80s today. The weekend, thats looking sunny. A look at the weekend forecast when im back in ten minutes. Jessica boyington right now has your first alert tr