>> bob: guys having som the ballpark tonight tonight. it's a 1-1 game. here is our upcoming schedule. ross detwiler and brett cecil. shairon martis and here come the red sox. if you haven't bought your tickets for tuesday, wednesday or thursday, act now. not many left. top nine, joel hanrahan still in the game top of the order for the blue jays. marco scutaro, 0-4. aaron hill, 1-4. then, vernon wells who has had two hits.

two who has to guzman. nice belt high hop. that's how the night starts. marco scutaro, i would imagine, hasn't had many 0-5s this year. he was 5 5-7 last coming into this game. i think one of the emerging stories of the nationals pitching staff this week is how they have handled some of the league's very best hitters. mark teixeira, alex rodriguez and tonight marco scutaro. this guy came in batting .302. guzman, a three-hopper this time. three equals two. two down. vernon wells next. you know, the guy's whose dad played ncfl. there's jason frasor who might be functioning at their new closer. their true closer scott downs

is on the d. l. so they're wp by committee. >> rob: this club is doing much better. the nationals are now 7-11 in one-run ballgames. >> bob: that's not that bad. >> rob: that is not that bad. >> bob: there are some contending teams who have records not far off that. i just like the fact the nats are playing more one-run games these days. of course, some of them he werier -- earlier were 12-11, 9- 8. this is better baseball here. joel hanrahan is on tonight. wells rips that one left center k anybody catch it? how about willie harris! >> rob: two nights in a row. >> bob: oh, man, does he cover

some ground! how far is he? he's running in from eft dead left field right now. willie harris, you are awesome!

@@ well come whack to welcome back to nationals park. willie harris with that catch in the ninth. set to bring you nats "nats xtra". they have one final shot to run the winning streak to three in a row. >> they might go into extra innings too. they have to get bat off the shoulder. >> we've had lots and lots of thrills from this ball club let's send you back to bob and rob and see if nats can win in in regulation in the last of the ninth. >> bob: johnny, that would be sweet, because after regulation it has been ugly. nationals 0-8 -- >> rob: you had to say that! >> bob: i'm jinxing it. i cannot win with you. >> rob: i tell you what. if you could get bug spray up

here, you could win with me. >> bob: all right. the guys you would like to have up there, johnson, zimmerman and dunn in the bottom of the ninth against jeremy accardo out for his second inning. >> rob: nick, the rest of them awful quiet. >> bob: nick johnson, 3-3 with a walk and now batting .315. >> rob: must be the stats. >> bob: accardo on the corner, 0-2. >> rob: man, he didn't call that all night for jordan zimmermann who threw 23 first- pitch strikes. look at this pitch. unreal. >> bob: yeah. and the word that comes to

mind, inconsistent. >> rob: just be consistent. call it both ways. be unbiased and fair. >> bob: 18-year veteran brian gorman the crew chief. 1-2 to nick johnson. hey, i'd throw a 1-2 pitch out there myself. >> rob: you keep testing it and push that envelope as far out as you can if you get that call. come on, nick. >> bob: tie game, bottom of the ninth. 2-2. nick johnson takes it low and inside. >> rob: how do you not bite on that, nick? >> bob: well, that's how you walk. >> rob: man. >> bob: 40 times this year. look at the walks on a 3-2 count. that's amazing 20 of them.

half of his walks a pitch up and away. nick spoils it as he should. just went with it. ryan zimmerman has to be hungry for another chance. he's 0-4 tonight. he's actually hit right-handers better this year. the winning run is on base. a lot of the bottom of the ninths for relievers fall apart when there's a leadoff walk. i'm not saying this is going to happen but over the years the last couple of years, ryan zimmerman has been a great

bunter. if he bunts, he takes the bat out of done dunn's hands and the pitcher -- adam dunn's hands and the pitcher's due up next. zimmerman has to be hacking here unless he can guarantee manny acta he can bunt for a base hit. short lead by nick at first. that's up and in. >> rob: you don't need to bunt if he's going to walk you. >> bob: this is one of those situations where if somebody first-pitch swings, you would just look at them and say what are you thinking? alberto gonzalez for the pitcher two spots away. >> rob: what is he like 5-5 as a pinch-hitter? >> bob: we'll look it up. >> rob: you haven't gotten that far? >> bob: no. >> rob: oh, man.

>> bob: gorman is not having a good night. >> rob: i'm telling you, bob. look at this. this pitch is up and away. >> bob: are you kidding me? >> rob: i mean, goodness gray mice. s -- >> bob: last two strike calls not even close. 1-1 to zimmerman. >> rob: come on, zim, get mad.  >> bob: winning run nobody out. ryan looking to protect on 1-2.

>> rob: that was one of those -- >> bob: [ indiscernible ] >> rob: smack that guy. >> bob: have umpires ever been thrown out of a game? this might be the time. the ones in the seats. 2-2 now. zimmerman on a breaking ball low and away. that one pitch changed the entire at-bat because that would have been a 3-1 pitch and ryan zimmerman is 0-5 tonight. >> rob: accardo makes a good breaking ball pitch down and away and tried to if you will. that pitch, if he makes a mistake with dunn could leave

the building. >> bob: adam dunn, 1-3, a single and an intentional walk. first pitch changeup outside.  >> bob: pitcher spo then, alberto gonzalez would hit nor joel hanrahan -- for joel hanrahan. absolutely perfect as a pinch- hitter and those five hits have

resulted in four rbi's which is really impressive.  a 1-2 to adam dunn. he went off-speed again missing away 2-2.

 that was a fastball he trying to paint. >> rob: from our vantage point, that's a foot outside. on tv, camera is off center in center field. from where we're standing, we've got a good view of it. it was a ball. >> bob: adam dunn to the left side out of play. >> rob: vernon wells was laying not only no doubles. i think he's playing no triples. he's way out in center field. >> bob: he's probably 370 feet

away. runner goes. dunn squirts it foul. manny acta may be surprising the blue jays there, but thinking dunn would make contact and sending nick johnson.  two outs. in crucial situations tonight, the nationals have not been able to make contact with the ball. that's six strikeouts in the last three innings. here comes gonzalez. >> rob: he challenged him with

the heat. and he went. >> bob: this is interesting. if the count and strike one is important with this in mind, if the count would work in the favor of the nats, they could hit and run with this hitter he's such a great contact guy. as long as accardo stays ahead, not much they can do. tapper by the mound. that's it. we're going extra innings and extras have not been good to our boys this year. 1-1 after nine. (man) some days my 8:15 bus is just a bus, but other days, like today, it's my office.

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willie harris on another fabulous catch out in the outfield two nights in a row. possible two game savers depending on the outcome this have one. >> bob: and joe beimel takes over. he'll be the sixth flannels pitcher of the night. -- nationals pitcher of the night. the toronto blue jays in extra innings, 4-3, 1-2 on the road. i'm too frightened to give you the nationals ledger on that one. 0-8. 0-8 and seven of those at home. i'm not sure i ever watched part of a team going 0-7 at home where you have the final at-bat in extra innings. that's unbelievable. here is the first pitch strike to scott rolen. top of the 10th under way. >> rob: hey, it's contagious. you start playing well, you don't want to be the guy that fails. young pitchers have start this

had deal going on the road trip and continued into this home stand. >> bob: right in there. a lot of those extra inning games were see saw affairs, high-scoring games where you score, give it up, go back ahead, give it up. this is a whole different kind of thing here. off-speed pitch away. nick johnson does it alone for the first out. 78 miles an hour on that 0-2 pitch. >> bob: he was bringing -- >> rob: he was bringing it. >> bob: it just took a while. >> rob: no, that's one of the things that joe beimel is famous for working ahead and throwing you either that big curve ball or a changeup. been one of the best setup man out in los angeles. >> bob: here is adam lind-4.

>> rob: had a little time to work on his tattoos out there. place i got my first tattoo on sunset tattoo on hollywood boulevard. you know i love joe beimel. come on. he's your appropriate typical reliever. >> bob: you guys platinum members out there? [ laughter ] >> rob: i have a parking spot. >> bob: a lot of the crowds sticking around. it's fireworks night. this game will have to end in the next inning or two for the fireworks to be seen nationals can't start them after 10:50 on a friday night because of the

surrounding neighborhoods. >> rob: we're just going to have to go ahead and win this in the bottom of the 10th inning after joel gets out of this inning. -- joe gets out this have inning. >> bob: and the 0-2. he took that sweeping breaking ball and just missed with it. 28,060 paid tonight. >> rob: a lot more fans, you've dpsh -- you want more fans, you've got to win more games. that's the way it works.  >> bob: beimel trying  away lind here with alex rios next.

good seats available tomorrow night and on father's date. 1:35 game on sunday. bring dad to the ballpark. red sox are in after the day off mondayment there are your ticket numbers and web site. nationals.com, 888-632-nats. not many tickets left for the boston series. we'll try to give you an update on that over the weekend. now beimel has worked the count to 3-2 or should i say adam lind has worked it. 

road jersey, souv.  >> bob: a little po will be easy for zimmerman. joe beimel wins that battle. two outs. that ball is never where it was when you started your swing when you're facing him, right? >> rob: no, he throws across his body very deceptive young man and challenged him with a fastball that rode back and in and up on lind, jammed him.

serious jamming. >> bob: bases empty, two outs, alex rios. he hit the double down the right-field line to set the blue jays up in the eighth before joel hanrahan shut the door on him. there's a strike on the corner. a double came against villone villone. orioles won their game at philadelphia tonight 7-2. yankees won in florida 5-1. and the mets held on to beat tampa bay at citi field 50-3. mets will be only two games back of

philadelphia. and atlanta hammered the red sox 8-2 at fenway tonight against dykes. 3-1. -- dies kay. >> rob: kawakama and d daisuke matsuzaka matched up tonight? >> bob: it was. >> rob: wow, moodia must have been going bonkers. >> bob: 3-1 on rios. beimel walks him with two outs. >> rob: well, he got ahead of him. he got a little too fine on that outer edge. a lefty on deck. not the worst walk in the world. >> bob: that lefty is lyle overbay. >> rob: this is a very good

contact hitter, very take russ -- dangerous guy. >> bob: 22 homers, 92 rbi's first gleer toronto looked like he was headed for stardom and then a right hand injury got him in '07 and last year he hit .270 with 15 home runs. >> rob: i saw him a lot when he was with the milwaukee brewers and he's got a really nice swing. built for power. >> bob: 87 rbi's and 72 there after coming over from arizona. >> rob: need to start getting out fans. pitcher gets one strike, two outs in an inning, get them up. get them clapping. get the word out on the street.

>> bob: hey, buddy, rob wants you to stand up tomorrow. ok? >> rob: two strikes, two outs. you're on your feet. >> bob: in new york, they do that in the first inning and then the second and then the third. >> rob: it's a difference. it pumps you up when you're on the mound. >> bob: boston's like that. >> bob: philadelphia is like that when they're hitting. philadelphia comes alive. >> rob: some pace -- places go into the wave when the opponent is up at the plate. i never figured that out. you're supposed to be doing that when your team sun at the plate boirt. >> bob: maybe it'sdistracting. >> rob: yeah, to the home team. >> bob: one ball, one strike to overbay. he's walked three times tonight.

nick johnson and his counterpart lyle overbay have become very close friends tonight visiting with each other every at-bat. lents let's end that streak right here on a 1-1 coming. beimel to overbay. big, slow breaking ball. zimmerman over to have a look. it's well up into the seats and two strikes now. this is where -- >> rob: you start clapping. come on. everybody now. ok. we're going to have to work on that.