year. but, what was it, 13, 14 pitches at-bat. that was great effort on his part. reporter: unbelievable the word that many players used in the locker room last night to describe that at-bat. the pitcher said, you know what, he just beat me. he s a good baseball player. i challenged him with my 96-mile-an-hour heater and he just beat me. hopefully the nats can do more beating tonight as they take on the cardinals. gio gonzalez on the mound. a lot more coming up from the park in just a bit. guys? see you soon, dan. it would be very hard to top the excitement of last night s victory. at least fans didn t have to oo. today was the start at 8:30. pat collins begins our team coverage. reporter: hi, doreen. baseball s all a history. and fans are hoping that the history they witnessed yesterday will repeat itself tonight. she saw it. incredible hit, yes. he wanted that home run. reporter: so did he. absolute elation. i was jubilant. reporter: in nationals baseball lo
weekending and starting any new month. good morning. i m wisdom martin. i m sarah simmons. let s go for north carolina where the final prep rigs for the democratic national convention are under way. it all kicks off tomorrow. the first lady is among the speakers. fox s nicole collin is live in charlotte with a preview of what is to come. good morning, nicole. reporter: good morning. it is departments it is a turn to make their case to the american it is democrats turn to make their case to the american people. david a el rod called the republican convention a terrible failure and said that, unlike republicans, democrats will present a clear agenda. some 6,000 delegates and tens of thousands of others cop verging on charlotte, north carolina for the democratic national convention. but along with president obama s supporters are his critics as anti-obama demonstrators gather. these democrats are not what they seem and people have to understand that. and that is the m
until suzuki turns on a dave westbrook pitch, clears the wall in left field, a solo shot. he adds an r.b.i. single in the 6th. 2-0 nationals. strasburg would go six scoreless innings, strikes out the final batter alan craig, his ninth strikeout of the game exiting with a 2-0 lead. top 7 sean burnett in in relief, run other and the 2-0 lead is gone because that s a two-run home run to right. this game is tied 2-2 and strasburg s chance to earn a 16th win no longer. danny espinosa singles up the middle. nats take three of four in the series and win today 4-3, their 81st victory of the year matching the team s record set in 2005. all these games are big games and we play a really good opponent that s got a good chance to be in the hunt in october. i mean you sense it. when you re 15 games out of going to playoff, it s tough to go in there and try to win a ball game when you re constantly down. so knowing that we have a chance to be in the playoffs and we re in first place ri
it s continuing into the same pattern through the course of tonight. you can see storms south of fredricksburg. to the west of front royal, a little action there as well. we have to watch the system as it continues to push its way through. to the weather maps, the big picture, bev tornado warning boxes through areas of the mid- section of the country. that is associated with the spin of the remnants of isaac. that moisture is heading our way. a big tropical air mass will interact with the front and set us up for showers and storms and a very unsettled weather pattern. i will have more details later. back to you. thank you. the weather has changed plans for the labor day concert tonight. the national symphony orchestra will play at the kennedy center instead of the west side of the capital building. it s free. they are putting the finishing touches on the democratic national convention in charlotte. in a few days president obama will accept his party s nomination for a s
county. right now, we have lig showers around the northern part of the beltway. off to the west, pulling out of west virginia, couple of storms, nothing really heavy. not a lot of lightening, but it s down here, going to show you, lexington park and look this tweet that i got. this is from southern maryland weather news. you can see great mills road flooded and up to four feet of water in some basements there in this outdoor patio picture. right now, our temperatures are still steady in the 80s despite the clouds and showers. and for the evening, a few shower, maybe a stray, but basically, nothing too heavy this evening. more rain coming straight at us and the remnants of isaac and if we ever dry out again, when i see you in just a bit. i hope we will. at some point, yes. thanks and the threat of that wet weather prompted a change in plans for the annual labor day concert. tonight, it will move inside to the eisenhower theatre at the kennedy center. officials decided to