jeff brantly. >> johnny: his son is doing it with him sometimes. >> rob: tom. >> johnny: ball get ace way from hernan -- ball gets away from hernandez. guzman to third and zimmerman down to second. >> rob: that will work. right here this is what you would call a squiber. you see hernandez come up. >> johnny: goes right through his legs. >> rob: right through the wickets. >> johnny: so, the nationals with runners at second and third waiting for adam dunn with only one out. and the reds up 1-0. >> rob: more good friend that do the television for the reds. george brand. george worked with my dad back in the 60s and 70s. worked with espn.

>> johnny: adam dunn walked book in the 1st inning. he's got the count of one ball and one strike. owings with a check of the runners. misses just outside for ball two. >> rob: that is probably an unintentional intentional walk right here. they are not going to give him anything. you talk about the walks. 124 last year. 56 right now. >> johnny: 48. >> rob: he doesn't want to walk, but they don't give you anything to hit. you can't swing. that is kind of a backdoor breaking ball, way outside. and these pitches aren't worth swinging at for adam and he talks the walk. put the pressure on the defense. now you have to get out elijah dukes. when dukes is swinging well or zimmerman, that is the

protection he needs to see better pitches. but with 1st base open here and one out. >> johnny: and he swings through a fastball. >> rob: he expanded his zone. we talked about that. he didn't get anything to hit the first time up. second time, staying way away from him. elevates the fastball right here after that 78 miles an hour breaking ball. >> johnny: owings racks up his first strikeout of the afternoon. he has walked four, struck out one. it is up to elijah dukes to see if he can get guzman home from third. and zimmerman from second. two down here in the bottom of the third. elijah 6-30 with a double, a couple of homeruns, three rbis, three walks. in his 8 games since coming back

off the dl june 2nd. he has driven in 14 runs his last 21 games. had that big homerun on tuesday night. >> rob: jeff brantly is marv ling at the -- marvelling at the size of dukes. >> johnny: g grounded foul down the 3rd base line. >> rob: he broke up a fight in our clubhouse one time between two of the toughest guys. two of the baddest cats i ever played with. lenny harris and kevin michell were going at it. j. b. stepped in the middle and broke it up. he was a new teammate and there's cowboy on the right. tied for saves over there with the reds. three-way tie. we all have 88 saves.

myself jeff brantly and tom humes. >> johnny: he is a buddy of ray knight. >> rob: he is. how's that book doing? >> johnny: if you give me $22.95, you will know. [laughter]. >> johnny: what are you doing? you are supposed to be watching the game. >> rob: a sweet read. i know. >> johnny: 1-2 the count to elijah dukes. >> rob: come on elijah. >> johnny: the pitch is high. got a note from eric who send his best to you. >> rob: oh, that is nice. >> johnny: enjoying the telecast. >> rob: eric and i are actually friends. >> johnny: where is he these days? >> rob: i have no idea. >> johnny: seems like only yesterday it was 1991. 2-2 to dukes.

>> rob: that was after -- [audio indiscernible]. >> rob: and then curt schilling reached out and got his first major league hit and rbi on a pitch i felt he shouldn't have been able to reach. >> johnny: that is your prerogative. right. >> rob: exactly. i paid for it. >> johnny: owings the 3-2 to dukes and he struck him out. strikes out dunn and dukes and the inning is over. we go to the top of the 4th. 1-0 cincinnati at nationals park in d.c. - it's on. - ( music playing throughout ) - it's on. - oh, it's on, all right. - it's on. - totally on. jimmy, it's on. - it's on. - oh, yeah, it's on. affirmative, it's on. announcer: southwest airlines announces new service out of bwi airport, with three daily nonstop flights to new york laguardia for just 49 dollars one-way starting june 28th. grab your bag. it's on. - ( ding ) - book now at southwest.com.

>> johnny: get all the latet nats news online on facebook join the washington nationals fans page. folly teddy on twitter at teddy 26 nats. john lannan goes back to work. he will face gomes, hernandez and jay bruce in the reds 4. >> rob: now, you were the original before casey casem on

the top 40s. [laughter]. >> johnny: it hits gomes. jonny gomes on with a hit by pitch at fly ball. >> rob: did you know wolfman jack? [laughter]. >> johnny: he had a voice on him. he was tough. but casey and i were together -- not together. we were on opposite stations on cleveland before he really made it big and he is one of the nicest guys. reds have the lead-off batter on. >> rob: when you hear somebody's voice, can you tell right after

who it is? >> johnny: just about. -- right off who it is? >> johnny: just about. >> rob: you you want to -- you want to give me one? >> rob: no. i have trouble of trouble with my voice. >> johnny: i'm interesting, the year you had arm surgery, you didn't play at all did you? >> rob: i was rehabbing in '94 in august when we went on strike. so, that was a bad year to get hurt. not that any year is a good year to get hurt. >> johnny: nobody wins strikes do they? >> rob: free agent, i had reconstructive surgery on my shoulder and i was on strike in august. you live. you learn. >> johnny: wil nieves will go out and talk to lannan with jonny gomes at first. >> rob: that is why i talk about these young kids. it is not about the money strasburg will earn. when his team is ready, you bring him up to the major leagues. i was the first people to be

critical of the cubs who brought up prior and wood. even some of the younger guys with the tigers back in the day. jeremy bonderman and he lost 211-year. because they were the most talent that they had in the entire organization. sometimes it is way before your time. matt cain was just here from the giants. kid is 24 and 25 now, got 5 years under his belt but he had some lean years there. it is not just about pitching at the major league level is going to help you win ballgames. good pitching will help you windy visions and championships. >> johnny: and pipers -- win, divisions and championships. >> johnny: and pitchers who can throw strikes. >> rob: look what happened to rick ankiel. he was rushed to the major

leagues. he starts the playoff game and absolutely loses it psychologically. not physically and eventually, he is a decent outfielder with the cardinals. you want someone to play as long as they are meant. i don't want guys to have a career short as mine. some careers are even shorter. you want to play for as long as you are intended to play here physically. everybody touted phil hughes and ian kennedy last year. they went 0-8. they had to rush joba chamber lan chamberlain and finally they stopped messing around with joba chamberlain. he probably should have going to the minor leagues for 10 starts.

>> johnny: breaking ball outside from lannan to bruce. >> rob: now phil hughes is in the bullpen in new york. they have got all kinds of issues. there's always going to be pitching problems at the major league level. >> johnny: i think that is why this scenario with strasburg is fascinating. he says he is going sit back and bide his time through the negotiation process and let things take place. could be a double-play. to second for one and no throw at first. they get the runner at second for the force-out. strasburg says he is going to relax and have fun. places he would like to go. he will let other people take care of the negotiations. >> rob: he is also being fed some of these lines too. you don't want to seem like you are too interested in signing and getting underway. kind of like storen. drew storen. he said let me sign i need to

get to work. >> johnny: and he is. >> rob: he is going right to the minor leagues. start getting own your journey to the big leagues. and it is funny because i have talked to a lot of different pitching coaches. some of them said listen, the guy will let you know. if he is ready for the big leagues he will go down for a couple of weeks and it will be like doc gooden and be relick usely talented -- rekick usely talented. -- ridiculously talented. others it will take time. idiculously talented. -- ridiculously talented. others it will take time. >> johnny: lannan delivers and a swing and a miss from gonzalez. reds have runners at the corners. one away in a 1-0 game.

cincinnati with a run in the top of the second. nationals just haven't been able to generate enough hits to get some runs in this series. >> rob: you were around long enough. you watched sandy koufax pitch. he was not good. nolan ryan in his first years not good. sandy koufax retired because of a bad elbow at 29. you know, you want the guy to play to 39, 49. >> johnny: lannan delivers, base hit to left. a run will score. roped to left field as gonzalez gets a base hit. drive in the reds second run of the afternoon. it is a 2-0 cincinnati lead. for gonzalez, his 17th rbi of the season.

adam rosales will step in. has one of the base hits off of lannan today. fouled out of play. i think we are all going to watch these negotiations with much interest and see -- the deadline is august 15th. >> rob: i'm kind of over it already. you just got drafted. i'm worried about the kids up here right now. we have enough great arms at the big league level. he wants the take a vacation, take the summer off. sandy koufax signed for $4,000 and was known as a bonus baby.

>> johnny: 4,000 bucks. is this kid better than sandy koufax? i don't know. >> rob: nice strikeout there by john lannan. >> johnny: that is his first of the afternoon. there's two down. and the reds with two on. first and second. and we go to the reds pitcher, micah owings who struck out in the second. that is lannan's second strikeout of the afternoon. owings will pop behind second. hustling over, alberto gonzales takes it over the shoulder and the inning is over. but not before cincinnati adds another run. we head to the bottom of the 4th. they lead 2-0. enefits package at no direct cost to the company, their very first word was...

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adam. tell us the story. >> we actually met when i was in college and a mutual friend introduced us. it is a guy that adam still plays with, it is austin kearns. >> what has it been like for you living in d.c.? >> it has been fun. thts a great city. there's so much history here and adam and i are both history buffs. we have been enjoyed being here and getting to do a little sightseeing. it has been fun. it is a change. >> of course you have your son, brady on your lap. and you are expecting another one. congratulations. now, tell us a little bit about adam as a dad. is he strict or is he easy going? >> he is a very fun dad. he always wants brady to mind but they have a ball together. it is fun to see them both grow and change and brady's just now at the age where he loves his daddy and he misses him when he is gone. it is both good and bad. >> adam played football before you met him in college before he went to college excuse me. have you ever thought about what it would have been like if he had been in the nfl instead of

major league baseball? >> i think the lifestyle would be pretty similar. we definitely had that conversation before. football was a big part of adam's life. but baseball it looks like this is where he was supposed to be. we are very grateful he has had the opportunity to play. >> one of the favorite things we get to do is show the baby pictures of adam. how much fun is that for you to look at the baby pictures and he looks like his son. >> getting to see how much brady resembles dad. how similar they are. brady's into all the same things adam was when he was younger. it is fun to get to see that. >> he has had such a wonderful role model in your father-in-law, skip. >> for sure. i'm so grateful for my inlaws. they have set a great example for adam on what a family should be like. good grandparents and parents. >> thank you.

brady is saying austin. back up to you, johnny. >> johnny: thank you. thanks to rachel and the youngest member of the dunn clan. best wishes on the new addition as well. josh willingham has snapped his o-fer 5 slide. >> rob: there's dad. >> johnny: getting set to pick out a bat. austin kearns up against owings and then wil nieves and john lannan. reds with a 2-0 lead. one in the second and one in the fourth. nats having deeped both games of this series. 4-2 in that marathon that ended this morning a limit before 1. two-hour 10-minute rain delay. nats have lost three straight. 12 of their last 14.

having tough times but every day is a new day, right rob? >> rob: absolutely. >> johnny: comes to the ballpark with the same feeling, this is going to be the day we start something nice, something good. fouled back out of play. the count is two balls and two strikes to austin kearns with a .211 batting average. he walked his first time up today. last homerun against the mets, that was april 26th at new york. swing and a miss. kearns is gone. >> rob: i wanted to give you the final numbers on sandy koufax's last year when he retired. pitched 323 innings, 27-9 and a

1.73 e.r.a. no left handed starting pitcher has demy kated that since -- duplicated that since 1966. the game hasn't chained. the fields -- changed. the fields are smaller and sandy koufax was amazing back in the day and at 29 he was out of the game. walked away because of his elbow. >> johnny: wil nieves visiting before the ballgame with 3 or 4 soldiers from walter reed who came out to the ballgame today. members supportive of the yellow ribbon fund. also a young woman from walter reed in rehab from puerto rico. that is where wil is from. >> rob: you want to put it in perspective when we went over to walter reed. i think more people should visit the injured military personnel over there because a lot of them are young kids that defend this

great nation. it puts your whole life in perspective. we talk about millions of dollars. it is all meaningless. this is these kids coming back injured from overseas that we should be taking care of. they can appreciate being out here at the ballpark. >> johnny: checked swing and one ball and two strikes to nieves. you talk about wil and what he does when he is away from the ballpark, getting involved in all sorts of charitable activities. there isn't a guy on this ball club who isn't willing and able when he can to do for others. >> rob: yeah. a lot of them are newcomers here like josh willingham. just a fabulous kid. adam dunn's coming over here from cincinnati. they all try the do as much as they can off the field.

ryan zimmerman. not going to meet a nicer kid than zimm. >> johnny: ball bounces off the bat. and a foul ball. i think it all starts at the top. when you look at the great philanthropic activities of the lerner family and what they do in this community, what they have done over the years. you and bob emceed the national gala. wonderful presentations that they had with mark lerner and his dad and his family. wife in charge. and nieves takes the ballight f tip. ounce dw tsend hitatter of s ballgame. >> rob: well, he damaged nieves last time up. so, he is really threeing to get there and right there. you see a curve ball slip off the tips of the fingers. micah owingss not goi to blow you away with 95. he doesn't have the best curve

ball or fastball runs a bit. big, strong guy. has fantastic stuff. >> johnny: so, let's see if lannan can advance the runners. squares up to bunt. lays a nice one down. the throw to third and they got him at 3rd base. >> rob: wow. >> johnny: willingham forced at hird bullet and a great acceleration to get to that ball and a rocket throw to 3rd base. >> rob i think rosales comes in and he's got one thought in mind. i'm going to third. and looked liar hairston wasn't on the bag but you have -- looked like hairston wasn't on the bag but you have to have that in mind. he tried to cut off the lead runner right there. >> johnny: and they get him. lannan on 1st base and nieves is

down to second. >> rob: you can still cut this lead in half just with a base hit by guzman. >> jnny: and cristian grounded to first and singled to right center back in the thirds. we are in the inning. reds lead 2-0. cristian's numbers, .256, 10 rbis and a triple this year. grounded down to first. gonzalez got it and tosses wings and the inning is over. the nationals threaten but don't score as we go to the top of the 5th, 2-0 reds lead.

 owings and the inning is over. the nationals threaten but don't score as we go to the top of the 5th, 2-0 reds lead. >> johnny: our congratulationses to all of our men and women of the united states navy. the sea branch of the u.s. armed forces. it is one of the d services of the united states. today more than ever the u.s. navy remines committed to supporting our troops by deterring aggression and maintaining the freedom of our seas. >> rob: one of the big thrills i had -- >> johnny: commander joe phillips was the director of the navy band. i did a concert with them about 10 or 15 years ago. did some songs, narration of a big navy concert. and the