that is not across his body. >> bob: this will be his last inning. pitcher spot due up first in the 8th. >> rob: you don't think two strikeouts warrant another at- bat? >> bob: no, sir. if he had been at-bat, it would be 3-11 them. b. j. ryan is in the bullpen. he was the only guy who didn't -tch for roo last night. scutaro turns it 4-63. and scutaro really made gonzalez get down. he came charging across that bag. two outs, bases empty. beautiful night in our nation's capital. the nats are trying to win their 20th game and their fourth in a row, and as rob

said, trying to get out of their teenage years. that's interesting how you said that. >> rob: let's join the rest of major league in the 20s. >> bob: bases empty, two out. wil nieves. detwiler is on deck. manny might let him start the 8th. he has only thrown 93 pitches. >> rob: once again, i talked about the pitch count and what the rangers are doing and the way it used to be and he relayed this wisdom on it. when he used to warm up hall of famer steve carltop, every time he started a game, 120 pitches to warm up before a game. >> bob: wow!

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night. and you don't want to walk the leadoff guy in a situation like this, much less everitt. you know, basically, your manager has rewarded you by saying go out and get them in the 8th inning. >> rob: yes. but i think this team has rewarded manny after all the speculation that he would be fired over the weekend with we went to new york. >> bob: yes. leadoff hit, bautista. it's only the 66th hit of the night and manny is going out to get his young pitchers. folks, you're going to hear a great ovation for a young man from missouri, 1300 miles away from home. he has a chance to get a win.

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southwest.com. and by pnc bank. pnc, leading the way. from the young zimmerman to the older dunn, getting things done these days for the nats. 3-1 lead, top of the 8th inning. the blue jays have a runner aboard and kip wells underway. coming up on notice extra, johnny holiday and phil wood breaking down ross detwiler's outing. willie harris dazzles again notice outfield and tomorrow, shairon martis against ricky romero. >> rob: i don't think that detwiler had his best stuff there. it was his best start. didn't have a great breaking ball, didn't have the overpowering fastball but he made it work and did exactly what he was supposed to do, put this team in a position to win. >> bob: scutaro 0-for-3

tonight. >> rob: i just think that the transition or transformation from spring training, when we were told -- or i was told that he made coffee nervous, he was fidgety. this kid has trans ford. >> bob: there is a bunt there is a play, there is an out. give them a sacrifice. they always do, but he was bunting for a base hit. kip wells, the way he falls, you saw him fall towards first base. the momentum took him that way. he has to get off, field his

position and just a perfect throw. watch this, momentum taking him towards first. now he will stop, get back so he can field his position. and that's the thing that is easier said than done. hey, get off that mound and cover the third base side. first, you have to make the pitch. >> bob: outside to hill. and you saw in the centerfield camera replay a good drop of traffic control by wil nieves pointing and barking, 1, 1, 1. base hit. that was a breaking ball. adam dunn. they're going to send the runner. and that was not good by the nats. adam dunn missed the cutoff man ant and the tying run is at

second base. that does not go down as en error but that's a mental error by adam dunn and that's a 3-2 game. you cannot give the hitter second base. >> rob: great point by you, bob. fundamentals will win you a lot of ball games. if you hit the cutoff man with this throw, you gun down the man at second base. if you throw over zimmerman's head, now, the tying run trots on into second. so, yes, it's always nice to try to throw the runner out at the plate but there is always another part to that story. >> bob: aggressive coaching by nick lava. he has been a good third base coach for a time with cito gaston and before that, with whitey whitey herzog in st.

louis. >> rob: good breaking ball. he got a little bit too much of the plate. >> bob: dangerous clean-up hitter on deck. foul tipped. vernon wells trying to put away another one here, with one out, top of the 8th and a 3-2 game. uh-oh. that got away from wil nieves.

tying run is at third base with one out. >> rob: he may have crossed wil up on that pitch. >> bob: they're going to call it a passed ball. >> rob: they wanted a breaking ball right there and i think kip gives him a fastball. >> bob: yep. >> rob: little things, communication, fundamentals, cutoff man. >> bob: they won't call it wp for wild pitch but it could have been for wrong pitch. a passed ball on nieves. the infield in. 1-2 to wells. breaking ball popped up. guzman playing shallow has to get out there. he is there. big second out. now, the infielders can back up and it will be wells against rolen. >> rob: well, you see wil set up outside. this is a backup breaking ball that could not have worked any

better than that. manny acta is going to make a pitching change up here. he does get the pop-up right there and saves a run at third. >> bob: and this is how he feels about joel hanrahan these days. like owning a home. watching our children grow. and retiring with confidence. so whatever you're looking forward to, m&t bank is here to help you get there. m&t bank. understanding what's important.

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give here. ricky romero 2-1 for the blue jays, they are 4-4 in his 8 starts. he will face shairon martis, winless in his last six starts for the nats. father's day game will get you going at 1 0-0 with nats xtra, johnny holiday and phil wood. that's masn 2 and d.c. 50. we'll join you tomorrow. here is a match-up of big fellows, joel hanrahan, 6'4", 250. scott rolen, 6'4", 250. tying run at third base, two outs here in the 8th. joel was outstanding in the 8th inning last night. he actually pitched the last two outs in that inning and then a 1-2-3 night. rolen takes a beauty of a fastball on the outside corner. >> rob: i was talking to darren fletcher today talking about hanrahan, how can this

kid throw 95 and not three 95, trying to blow by team. >> bob: game tied. 95 mile-per-hour fastball. scott rolen turned it around. >> rob: the location was just terrible. still have to locate it. >> bob: that run charged to kip well and a win taken away from ross detwiler. >> rob: well, now, you have to do damage control right here. pitch location is going to be up in the zone, very hittable. rolen did not try to crush the ball, put it in play for a base hit and tie the ballgame. >> bob: scott rolen, 2-for-4 tonight. here is adam lind. and they are going up hacking. >> rob: that's a very good hitting ball club. you knew it was a matter of time they would put a couple of singles, maybe doubles

together, get themselves back in the ballgame. another line drive knocked down by alberto gonzalez and that keeps scott rolen from going to third. so the blue jays are hitting the ball hard against wells and hanrahan here in the 8th after that leadoff pinch hit by bautista. alex rios now with the lead run at second base. alex rios 0-for-3 tonight. 1-for-7 in the series. blue jays have put four hit together to tie the game here in the 8th. first pitch slider for a

strike. 2-1. >> rob: the only conversations i had today were about velocity versus pitching and not just how hard you throw but about the movement, the location. there is billy koch threw 100 and threw it straight and he

was very hittable at times. you have to be able to locate corners, pick your spots. there you see a great slider but, still, 95 up in the zone, these guys can hit that. and as you said, scott rolen is one of the hot he is hitters in baseball right now. >> bob: 2-2. >> rob: so is this guy. >> bob: no swing chris c. b. bucknor. that's big because now the count goes to 3-2 and the runners will be moving. >> rob: i think he got him. pretty much broke the plane to me. there you see him. a little side angle. >> bob: we have to do it again. got him that time.

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from or you might wear your own cap. bottom 8th. copyrighted telecast provided by authority of the washington nationals, may not be reproduced and any description of this game may not be disseminated without the expressed written consent of the washington nationals. josh willingham against b. j. ryan. new pitch e new hitter, bottom of the 8th in a tie game. josh told me he was only able to swing the bat one day of the week he has been gone, still shaking off the after effect of that viral infection that left him very weak in his muscles about a week and a half ago. good to have josh back with the ball club. he says he is glad to be back after a very, very difficult week. b. j. ryan, meanwhile, a 5.71

e.r.a., 19 hits in 17 innings. a lot of money for a set-up guy. >> rob: a lot of arm trouble for the toronto blue jays. they probably paid a lot extra for b. j. ryan and a.j. burnett to get them, coax them to get them up to toronto. a.j. burnette, after he finally paid often, won 18 games, he was able to opt out of his contract and get more money for the new york yankees. >> bob: one's gone, one's not well. on. chris crass guzman got things going with another multi-hit game.

>> rob: after he got on, nick with a double, elijah dukes with a double. right now, another big two- spot. that was a great job by the nationals coming right back and saying, no, no, no, you are not having that momentum. we are taking it away back. >> bob: guzman could be bunting. it is the bottom of the 8th and you are the home team. i'm not sure that would take the bat out of nick johnson's hand. against a left handed pitcher, you would have ryan zimmerman next but they to have a right handed right hander warming -- a right hander warming up. >> bob: sean kemp was pretty impressive here last night, getting a couple of key outs in the

7th inning. mike macdougal, the nats' closer up. >> rob: in case we get the lead. >> bob: maybe pitching the 9th either way. >> there he is, mr. onbase. bunt. that will move the runner. well done by cristian guzman, his third of the year. so manny gave him a pitch or two to see if he could drive the ball somewhere. then when the count got to 1-1, a perfect sac suffice. >> rob: looks like a decould i with that big swing. they thought, he is not going to bunt, will go for the down, hit a double last time up and he laid down a very nice

sacrifice bunt. >> bob: 10 consecutive times on base over three games. here is nick. it would be funny if they intentionally walk him and that's how he would get the record but they have a right hander zimmerman on deck. >> rob: you want to get this lefty pitch around zimmerman if you could and then go after dunn. >> reporter: front door breaking ball on the inside for a strike. >> rob: cito gaston is a percentage guy, trying to force the double play with a righty against a lefty that has struggled. >> reporter: chavez, a pick-up and throw to second. >> rob: i'm not a fan of that because if he throws it to

centerfield, willingham is standing at third with one out. scutaro coming in saying, hey, easy, big shooter. ease up a little bit. >> bob: nick johnson up the middle, right near the bag. and two outs. over to third goes josh willingham. nick's onbase streak is over at 10. fans give him a nice round of applause. they realize what has happened here and it will be a right handed, right handed match-up here as cito gaston will make a switch here. usually one of the last guys to bat in the previous inning which would be lind or rios in left or right. we'll see what he does. >> rob: and if this game does go into extra inning, we were told that there's only three pitchers available in the blue

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