swing. >> rob: you get yourself and load the bases. and where to put the big boy. and it is cleared. and. >> bob: they have to pitch to him. >> rob: yes, he is. well, after grounding out. chad gaudin take as while. we go bottom second. and john lannan. off to a good start. putting a couple of zeros on the board. here is dunn,ing ham and bard. and great stammen and suppan tomorrow night. a pitcher to be determined by the brewers on tuesday. he has a way with the ladies, doesn't he? garrett mock. and good thing about going to

milwaukee, c.c. sabathia. he did a number on the nats last year. they were swept in a four game series there last season. some business to take care of against san diego here. too bad jordan zimmermann is not active to pitch in his home state. adam dunn is 12 for his last, 27. two for six in this series. with a walk, homer and five rbis. here is the disparity. there is pujols with 34 and host of guys with 25. and adam got himself with that one. all the way down to mark reynolds. >> bob: and presence fielder we

will see tomorrow. has 24 with ryan howard. ouch. and in front. and yeah, that is a shin and home plate umpire, craig fair child, a good sport, walked around and even the home plate wasn't dirty, he brushed it off to give adam a few more seconds and the hitter will let the umpire know when he is ready. a lot of come monday courtesy between them when they take a shot. >> adam dunn lines one hard. and that is lewis rodriguez out in right field. for the first time in awhile. a shift has worked against adam dunn. he is working balls where there

have been no defenders and josh willingham. great numbers for josh. and i don't mink this every day. but it bears repeating every now and then. his on base percentage is 4-9 and he doesn't qualify enough in that department t but if he did, he would be fifth in the league. and with that total. great production his last 27 ball games. and as much as anybody on the ball club, he fits the description of professional hitter. >> rob: how about just professional all the time. >> bob: there you go. >> rob: wonderful individual. laughed at.

>> bob: you folks weren't with us during the pregame show. david eckstein and his brother rick ex tolled the gifts of organ donation. and it really benefited families. the ecksteins have had kidney transplants in their family. so check that box. you might save a life. maybe more than one. 3-1. and things are a little quiet here. someone is about to take a swing and make some noise. it might be this guy. he will pop up the breaking ball. right field line. salazar, rodriguez and the first baseman take it is and nobody took charge and a second baseman makes a big mistake

when he doesn't make it off the ball. >> we talked about it a lot. we have young infielders too. and they do a lot of it. just letting them take charge. he is not supposed to. >> take charge of the baseball schedule. and five days for the price of four. and nationals.com. >> tell them adam dunn sent you. >> rob: those hot dogs look good. you are back sliding. good swing and up in the curly w and they have their first base hit and with the hit. he tries to get out and there is the expo on that. and a lot of the lefties ground

the ball into the group. and it is so hard. going down away from him. we are going to milwaukee, some of the best bratz and dogs in the world. >> rob: it is best in milwaukee. >> bob: in pittsburgh it is supposed to be one of the best in the nation. >> rob: willpower. >> bob: outside. one ball, one strike. alberto gonzalez is struggling with the bat. he continues to make contact and struck out seven times this year. and that is in 138 at bats. and. >> rob: the situation is, you

have a logjam of middle infielders. and guzman is swinging the bat well. hernandez is a talented young kid and give him as many as possible. not enough bats to keep them sharp. >> bob: 1-2 to gonzalez. eighth strikeout. unusual swing by a batter who makes contact 95% of the time. 

 . >> we are back at nationals park. we moved to the top the third inning. now john lannan is working towards his 12th consecutive scoreless inning. he is the ace on the staff and set a great example for the young starters here. >> his work, his preparation, and he is up beat. and he has got leadership qualities. and speaks up. and so, john is the type of guy that you want leading your staff. you want that person to be a guy who conducts himself like a professional. >> the way he has conducted himself has opened up eyes around the league. bob? >> bob: well, it certainly has, debbi. 7-7 and 21st start this year. look at that pitch.

that is painting on the corner. and everth cabrera and this time it is 0-2. and enables the infielders to back up a little bit against the speedy hitter. phillies tie the game. 1-1 against st. louis at home. two division leaders squaring off. the cubs won three straight and they are a half game back in the central and they are hosting cincinnati. reds are struggling, they lost five in a row. lannan goes right after him and gets a foul ball. >> rob: also makes it a little bit more interesting in here before the trading deadline. and become a buyer. who will become a seller. now the reds may selloff some of the talent. >> bob: who will be spectating.

>> rob: mets problems get worse. gary shelled gets worse. >> bob: he didn't play in the series here at all with the hamstring. man. up the middle and lannan, good fielding position and very good reaction to retire a speedy leadoff man. there is a second ground out ball in a row, by the way. >> rob: well, i think to think of it as a mma reversal. mma is about ground and pound. and lannan's case, it is about pounding the strike zone. and getting them to ground the ball. he is a pounds and ground guy. >> bob: there is will venable. one to right. josh willingham has a good jump. two outs. well, we give you the pitching mash ups. here it is on paper.

four in milwaukee. and thursday 2:00 p.m. game. will be on major league asn hd and switch over to major league asn 2 and then it is a wrap around series. and then play monday. day game sub day and night game monday in the steel city. big love hop. zimmerman had to lay back and now he is on target. ryan zimmerman's third base play has been flawless on this home stand. hot day at the park. and he stays very cool on that one. 

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future. >> rob: annoying kid, stop smacking me with the finger. >> bob: this is what is bringing a ball club into the city is all about. a whole new generation of kids who grow up. and know their nats. here is anderson hernandez. and in front of john lannan here. up the middle. to his right. lewis rodriguez. well done. lewis rodriguez. lewis rodriguez. he is four for 34. and rodriguez going towards shortstop. shows off the strong arm.

>> bob: jeter made it famous while you are squaring up and making the throw. some guys can't do it. they have to plant and throw. or throw on the run. very athletic. >> bob: he doubles into left field. eight for 93 in his career with the base hit. he is giving himself a chance to be a 100 hitter by the time he hits his first 100 abs. >> rob: well, the front door sinker trying to run it at the front knee. and lannan inside out. down the left field line. good hitting for an every day player. for a pitcher, even better. >> bob: only thing that concerns you is a pitcher running the bases on such a hot steamy day.

and willie harris showed bun and and then on the turn. that was your favorite restaurant. > >> rob: that on the pond rosa. all you can eat -- ponder rosa. and willie then was caught stealing. and he took a 3-1 pitch. and generous strike call. and 2-1. that's a breaking ball that he missed about a foot with.

nick johnson. this might tell us if they have something big brewing in the 3rd inning of a scoreless game. willie walks again. he gave him a strike call and not with the breaking ball. >> rob: tries the back door slider. doesn't get it. here is one of the situations where the nats have a chance to take command of the game with one big hit. and go out couple of games and looking a little better in that department. >> rob: we have a new contender for the human rain delay here with gaudin. working so slow. >> bob: the brewers signed one. jesus coelome and signed --

colome. and good luck to the brewers watching that act. great stuff but man. slow worker. >> bob: well, you were talking about this on your radio show. and i eavesdrop because i learn thing it is while listening to you. there a difference between stuff and command. >> rob: yes, on top of that, tempo. we talk a lot about tempo. keeps your defense in the game. i played with one the best with tom browning. grab the ball and when he caught it, he was ready to work. you watched mark buehrle's perfect game and get up on the grass. and not too fast. not at a rate that is too comfortable and the defense stays in the game. >> bob: it is 2-1. >> rob: imagine playing behind the guy. he likes to walk around the mound am and fix his pants.

they are going, throw the ball. but he works the tempo because it is just lulls the other team to sleep. >> bob: that's in there and the counsel is even to nick. 2-2. maybe he grew up watching another louisiana native. it just took him for ever to get there. and nick is tired of waiting. he steps out. >> rob: well, i asked him why he did that and he told me. one time lee smith was called in the game and comes venting out and the pitching coach said

i came out to talk to the pitcher. that's why he kind of sauntered out. i dug it, when you are 6'6", 275, you can do what you want. >> bob: who is going to tell you to hurry up. >> rob: that's my point. and then you want him to hurry up when he is throwing 95 and then at wrigley from the sun into the shade. >> rob: i think a lot of hitters were standing there dreading the fat that here comes smith -- dreading the fact that here comes smith again. i am almost sorry that we are doing this afternoon game on a sunday. and catch rickey henderson's speech at the hall of fame. >> bob: i am sure we will be able to see it. lift up the podium and say. i am the greatest. >> rob: i am the greatest of all time.

>> bob: 2-2 to nick. >> rob: besides the 58 guys behind me. >> bob: two great speeches have started out with today. i am the luckiest man on the earth and i am the greatest. the difference between lou gherig and rickey. >> rob: today, will live in infamy. >> bob: he will deserve his honor. nick johnson. ball has got some carry on it. and it is covered by chase headley. two outs. now, last night, that ball might have blown up against the wall and into the seats. the way the win was ripping around there. just a gentle breeze. and it is up to zimmerman now. two on. two out. >> rob: the breeze is going out left. and if he can get it into the jet stream.

>> bob: i think ryan has hit the ball into the red seats more than any other right-handed batter. starting with the first game in this yard. and a good breaking ball. >> rob: last time. when you want them to take batting practice. he hits the last couple of times through. and he is nailing the ball. and left center. and left center field. that's where he likes to go. >> rob: last time up. gaudin got ahead of him and buzzed a small one under his hands. another slider and it is 0-2. so, ryan has a couple of things to think about here. and the 0-2 pitch that buzzed him and got a strike last time and possible another breaking ball away. maybe in the dirt. >> rob: righties came in today. hitting 213 guess p chad. he is pretty nasty.

>> bob: zimmerman. and then lefties. something has got to give. >> bob: we will see. 0-2 pitch. and goes with the fastball up. >> rob: left center is wide open. venable is playing to the right center side. >> bob: interesting. left center gap would make it 2-0. he is going to punch him out and pitch away. so against zimmerman. chad fair child has given the pitcher both sides of home plate. no score. across the country every day. 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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june 6th. >> rob: really making the new york teams pay for not recruiting him and scouting him a little bit more. >> bob: i like that less than two walks per nine innings. here is kevin kouzmanoff. and first pitch grounder and on thrun d over to nick johnson. ground ball outs are starting to come. the last hitters. kyle banks will be next. blanks otorght field and it is right in there.

>ñrob: seems to have a pretty gl ç andúhas tocu down on the swing a little bit >> bob: batting a buck 85. does make contact and tops it up. and anderson hernandez. >> rob: he is on 87. taking way too much time to get it from the back of the body to the front. >> bob: next up will be oscar salazar. >> rob: you will hear them say it all the time. get it out front. get it out front. he is trying to get the guys with the bat out front. >> bob: salazar struck out swinging first time. lannan has got another comebacker. he is fielding this position well. i guess, when he works fast, he doesn't stand around out there. sam adams boston lager

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with the joy. only to find out he is going to be disqualified for using a men any bike. >> bob: that is harsh. >> rob: he is a very tough judge. here is the hook coming up. you are out of there. >> bob: screech waving it out. >> bob: adam dunn bottom of the 4th inning. and. >> rob: it is almost a win. >> bob: almost is as good as hand grenades. >> bob: adam dunn lifting one, left side. chase headley. under it. and bit of a high sky. when the cloud covers, there is a little opaque effect up there the ball can disappear into. and a lot of defensive guys

helping each other out today. it is 2:30 at nationals park. no score. bob carpenter and rob dibble and debbie tall debbi taylor with you. and it is sunday afternoon baseball. and here is josh willingham who fouled out first time up. 1-0 to josh. two for the series and couple of rbis. and chad edward gaudin. not a big guy. 5'10". list him at 188. low 90s. and has got some sink on it.

jams willingham for that foul ball. he has got it. and going on the ballpark. and foul ball. he paid his way in. gaudin this year. four of nine, 17 games. 16 starts. and only hitting .242 against him. and we have seen a lot of foul balls and there is a breaking ball that willingham couldn't reach and strikeout number 4. friday nights are miller lite

party night. and $22 for a premium game. get your scoreboard pavilion drink at the bar. and live music before the game. and on friday nights we do post game fireworks. we will have the diamondbacks here. visit nationals.com. here is josh bard. and the nationals first base hit. two outs in the second. >> rob: i think josh showed the rest the lean up how to get to the guy. get underneath the singer -- sinker. and we talked about it too. >> bob: he gets that one up right near the batter's box. catcher alfonzo using his mitt as the shade and no score. 

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>> bob: we will find out if we can trust the politician. 5th inning underway. time will tell. debbi didn't ask him when. she say this year. chopper to third. and out of the way. so six grounds ball outs now. and last eight batters. john lannan is pitching as efficiently as we have ever seen him in any stretch of his career. >> i think he is comfortable out will now and knows what he can feature. what he can't. work to get the ground balls. knows he is not a strikeout pitcher. >> only one today. and look at this. another ground ball. staying with us. two outs and now, you have the pitcher coming up. see.

>> bob: always talk about the second time through the line up. john lannan has the chance to put the decimal point with the 30s behind it or the second time through. >> rob: about two months ago is when he stopped walking a lot of guys. if he gives up a home run, no one is on base. he learns, i am going to get hit. and minimize the gamble. >> bob: look at that. three ground ball outs. eight of them in the game now and john lannan is on a roll.  announcer: during the autobahn for all event, you can get great lease deals. i love it! i just want to know it's the right move. me? thirteen days in the future. you get a deal on the car you always wanted. scheduled maintenance is included, it's all good. what's the future like? you love your new jetta. and the suit? you like it? no...i love it!

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the mom of rick eckstein and david eckstein and two quality gentlemen. what were they like growing up. >> great kids. great great guys. well-behaved. model sons. i have nothing bad to say about those guys. they were always my joy. >> they both have so much drive and perseverance. did you know they would be at baseball in the big league level. >> i knew they were can i pleasable of it because they had the discipline and drive. my david following his brother rick at four years old. into the street to play street ball and rick told him. you can't keep up. johnnie down the street will take your spot and that's how it all started and they just continued like two peas in a

pod. working our way through money league, high school, college. i knew if they really wanted it, they had the drive for it. >> i am sure they get it from you and your husband. thank you for joining us. back up to bob. >> bob: great story of a baseball family and family whose legacy will go far behind the baseball field. >> rob: i think my favorite story is david eckstein tell me he made the all american jewish team and tell the people that sponsored the team that he is not jewish. >> bob: how did that go? >> rob: he laughed about it. someone wasn't too happen that he dropped the ball on that. >> bob: look at that. it is right back to the pitcher chad gaudin. it is fouled kept making a left turn. one unassisted with a tee for a

tag. that is how it is underway. >> that's when you know. you are not going. ever and put on the end of the bat. and it is fair. >> bob: ear son hernandez, and the -- anderson hernandez. and took it away from him. anderson had some success and jim riggleman said on friday. the club envisions him as an utility player. i think there is a guy i know that you might have played against years and years ago.

not nearly back then. maybe. scott fletcher. he was an outstanding infielder who could play a lot of different positions. and they called him scooter. he was a little guy and i remember scott telling me. the toughest thing for him in his career was getting over the label of being an utility guy. he became a starter lawsuit in his career and said it was tough to get rid the label. once someone has hung that thing on you. it makes it seem you are an inferior player. >> bob: right at rodriguez this time. two outside. >> rob: which you are not. you are part of an intrick al part of the ball club. i said it many time here and on other shows that you are only as good as your 25th player. >> bob: frank connor has been

around for awhile. from ten wick aye land delaware. and he remind us. and i saw him pitch when i was a kid. i don't remember that much about his stuff. but i do remember, rob. he was a smooth. almost elegant looking left hander. he department look like he was doing maximum effort out there. he was smooth. i like smooth unstead of. >> rob: i like smooth instead of elegant. and he is a good example. >> bob: he is also two for two. are you kidding me. >> rob: gets his arm out and now the bat is out on chad gaudin. >> bob: of the last five at bats. and appearances by the nothing pitchers they have been on base

three times. and with the random two hits today. >> rob: that is too much at the plate. and coming back over. al fop so, see him. and -- alfonzo. and see him. >> bob: pretty sure that's the first multi hit game and here is willie harris with a multi walk game. gaudin has walked two and it has been willie. bother not walk him again. he will give it to him. 2-0. >> rob: the rally start td last night with the j.d.

martin. >> bob: harris gets jammed. and cabrera grabs it. the nat it is are gone. five innings and the pitchers are both slept. it's on. both excellent. iright. iright. - it's on. - it is totally on. jimmy, it's on. it's on. oh, yeah, it's on. pilot: affirmative, it's on. to give people great, fresh beer. oh, he insists upon quality. everything's got to be a+. over the years i've been in stores all over the country just checking on the freshness and the quality of sam adams. right from the beginning, here he is, the owner of the whole company, coming in, rolling up his sleeves and doing the work. we check every sam adams, make sure that all the beer's fresh.

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styles here. one a cutter, fastball change-up kind of guy and the other is a sinker slider change-up kind of guy. pound righties into submission. and they are both very effective. as i said before. >> 50% of the time. gaudin allows two runs or less and this happens to be one of of the times. you have to try to shut them down if you are john lannan and manufacture a run on the good guys side. >> bob: top of the order. venable and headley. top six. and padres are going from here to cincinnati. the nats are going to medical walk key.

right in there. cabrera, base hit off nick johnson's squad and sharp comeback. and lannan hopped on it last time. and another strike. and that was interesting. he was low in the zone. cabrera didn't want any part of it and now, he has a swing at the pitch if john throw it is and doesn't want to pounds it into the ground. >> bob: pound and ground scenario, we talked about. i am ready to pitch. and there it is. ground ball. and shortstop gonzalez. and nine ground balls to him and venable and headley, the next two hitters. is this year. second time through the order. 0-0-0. >> rob: there is one point

during the season. left-handed hitters were crushing him. he worked that average way down. always tell, he is a good player when they work on their weaknesses or faults. and proves almost every fashion of the game. >> rob: i am pretty sure we haven't had a number near this. john lannan two dozen pitches to get through the first two innings and less than 20 for the next line up. pretty aggressive stuff. he is out to 0-2 for venable. willie harris. and he can only watch it hop up against the wall. it is really awhile to get it back in. and he does. >> padres have the first extra base hit today. >> and since the second inning.

>> well, one of the left handed hitters. >> and keeps it up high in the zone. and pays dearly for it. and he stops the chase and knows he has no shot. and opens him to a double. >> bob: that was a 0-2 pitch. >> rob: he cannot live up in the zone. it is that ball down. >> bob: chase utley bounced to third. and he has been in full mode twice. >> little flare to left and it will hang up for a.m. see the pir row wet he just did, he has been working with marquis grissom on the outfield play. he did a quick spin.

and get it there with something on it. and trying to get better. >> it looks. >> like an easy thing. >> and i am going to represent that. >> careless. he is 5'10" off of you. >> bob: let it go, rob. >> rob: tremendous leadoff guy. >> bob: i wondered why when you guy it is passed each other in the tunnel. neither looked at the other. now, come on. >> rob: well, we like each other. >> bob: he was looking at you. 1-1. pitchers don't forget and neither do hitters. >> rob: no. i love marquis. >> bob: he is a pro. >> and working hard with you guys every single day. dared you to hit it over his

head. big spot in the game right now. >> and len done doesn't want to make a mistake. >> and with this guy kouzmanoff. >> you want to do it. >> keep it down low. and take it out of the infield. >> . ray knight talks about it all the time and works for him for four years and he managed. that's what he talked about. getting the three, four, five guys out the way so they don't come back. if you have trouble in the

6th inning. go deeper into the lineupen at three, four, five hitters are coming around again. >> bob: 1-2, the ball is right center. willingham gets it. and the one defy who can hurt the nats and gets them for a 1-0 san diego lead here in the sixth inning. so the padres after one extra base hit get two gapers here in the 6th inning. he gets too much to the plate right there. with the cut fastball or curve ball. down and in. and and and in. and pretty good piece of hitting. >> that's what happens.

>> next up. is kyle blanks. he has him up to the next three hitters. >> rob: been on base a lot. p and running the bases. and he is hiring. >> bob: still only throws 60 pitches toe. and he has them in the sixth inning. but, this is already. >> his longest of the day. 2-1. and chase utley hit a home run in the third. mark derosa one in the fifth.

and philadelphia leads st. louis. >> and landon -- lannan. and oscar salazar is next. and the big guy tried to jump on a 3-1 pitch and skies it to willingham. josh has it. and padres has a run on two doubles. johnson, zimmerman and dunn coming right up. @@úúxx÷÷

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see if they can do running here. and they are down by three. not a whole lot today. bard a hit and john lannan, the other two. >> rob: not much john lannan can in the ball game. score win. anagain after a big blowout the nats thought down. and he has had 2-0 counten and recovered from most of those.