the pay raise is here as we see j.j. hardy again -- the pennant race. no change in the status of bernard pierce. he is still sidelined with injuries. haloti ngata did practice for the first time yesterday. not sure how much you look like on thursday night. joe flacco likely to play most of the first quarter as well as most of the starters. more about execution then x's and o's. the terps jets play the bengals -- the new york jets play the bengals. check this out. could tackle than a brouhaha rupts. then he picks up and says, you're out of here. let's restore order. never dull with rex ryan. >> i do that to stand some mornings when he gets a little cranky. >> thank you. track and field competition will heat up. all a bit highlights coming up -- olympics highlights coming up. some spectators are getting a view of enjoying the games for free. >> the weather is pretty quiet but the chance for rain will increase by the end of the wheat. >> starting to see some delays on the b-w parkway and an accident on 95 in howard county. >> city officials got hundreds of

j.j. hardy pulls one into left. two runs score on the double by hardy who also turned 30 today. o's down 5-4, top of the 4th, two runners in scoring position. that is nate mclouth who triples to right. the birds win 7-5. they are now 51-0 when leading after seven innings. >>> d.c. united hosting the philadelphia union at rfk stadium, eighth minute and the union get on the board. brian carroll collect the bouncing ball and put it. in philly up 1 -0. 71st minute united still down. free kick and the ball goes into the net off a union againer. the game is tied 1-1. 89th minute, derosario, a penalty kick over the crossbar. the game finishes in a tie. d.c. youth is fifth -- united is fifth in the conference. >>> less than a minute ago the mystics trailed 52-69. this game goes to overtime at 62-62. there's the congratulations and all smiles, why not. in o.t. washington down one. jasmine thomas, her turn from three. she name temperatures mystics go up 2. they win 75-71 improving to 5 -16 on the season. >>> it's time for our last break, but up next second year receiver aldrick robinson h

j.j. hardy puts the game out of reach, very high and just for enough to left. two-run shot, 17th of the season. that gives baltimore record of 69-57, there when total matching last year, something worth noting for fans and media folks, but not the manager. bu>> no. think yout -- i don't will find anybody in the locker room who knows that unless you tell them. if somebody said that was the benchmark issue, who said that? >> well said. elsewhere, turmoil, the red sox imploded their team, sending ez, beckett,la crawford, and another to the dodgers. the yankees have failed to put the division away. in cleveland, not michael brantley. the pitcher would like to do that over. his only mistake of the game, 3- 0. the yankees left nine runners on base. 1-7 with runners in scoring position, and the loss, 3-1. the standings in the east, the orioles move a game closer of tampa, just four games behind the yankees. the wild-card standings, the orioles are tied with oakland for the second wild-card spot, just a half-game behind tampa for the first. detroit is on the outside lo

j.j. hardy tracks it down. 6-4-3, huge play to end the threat and inning. we go to the seventh, two on, nobody out. chris davis. he said afterwards he saw buck showalter would ask him to bunt. birdland happy he did not. three-run shot, 3-0, orioles. bottom seven, briton's still dealing. alex aviles down swinging. seven shutout innings. five k's. his best start of the year. eighth, 17 scoreless appearances in the row. that streak is done. peralta scores two. caught in the rundown. good fundamentals for orioles as they got the last out 3-2 and jim johnson to close, you know it's coming. one-run lead is enough for him. three up, three down. orioles won 3-2 and go for the series win sunday at 1:00. the cal ripken is world series u.s. championship game in aberdeen. montgomery county, maryland, taking on mid-atlanta. gets de la cruz swinging in the fourth. allowed only two hits. bottom half, maryland with the bases loaded, john paul walsh takes one for the club. hit by the pitch. tied 1-1. brady peer lays down a perfect bunt. scored the game-winning run. moptgomr

j.j. hardy helping out. seattle 3-1. and take a look. a half-game back in the race. oakland and l.a. playing. two wild cards will come out of easily. it is for your teams in the american league. just one game. it can imagine this playing out in four rooms and our rooms across the country. certainly a lot of cheering in our newsroom. the soccer team found a way to come back and survived a tough game against canada and advance to the finals in the most thrilling of ways. her third goal of the game for canada. canada, 3-2. and time for a shot of captain morgan. delivering the winner with a header and saves the day as the u.s. beat canada four-three. america will face japan with a rematch of the world cup finals. >> i was still in shock. i did not know what just happened but we are in the middle match and we're in the finals. i am saying to the old-time, as long as we play and that is all that matters. . >> the fastest time of the day comes from the track in london. the first medal for grenada in olympic history. the other king james won with 43.94 seconds. and matt will

in comes nick markakis and j.j. hardy. the o's go up 4-2, and they go on to win 8-2 over the blue jays. that game -- or that series, rather, wrapping up tomorrow afternoon in toronto. >> redskins gelling nicely so far. >> so far so good. 2-1 in the preseason. >> all right, dan, thanks. quick look at a soggy sunday? >> yes, absolutely. 60% chance of showers tomorrow, guys. but we will manage a high in the 80s. monday's my day to sneak in some sunshine. and wednesday into next weekend looks a-ok. like those 80s. and i like it not too hot around here. especially as i come into the home stretch carrying this little girl around everywhere i go. >> i was just saying, could happen at any time. boil the water, dan. >> i'm not here tomorrow. >> thanks. you're not. uh-oh. well, thas our news for tonight. "saturday night live" is coming up next. have a great night. i'll see you tomorrow. good night. >>> and now live from the strom thurmond memorial library and swap meet in edgefield, south carolina, it's either the seventh or eighth

evens up the sccreboard... j.j. hardy's 16th of the year... scores omar keen-ta-knee-ah... and nick markakis... we're knotted up at 7...in the 7th.. same score in extras... 7-7 in the 13th. the olympic games in london end this weekend.with swimming starting to heat up.u-s-a men's and women's basketball teams are still in it for for it thursday against japan.. .here's a quick medal cheek... pt's been between the u-s and china.china leads with 73 medaas... 34 gold.the red, white and blue... 70 medals, 30 gold. a local london update... broadneck grad... matt center-witts finished 4th in the men's 15-hundred meter final... and did noo medal.. the former prep player missed a medal by 4-hundreths of a second.u-s-a took silver... with leoomanzano's run.the expelled from the games... after officials said he didn't try hard enough in another event's heat..but was reinstated with a knee injury exccse... and good enough for gold in the 15-hundred. 3that's all for sports unlimited.thanks for watching, i'm morgan adsit.have a great n. night. 3

and j.j. hardy changes that, a three-run shot to the left and tied the game 7-7 and that's the score now in the 12th inning. yes, there are two games now in extra innings, the orioles and nats. that's all for sports, but stay right there. the news edge will be right back. good night. >> the verizon 4g lte sports desk brought to you by verizon 4g lte. for back to school. introducing share everything, only from verizon. a shareable pool of data to power up to 10 different devices. add multiple smartphones to your plan, so everyone in your family can enjoy unlimited talk and text. the first plan of its kind. share everything. get your student a samsung galaxy nexus for $99.99. president clinton and a bi-partisan congress helped end welfare as we know it, by requiring work for welfare. but on july 12th, president obama quietly announced a plan to gut welfare reform by dropping work requirements. under obama's plan, you wouldn't have to work, and wouldn't have to train for a job -- they just send y

j.j. hardy goes down low and swats it ito low. happy birthday to j.j. -- and swats it to laeft. 6-5 orioles. they never lose the lead. the orioles are six games back of the yankees and a half-game in front of the wild card. ripken stadium in aberdeen. the files of the world series. what a big day for the montgomery county team. they played japan. japan scored the first six runs of the game. the u.s. was on the board. big turnout for jp walsh. the first of two home runs. a tremendous week of baseball. hats off to the boys' league teams of upper montgomery county, the u.s. chance in the cal ripken world series. thursday night, the ravens will play at home against jacksonville. the colts and stay loose last night. steelers take the early lead. ben roethlisberger to antonio brown. look at him run. andrew luck sets up the first interception. 14-0, pittsburgh. andrew luck stayed with it and slides for the touchdown. 26-24, the steelers win. two years ago at the orioles won 66 games. >> it is fun to cheer them on. some of college park do

it's a wild throw to the outfield, j.j. hardy scores tied at 2-2. in the 6th mark reynolds up, hooks one into left bringing in matt wieters and chris day. o's win 5-3. >>> fee licks hernandez -- felix hernandez gets sean rodriguez to strike out. it was the first perfect game in mariners history, 23rd ever in the majors and safeco field becomes the first park to have two perfect games pitched in the same season with phillip umber of the white sox earlier in the year. >>> coming up with one defensive lineman done for the year another is ready to rise to the occasion. stay with us. [ male announcer ] do you support work for welfare? barack obama has a long history of opposing work for welfare. "i was not a wild, huge supporter of the federal plan that was signed in 1996." [ male announcer ] on july 12th obama quietly ended work requirements for welfare. you wouldn't have to work and wouldn't have to train for a job. mitt romney strongly believes work must be part of welfare. the romney plan for a stronger middle class: it'll put work back in welfare. [

j.j. hardy and adam jones come around to score. orioles go on to win that one 9-2. johnson picked up his first major league win. >>> talking football now now the kins in buffalo preparing for their first pre-season game. a lot of eyes on rg3 but there are hopes on the other side of the ball. jim haslett wants some love. >> we want to go out and win every game. doesn't mean if it is preseason or regular season. i hope when the first group goes out and the second group there is no drop off and the third group goes out and still no drop off. i know the guys are excited about the game. i'm looking forward to going up there. >> let's hope it works out well. you know what i'm trying to say. news4 is your official redskins station. you can catch the pre-season opener against the bills tomorrow at 7:00 p.m. on nbc nonstop. we'll have complete highlights on news4 following the olympics. >>> you want to see a slap down snack down? team usa facing off against australia. for a couple quarters they played well. but fourth quarter u.s. ran away with this one. lebron and kobe. kob

j.j. hardy. that falls in. it is 3-1 texas. josh hamilton scores on a double by nelson cruz. 5-1, texas wins. the orioles that half a game up on oakland. chris tillman will start for the orioles tonight. the ravens a couple of days away from their third preseason game. they will continue to get r eady for that today at owings mills. the team must cut down their roster from 90 players to 75. john harbaugh is well aware what that means. some guys are playing for their football lives. >> everybody is pretty loose and comfortable. you can tell guys are starting to get a little tense. guys want to be on this team and to be a part of this. >> kickoff on thursday at 7:30. pregame coverage at 7:00. pete gilbert and night on hand for the pregame radio show. michael vick was injured last night. that to be a significant injury in regard to the ravens. >> things are getting interesting. >> 61 degrees on tv hill. here is what is ahead -- >> two people are dead this morning in ellicott city after a train derails. >> the white house breaks ou

nick markakis and j.j. hardy also had the opposite field hits. mark reynolds off of clay buchholz. four home runs for mark in the last six games. the orioles were shut out from there. adrian gonzalez. dustin pedroia just misses the tag. he was called safe and it is 3- 3. here is the big play of the game. manny machado cannot make the play. that scores a run. 6-3, orioles lose. the orioles to take on the tigers tonight. it is a baltimore-detroit matchup in football tonight. ravens and lions as the ravens go for their second preseason win. 8-0 plaster in the regular season. the lions are good. gerry sandusky with the radio call on 98 rock. check out the scene in burlington, massachusetts, yesterday. police escort for the olympic gold medalist as she returned home to a hero's welcome. she brought all three of her medals. she says now she wants to be a teenager again. >> she is a great kid. awesome. >> weekend plans to swim in the ocean might be nice. and in durance swimmer is trying to reach another country the hard way. >> snow leopards make a debut. they are so rare in the u.s. >> a

j.j. hardy delivers a three run shot in the 7th inning. that tied up the game. 7-7. and yes. they're still playing. because it's still tied. 7-7 now, in the 12th inning. >>>in football, ravens rookie linebacker courtney upshaw took part in today's training camp practice after he had missed more than a week with a shoulder injury. he is not expected to play in the preseason opener at atlanta on thursday. today's workout indoors, coach john harbaugh says his starters will play a quarter or less on thursday. some veterans won't play at all. joe flacco expects to see about a quarter of action. his focus is on getting ready for the regular season games. they matter. and building on last season, a season that ended with the ravens within 1 win of the super bowl. >> i think every year you start over, but we have a lot of confidence. there's no lack of confidence in this group. no lack of confidence on this team. we have been there, and we've done most of it. and you know, we got to get a little bit better, just like arched does. and -- everybody does. and hopefully we are putting in

it is a one-run game thanks to j.j. hardy. he rips it to left. 5-4 in the fourth inning. nate mclouth, a shot. adam jones follows with a single. 7-5 orioles. jim johnson, one hopper to manny machado. nice picked up by mark reynolds. 7-5, the orioles come back to win the game and the series. >> that was a good game for us. that happened a couple times to chen. he deserves the win and the bullpen was great. >> the orioles move on to play the rangers. ravens preseason half over. they play the jack wires on thursday. the ravens held an open practice yesterday. a crowd of 3000 on hand. not a lot of the scrimmaging. you can see joe flacco. john harbaugh pleased with how his team practiced in front of the feans. >> you get the fans out and puts pressure on the guys to perform. the keys to that field and is been good for us. >> it switches bid it up. any time you can be around the fans, makes the players go harder. >> montgomery county the delete represents the u.s. >> how about the ravens? >> joe flacco looked good. you have to catch the ball. i was impressed. >> jags on thursda

home run by the j.j. hardy. 7-7 until the 14th. he tries to make the sliding catch. omar quintanilla scores game winner. orioles win 8-7. the orioles are 4 and 1/2 games back of the yankees. the tigers beat the yankees. tigers down 2-1. they led 6-5 in the ninth. the tigers win 6-5. the orioles are 4 and 1/2 games back and squarely in the pennant race. a crowd of 15,000 last night. ravens with their final workout and then they fly to atlanta for a game with the falcons. eid'sdi' al of any re son. courtney upshaw. we will see if he will play tomorrow night. joe flacco expected to play about a quarter. steve johnson makes his first major-league start. 23 years to the day his father won his first big league game for the orioles. why not here? the orioles won from last to almost first in 1989. >> maryland olympian matt centrowitz goes for gold in the 1500-meter. >> the city of pittsburgh is beating up the competition in hollywood. >> a lot of travelers are finding a place to stay in london for free. and look at their olympic home swap. >> keith mills says why not? we wil

nice play by j.j. hardy. 3-1 the final. the orioles are 5 1/2 games out of first place. eighth number 33 and the birds are in the hunt. preseason game number 1 thursday night in atlanta. haloti ngata in pads for the first time yesterday. joe flacco figures to play much of the first quarter. ed dixon expects big things from the offense because joe is playing better than ever. >> karen off the playoff game, i'm excited for him to be my quarterback. keep him healthy and he can shred up any defense out there. >> hard to believe that preseason is already here. >> china remains on top of the count with 64 total medals. united states is one medal behind. rushing is in third -- russia is in third. third. >> you're watching wbal-tv 11. live, local, late-breaking. this is 11 news today at 6:00 a.m. >> good morning, everybody. welcome back to 11 news today. i'm mindy basara. >> and i'm stan stovall. >> we have partly cloudy skies today and no rain. the humidity will be a little bit lower than yesterday. 20% chance for a thunderstorm later this afternoon. most of you will not see an

nick markakis and j.j. hardy score. 2-0. mark reynolds, four home runs in six games. it is 3-1. the orioles did not score again. adrian gonzalez to adam jones. a strike to matt wieters. a game of inches. the tag just misses. big play in the sixth inning. a tapper to manny machado appeared that was ruled an infield hit . that led to a run. the orioles finished the homestand 7-3 and open a big road trip in texas and detroit. the ravens play the lions and the ravens will be tested defensively. right now the strength is the ravens secondary. lardarius webb at cornerback. he knows that covering a wide receivers available longer and tighter will be important. >> a lot of young guys will say, i have man-to-man so i'll play man-to-man and not looking at what the offense is trying to do to them. what is the offense trying to do to me? that is what we're all improving in. see what they are trying to do to us. >> 8:00 p.m. kicks off tonight at m&t bank stadium. we will have the call for you on wbal radio. >> you are going to be there. >> the whole gang will be there. >> 67 degrees on tv hi

and j.j. hardy may be on that list too, some day. the orioles beat the blue jays 8-2. that's your "sports minute." and everybody enjoy the rest of your day. >>> preparations in the gulf coast ahead of isaac. [ mom ] dear chex cereal, i've never written a fan letter before, but you've done the impossible. you made gluten free cereals in a whole bunch of yummy flavors. cinnamon chex and honey nut chex are two of our favorites. when my husband found the chocolate one, we were in cereal heaven. the only problem is, with so many great flavors, you're making it very hard to choose. your fans, the mcgregor family. 'cause we love chex. ♪ [ male announcer ] and now try new gluten free apple cinnamon chex. >>> and then pay attention to the ballot in november, especially those of you in maryland. >>> good morning, and welcome to "news4 today." i am richard jordan. >> and it's sunday, august 26th, 2012. >> looks like we are in for another rainy day. weekend has not been that much fun. >> no, it has been soggy out there. and the question is will it rain for the kids that have fai

bottom 6, j.j. hardy officially putting the game out of reach. very high and just far enough. home run number 17 of the season. 8-2 victory at camden towards, giving baltimore a record of 69-57. where does that put them in the standings? in the a.l. east, four back of the yankees for first and half game out of second from the rays. red sox and toronto are no longer in contention. the red sox traded away several of their stars. they're done for the year. wild card standings, orioles tied with oakland for the second wild card spot, half game back of tampa. detroit, one game back of the playoffs, an enjoyable conversation we may be having about the orioles hopefully the rest of the season. as far as the ravens, if you're looking for a reason to check out preseason game number four, there won't be many starters but there is a position battle that's interesting to watch, kicker. billy cundiff, an incumbent, but the big miss in the a.f.c. championship game and he's been ok but justin tucker has been exceptional. frankly, consider what tucker did in preseason game number three, where

just pops out of the glove... j.j hardy and adam jones score... 2-0 o's.... 5 r-b-i night for wiets..4th inning... one on for nick markakis... and there's a souvenir... markakis sends the homer to the flag court... 7-o orioles..o's get their 5th straight... 9-2. johnson went 6 innings... 2 earned runs... 9 strikeouts and wins his first major league start. in a conveesation with john harbaugh...he told me the ravens offense is going to surprise people this season. and ended it with... "who knows, we'll see."he's exactly right on both parts.this should be the year for the offe. offense.it's harbb 5th season...along with q-b joe flacco and running ack ray rice.this is probably the most talented group of targets for flacco...dennis pitt and ed diccson at tight end.... another season with anquan boldin and torrey smithhthey plus flacco has a q-b coach... jim caldwell.former colts coach whooknows a thing or two about talent... he spent a decade with peyton manning. joe has his real strenghts and peyton has his. i wouldn't make any direct comparisons but i can tell you joe is a heck of a footba

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markakis and j.j. hardy score and the o's take a 2-0 lead. top of sixth. tied at three. two on for justin pedroia. the rookie sensation is human after all. red sox take the lead and go on to win 6-3 over baltimore. the orioles will visit detroit tonight. this is a big series. >> oh, it is. >> for the washington nationals. the mets are always going to play hard. then the braves come in here. >> that's monday, tuesday, wednesday, right? >> the expectation last year was let's just win a game. now it's like, you're not wins every game? >> and win them big. >> where's the attitude? let's get it on. >> we're so spoiled. >> i like an attitude. >> we are spoiled. >> thank you, lou. >> no problem. >>> coming up, an unusual discovery is made as the drought has some rivers at the lowest levels in decades. >>> and for all your news, be sure to fall news 4 online. search us on nbc washington on facebook and twitter. [ obama ] i'm barack obama and i approve this message. [ male announcer ] you work hard. stretch every penny. but chances are you pay a higher tax rate than him... mitt r

j.j. hardy, happy birthday to you. double down left field line 5 -0. o's making that comeback. they would complete it here. nate mcclout, a triple. o's take the lead 6-5 go, on to win 7-5 and are now 5015-0 -- 15-0 after leading for seven innings. >> that was a love tap right there. >> thanks for joining us. we'll see you at 10:00. 

bottom 6, j.j. hardy officially putting the game out of reach. very high and just far enough. home run number 17 of the season. 8-2 victory at camden towards, giving baltimore a record of 69-57. where does that put them in the standings? in the a.l. east, four back of the yankees for first and half game out of second from the rays. toronto are no longer in contention. the red sox traded away several of their stars. they're done for the year. wild card standings, orioles tied with oakland for the second wild card spot, half game back of tampa. detroit, one game back of the playoffs, an enjoyable conversation we may be having about the orioles hopefully the rest of the season. as far as the ravens, if you're looking for a reason to check out preseason game number four, there won't be many starters but there is a position battle that's interesting to watch, kicker. billy cundiff, an incumbent, but the big miss in the a.f.c. championship game and he's been ok but justin tucker has been exceptional. frankly, consider what tucker did in preseason game number three, where he made eve