how many rockets have they hit over on that side and they got it. >> rob: well, plenty and adam get it is breaking ball away and stays on it long enough to pull it in the hole and playing him more towards the middle to poibl get a double play ball and works into the national's favor and we have perez on the ropes. make him come to you, come on. >> bob: here's willingham who did walk the first time up and the nats want the ball in the air somewhere. i think we make a resolution right now. no more double play balls by big guys with runners on third. that was a change up he took low. that's low and in. omir santos to visit perez. it's the top of the hour right at 8:00 here in our nation's capitol and national's park,

mets and nats scoreless. 5-2 the mets have the hit advantage. second game of the three game series and stammen and pelfrey tomorrow night. i think josh wanted to rip but didn't get a 2-0 fastball. >> rob: like i said, make him come to you and make him bring it up and make him bring the ball up to where you want to hit it to driving level. >> bob: up and in, 3-1.   josh still looking for his first base hit in the second half. 

 breaking ball in there. we'll see if jim riggleman does something with the runner at first and adam dunn is not a good combo though and willingham does strike out and fairly frequently and adam is not a fast runner so he's holding and a breaking ball pounded foul and willingham got part of his foot with that one and oliver perez is giving him a steady diet of curves. >> rob: that should show you something as a hitter, too and he's only getting the breaking ball over and too low with the change up. >> bob: does that mean you can look for the breaking ball more? >> rob: not necessarily. he still throws low 90s and look fastball. >> bob: there's a fastball but popped up. under it coy ra cora and now it

will be kearns whose to get it done. >> rob: the thing about the breaking ball is it pulls the front shoulder back in and gets the mechanics together and throwing the breaking ball got him to the point where he can challenge josh with a fastball and he was lucky and someone has to make him pay. >> bob: josh willingham 0-14 since the break now and here comes austin kearns who struck out swinging on a check swing the first time.   fastball up and i think the way austin kirns is going, the first fastball hi sees near the strike zone, he need to be ripping. zimmerman went to third on the adam dunn slow roller and i

don't think kearns wants to get to two strikes and that's inside, ball 2.   contact man gonzalez is next and last te austin kearns homered, the one we showed you on april 26th against oliver perez at city field.   not even close, 3-0.     >> rob: i think oliver perez knows kearns' numbers off of himself and would rather take his chances with gonzalez. >> bob: would you give the struggling hitter the green light? doesn't matter the pitch was way outside and four walks by perez

who's only given up two hits. >> rob: you'd say he's effectively wild. >> bob: the base running bunch, zimmerman third, dunn second and after willingham popped out, kearns at first.   if the nats don't score first in this game tonight, they won't have anybody to blame but themselves. z perez's pitches piling up and lannan already through four on 52 and he's just fine and here's gonzalez, 0 for his last 10. 

  >> bob: this is one of the at bats that will show riggleman what he needs to know about gonzalez.    >> bob: good job with runnerst second and third this year but it's 0-2 here. breaking ball, base hit, maybe. nope, francoeur dropped it. there will be a force play. >> rob: he dropped it. >> bob: and he dropped it.

may goodness the nationals lead 1-0 and jif francoeur was thinking about his throw home and forgot to catch the ball cleanly. what a crazy play. zimmerman scores, dunn to third and kearns forced at second and you can't blame him, he was in no man's land. >> rob: it's a couple of walks also and you see him looking, chaeting, looking home and he only forgot something and that was the ball. kearns was just dead at second but that's not his fault. a right fielder makes that catch 99 out of 100 times. >> bob: francoeur one of the best arms in baseball. >> rob: very nice. there's nothing kearns could do. no, nothing he could do right there. >> bob: i think you have to cleanly call it an error on

francoeur. >> rob: i'd like to call it a fumble. >> bob: here's wil nieves who could put the nats up by two and there's a runner at third and adam dunn will score and the nationals lead by two as the bottom of the order hits a couple of runs home. for wil nieves his 7th hit at his last 11 at bats.    >> rob: wil is a player. when he gets in the game, he does the things that maybe scouts may have missed years ago and got a big heart and that is a huge hit for the nationals. >> bob: john lannan who didn't show a whole lot of interest in his first at bat trying to put the ball on the bat here and see what happens.

perez will end the inning but the nats pick up a couple of runs and we'll see how they score that play but it only matters, 2-0. pa announcer: final boarding call... all passengers... each with an average speed of 590 mph... almost as fast as you. nothing's gonna hold you down. grab your bag . it's on™west so our low fares stay low. ( ding ) book now at southwest.com.

  >> bob: i'd be jumping out of any seat too. it's the middle of the ball game and the nats are on top 2-0. can you give us the first 5th inning smile in awhile? >> rob: one stat i wanted to

break down is adam dunn has as many home runs as the entire line up combined. 24 home runs and john lannan has been masterful tonight and getting ground balls when he needs them and held off the mets long enough to squeak out base hits and an error by francoeur and a sac fly and hopefully we can skoir more and breakthrough to perez in the next few innings. >> bob: do ewe like that number and in the area where you need to be? >> rob: absolutely. 12 to 15 is optimum when you're throwing the ball well and mixing up pitches and has a good breaking ball, change up fastball, isn't throwing as hard as we've seen him and doesn't need that to be effective and win ball games.    >> bob: strike one by lannan to omir santos, 7, 8, 9. i just wanted you folks to see

rob dibble smile here in the 5th inning. a bouncing ball left side and zimmerman throws it on target to adam dunn. >> rob: i am always happy. >> bob: i know you are. >> rob: people think i'm intins and working, a lot of people are nervous because i have this intense look on my face. i'm just concentrating and focussed. focus, everybody. >> bob: 2-1 strikes to nonstrikes to lannan so far. here's cora, national league one out in the 5th, pitcher next. you want to take care of your business here and get your team back in the dugout. because that was ruled a sacrifice choice, alberto gonzalez gets an rbi and nieves followed up. the little guys did good opposite field hitting and oliver perez made that pitch way

too good for as far ahead in the count as he was. >> rob: nobody wants the nationals to win more than we do and barring us running on the field and playing with him, we want them to win every game. i was thinking about grabbing keith hernandez and going out there tonight but we're too old. >> bob: well, you'd like him rofrjt playing first and hitting third.   >> bob: that ball served ofo the left side.

>> rob: i was wrying to say on francoeur, on the ball he dropped, when you're walking guys, we talked about the tempo thing and defense. when the guy is throwing ball after ball after ball and you start to get flat footed and get back on your heals, that's one of the top five outfielders in the national leagues and he's a strong right field sxer you see him miss the ball and you go is that as much his fault or because perez has trouble throwing strikes and once again we talk about that and you got to throw it over the plate and up tempo and throw it and lannan does a dpraet job with that. >> bob: well, they share the blame. guzman gets there and he's got him. guzman's best play of the year and ended up on the left field line when i know that thing was

done. zimmerman couldn't get it and guzman could and he show us an arm we vice president always seen this year. that's a fast base runner. >> rob: that's a fast base runner and a tremendous play right there and talking about tempo, keeping your defense in the game and look at that play by christian guzman. awesome. >> bob: a good stretch by the big fellow at first base. >> rob: let's xmo this may. you have to have an amazing arm to throw a guy out. >> bob: look at perez dragging a bunt and nieves throws him out. >> rob: how about the defense for the nats in the top of the 5th. man, we need a breather.

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the plate and washington leads 2-0 and we go to the bottom of the 5th inning. trivia.   which baseball announcer once traded for pat karales? i know pat was in texas and i thought the only announcer ever traded for a player was ereny. >> rob: let's check out the guzman play again because it is so outstanding. look at this right here, you have to have a feel for first base and you have no chance to get up and be perfectly positioned and follow through. you have to have all ability and how often does the guy come up

the next inning? >> bob: first pitch morgan dragging the bunt foul. >> rob: if you don't think morgan has been working on this, he's been out the last few days. >> bob: you started all this. you told him to start bunting. >> rob: i didn't say at every at bat. i said use your spied to get some more infiled hits. >> bob: will, the element of surprise is gone now but he'll take a breaking ball outside, 1 ball, 1 strike. the cubs have tied the phillies 1-1 in the 5th inning. >> rob: did you sigh alfonso soriano drop the ball yesterday? >> bob: that is amazing. left field is something we do between at bats. there are players like that.

  >> bob: maybe they played together oifr there, too. 3-2 oliver perez walked morgan last time and walked 4 men in 4 innings.    >> rob: which ball do you want to throw, oliver?    >> bob: jim riggleman looking for add on runs here. morgan gets hit. >> rob: we don't want to put him

on that way. >> bob: on a fastball up and in. that's the 6th time he's been hit by a pitch this year. cardinals are coming in on thursday for a make up game and the may 3rd rain out ri scheduled for thursday at 7 and all original tickets will be valid for entry at every gate. get your tick its if you don't have the rain check 888-632-nats or online at nationals.com. all right, here we go again with the guzman morgan thing and he was running on the first pitch and easy fly ball to francoeur and gun it to first base and nyjer has to hustle back, one out.   funny that francoeur drops a ball, doesn't get an error and then gets an

assist. >> rob: i think he's very embarrassed and he's a good kid and probably sick, that's why he fired the ball to first. >> bob: it's hard for me to believe that somewhere in that play there's no error. they did get an out, i guess that's why. now morgan is running and the throw is high and off to the side and he just keeps the edge of his spikes on the base and that's number 29 for nyjer morgan. that was called no contest. so he's 5 behind michael board. >> rob: i love the fact he has a certain arrogance. picked off the first time and steals second and slid by the bag and i told you he's going to slide to left field. >> bob: i think he'll end in the bullpen one of these times.

ryan has had a good night with a base hit, a walk and a run scored.   and i suppose because they ruled it a fielder's choice sac fly, no error, both of the runs are earned. and the bottom line is the nats have a chance to tack on another right here.   2-0 breaking ball for a strike. >> rob: you're just mad because you have to pull out your white out. >> bob: i'm just doing a little touch up. my score book weighs about 5 pounds more at the end of the

season than it did at the beginning from all the ink and the white out. >> rob: yeah, you're not flakey enough. >> bob: i don't handle idol time like you do. >> rob: you would have had to have been a starter, routine guy, pitched once every five days. >> bob: sister mary phillip always told me idolness was the devil's worship. >> rob: then i went to school and sister joseph monica was the principal and i had to stay after school one day and clean the desks. >> bob: i bet she never used the steel ruler on you. >> rob: no, she did not but some of the other nones did. >> bob: we're all better for it

rofrnths we definitely are. some of the dances they would come in with the yardstick and go okay now, children, save enough room for the holy ghost. >> bob: i still flinch when i know i see a ruler. >> rob: how do you like my red ruler? >> bob: i don't like it. 2-2 to zim looking for rbi number 57 and take it low and inside. >> rob: it goes with a nice block right through. >> bob: perez because of the control issues has a pitch count really mounting. ryan is right up there with his buddy, david wright. >> rob: look at this guy. >> bob: he'd have more outs if he didn't swing for the fences. he's doing all right. 3-2 to zimmerman and one out and

just looks to me when you look at the swings and could get fooled on the next pitch but ryan zimmerman sees the ball really well from oliver perez and there are certain hit irs who see the ball out of the hand of certain pitchers much better than others and this appears to be one of those match ups. he's up in the low 80s with his pitch count and that's a breaking ball that stays outside and ryan sighs that one well enough to draw walk number five. >> rob: i'm looking for the pat question. nine others that debuted with him the year i was born, tony perez,   they all

debuted the same year as pat corrales. >> bob: that was the same year they blew the big lead in st. louis and snuck into the world series >> rob: hello? bob euker. >> bob: oh, i get it. >> rob: must be in the front row. we knew he was foing to turn out a little different when i know they found him before game one of the '64 world series during the batting practice playing a tuba that somebody had handed down from the seats. how do you get a tuba in the ballpark for a world series game? here's adam dunn. >> rob: the reference couldn't be better from right now and just a bit outside with oliver

perez on the hill. >> bob: more than once. adam dunn snuck a roller through the right side of the infield. they give him all the room in the world up the middle where the umpire is. that's way outside and castillo plays him to pull and cora chaeting up the middle a little bit for the double play. >> rob: let me hear your best euker on the last pitch. >> bob: how about get up, get up out of here. adam dunn, base hit and morgan scores and there's the throw and he is safe at third. 3-0, nationals. >> rob: speedy. >> bob: and adam dunn is 2 for 3 and rbi number 65. 

 oliver perez keeps giving the nats base runners and the hits are being dlifred in timely fashion. >> rob: will you see francoeur strong throw right on the money but not in time. great xmo -- >> bob: josh willingham has another runner at third with less than two outs and he'll take a strike. again here, anything in the air to the outfield at least. the nats only has four hits but given six base runners on five walks and a hit batter. willingham to center and zimmerman tags and pagan's throw, no contest and 4-0

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the mets.   pagan 1-2 and john has retired five in a row. zimmerman right there and let's check in with debbie taylor. >> reporter: john lannan has emerged as a leader of the starting five and ryan zimmerman said he and his teammates appreciate what he brings to the mound every time out. >> he's been consistent all year and that's the most you can ask for out of a pitcher and this year he's more competitive and notice that more this year not that his attitude has changed but he's learned more and learned how to pitch and it's done well for us. it's fun to play mind him. >> reporter: ryan told me he feels like he's pitching with more fire and he said he's a different person on the day that he pitches. >> rob: oh, we like that. i was just going to say tonight,

he reminds me a lot of danny jackson. the four days he doesn't pitch he's a goof and when he's on the mound he's like jason from friday the 13th. that used to be danny jackson's nickname. >> bob: 1-1 lannan to castillo. why not go to somebody older to get a report on john lannan. ryan zimmerman and john lannan, one day apart and born on september 27th and 28th respectively back in the year 1984. >> rob: so they're brothers from a different mother. >> bob: one day apart. lannan the 27th and zimmerman the 28th. >> rob: both born on the east coast. >> bob: how about that? they could be foundations in

this town known for impressive buildings for a long, long time. castillo 1 for 2, double play ball base hit up the middle and a 2-2 count. guzman waiting and fires it over there, two down.   look at that sky. as we look out to the west towards first base and up behind home plate, there's the perch up there in the red press box and it's been a beautiful evening. a bit of a breeze blowing and coming right up the potomac. nyjer morgan took a base hit away from him and at the time there were two mets on base and that play was the difference in

who scored first here. there's a right field single and you'll take that, 1 for 3 by david wright and a harmless single to right field by the left-handed batless. it will be harmless if john gets francoeur.   francoeur also has a single to right field. >> rob: that ball that wright just hit wasn't quite as far as the one nyjer morgan ran down and we'll take that and get francoeur out right here. >> bob: these are the two guys, if you keep them from hurting you with the long ball you have a chance to win and willingham got a great jump on that and the mets are gone.

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  >> bob: bottom of the order, bottom of the 6th, gonzalez, nieves and lannan. adam dunn has tonight his 65th rbi of the year and a couple of base hits. john lannan really good so far, 77 pitches through 6 and ryan zimmerman on base three times taking the prepass twice.

gonzalez has a high fly ball out of play left field.   alberto will muscle up occasionally and pulled a home run down the line against philadelphia's cashman for his only home run back on april 16th.   the nats won that game 8-2 so when gonzalez homers this year, they're undefeated. he has the 16th rbi in the crazy line drive sac fly play to right field.

  those are two real good right field line drive swings gi gonzalez and nieves. he gets jammed there and can't get out of the box and perez will just lob it over for the out.   gonzalez 0-3, 0-2 with a sac fly and 0 for his last 11. here's wil nieves and getting the batting average back up there. wil nieves 1 for 2 and batting .271. 

 no swing. the nats have been out hit 6-4 tonight by the mets but this is a classic example of a pitcher whose beaten himself. 5 walks, a hit batter and numerous 2-0 counts. >> rob: well, and the long count that really lulled his defense into a sleep out in the outfield and tough to play defense behind a guy that doesn't throw strikes. >> bob: that ball hit hard by nieves and didn't miss a homer by more than 7 or 8 feet. >> rob: laser. >> bob: wil's only career home run was opposite field. walk off a year ago may against the cubs right field bullpen. >> rob: the pitch on the inner half and he turns on it and jacks it going, going just foul. it was that close.

  >> bob: in fact, in their careers when gonzalez homers, the nats are unbeatable, 2-0. >> rob: you seem pretty proud of yourself for that one. >> bob: he'll take the walk. why not take 90 feet when the pitcher hands it to you, his 6th walk of the night. >> rob: he probably said i'm not messing around with this guy. >> bob: there's only one out and he may be creating a problem for himself but this is not what the mets signed up for when they gave oliver perez all that money. >> rob: no? $36 million, $12 million a year for this?

  your first choice was derek lowe and you didn't take him and your second choice was oliver perez. >> bob: brian stokes throwing. >> rob: put your hands in your pocket. >> bob: lannan deadens the ball and perez, took him a moment to get a handle and almost threw it beyond the reach of the second baseman castillo. family fun pack tickets and this sunday you can purchase a $14 upper right field ticket or be in the lower seats either side of the ballpark for $25. you get a hot dog, nonalcoholic drink and chips and minimum two tickets per purchase and pregame autographs on sundays and the kids get to run the bases after the game. wil nieves down to second base on the 1-4 sacrifice.

now wil nieves goes to third base.   it will be a pass ball on omir santos. >> rob: well, the pitch on the outer half that keeps right on running and santos can't even get a fwloef towards it. >> bob: i think they made a right call. the catcher should be able to react to a breaking ball. >> rob: i don't know though. >> bob: but it was way outside. >> rob: it was far outside. >> bob: they hardly call past balls anymore but i think we live in an age where pitchers are taught to bounce breaking balls and splitters and change ups and catchers have turned into goal tenders as much as anything in certain situations. 2-1. nyjer morgan has stolen a base, scored a run and he's been on base twice without hitting the ball.

looking for rbi number 31.   from what i've seen of him now and not quite three weeks, he doesn't give away too many at bats and has a real good plan every time in there. it's either left field or a bunt or moving a runner. i haven't seen him make that many outs and as i say that, oliver perez runs a fastball right under his hands and the nats leave their 6th runner and lead 4-0. from that first dollar forward, cash flow isn't just an important thing to small business. it's everything.

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  >> bob: right behind home plate, the bridge and national's park, beautifully lit up on this tuesday evening july 21st and the nats lead 4-0, top of the 7th. john lannan, 77 pitches and pretty much right on his work weight.   he's sort of taken that down to about 13 pitches per inning now and he faces fernando tatis who's 0-2.

the bat follows the ball but doesn't get there and guzman to dunn and another ground ball out, the 13th of the game for john lannan. >> rob: that was just some serious jammage.    >> bob: tomorrow is wednesday and we'll be starring josh willingham and thursday we'll cover the bases with jordan zimmermann who will be pitching against the cardinals in the make up game and if you're not here at the ballpark, join us on masn. debbie taylor usually delves into the family photo album on thursday. there's a tapper on the right side by murphy. two outs. john lannan has it going and it's a thing of beauty. omir santos will be next. he's retired 10 of the last 11

mets.    >> rob: you notice the defense has been spectacular tonight and keep throwing strikes, up tempo and guys will be into the game as well. >> bob: look at that, 14 of them counting two double plays, 0-2 quickly and lannan is getting ground balls all over the place. 15 ground ball outs out of the 21 he has registered. time to stretch, 4-0 washington. pa announcer: final boarding call... all passengers... each with an average speed of 590 mph... almost as fast as you. nothing's gonna hold you down.

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  >> bob: nationals lead the mes 4-0 and your verizon nats xtra, nat's offense comes alive and another quality performance by mr. john lannan and jim riggleman's press conference.   everybody in a good mood tonight, waiving, having a good time. you like some of the arms the mets have in their bullpen and can the starters other than santana or hernandez get them to those guys. >> rob: i would say if the mets have anything they can trade for halladay, go get him. >> bob: yeah, a bunch of us were

in the dugout talking about that today and the question came up, if you're in fourth place nine games out, can roy halladay get you to the playoffs? >> rob: yes. >> bob: my answer is maybe. if you're in first place like the phillies then he can be the difference and get you into the world series. although many consider october such a crap shoot that you never know what's going to happen and rob, i know you've railed on the best of three in the first round. that really changes everything. >> rob: i dislike that more than the home field advantage for winning the all star game just because you played six months just really killed yourself, a lot of travel, 184 days, 162 games and then it's three and maybe you're out. >> bob: stokes bear hands and throws a fastball to retire guzman.

  christian is having quite a night, bob and you'll see him get down the line here. great hustle. >> rob: christian guzman with brian stokes has a very young fresh arm. >> bob: one out, bottom 7th, zimmerman and dunn the next two hitters and been on base five out of six times tonight. dunn with two singles, including an rbi and zimmerman has scored 54 runs this year.   i had zimmerman's total a little bit off. he has scored 61. >> rob: more fun than you thought. 

  >> bob: that was an emergency hack if i ever saw one by ryan zimmerman on a swing. and a breaking ball in the inner half and 1-2.   sharply hit right off the chest of castillo and that didn't feel too good. >> rob: no, that's not going to feel good after the game but that is a fantastic stop by castillo and xmo will capture this right here and bang right off the hands and off the heel of the glove and the ball in the chin and get in front of it and plenty of time to throw out the runner. 

  >> bob: bases empty and two os and dunn launches a fly ball and everybody converging and castillo takes him. nats gone quickly, top of the 8th coming up and no matter what your style, you have to like this score.

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  >> bob: john lannan pitching d the nats are suring up the defense for the last six outs. willie harris for willingham in left and nick johnson for adam dunn in first. the changes are straight up and there's a drive to left and here comes willie with the speed and can't quite get there. >> rob: he just wanted to get dirty. >> bob: rem any sent of the play he made against the mets last year that saved the ball game. >> rob: you've got to love a player like this. nowhere near the ball, willie harris will just dive anyway. >> bob: our buddies down in the clubhouse going to have a little

extra laundry to do. some grass stains to get out. >> rob: getting some great shots.    >> bob: 1-2 to cora, ground ball, what else is new? keep and for the mets, we saw him earlier with the yankees. >>: wasn't he rooki of the year for the royals?

>>:ú he was. he replace back in '03 and was the american league rookie of the year and then he made 77 errors but that wasn't the end of the story. then the royals discovered he was two years older than they had been led to believe rofrmth so that's the rest of the story. >> bob: so berroa listed at 31 years of age. rob:@ i don't kno if being older means you'll make more errors. bob: 77 errors. >> rob: yeah, that's ridiculous.   catch the ball, throw the ball.

>> bob: lannan gets a rare strikeout and that looks like number one tonight. angel berroa waited all night for this moment and strike out, right back to the bench.   top of the order and angel pagan. lannan would like to call him out and get back in the dugout. a drive to right and kearns is there and john lannan getting outs quickly and efficiently. 8 brilliant innings and the nationals lead 4-0. first dollar forward, cash flow isn't just an important thing to small business. it's everything. that's why pnc is introducing your new cfo,

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and be opposed by craig stammen. we'll get you going at 6:30 with johnny holliday and ray knight and we call it nats x trashgs. bobby parnell to face willie harris, austin kearns and gonzalez. >> rob: your ace is supposed to act like a closer and stop losing streaks. hopefully he can throw another perfect inning and do that. >> bob: the nats would dearly love to see that streak come to an end. 

 willie harris is 0 for his last 11 with three walks playing spareingly since the arrival of morgan and that will be a fly ball to center for angel pagan.   austin kearns will be next and 0-2 with a wk and 23,414 at our beautiful ballpark tonight.   you would watch bobby parnell working from the third base side of the rubber throwing across his body and you would figure it would be tough to hang in for a right-handed batter. >> rob: especially throwing 100

on the fastball and 84, 86 on the breaking ball. >> bob: backed off that one, 98. >> rob: he took something off of it. he can bring it.   >> bob: right down the middo kearns, 1-2. >> rob: he's losing his stuff, that was only 97. >> bob: that was a get me over heater. alberto gonzalez next. the mets have been out hit 6-4 but because of john lannan and timely hitting leading 4-0. >> rob: ouch. omir santos gets a shot to the right forearm of that 91 miles an hour slider in the dirt. >> bob: having a ball game in philadelphia, cubs and phillies tied 1-1 bottom 7th. the braves are all over the

giants leading 8-1. that's a fair ball it appears. it was for a long time but then called foul. that was hugging the chalk line all the way down.    >> rob: went foul, went fair, foul went pfrjts. >> bob: david wright plays it as you should, don't assume it's foul. he came up throwing to first. that's the baseball version of playing until the whistle and the 2-2 to kearns now. that ball gets in there in a hurry. >> rob: moving 98 miles an hour. 

  >> bob: right at the shortstop, alex cora, two down. alberto gonzalez 0-2 with a sac fly tonight and more from debbie taylor. >> reporter: something i noticed about alberto every time he comes out of the dugout, he kisses his bat and he's superstitious and the kiss shows the love of the bat and loves for hits and he's been doing this since he was a little kid in venezuela. >> bob: let's see if he can kis one good-bye here. you know, this could change my relationship with my driver. >> rob: oh. >> bob: haven't been showing it enough affection. evidently they don't like it when you slam it into the

ground. >> rob: i guess milton bradly didn't like his bat the other night when he snapped it over the thigh. >> bob: look what happened to pay drai when he stopped breaking his bats. then he became the president of united states. >> rob: he, he did. now he sells insurance. >> bob: 3-1. >> rob: do you ever sleep? >> rob: never. >> bob: that ball hit well but right at angel pagan and going top 9, john lannan, brilliant so far, 95 pitches and 2, 3, and 4 for the mets.

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  >> bob: that's the drive of te game, a drive to right field by wil nieves and it drove in the second nat's run of the night and gave them a 2-0 lead, one of wil's 14 rbi's this year but along with that, rob, he's done a masterful job of handling john lannan tonight. >> rob: yes, he has and he's made all the right calls and put lannan in the position and the

nationals to win this ball game and lannan could get another complete game. >> bob: that's a good start here in the 9th. luis castillo 1 for 3. and another. 16 ground ball outs in 8 innings. he's retired 14 of the last 15 mets.   he was hoping to get castillo reaching.   and a drive to center and morgan turns one way and the other and yes! you can outrun the ball. >> rob: how do you like me now? >> bob: that kid is something

else in center field. he's saved at least two doubles and who knows how many runs tonight. the play he made on david wright earlier there were two men on. >> rob: speed cannot be taught and he is just off on swinging the bat and great jump and runs down and what should have been a lead off double or triple in the 9th inning. >> bob: here's david wright 1 for 3 robbed by morgan in the 3rd and lannan keeps getting ahead. a drive to center and this is easy. >> rob: now he's just showing off. very nice.    >> bob: well, the team with the worst e.r.a. in all of baseball,

5.19 getting brilliant pitching from the leader of their staff tonight. just as we say that, francoeur with a one hopper to left field. >> rob: all right, you kept them in the building. >> bob: francoeur 2 for 4 and that's the met's first hit since the 6th and only the second single since the 4th inning. here's fernando tatis.   everybody standing and a crowd of 23,. john lannan from the state of new york, long beach out on

long island and beaten the yankees this year and beaten the mets once and runner goes and a pop up right side and can anybody get there? how about gonzalez and he drops the ball. they'll call it no play and that means not assessing an error and it would have been a good running catch but should have been caught. >> rob: this ball has to be caught right here. unbelievable. the bench can't believe it and john lannan goes right back up there and forget that it happened. >> bob: the dugout wants this thing over. >> rob: the man you've been waiting for all night, john, put them away.   

>> bob: runner going and a bouncer foul.   john lannan trying to even his record at 7-7. he would have more than one -- [ audio difficulty ] 0-2 pinch and a bouncer right side and alberto has this one and so do the nats. a brilliant 4-0 shutout for john lannan and his second career complete game and his first shutout. >> rob: john lannan has probably seen enough in the last few days and took it upon himself to throw a gem and a shutout. >> bob: the nats strand five runners on the night.

>> rob: jim riggleman gets the first one. >> bob: 4-4-0 and didn't take many hits to win the ball game tonight because the chabss oliver perez gave them. they took advantage and beat the mets. more straight ahead. l passengers... each with an average l passspeed of 590 mph... almost as fast as you. nothing's gonna hold you down. grab your bag . it's on™west so our low fares stay low. ( ding ) book now at southwest.com.

  >> bob: well, you couldn't have asked for a better performance. the ace take it is mound against the mets and john lannan has had great success against the two teams from yankee. johnny holliday and ray knight, we'll be coming along in a few seconds. how good does this feel? >> feels good to me. we talked about it last night. the defense showed up tonight and john lannan throwing 15 ground ball outs and 105 pitches and most of them strikes, 72% strikes and good sibinger change up and solid defensive play.

>> the shut out, john lannan is standing by with debbie taylor right now. >> reporter: no, he's not. he can't wait after a win like this, his arm needed to go get iced. >> bob: 17 ground ball outs for john lannan including the final out of the game and i guess -- john lannan was around it all night and no coincidence, good pitching means better defense. joip us tomorrow tonight. 6:30, for all the latest news on the nats. this has been a presentation of masn, stay tuned nats xtra johnny and ray coming up. so long for just awhile. 

  >> it's time for nat's xtra post game. a handshake, congratulations to jim riggleman, the pride and joy of richard montgomery high school. after this complete game, his first career and second career complete game, first career shutout as he blanks the new york mets and how sweet to get this one against the team from the state where he grew up, 4-0 washington and the losing streak is over and now maybe this is the start up of something really good. >> i don't want to start anything but the mets are going to look at john lannan when he becomes a free agent and offer him a lot of money just because he pitches well against them. >> he had everything going and seemed like he just got better as we go along. >> he's been so good the last two years and you hear of great names like ford and think of them as being an unbelievable

pitcher. well, they are because they're able to pitch behind in the could want and able to throw the change up and the sinker and john lannan is that kind of pitcher and goes out there day in and day out and throws strikes and works the defense well and gives you the same effort every time out. fastball hit hard up the middle and jammed up the middle and throughout the night just ground ball after ground ball. when you get in on somebody after throwing the change up, off the end of the bat with the breaking balls and he was unbelievable at throwing the change up and the defense had a special bounce to it. final out, a little change up away, a little bouncer to second base for his 17th ground ball out of the game, phenomenal game for him, for the nationals. >> you take a look at the box score, lannan with a big out for the catcher wil nieves who came through with a clutch hit.

no earned runs, 7 hits allowed didn't walk anybody, struck out one and threw 106 pitches in this ball game and been over 100 pitches maybe five or six times this year but he was in a groove and everybody leaving tonight feeling pretty darn good. >> he only threw 15 pitches per inning tonight and that's about as good as you can get. he's our best pitcher and i have chills actually. you don't see guys go out there day in and day out not throwing 91, 92, 93 miles an hour and dominate people. he's throwing ground ball outs and balls not hit hard. they got 7 hits tonight and only five of the balls, five of the balls getting through the infield and two balls hit hard and the fly ball to center field that david wright hit was the hardest ball. >> nat's first win since july the 11th and this was a

scoreless ball game and the defining moment in this ball game game in the 4th inning and the nats took advantage of a miscue by the mets and put runs across. >> it certainly did. getting the sac fly to francoeur trying to get rid of the ball and two out base hit by wil nieves. we haven't had a whole lot of clutch hits and two sacrifice flies tonight as we got runners on third base and hustling to third was zimmerman on a line drive base hit to right with a strong arm francoeur and beat the throw to third and set up a sacrifice fly later on. >> with a win, lannan goes to 7-7 on the year and he's now 3-7 lifetime against the mets and faced them tonight for only the third time this year and perez gets the loss and he falls to 2-3 in this ball game. you talk, ray, about pitching

and hitting. very few times this year we've had both on the same page and see what happens when you get good pitching and hitting and defense? >> i think it was pitching and defense tonight. the hitting was there but situational hits and first to third and two sacrifice flies and a couple of rbi singles late in the ball game. you only had four base hits but he walked six guys. that showed patience and that's 11 runners we had on base and only got four hits and not a big offensive night. the big thing about tonight was i think you'll see this team show you this type of game throughout the rest of the season, hopefully certainly in the future with the defense and pitching. >> if you're wondering about what did john have working effectively, let's go down and with a headset on, a guy you know has to be smiling and what'd i tell you, there's wil nieves and he has an rbi in the

ball game and wil, congratulations for the hit and congratulations in catching a great game by a tough competitor. >> first of all, i want to thank god and he did an awesome job and it's fun when you win. hopefully this is the beginning of a winning streak and just to turn around our year. >> wil enlighten us as to what john was featuring tonight that made him effective? >> he was getting ahead keeping the ball down and when he gets in trouble is when he gets ahead and go to two strikes and tonight he didn't. he got ahead and he didn't waist any pitches and i think that was the key for him to throw complete games. he was outstanding today. like i said, throwing the ball down and we threw a lot of fastballs today and threw breaking stuff whenever we need it. like i said, he was outstanding

today. >> you know something, wil we have talked many times around the batting cage that you have to keep your spirits up and focus in thefection game and can't change anything from yesterday or last night and i know it's been tough for this ball club and takes only one win to get everybody rolling and enthuse and had you charge on from here. >> i talked to you about that all the time. we have a great team if we put everything together and we're going to be fine and surprise a lot of people. i'm hoping this is the beginning of change in our team and like i say i want to thank the fans because they're there and we're going through a tough time and every time we go out there, we're playing hard and want to win and like you say, we know what's going to happen, everything is going to turn around and start doing better. >> it's only been five days, our first win under riggleman.

is there a change? >> he talks a lot to the players and he's always cheering you up if you do something bad and i think yeah, he's positive. manny was positive and he's positive and i think that's important to have in a team. just positive people and like i said, when you think pos three innings, good things are going to happen. >> wil, we can't thank you enough and we appreciate your time and congratulations tonight and good luck tomorrow and let's wrap it up and take the series from new york and win that thing tomorrow night. >> god bless you guys. >> thank you. wil nieves gives you 10% all the time. lots more to talk about and we'll take a break and we'll come back in a moment and 4-0 the nationals shutting out the mets and john lannan the win and the complete game shutout. ♪

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to you in part by verizon, over 120 hd channels and the fastest internet. a big win for left hander john lannan slapping fives with his teammates and then who do you think is going to get the game ball tonight? he gives it to the skipper jim riggleman. you talk about a nice moment right there. that's how much it's got to mean a lot to jim riggleman. >> my goodness, a guy that's dedicated his life to baseball in the minor leagues for a long time and never got a chance to may in the big leagues and comes as a coach and finally gets a chance to manage with the padres and had a good year with the cubs whatever year that was and went to the playoffs and then comes home and has the dream job and suffers through four straight defeats after suffering through all the other losses and may be one of the top five highlights of his career. >> let's go back and take a look and see how they got rolling tonight. they got a couple runs in the

4th and 5th. >> only had four hits in this ball game and ties a season low and still shut out new york 4-0. just goes to show you, doesn't it. >> if you can pitch, the los angeles dodgers made a habit of winning pennant but zimmerman in the 1st and dunn gets a base hit in the right side and the only team that hasn't played him -- [ audio difficulty ]   that's not what happened. fly ball to right field and misplayed by francoeur and a base hit to right and putting us up 2-0 and morgan gets hit by a pitch and steal second after he got picked off the first time learned something and steals second easily and zimmerman walked as they pitched him tough and he looked good and base hit and big base hit to right field and morgan score and had zim hustled to third and getting the situation and setting up for

willingham and capitalizes and four runs right there and didn't see a lot of hits but a lot of good baseball and good hustle and capitalization of getting balls to the outfield and allowing the runs to score. >> zimmerman 1 for 2 and a couple of runs and walks and dunn had a 2 for 4 night. after suffering through five consecutive loss as he takes over this ball club on bases, he can celebrate his first major league vic as the national's skipper. he's meeting with the media. >> well, you know, i can't lie to you, it feels good to win a ball game but we've had a few ball games where i felt real good about you saw some progress and as i said one night took a step backwards but i feel like we competed good and john was just so outstanding tonight it was really he made it easy for

myself and the staff tonight to to do what we do and watching him work and you know, he got some great help from nyjer and guzman and just tremendous defense by those guys and zim made some nice plays and you know, it was indicative of how we can play and pitching and defense were off the charts for us and we only got four hits, i believe, but it was timely hitting and we got to play better defense and we know we have good young pitchers and that was exhibited again tonight and situational hitting and things we talk about with them and it was nice to see a lot of that come to fruition >> he said no doubt we're winning tomorrow and he just has the bulldog mentality. is that something the players

feel and a lot of the guys said we enjoy playing behind john lannan. >> yeah, john works fast and throws strikes and classic stuff that has been taught from day one and they like playing behind him. i think the pitching coaches throughout our organization does a good job and steve mccathy was down there and sinclair and they've had them working fast all year and you know, the guys like playing behind him and zimmerman works fast and lannan is a polished guy. he's whatever mid-20s but he pitches like a seasoned veteran and i think he relishes the role of being the lead guy on our staff and feel good when he's out there.   you know, i can't really separate the two.

they're both outstanding games and it was just top to bottom very well played game and as i said, you can't say enough as the defense we got from several several people and a couple i mentioned already. >> there were 15 total in that whole game plan and two of them result in double plays. is that as good as he can be? that's his game, really is getting them. >> yeah. his style of pitching, it's kind of a classic left hander that throws the ball where he throws it and i don't want to be giving away his secrets. there's so much video and scouting now, everybody knows what everybody does anyway. he was getting a lot of ground balls and that's his game and we got to make the plays behind him and we did. >> was it to take advantage of

perez's wildness? >> i was impressed by oliver and a couple times he threw breaking balls and change up, whatever but now and then he reached back and threw good fast balls and he's going to be a tough guy to contend with throughout the rest of the year, probably. i don't think people have seen the best of him this year. >> do you think lannan has done the last two starts against the mets. is there anything you see in the match up that works well for him? >> i haven't thought about it. when you pitch good and execute your pitches regardless of the line up, you have a good chance to get people out. good pitching beats good hitting for the most part and that pitching has to be real good and he pitched real good ball games against the mets both times and we've got the results. i don't know that there's any particular thing about any style of pitching or style of their hitting that would lead to an advantage for him.

  >> jim riggleman talking with the media down stairs and won 90 games with the cubs and got them in the wild card situation in post season play and tonight is the 523rd victory as a major league manager. congratulations. >> that's a lot of wins. that means he's been around a long, long time and been in over a thousand decisions and has a lot of experience handling bad situations, johnny and he's had experience at handling the good stuff. this ship is in the hands of good people, just a matter of getting it on the field. >> we'll take a break and come back and talk to more national players as we continue along. 4-0 and guess who will join us in a moment, nyjer morgan who had terrific catches after these messages. each with an average speed of 590 mph...

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nat's xtra pregame and the cardinals here for the make up rainout game on thursday night and then the san diego padres come to town on masn 2 on friday, saturday and sunday. as you can see the times there, nats xtra pregame starting 30 muns before the first pitch. welcome back. 4-0 the nationals shutting out the mets tonight and a guy that played a key part of the victory is downstairs, nyjer morgan, he had a walk and got hit by a pitch and tonight he was like everybody else, impressed with the performance of john lannan. >> does that make it easier to make better defense behind him? >> most definitely. we fall into his pattern and it makes it a lot better because you find the rhythm and makes the game easier. >> reporter: what did you think of oliver perez? >> he was a little erratic but effective tonight and pitched good but we were able to get the breaks.

>> reporter: looking ahead to tomorrow and mike pelfrey, what can you expect? >> he will probably come after us with a fastball and have good at bats and battle with him. >> reporter: finally, i have to ask you about getting jim his first win in washington, d.c. >> that was a hard fought hattel there and finally he's on the block so now he can sleep better. >> nyjer morgan talking with the media and only the national's second shutout and we'll be back in a moment and the other shutout by stammen 3-0 earlier this year. ray and i return after this. two beers! you got it! are you insured? do you know when your beer is perfectly cold? or do you risk drinking a warm one?

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talked about his performance tonight. >> the first couple innings the fastball was up and wright mised those two balls and i realized i had to get the ball down and the last couple innings i threw down and he put the glove there and i had great command. >> reporter: you said -- it was and you were the stopper tonight. just your thoughts on finally getting the team into the win column. >> i mean, i didn't mean it like that. i just knew today i was giving my best effort to give us a win. we have to stop it sometime and i had a feeling we'll go out there and put together runs and this is a great win for our team and we've been working hard and it's a shame we lost six straight. we're not playing that bad. i'm glad we played good defense and key hits. >> reporter: you know that jim is from this area. it's got to be special for you

guys to see him get his first win. >> yeah, i gave him the game ball so there you go. >> two of them result in double plays. is that about as good as you can get? >> you could probably get 27 ground balls but yeah, i'm a ground ball pitcher and i'm not a strikeout pitcher and got to keep the walks down and just make sure you keep the hitters off balance and working in and out and that was the key for me today and keeping the hitters off balance in and out.   well, obviously the line up is not the same but they're still a great hitting team and i just face it so much and i usually do a scouting report to look at video and this report i did it from memory and even though i faced francoeur a bunch of times too and i'm starting to get more comfortable

with the nl east and that's a good thing. >> that ball and catch, that was a game changer for me. if he doesn't make that, that's two runs on the board and he's on second or third with two outs and francoeur is up after him. that was a game changer and you need a guy out there in center field and a professional and gives you everything. >> good to have a center fielder covering ground out there. nyjer covers it, doesn't he? >> that's one thing to look at about the ball club and say we've improved that position about as much as you can improve a position and he's getting on base twice a night and he stole the base and that's a part of an element you build to make the beginning of the foundation and i've always felt the center fielder, second baseman, shortstop, catcher was the key to the defense and we're solid there. >> interesting lannan throws a shutout and the last guy to

threw a shutout starts tomorrow and that's stammen. >> boy, has he thrown well. 2.90 earned run average and 6 in the last six starts and only four walks and 16 strikeouts and 39 innings pitch and had three straight quality starts and pushing john lannan not effective over a long period of time and certainly a guy that has the same type stuff. >> so tonight the fans can go home happy and hope they can do it again tomorrow night. it's been a terrific night. pitching, defense, lannan excellent on the mound and nyjer running down balls in the outfield and 4-0 the nationals shutting out the mets. for ray knight, i'm johnny holliday. good night from national's park. i've never had much. but now that i'm making more, it's time to be a little smarter about how i manage it.. with the calendar, i can schedule all my payments. and when funds are low,

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a fun day to hear, before they start playing. but, what they think they can do >> the magic has signed another player to come off the bench. barnes, signed a two-year deal, after playing with the suns. financial terms were not disclosed. all signs point to boozer not being in utah, this upcoming season. he said that they have agreed to a trade and it would ab beautiful thing, if he wound up reuniting with dwayne wade on the miami heat. >> people talked about this for years, ed is putting his lawsuit where his mouth is. he's the lead plaintiff in a class-action lawsuit, with charging the ncaa, making

billions while the players get nothing. all current and former players. it was filed in san francisco, and $4 billion they get off d.v.d.s, and advertising, and the ncaa's response much more on that for sure. baseball it is over between the indians and bluejays. trying to get back to the .500 mark. down a run. martinez, cranks it down the line, second double of the night. sizemore scores. and cabrera, and cleveland wins, 2-1. cliff lee, gets the complete-game victory, didn't walk a batter. second straight complete game.

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>> we're back, braves have a whole bunch of offense. san francisco does not. bottom four, mccann. he's a big reason, they've been scoring a whole bunch of homeruns. mccann's 10th, and braves win, 8-1, came into the night, leading in runs scored in july. add eight to that, that's 103. lowe, one win, and pitched solid tonight. >> cycling. 15th stage of the tour de france, 99 mile ride in the alps. i get tired just reading it and

by the way. two brutal climbs, early in the stage, having lance armstrong, and saying you got my back. lance conceded the lead to his teammate alberto. >> second and final climb, and they get aggressive and splits up armstrong and alberto. all about the teammates. and lance caught up with a great run. scary moment, look at this. goes down hard, sliding on the pavement. no update on his condition. wins the stage, and as you saw, about 35-miles-per-hour these guys are going down sharp turns. and it is over, and everybody is safe. overall standing, the same as before. >> we stay current on "espnews,"

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>> right now on espnews, hot kwre69 team in baseball, the phillies. the tenth straight win tonight, having some trouble with the chicago cubs. roy halladay, which team is the hottest after the bluejays? michael vick is a free man. news now on when he's going to meet with the commissioner if he gets back in an nfl you know form. [closed captioning provided by espn, inc.] >> lot of baseball wrapping up around the country and in

canada. toronto, up 1-0 on the indians. one out in the top of the ninth. victor martinez didn't have a run batted in in the ninth inning all season. brings home one to tie the game. and two to win it. he holds on in the bottom of the 9th. cliff lee, back-to-back complete games after starting so brutally. now he's 6 and 9 after the back-to-back 18-inning efforts right there. 2-1, with the victory. and gets back to two games under .500. indians win, they're 20 below 500. the indians and bluejays would have gotten 500 with a win after reading that graphic. >> great way to start the half hour. after jonathan coachman, will do his job in the next half hour. our job is to keep you current in the great world of sports. one of the big stories, michael vick. >> looks like michael vick is one step closer to returning to the nfl. >> nfl commissioner roger

goodell has him front and center in a possible reinstatement of michael vick nowno that vick has been released from federal custody. goodell stated there is no timetable on a decision to reinstate vick. that he'd like make a decision in the near future. a meeting between vick and goodell could take place either thursday or friday, likely resulting in a conditional reinstatement next week. chris mortensen, and sal paolantonio have been working hard on the story, and mort joins us now. in this meeting, they're trying to finallize the time and location of the meeting to take place by thursday or friday. as you just mentioned. and once thatd meeting takes place, our sources are telling us that goodell would probably make this decision by next

tuesday, but would not likely extend beyond next week. but the conditional reinstatement aspect of it is interesting. it's not the first time he would use this model. goodell would reserve the right tog extend or further define vick's indefinite suspension to goit ahead and give him the gren light to go to training camp if he signs with an nfl team. >> where exactly would this meeting take place? in new york? would vick have to travel there? what do you know on that? >> that's what we don't know. and whether it's by design. or focus. so to speak on all these details, you know, the times, location of the meeting. we were -- we were told were still being finalized. knows. maybe they are finalized there already. >> i wouldn't be surprised if they have the meeting at the

league's front office in park avenue there in new york. there are other locations that they have to meet, certainly, to keep it from being a media circus. but you never know. >> now i know a lot of this news is just coming out right now. do you see any reason why roger goodell would allow michael vick under this conditional reinstatement to go to training camp? o ofhen around the first september continue to have him suspended? >> well, listen, by september~ ~1st, the first mandatory date for roster cuts. that would be the target date. and i think that the commissioner would state it completely. but during that month time, continue to observe vick or see if there's any new information to come forward. you get to return this year, but you get to serve four more weeks or eight more weeks, you can do that. or he can say i'm satisfied, you

certainly are warned that any further missteps would lead tod your banishment. he could do that. or if the commissioner comes out of this meeting friday or thursday and doesn't feel good about it, and one source tells me if it's not positively productive, he could choose another option other than conditional reinstatement. but let's face it, july 20, everybody has known this date was coming. the league has been working on this behindee the scenes. there's been dialogue behind the scenes. know, the work, a lot of the work has been done, except for this meeting with vick. and that's why this is going to happen sooner than later. and certainly get into a camp. we'll let you know when and where you're playing at a later date. >> okay, let's talk about those possible options for michael vick. whatat teams are you hearing may be seriously. in vick? >> i haven't heard any teams.

>> being more successful, i know it that there have been teams that have had internal discussions, but pretty much shot down by the owner or by the coach. and sometimes by the general manager. we haveat speculated. that's all it is. a team like the new england patriots have the stability in, the locker room. we know bill chick likes verse -- belichick likes versatility. he could use vick as a scout team quarterback playing with the wildcats. though he does have a rookie quarterback athlete that could do that. teams like the oakland raiders, certainly tom cable was in atlanta when michael rushed for 1,000 yards. so, that would be one team everybody would all speculate about. but they said no, they're not interested.

so if the raiders are saying no. >> certainly it's a story you're going to be all over. i'm sure sal paolantonio as we well. >> cubs and phillies are now in the bottom of the 11th. philadelphia with a nine-game win streak. looking for the 10th straight. joe blanton, 1-1, bottom of the 11th. one swing of the bat, and we'll have highlights as soon as it's done from the city of brotherly love. >> this one went right quick. another good pitching duel. this one on the mound for washington. doing all of the damage for the mets. top 5. christian guzman will go over the play nailing alex cora at

first. they chop away in the first as well. adam dunn, the r.b.i. single. he scores two in this frame on a hit batter, a steal, a walk. and a block. he tried to stop a 7-game skid, and it's landed. the pride of sienna in albany, new york. making scotty randall very hap happy. the 11th pick in 2005. the nats win it. nats get more hits, nats get more runs, that's what gets you you the win. >> brewers and pirates also done on this friday evening. the long ball, left to right field both times. the guy in the top of the fifth, knocked in craig counsell. he's on base. 3 for 4, fielder 2 for 4. upped his average, june 13 as the brewers knock off the pirates. >> benches are cleared monday

between these two. no such issues today. seven scoreless innings. >> toronto blue jays say a trade must be completed by july 28 in order to make all agreements. >> what happened in the last 48 hours in terms of where roy halladay might go? the most likely destination remains philadelphia. now the phillies don't want to give up beckett and two more position prospectsment but the more they've thought about it, the more they say okay. we're going to play in october, this is about winning in octob october. sometime around the 28th we'll know exactly whether or not that deal will happen.

we'll be on at noon eastern. our entire "baseball tonight" crew, including peter gam mondays will be here to talk about any deals. >> all right, red sox and rangers, boston trying to snap a three-game losing streak. that's their longest of the season. right now, top 8. one out. murphy, a sac fly in the 7th. tommy hunter was outstanding. he had a 1.53 melvin mohr, the two-run single late. to get it within 6. that's where he we stand now. just a few outs and highlights

coming your way on espnews. >> braves and white sox, chasing both of those the east. detroit leads chicago by a game in the central. jermaine dice coming up, and he's got a hit for the white sox, leading 2-1. >> the tigers and mariners just over. detroit win beginning a very important six-game homestand. bottom of the first, bases loaded. magglio ordonez. ordonez, grand slam. fifth home run of the year. up 5-1. bottom 6. tigers up up 8-6, miguel cabre cabrera. >> like how i roll my r's? we're doing that consistently. thank you, thank you very much. for cabrera's 19th on the year. tigers win 9-7. plas copolanco, r.b.i. double. solo home run. six home runs in his last 23 games. the mariners have been playing

very well. franklin gutierrez is playing day-to-day. he's out after running into the outfield wall. several injuries there, but they don't look all that serious. >> all right, still to come, brett favre is getting closer to his own self-imposed deadline. more thoughts on favre when we more thoughts on favre when we come back. during the autobahn for all event, you can get great deals. it's perfect. i just want to make sure it's the right decision. - future... us? - we got here as quick as we could. look, it's the cc. you don't pay for scheduled maintenance,

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to come back. we know whates happening on the outside of the box. what is happening on the inside? >> its doesn't affect us. >> tha that can't possibly be true. >> you know why it's true? because football, i think players and i think thela media doesn't take this into account. players understand that football is going to be played regardless. there are a million players, great players that have played in this league and eventually had to give it up. regardless, at some point in time, brett is going to have to stop playing, whether it's this year, next year. it was something that's going to be happening. so regardless for the fans, this year they saw the year that just passed, weea can can still perform. it will happen, football will be played. and it's not anish ewe that this

upcoming season ofquetting back on track and what we've put in and playing at a high level. the issue is who is going to come back, and what team it's going to be on, it doesn't affect it. #r. >> two of three, and i don't think people would have looked at it the same way. there's got to be enough people saying why wouldn't they want him back on a team that's that close to actually winning? questions thate weret asked. it didn't have any effect on what we did last year. you can say that's your opinion. it's okay tode have that opinio. we feel good about where we are. aaron's been great for us. he's going to continue to improve, and make us winners, and that's what we want. we're doing a lot. we're putting a lot of work in, and got the tools to get it do done. >> we obviously could have gone a different way last year.

so we've got to get to the final thing, which is t favre wants ti play for your rival. does anybody in green bay have a problem with the fact that he wants to play for your rival and beat you guys? >> there might be a few people. but i don't think it's going to be that big of a deal. maybe on sunday, if when we play them, it might just be a few guys running a little faster, playing a little harder to get to the quarterback. but definitely doesn't affect me. he won'tff be throwing at me. i get a chance to play with him, and a chance to play against him. so it doesn't affect anything. we're still going to go out there, play hard, play fast, and do everything we canst to get a win against him. >> do you think he can still play? >> i think so. i think he can still play. from what i've seen, he looks like he's throwing the ball hard. >> he's throwing to high school kids. they're having trouble catching the balls, but there are a lot of pros that had trouble catching his balls. >> the football goes on, and green bay will be concerned aboutse that. september 13, opening game at home.

thank you. >> the brand-new uso football league that will begin play in october has landed their first big name. first pick by the bills, jp lawson has signed into the nfl. he joins us live here on espnews, and jp, first question i have, why have you decided to play in the ufl? >> well, i've decided to play just to um get back on the field. you know, just looking at myself from a long stand point overall, like i've got a long career, the long haul. you know, i think this is a pivotal year for me to get back into the nfl. it's going to be a good year where i can get on the field and work with somebody who has had a lot of success with quarterbacks. and now get back in the league. >> for those people that aren't familiar, you'll start the year october 8. six games ending on thanksgiving. and you can immediately then go back into the nfl. but why wouldn't you go to training camp and try to get on

a team right at the beginning of the year. >> you're talking about this year right now? >> correct. >> because i'm making a commit many to jim and this league, and i'm making a commitment to getting back in the nfl through free agency next year. so i want to put myself in the best situation for that top ho happen. for a team calling up before training camp to start, it's usually going to be a back-up role. second, third string type of role. and that's a hard role for me to play right now. and i know that. but not to say that i'm against it by any means. but i still feel i can play. and a lot of guys in this league still feel that i can play. like i said, i'm committing myself to going to the league and work on some fundamentals. work on some things that i want to work with or work on with a guy like jim fassell and see if we can create some buzz for the free agency market next year. >> speaking of that buzz. clearly right now you'll be the face of this league for the

foreseeable short future. there's been some talk today about possibly going after michael vick. how would you feel having michael vick as part of this new league? >> oh, i think it's great. i welcome as many players as possible that can play at a high level. one of the things i saw when i was looking at the talent was the talent level. and the fact that the coaches weren't extremely excited at some of the talent that was there that particular day, even though i was. it was exciting that they were looking for better talent. that was one of my main concer concerns. i think it's good for the league and players in general. >> you mention the word competitive. there have been some leagues in the past that have not been competitive and that have tried. what have you seen? what have the coaches seen?

you've got four big named coaches. what have you seen that says this can go for six games to next year to maybe eight or ten games? >> yeah, that's one of the main reasons why i was getting excited about this league. you know, was the nfl coaches that are coaching in the league. and pretty much running the league from what i i've seen so far. making a lot of the decisions. you want nfl people in there. if you're going to run a league, you know, not competing, but subpar to the nfl, you want nfl guys, if you can, to run that league. that's what seems like is going on right now. those guys are going to be very competitive with each other to find that talent and win some ballgames. >> best of luck this year with the ufl, certainly hope that it's a success for you. >> thank you very much. >> people have talked about this for years. ed o'bannon is putting his lawsuit where his mouth is.

the former ucla basketball star is a a lead aplaintiff charging the ncaa with making billions off student-athletes while the players financially get nothing. it's a class action suit filed on behalf of anybody who is a current or former d1 football offer men's basketball player. he filed it in san francisco, and it references the estimated $4 billion, with a bs the ncaa gets off of selling players jerseys, video games, dvds, advertising, et cetera, et cetera. the ncaa responded as if. we haven't had an opportunity to review the losses, so we'll defer comment at this time. but the ncaa categorically denies any infringement occurent or former student-athletes. >> ahead, lance armstrong still fighting father time. see who won today's round. we all have confidence

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>> the challenge kicks off for chelsea, you but not so for intermilan. they struggled on sunday against club america. >> yeah, they had a tough time. club america did come out and play well. but it wasn't what they were looking for in terms of the first start to this tournament. and here, juan carlos silva comes on in the second half. bang! what a great goal. first time out of the air, the equalizer here off the corner. makes sure he gets in the back of the net. yeah, happy there. and a little bit of confusion, but they go to penalty kicks,

and club america walks away with the win. >> an emotional day for more rena. but that doesn't come close to the emotion he'll have tonight against his former team. >> it will be difficult. you talk about roller coaster rides, when you coach against your old club, there are so many things that go through your mind. bottom line, he goes againsten chill lawdy who is coaching now for chelsea. >> should have a good one for you tonight. the game can be seen on espn2. chelsea versus intermilan in the 2009, world football challenge. >> from soccer to the tour de france. the biggest cycling event on the planet. 16th stage, three-week event. >> anyways, two rough climbs in this one, and early on, bank goes on the agressive.

2 and 1 respectively in the race. it's brutal. that's good. scary moment in the race late. and the final descent, and watch what happens. he catches something on the table there, and taken to the hospital. no update on his condition. go to espn.com. wheneverring anything breaks, we'll have it for you there. as for the winner there, his first career tour victory, but, the big story is who is on top. it's the same as it was going into today. contador, a minute and 0 seconds aahead of his teammate, lance armstrong. >> toronto on the way. they have set the trade deadline for halladay.

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>> time to be agres serve espnews. we've got baseball games ending all over. the phillies and cubs are one of the few that isn't. top of the 10 -- tenthaight win. roy halladay's jays. where they might be headed. and the latest from the nfl. michael vick has a date with the commissioner. we'll have the absolute latest on when he might be suiting up are if your nfl team. >>

>> let's start you off with orioles and yankees. pick it up bottom 3rd. alex rodriguez part of the yankee's first run. yankees go from down 2-1, to up 3-2. they had a stolen base and scored in the second inning. bottom of the fourth, robinson cano, gets the ball over the meat of the plate, and punches that to right centerfield. that matches his total for last season. yankees win it 6-4. sergio made his first start and gegets his first win. after violating baseball's drug policy. the yankees now 5-0 since the all-star break. and forces boston to have to win to keep pace in the american league east. >> dot yankees ever play on the road? doesn't seem like it. >> not in 2009. >> with that, we say welcome into another half hour here on

espnews. it's 10:30 on the east coast. we're here for another half hour. he is steve bunin, i am the coach. we've got michael vick news to get to, and we will. first, plenty more from the diamond on tuesday. we go now to the national league. the cubs and phillies. it's the 13th inning, shane victori in. o can win it with one swing of the bat. this is where this game has been since the fourth inning. 1-1, great pitching duel between joel blanton, and rich harden, those guys will get no decisions, jimmy rollins with a homer in the third. whoever scores next, we'll bring you the highlights whether it happens on espnews. >> now to the mets and nats. m two of the teams chasing the phillies. come on fans, you've got to give it up. they're still chasing the phillies, technically. top of the fifth. christian guzman, watch the deep pick. nails alex cora. the fourth inning, scoring two runs on a pair of walks and a fielder's choice.

in the fifth. they get two runs on, a hit batter, a steal, a walk, a missed steal by adam dunn, and a fly. snapped their seven-game losing skid, and they do it because john lan dop was on fire. racked up his first career complete game in his second full season in the big leagues, pride of sienna, helped the mets 4-0, despite getting outhit 7-4. oliver perez takes the loss 2-3. >> the tigers with seattle. detroit beginning a very important trip. magglio ordonez, bottom of the first, bases loaded. that is not coming back. fifth home run of the year. 7 career grand slams. first since 2002.

laroche having to play off the line with prince fielder. counsell knows. lined in the right field. brewves in his 85th run in that favors prince fielder. .533 hitter against the left hander.

the toronto bluejays have set a deadline. bluejays say a trade must be completed by july 28 to get all agreements in place. it could be l.a. or phillie. peter gammons has more on this completion situation. >> nothing chaz has changed in the last 48 hours in terps of where roy halladay may go. >> now the phil he's don't want to give up two more position prospects. but the more they thought about it. they said okay, this is about winning in october. and halladay gives them a better chance to win three consecutive world series. a good chance sometime around the 28th, we'll know exactly whether or not that deal will happen. >> all right, thank you. of course, the official trade deadline, july 31st, 4:00 eastern, 1:00 pacific. our coverage begins on espn at noon eastern time. our entire baseball tonight crew will be here to break it all down, right down to the final

hour. >> all right, just went final in texas. boss ton and texas. jason vair tech. he was the tieing run. grounds out to third, and the rangers to the red sox to the fourth straight loss. tommy hunter, he goes six strong for texas. he now has a 1.52era in his last four starts. josh beckett takes the loss. he had been 6-0 after a red sox loss this season. he falls to 11-4 on the year. >> tampa bay up 3-2 now on chicago. this has gone back and forth throughout. now tampa just three outs from winning this thing on the road. they're four and a half games behind boston going into tonight. the white sox just a game behind detroit. so the tigers beat seattle. so the white sox, if they don't come back, they fall two behind theand

i both worked on this story together. our sources have told us, we worked separately, and collectively, that this meeting, they're trying to finalize the time of the meeting to take place by thursday or friday. once that meeting takes place, our sources are telling us that goodell will probably make this decision by next tuesday.

but he would not extend beyond next week -- the and conditional reinstates meant aspect of it is interesting. not the first time that he would use this model. he would reserve the right to extend or deaf it, but give him the green light to go to training-camp if he sign wes an n.f.l. team. >> where would this meeting take place? in new york? or what did you know on that? >> that's what we don't know. and, whether it is by design, the league is, both sides have been very under the radar, so to speak, on all these details. the time and location of the meeting, with we were -- we were told it was being finalized. maybe they are finalized already. i would be a little surprised if they had the meeting at the league's main office on park

avenue, in new york. there are other locations, that they have to meet. to keep it from being a media circus but you never know. >> a lot of this news is just coming out right now. do you see any reason why he would allow him, to go to training-camp, and then around the first of september, continue to have him suspended? >> well, by that -- by september 1st that's the first mandatory of this news is coming out now. do you see any reason why roger goodell would allow vick to go to training camp and then around the first of september continue to have him suspended? >> well, listen, september~ ~1st is the first mandatory date for roster cuts. so that would be kind of the target date. and i think that the commissioner might be poised to reinstate vick completely. but during that month time, continue to observe vick. or see if there's any new forward.on to cometh. or, you know, that comes forward. and if there is some, that would be negative. and if it cast vick in a negative light, at which point he could say, you know what, you get to lurn this year, but you're going to serve four more weeks or eight more weeks.

>> he could say i'm satisfied, and he's warned that any further missteps could lead to your banishment into the league. he could do that. or, if the commissioner comes out with his meeting friday or thursday, and doesn't feel good about it, as one source told me, if it's not positively productive, then he could choose another option other than conditional reinstatement. but let's facet, it, july 20th, everybody's known this day was coming. the league's been working on this behind the scenes. there's been dialogue behind the scenes. so the work, a lot of the work has been done except for this meeting with vick, and that's why this is going to happen sooner than later. and certainly get intoa a camp and we'll let you know when and where you're playing at a later date. >> okay, chris, let's talk abot the possible options for michael vick. what teams are you hearing may be seriously interested in his services? >> i haven't heard any teams.

juste as the league has tried to be clandestine, i think teams are even more successful being clandestine or either there is just no interest out there. but i know that there have been teams that have had internal discussions, but pretty much shot down. shot down by the owner or sometimes it's by the coach, or sometimes by the general manager. i mean, we have speculated, and that's all it is. a team like the new england patriots might be the team. they've got the type of stability in the locker room. we know that belichick likes versatility. you know, he could use vick as a wildcat. he could use vick as a scout team quarterback playing the wildcat. though he doesn't haverb a rooke quarterback athlete that they drafted this year that could do that. but, you know, teams like the oakland raiders. i mean, it's certainly tom cable was in atlanta when i think michael rushed for 1,000 yards. so, that would be one team everybody will always speculate about. but they said no. they're not interested.

so if the raiders are saying no, what's that mean? i think that teams won't come out of the closet, so to speak, until they get word from the commissioner. >> all right, certainly it'es going to be a story that chris, you will bee all over. i'm sure sal paolantonio as well. nfl insider chris mortensen, thank you so much, sir. >> all right, coming up, it was almost one of the great stories of all time. as he prepares for the senior open, tom watson reflects on what got away. plus carlos boozer says he's most definitely leaving town. most di'm robert shapiro.own. over a million people

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and that's exactly what he intends to do. >> i had it in my graspp, the ball was in the air in the 18th hole after hitting the 8-iron as solidly as i hit it. i thought this might be mine. but knowing links golf the way i know. it wasn't going to be mine until the ball stopped rolling, and it rolled about six inches too far, and i couldn't deal with it after that. it was gut wrenching. i had a huge pit in my stomach, it wasn't very much fun to be able to take that. it was not easy. but this too shall pass. and it did pass. it's gone now, and i'm on to a different tournament this week. that's the way i've always lived my life. you can't look back and change things. you can't look. hey, tomorrow, you don't know what the heck's going to happen tomorrow. >> in my career, strangely

enough, i've had big disappointments like this that have inspired me to do something good soon afterwards. >> disappointing finish for watson. what a finish in philadelphia. bottom of the 13th, two out, two on, and jason werth is done for the night. a three-run homer. no holding penalty. that one's going to count. 4-1 the final score is sixth home run of july for jason werth. 2 for 3. overcoming an 0 for 4 by ryan howard as the phillies win a thriller. jimmy rollins with the solo homer early in the game. he's hitting nearly 400 in july after hitting .167 in june. great game in philadelphia. full highlights coming your way later in the night. >> we're now joined by espn.com senior writer, mark stein. because there isar a lot going n in the nba with some pretty big names. let's start with the biggest of them all, carlos boozer. what is the latest? >> well, the utah jazz, it's no

secret, got a trade in. but they have until february to move him. so now that they've matched the machine on paul millsapp, there will be a boozer trade that's assumed all over the nba map. but they're still trying to sort out the proposals. there is no secret that boozer wants to end up in miami. the heat certainly have interest. i'm told that this is something that dwyane wade would love to see happen. but utah wants to shed payroll in a deal, and come away with a player who can crack their rotation they don't just want to give booze era way. so with those objectives in mind, they're probably still going to have to have a third team to help facilitate a deal, and not continue to slow things down or keep things from happening in the next five minutes. >> does that make odom a more realistic fixture in miami next season? >> the the odom thing is separate. but if.if odom does decide to go

miami, the heat will try even boozer.o get because they won't be a cap room team in the summer of 2010. so getting boozer becomes even more attractive to them, because they'd have boozer's bird rights. you won'tr worry about having cp room to signom him. and you've added two quality forwards that you would have to think convinced dwyane wade for the long-term future there. now with odom, he's got the standing offer from miami. five years, 34 million. there would be an opt out after 3 for him to go back down to the market and try to make more money. he can jump at that whenever he's ready. but the factt that he hasn't tells you that the prospect of him resuscitating talks with the lakers has not been extinguished. >> it looks like miami's sort of trying to present itself as a top tier team the east. where orlando already is. anda they've had a very busy off season. they've signed matte barnes, an athletic swingman. what does that tell you? >> well, the magic have reallye

been in a lot of ways the surprise team of this off season. because they've just really been throwing around a ton of money. we've talked all throughout the playoffs about how the luxury tax implications of keeping someone like turkoglu or trying to hang on to them, how difficult that was going to be. they made it to vince carteri before they even got to the point of dealing with turkoglu. turkoglu left, but they matched on gor tan, which surprised everyone in the league. they signed brandon bass, and now a little more to sign mattel barnes. it just tells youh that rich devos, the owner there has been in this league a long time. the magic made the finals in '95. took them 15 years to get back. he doesn't want to wait and go through another 15-year wait and losing shaq, and everything that the magic endured between their twoe trips to the finals. they're close, and they're trying to get back there and stay there. and really, if you look at history, the lakers are the

first team in 20 years that lost the championship one year and won it the next. the last team that had done that was the pistons in '89. so ia think orlando's aware of that and doing everything they can to make sure that they stay top dog the east. and today's nba when you see so many teams afraid to spend, you you've got to tip your hat to that when you see a team that keeps adding salaries. >> mark, go to the internet, type in those letters and you'll find good stuff. thanks as always for joining us on espnews. >> you got it. >> when we return, lance it continuing his battle with father time. see who landed the biggest pun

>> nascar kicks it into high gear at the brickyard. jimmie johnson in the last three years, the hometown faif ritt, jeff gordon, looking to become the only five-time winner in this legendary track. the brickyard 400, begins sunday at 12:30 eastern on espn. >> great finish in toronto. if you're an indians fan. victor mart necessary didn't have a single run batted in in the ninth inning all season. bases loaded. one out, double-play. game over. instead the game is essentially over after he ripped his second double of the night down the left field line. number 41. true to the heart of indians

fans. 2-1. and toronto can't get back to the 500 mark. despite the scott rolen homer. cliff lee, second straight complete game, neither with a walk. >> the dodge dodgers trying to become the first major team to 60 wins. they're up 2-1 on cincinnati. manny ramirez, the controversial slugger with the two-run triple. given the body, johnny gomes, home run, his 7th. >> they had a great finish last night. if you are an a's fan or a twin twins fan. controversial call at the plate, michael cuddyer, sliding in 14-13. tonight, little slower between the two teams. bottom three there, scoreless. sal on the field hitting just .171 for him this season. >> the nats just walked into the studio. lance armstrong considered a natural in cycling.

16th stage of the tour de france. a 99 mile trek in the alps. not one, but two brutal climbs. >> sounds like fun. >> early on, alberto contador says you you got my back? lance says yep, you're number one, you're the top dog. as in i good pack leader would know. so in the second mountain climb, 23 miles left, banks attacked armstrong and contador, so he's got to make a run, which he does. making up nearly 30 seconds to catch back up to the group. that's good. but then we have a scary moment here in the final descent here on the right side of the screen. looks like he goes face down into the con crede create. sliding a few meters there. only 35 miles an hour around the would-be turns. leaves the stage. first of his career. taken to the hospital, no update yet. we go to espn.com for the latest on his decision.

that's back to contador, the lead over armstrong. and now lance led at this point in each of his seven titles there. it was a minute 7 as much as a minute 15. tomorrow, the 105 mile ride considered the most difficult in the alps this year. >> all right, back to the diamond. giants and braves. atlanta has been scoring all kinds of runs in recent times. brian mccann, three-run home run. they came into the night leading the majors in runs scored in july, with 95. make that 103. now mccann braves win 8-1. mccann has 11 rbis in his last 7 games. >> all right, coming up, the top of the hour right after we stay current here on espnews. robert maher, good news, bad news? bad news, he tore his acl the

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